• The "Quick Questions that does not Deserve a Thread"...Thread. V4
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This is my first time upgrading, would that be a sensible upgrade and will my motherboard be sufficient? Motherboard: ASUS P5Q-PRO Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo -> Intel i5-3570k GPU: ATI Radeon HD 4850 -> GTX 760 I just checked, my MB has 2 8x PCIExpress ports. Does that mean I'm in the clear or not?
You will need a new motherboard and ram as well.
OK, is there a way to know which MB to buy? Also how do you know how much RAM I got?
depends on what you're going to do, 4GB would be my minimum. What OS are you running? You're gonna need 64 bit in order to use more than ~3GB of RAM
[QUOTE=_Axel;43349492]OK, is there a way to know which MB to buy? Also how do you know how much RAM I got?[/QUOTE] He doesn't need to know how much, just what type, and Core 2 processors were only compatible with DDR2 memory, while the Core i5s only work with DDR3 (for now - they'll probably switch to DDR4 before they change the names again). Look for a motherboard that has the right socket for your CPU. The 3570K uses a LGA 1155 socket. Also make sure you get the right size for your case (ATX, mATX, or mITX), and since you're getting an overclockable processor, it would be a waste to not get a motherboard that supports overclocking. Other than that, just look at reliability and the various ports and slots available.
[QUOTE=garychencool;43349587]depends on what you're going to do, 4GB would be my minimum. What OS are you running? You're gonna need 64 bit in order to use more than ~3GB of RAM[/QUOTE] I mostly plan to use it for gaming, also I'm using 64 bit seven so RAM shouldn't be a problem. I'm already using 4GB at the moment. I'll check if I have some spare modules somewhere. What about the choice of CPU/GPU? Neither should be bottlenecking the other, right? [editline]29th December 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=gman003-main;43349690]He doesn't need to know how much, just what type, and Core 2 processors were only compatible with DDR2 memory, while the Core i5s only work with DDR3 (for now - they'll probably switch to DDR4 before they change the names again). Look for a motherboard that has the right socket for your CPU. The 3570K uses a LGA 1155 socket. Also make sure you get the right size for your case (ATX, mATX, or mITX), and since you're getting an overclockable processor, it would be a waste to not get a motherboard that supports overclocking. Other than that, just look at reliability and the various ports and slots available.[/QUOTE] Well shit, so that means even more things to buy. Is every recent CPU incompatible with DDR2?
DDR2 is so old, even I use DDR3, and I'm the guy with an 555BE and a 5770.
[QUOTE=_Axel;43349730]Well shit, so that means even more things to buy. Is every recent CPU incompatible with DDR2?[/QUOTE] Yep. In fact, next year there are supposed to be processors that support DDR4, but I wouldn't wait for those (I'm betting they'll be delayed, and they're mostly ultra-high-end chips anyways).
Welp, I guess I'll wait a bit before getting the GPU and buy the CPU first. A friend told me mine was the most dated of the two. Is that right? I'll check my PSU's wattage tomorrow.
So I have a Vista laptop and a windows 7 desktop, how do I get them to communicate so I can access stuff on the desktop via the laptop?
[QUOTE=_Axel;43349978]Welp, I guess I'll wait a bit before getting the GPU and buy the CPU first. A friend told me mine was the most dated of the two. Is that right? I'll check my PSU's wattage tomorrow.[/QUOTE]Your CPU could definitely use an upgrade, but if you can only get one thing at a time and want more shiny things first, upgrading to the GTX 760 will let you do more than upgrading to an i5. For your PSU, all you need it 500w to run a GTX 760, according to Nvidia. If you have an HD 4850, you most likely have a PSU that is powerful enough. Just check to make sure, though.
okay, i installed windows 8 on christmas and i noticed that windows.old is really big. i uninstalled all of my programs during the upgrade but kept my files and while there is a description of what windows.old is (a backup of the pre-upgrade system?) i'm paranoid and i just want to be reassured that deleting it won't delete all of my files that transferred from 7. because i have a lot of things that i'd like to keep, like old artwork and music.
You gotta go into it and copy all the stuff you care about first, getting permission for all the files is gonna take time. When you go to delete it, it might not delete everything due to more permission bullshit but 99% will be gone.
[QUOTE=gokiyono;43345545]I have a lot of videos on my external harddrive, what would be a good method of compressing them?[/QUOTE] unless you mean codec compression video/images don't compress that well at all without a severe quality drop it wouldn't be worth the effort
When I launch Audacity I get this weird CLICK sound come from my computer case, maybe the odd, is that shit normal?
Doing some overclocking on an ancient system, running Prime 95 for a while gives me a max temp of 80C on small FFTs. I wasn't brave enough to go past that for obvious reasons. So for future reference, what's the max i could run it at?
