The "Quick Questions That Don't Deserve A Thread"...Thread. v5 - Hardware & Software

Guys,I need a little help...This is my currently potato [t]http://puu.sh/hoQ3g.png[/t] Recently I had the chance to buy a used EVGA GTX 680 2GB for a very good price and the only problem is my [B]PSU[/B].[URL="http://www.aerocool.com.tw/index.php/power-supply/value-series/48-power-supply/value-series/465-vp-550-information"]PSU Here with Details[/URL] I really want to know if I need to upgrade my PSU or this one will do it?

I would trust an Aerocool PSU with maybe an Atom. I'd definitely replace that.

My Razer Deathadders middle mouse button broken, looking for a new sweet mouse. Suggestions?

I went from a deathadder to logitech g series about five years ago and I love them. G500s is what I have now and I like it a lot.

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/so1eTzb.png[/IMG] This keeps popping up every 30-ish minutes or so. Does anyone know what I should do?

[QUOTE=Phrozen99;47590283]I went from a deathadder to logitech g series about five years ago and I love them. G500s is what I have now and I like it a lot.[/QUOTE] I went from a G500 to a Deathadder to a G500s. I like the G series far more. The 500/s is laser, however. The newer G502 is not laser. [editline]24th April 2015[/editline] Guess I quoted the wrong person.

I bought a new GPU, GTX 960 4GB, and am trying to install it. I plop out the old card (GTX 285), plop the new in, and noticed something I've never seen. The old card used two six pin connectors for power, while the new one uses one six and one eight. The new card comes with an eight pin to molex, which I'm unsure how to use, and I don't have any eight pins on me. Looking online I notice a lot of these eight pin to molex cords, but no eight pin to eight. Is there any place that actually sells and eight pin to eight pin cable, or am I missing something really obvious here with these molex ended cables?

[QUOTE=Frisk;47592549]I bought a new GPU, GTX 960 4GB, and am trying to install it. I plop out the old card (GTX 285), plop the new in, and noticed something I've never seen. The old card used two six pin connectors for power, while the new one uses one six and one eight. The new card comes with an eight pin to molex, which I'm unsure how to use, and I don't have any eight pins on me. Looking online I notice a lot of these eight pin to molex cords, but no eight pin to eight. Is there any place that actually sells and eight pin to eight pin cable, or am I missing something really obvious here with these molex ended cables?[/QUOTE] One 6 AND one 8 for a 960? Are you sure you don't mean 970, because there's no reason a 960 should need that much power.

Yeah, it has both on it. If I try with only the six pin, or using a six pin in the 8 pin plug, it displays a message on bootup saying "Please power down and use the proper PCI Express cables", or something to that extent. I'm completely lost how to get this thing up and running

[QUOTE=Frisk;47592590]Yeah, it has both on it. If I try with only the six pin, or using a six pin in the 8 pin plug, it displays a message on bootup saying "Please power down and use the proper PCI Express cables", or something to that extent. I'm completely lost how to get this thing up and running[/QUOTE] What power supply do you have? I've never seen a molex to 8 pin personally, 2x 6 pin to 8 pin and a 2x molex to 6 pin may be your only option.

I have a Thermaltake EVO blue 750w. It has 8 pins on it (I've got two open/unused, with the two used going to 6 pin for the old card). Is it not possible to just buy an 8 to 8 cable? Would be pretty damn helpful right now

[QUOTE=Pastel;47592195][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/so1eTzb.png[/IMG] This keeps popping up every 30-ish minutes or so. Does anyone know what I should do?[/QUOTE] Virus apparently. [url]http://malwaretips.com/blogs/remove-fiber-js-windows-script-host/[/url]

[QUOTE=Over-Run;47590086]My Razer Deathadders middle mouse button broken, looking for a new sweet mouse. Suggestions?[/QUOTE] I had a deathadder 2013 and switched over to a zowie am. It has a great sensor and feel, rubber coat finish, clicky buttons and mousewheel, cheaper then most gaming mice (50 bucks) and very minimal design/no software (can change dpi on the mouse). It is a pretty small mouse though, but there are bigger models. Zowie always seems overlooked when comparing gaming mice.

