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The Official PC building thread -3rd Edition
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28. June 2010 @ 13:22 |
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Fondness would be an understatement xD Though recently, the 7200S NEC/Optiarc wowed me in a way I haven't seen for a long time. Which is exactly why I like having multiple drives. It was the only one that could read a couple of discs that seemed to be badly pressed.
The drive in question is a Lite-on LH-20A1S. One of my more favored drives. The LH-20A1H being my most favored. It has seen the most discs ;) Though my iHES108 is a BD drive. So technically, it should be my favorite :D
I didn't post Everest shots, because Everest has a knack for crashing the PC, especially when under stress ;)
I'll try to upload a shot of everest today, but I can't seem to find the appy...
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28. June 2010 @ 13:24 |
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Yeah if I open Everest for more than a split second, I will need to reboot else the PC will get progressively slower until it crashes. Besides installing windows it's been so long since I've needed a CD or DVD that I only ever dig my sole optical drive out of the cupboard to install an OS, then put it away. One between four PCs is plenty :D
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28. June 2010 @ 13:36 |
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Originally posted by sammorris:
Besides installing windows it's been so long since I've needed a CD or DVD that I only ever dig my sole optical drive out of the cupboard to install an OS, then put it away. One between four PCs is plenty :D
Ever experiment with installing OS from USB?
Load time is quicker, but if you add to it the time to copy from CD/extract .ISO to the USB it seems to about even out.
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28. June 2010 @ 14:03 |
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No, because I never use USB drives either :P
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28. June 2010 @ 14:03 |
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Temps appear ok to me :p
You're a hard guy sam, a hard guy :p LOL!
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28. June 2010 @ 14:05 |
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4355rpm?
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28. June 2010 @ 14:06 |
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Originally posted by sammorris:
4355rpm?
I imagine that's the pump... can't hear it :p The overall PC is substantially quieter.
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28. June 2010 @ 14:11 |
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Ah yeah makes sense. Nice wordart by the way... o_o
Those readings under idle or load?
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28. June 2010 @ 14:15 |
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Idle temps. The only load temps this badboy sees is Dvd Rebuilder or Dvd Shrink. I haven't done any BD encoding on the primary. Eventually, a 6 or 12 core CPU will be my primary, then I'll get serious about BD encoding xD I'm thinking I wanna convert my secondary into a linux system. I know I've talked about it before, but I'm really leaning that way now. The best way to learn a language is immerse yourself in it. Imagine how much quicker a person would learn Japanese if they were surrounded by only japanese people ;)
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28. June 2010 @ 14:29 |
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The PSU fan speed is very high for load, how is it being measured, does the 750 have a sensor connector?
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28. June 2010 @ 14:51 |
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I'm afraid I'm uncertain. But 1200 hardly seems high :S Perhaps at idle, if the PSU works that way. I generally don't worry about GOOD PSU's ;)
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28. June 2010 @ 16:00 |
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Originally posted by sammorris:
Nice wordart by the way... -----> o_o <-----
Is that the look of thinking a bit overkill? I suppose sometimes I do go a bit overboard, but I'm addicted to photoshop. I'm playing with CS5 lately. Quite nice!
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28. June 2010 @ 18:05 |
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I just ReInstalled WinXP..My problem is that I can only Transfer at 10.2mbS per sec
Anybody ever had this problem, is their a CURE
My DRIVERS are installed, everything is working right. Except for transfer
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28. June 2010 @ 18:07 |
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Yep that would be a Lite-On. Looks identical to my main optical drive.
AMD Phenom II X6 1100T 4GHz(20 x 200) 1.5v 3000NB 2000HT, Corsair Hydro H110 w/ 4 x 140mm 1500RPM fans Push/Pull, Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5, 8GB(2 x 4GB) G.Skill RipJaws DDR3-1600 @ 1600MHz CL9 1.55v, Gigabyte GTX760 OC 4GB(1170/1700), Corsair 750HX
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28. June 2010 @ 18:11 |
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rick: Is this over a network? 10.2MB/s sounds like you're only connected to a network PC at 100 Megabit. Check the cable you're using, along with the router/hub, resetting them if necessary.
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28. June 2010 @ 18:19 |
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HDD to HDD
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28. June 2010 @ 18:21 |
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omegaman7 : Ooooopps, My Stupid, I gotta go get new glasses
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28. June 2010 @ 18:23 |
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Depends what you're copying. If it's lots of small files, 10MB/s or less is common, due to the latency of accessing each random file (not to mention that all files have a 4KB FT block even if they're smaller than that). If it's one giant file, check how full and fragmented each hard disk is. Heavily fragmented, or 95%+ full drives have severely diminished transfer rates.
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28. June 2010 @ 18:26 |
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Don't really know if it's reporting right, I just Transfered 20Gig in 6 mins. Which is pretty damn fast. But it shows 10.2 mbs, and I know at 10.2mbs a sec it takes a lot longer then 6 mins
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28. June 2010 @ 19:04 |
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Originally posted by sammorris:
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cpus/2010/06/24/intel-pentium-g6950-cpu-review/8
Hot competition for the low-end tri-core market. It's good to see Intel have finally produced something well priced in the low end sector on new tech. 2.8Ghz to 4.62Ghz overclock on 1.4 Vcore is pretty impressive too, though one wonders how safe 1.4V truly is on a 32nm process.