[QUOTE=~Kiwi~v2;43355059]Specs? Idle @Stock and OC temps?[/QUOTE] It's an AMD Athlon 64 x2 5600+, running at idle it's usually 40-45C. I did a stress test on my default settings and ended up reaching 80C before i turned it off. But that was on 100% load. I'm going to play some of my usual games and such and then check out my max temperature, as Prime95 kills my CPU on god damn default settings. I'm guessing my thermal paste might be degraded or some shit like that. [editline]30th December 2013[/editline] CPU idle when overclocked (Bus Speed at 220MHz) was in the mid fifties if i remember correctly. That was at 3.1GHz. For record, default is 2.8GHz.
Is it worth overclocking my cpu? I'm using the stock cooler but I assume I have to buy an aftermarket one. But If I overclock will I get noticeable performance improvement or should I just wait to upgrade my system? [t]http://puu.sh/63nMZ.png[/t]
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[QUOTE=snowzombeh;43355470]Is it worth overclocking my cpu? I'm using the stock cooler but I assume I have to buy an aftermarket one. But If I overclock will I get noticeable performance improvement or should I just wait to upgrade my system? [t]http://puu.sh/63nMZ.png[/t][/QUOTE] No, just wait
[QUOTE=garychencool;43350717]So I have a Vista laptop and a windows 7 desktop, how do I get them to communicate so I can access stuff on the desktop via the laptop?[/QUOTE] Anyone?
Thinking of selling my NAS and replacing it with a MicroATX machine, the current NAS I use is ready nas duo ( [url]http://www.readynas.com/?p=6167[/url] ) thinking of replacing it with [img_thumb]http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/44896033/storagemachine.png[/img_thumb] ( I would be using my NAS hard drive in the build ) Would that build work? I don't normally make MicroATX machines, part of the reason of having a semi decent CPU is that it would also be transcoding videos on demand using Plex.
OK, time for me to ask instead of answer some questions. I'm helping a friend build a combination gaming and music production PC, on a rather low budget. I've got two options, both at $740 (he wants to get it down at least below $700 if possible without sacrificing power). BitFenix Prodigy, A10-6800K, R7 260X BitFenix Prodigy M, FX-6350, GeForce 660 Other common parts: 2x4GB Team Dark DDR3-1600, Corsair CX500M, HDD and ODD scavenged from spares bin, Hyper TX3 cooler, Hyperborea 120mm case fans, Windows 8.1 x64 OEM (ironically, this guy's a bigger Linux guy than *I* am, but we both agree Windows is the best thing for this particular build due to software) The ITX build seems worse spec-wise, but the AM3 platform isn't exactly modern - no PCIe 3.0, in particular. But the only Mini-ITX boards we can find are FM2, and it seems a waste to buy an APU and then not use the integrated graphics for anything. Since it's actually been *years* since I did a full ground-up build, I want to make sure I'm not making any dumb mistakes, either incompatible parts or just bad parts (pretty sure Corsair doesn't make IEDs, but I haven't really kept up with the PSU game). Other notes: We're going with AMD CPUs both for price, and because his music software seems to like many integer cores rather than high IPC I've picked ASRock mobos on both - a FM2-A85X-ITX for the former, 960GM/U3S3 for the latter He's a big fan of racing games, GRID/Dirt in particular, which led us to initially favor AMD since those games favor AMD cards a lot more, but the pricing actually seems to favor Nvidia right now even using those games as a benchmark He's got a USB sound/MIDI box already for all that stuff, so the mobo doesn't need anything special for music The Prodigy cases aren't really negotiable - he likes the handles, since he plans to lug this thing around fairly often (not enough to go with a laptop though) Buying everything from Newegg unless it's cheaper elsewhere\ We've got enough cables and miscellaneous bits to not worry about those If you have any recommendations for significantly lowering the price while still maintaining a comparable level of performance, feel free to speak up. Or if I'm about to make a dumbass of myself by recommending something stupid.
[QUOTE=gman003-main;43349870]Yep. In fact, next year there are supposed to be processors that support DDR4, but I wouldn't wait for those (I'm betting they'll be delayed, and they're mostly ultra-high-end chips anyways).[/QUOTE] I see it already... "Introducing the all new DDR4 ram! only $120 per stick!"