[QUOTE=Adamhully;47592710]Virus apparently. [url]http://malwaretips.com/blogs/remove-fiber-js-windows-script-host/[/url][/QUOTE] Woah shit, thank you.

Exporting a lengthy video I've never considered it, but is there a desireable aspect ratio for 1080? I've generally just used the default squarepx 1.0 [img]http://7proxies.pw/i/2015/04/15-04-25_16-58-03.png[/img]

[QUOTE=Scratch.;47596003]Exporting a lengthy video I've never considered it, but is there a desireable aspect ratio for 1080? I've generally just used the default squarepx 1.0 [img]http://7proxies.pw/i/2015/04/15-04-25_16-58-03.png[/img][/QUOTE] Square pixels is what you want if you are intending for the video be the same aspect ratio that the resolution is (16:9 for 1080p). The others are for if your source is (for example) DV tape, they don't use square pixels. So if you render with square pixels, the aspect ratio gets jacked up. Its also important to note that 4:3 DV and 16:9 DV use the EXACT same resolution. The pixel aspect ratio is how the player determines if its widescreen or not despite having the same 4:3 resolution. So when in doubt, use square. Because 99% of modern consumer equipment and video is going to use square pixels.

Can somebody help me here, I've installed Windows 8.1 a while ago, and for some reason everything looks pretty horrible. Like Text looks blurred and not nice. This is all over the place, so it's not just a matter of changing the DPI settings in Compatibility section of each program like some solutions suggest. Here is a picture of Chrome: [IMG]http://puu.sh/hq87I/d783e40c68.png[/IMG] And here is Spotify [IMG]http://puu.sh/hq8bo/e05ad057f4.png[/IMG] You can see it very clearly in the Spotify logo. Any ideas how I can fix this?

[QUOTE=Over-Run;47596652] Here is a picture of Chrome: [IMG]http://puu.sh/hq87I/d783e40c68.png[/IMG][/QUOTE] Must admit The font rendering is a lot better than mine

It looks terrible though

[QUOTE=Over-Run;47596722]It looks terrible though[/QUOTE] Gah! why does it look different on each monitor

No idea, any ideas how I can fix it though? It wrecks my head

Have you run the ClearType calibration yet?

So I'm planning to get a triple-monitor setup soon. Why do people drop several hundred dollars on multi-monitor stands? Is there any advantage over keeping each screen on its own stand, especially if they're all the same model and have flexible stands anyway?

[QUOTE=DrTaxi;47598004]So I'm planning to get a triple-monitor setup soon. Why do people drop several hundred dollars on multi-monitor stands? Is there any advantage over keeping each screen on its own stand, especially if they're all the same model and have flexible stands anyway?[/QUOTE] I guess it just looks nicer and less cluttered. [img]http://ergosource.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Three-Monitor-Stand.png[/img] I don't, since I don't have 3 equal monitors, but I could see the value in that.

Yeah I ran clear type it doesn't do anything

I've never upgraded from one OS to another, only done fresh installs, if I upgrade from windows 7 to Windows 10 when it comes out, am I going to need to do something special to keep my files/programs?

This is weird. I have the APNG extension installed on Chrome. It says it identifies APNGs, but they don't animate. However, they move to the next frame if I do something like hover over a link on the page. What's up with that?

[QUOTE=Smallheart;47598991]I've never upgraded from one OS to another, only done fresh installs, if I upgrade from windows 7 to Windows 10 when it comes out, am I going to need to do something special to keep my files/programs?[/QUOTE] I've been able to upgrade Windows versions in place without a Windows.old folder (hint: run the installer within windows), and I don't imagine they've changed the process much internally.

Guys my PC clock just jumped forward for no reason. I was sitting, kinda singing and out of sudden I realize it's 3:08 AM even though it was just 2 AM recently. My phone says its' 2 AM right now, I googled "Current Time" and it's also 2 AM. Whats' causing this? date is set correctly so is timezone. [editline]26th April 2015[/editline] Even log says: "The system time has changed to ‎2015‎-‎04‎-‎26T02:01:00.500000000Z from ‎2015‎-‎04‎-‎26T01:01:02.580220100Z. Change Reason: System time synchronized with the hardware clock."

Check what the time is set to in your bios.