Sam,
It looks like an interesting chip, a chip for the enthusiast. That leads to the other side of the equation! Since less than 10% of them will actually be overclocked, and their performance at stock is almost identical, given the equal price, where is it going to find a home. The less than 10% enthusiast market simply can't support it. Not throwing rocks in any way, just pointing out that even up, the Pentium G seems to come up a bit short. I just looked at the US prices, and it seems that the G is about $85 here now, so why not review it against the Phenom IIx2 555, 3.2GHz dual core. Granted it has a higher stock clock speed to begin with, but it can be clocked to 4+GHz, so it is more competitive OC'd . Tom's Hardware recently did just that.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/phen...g6950,2617.html
At $100 the AMD is $15 more, but has twice the L3 Cache, and 1MB of L2. While the integrated Video is nice on the G, but it does get pretty hot. Overclocked, it gets very hot. For $15 more you get 400 more MHz stock, 3 more MB of L3, 1MB of L2, it supports more technologies, and a very good motherboard can be had for less money. With more than 90% never going to be overclocked, I think the Phenom II x2 555 is a better value!
Best Regards,
Russ
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28. June 2010 @ 19:10 |
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Originally posted by omegaman7:
Temps appear ok to me :p
You're a hard guy sam, a hard guy :p LOL!
Oman7,
You just need to point out that the MB and CPU temps are reversed, and the 2.5v/1.65v is the memory voltage. Looks very good!
Russ
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28. June 2010 @ 20:29 |
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You just need to point out that the MB and CPU temps are reversed
see that's the part. I don't like reason why. I sent my board back to gigabyte tryed too different Os Xp and Win7 to see if problem was in the system it self. That sould'en be happening like that, Russ yours read correct it may just be the am3 ud4p & ud4 boards just a guess but if so. I'm jumping to ma890 or back to Biostar haven heard nobody complain about the ta890fxe it's got the record with your 955BE need. I say more.lol
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28. June 2010 @ 21:02 |
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Originally posted by bigwill68:
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You just need to point out that the MB and CPU temps are reversed
see that's the part. I don't like reason why. I sent my board back to gigabyte tryed too different Os Xp and Win7 to see if problem was in the system it self. That sould'en be happening like that, Russ yours read correct it may just be the am3 ud4p & ud4 boards just a guess but if so. I'm jumping to ma890 or back to Biostar haven heard nobody complain about the ta890fxe it's got the record with your 955BE need. I say more.lol
Will,
With all due respect, it's not the motherboard, it's Everest! Even when it does work right, it tells you on install that it doesn't recognize the chipset, and asks for permission to collect data on it. And with the current economic situation it's going to take some time. You are blaming Gigabyte for Everest's problem! Also I'm pretty sure that Oman7's post is V4.60, not 5.30. Even if it isn't, the information is still there and you know what it's telling you, so what's the difference? I wouldn't scrap a great motherboard just because Everest hasn't caught up with it yet! That's what happens when you do no development on AMDs for over two years. They've just caught up with AM2+, and it will be a while before they catch up with AM3! besides, Ive only had two customer motherboard failures in the past year, and both of them were BioStar, so you can understand my reluctance! One of those held the record too! It was the same TForce board you had! LOL!!
Best Regards,
Russ
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29. June 2010 @ 00:39 |
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I'll pass on this update if don't see the reason why Your Blind.lol
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not gonna scrap try to sell
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it tells you on install that it doesn't recognize the chipset
we have the same chipset SB750 I run the latest Everest on all my machine so it should'en be any problems recognizing the chip. I've always had problems with Revision 1.0 motherboards from gigabyte beyond my understanding. I've had luck with Rev 2.0 & 2.1 boards
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Even if it isn't, the information is still there and you know what it's telling you, so what's the difference?
the differences is things are not in order like the should be who's to say there's not a mowfunction in the chip itself or a miss read information tranfer to everest?
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They've just caught up with AM2+, and it will be a while before they catch up with AM3!
The pin configuration of the AM2+ socket 940 pins is mechanically different from the AM3 socket 941 pins one pin should'en hold them up that long to get things right or they did'nt hire the right people for the job.lol while current AM3 processors have only 938 pins
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Ive only had two customer motherboard failures in the past year, and both of them were BioStar, so you can understand my reluctance! One of those held the record too! It was the same TForce board you had!
that's no reason to but them down how many times have replaced a gigabyte board? for reasons. I like both Brands but both have there Faults only reluctance. I have for biostar is there built on audio it does'nt sound good as gigabyte's but that can always be fixed by a new sound card like a sound blaster, did'nt have a tForce have a TPower and still do I45 the Dual Core record Holder With all due respect there's a different in platform and plus those where AMD low end boards you may have been using. I don't know you have to show me which ones.Seems EveryBody hates Biostar. I was the only one here had one for the longest time B4. I bought the UD3P Rev 1.6 for a spare. I like Biostar and no one can change my mind about that not all there products just some that holds Good Reviews:)
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29. June 2010 @ 02:45 |
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Will: Sending a board back simply because Everest shows the CPU and Motherboard temps the wrong way round? Who cares? Personally, I would blame everest. No hardware monitoring program is free from errors, everest is no exception.
I don't hate Biostar, but there has never been an occasion where I could justify buying one. With my Core 2s I wanted an X38/X48 chipset and Biostar didn't make anything but P45 boards. With my i5 I wanted the Lotes CPU socket, Biostar only produced Foxconn socket boards. If they made something suitable, I was more than willing to try it out.
Russ: It depends what the CPU is being used for. For games I'll agree, an X2 555 is a better choice, though it is more expensive at $100 versus $85. In real world applications, however, with the exception of WinRAR (which is often I/O limited) the G9650 fares equal or better in every non-synthetic test in that THG suite. One could argue that gamers are more likely to dabble with overclocking than workbench users, and when overclocked, there is no contest, unless the extra cores on the 555 are unlocked.
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