Well considering that part of DDR4 is higher densities, meaning 16GB and 32GB dimms, so an itx build could have 64GB available as opposed to the modern mainstream limit of 16GB I would pay the fuck out of my wallet for $120 32GB dimms
[QUOTE=gman003-main;43363187]OK, time for me to ask instead of answer some questions. I'm helping a friend build a combination gaming and music production PC, on a rather low budget. I've got two options, both at $740 (he wants to get it down at least below $700 if possible without sacrificing power). BitFenix Prodigy, A10-6800K, R7 260X BitFenix Prodigy M, FX-6350, GeForce 660 Other common parts: 2x4GB Team Dark DDR3-1600, Corsair CX500M, HDD and ODD scavenged from spares bin, Hyper TX3 cooler, Hyperborea 120mm case fans, Windows 8.1 x64 OEM (ironically, this guy's a bigger Linux guy than *I* am, but we both agree Windows is the best thing for this particular build due to software) The ITX build seems worse spec-wise, but the AM3 platform isn't exactly modern - no PCIe 3.0, in particular. But the only Mini-ITX boards we can find are FM2, and it seems a waste to buy an APU and then not use the integrated graphics for anything. Since it's actually been *years* since I did a full ground-up build, I want to make sure I'm not making any dumb mistakes, either incompatible parts or just bad parts (pretty sure Corsair doesn't make IEDs, but I haven't really kept up with the PSU game). Other notes: We're going with AMD CPUs both for price, and because his music software seems to like many integer cores rather than high IPC I've picked ASRock mobos on both - a FM2-A85X-ITX for the former, 960GM/U3S3 for the latter He's a big fan of racing games, GRID/Dirt in particular, which led us to initially favor AMD since those games favor AMD cards a lot more, but the pricing actually seems to favor Nvidia right now even using those games as a benchmark He's got a USB sound/MIDI box already for all that stuff, so the mobo doesn't need anything special for music The Prodigy cases aren't really negotiable - he likes the handles, since he plans to lug this thing around fairly often (not enough to go with a laptop though) Buying everything from Newegg unless it's cheaper elsewhere\ We've got enough cables and miscellaneous bits to not worry about those If you have any recommendations for significantly lowering the price while still maintaining a comparable level of performance, feel free to speak up. Or if I'm about to make a dumbass of myself by recommending something stupid.[/QUOTE] Get a 7790 instead of the 260X, similar power for less dosh. Still GCN architecture and supports mantle/direct compute
I'm just looking for a semi-cheap upgrade for my awful graphics card and I found this decent one at Best Buy:[URL="http://www.bestbuy.com/site/geforce-gt-630-graphic-card-780-mhz-core-2-gb-ddr3-sdram-pci-express-2-0-x16/5594282.p?id=1218668292998&skuId=5594282&st=categoryid$abcat0507002&cp=1&lp=3#tab=specifications"]http://www.bestbuy.com/site/geforce-gt-630-graphic-card-780-mhz-core-2-gb-ddr3-sdram-pci-express-2-0-x16/5594282.p?id=1218668292998&skuId=5594282&st=categoryid$abcat0507002&cp=1&lp=3#tab=specifications[/URL] My current graphics card is this piece of shit: Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT Manufacturer: NVIDIA Chip type: GeForce 8500 GT DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC Display Memory: 1520 MB Dedicated Memory: 241 MB Shared Memory: 1279 MB
[QUOTE=Fuzzwaddle;43369709]I'm just looking for a semi-cheap upgrade for my awful graphics card and I found this decent one at Best Buy:[URL="http://www.bestbuy.com/site/geforce-gt-630-graphic-card-780-mhz-core-2-gb-ddr3-sdram-pci-express-2-0-x16/5594282.p?id=1218668292998&skuId=5594282&st=categoryid$abcat0507002&cp=1&lp=3#tab=specifications"]http://www.bestbuy.com/site/geforce-gt-630-graphic-card-780-mhz-core-2-gb-ddr3-sdram-pci-express-2-0-x16/5594282.p?id=1218668292998&skuId=5594282&st=categoryid$abcat0507002&cp=1&lp=3#tab=specifications[/URL] My current graphics card is this piece of shit: Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT Manufacturer: NVIDIA Chip type: GeForce 8500 GT DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC Display Memory: 1520 MB Dedicated Memory: 241 MB Shared Memory: 1279 MB[/QUOTE] I'm a bit out of the loop, though I like Tom's Hardware for these articles: [url]http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107-2.html[/url] For that price point, they recommend the Radeon HD 6570.
i have an amd phenom x2 955 (not black edition or overclocked) with the stock intercooler and arctic silver 5 thermal paste that runs at an average temp of anywhere from 71c idle to almost 90c under load. is this normal? ive looked at a few articles on webzones and people are getting like 31c temps idle (must live in an igloo) and my bios only says that it'll sound an alarm if the cpu temp goes OVER 90c. do u think this is just normal for my pc? it gets a fair bit dusty every now and again but the fans are set up fine; they bring in cool air through the front and hot air up and out the top and back like they should. edit: somehow the bios setting to automatically curb the clock speed based on what ur doing was turned off (dunno how that happened) im getting more reasonable temperatures now
Is there a way to diagnose whether a gpu is dying? I had purple lines on one side of my screen and I assumed it was the monitor (Since it wasn't affected by any running applications or anything) but now it disappeared after ~5 seconds of constant flickering and I'm confused
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