too late already bought it LOL what have i been doing without one of these, it feels like i can write a whole damn paragraph everytime i type.

Bought a nice and snazzy mITX with this chip today.

EVGA Hadron Air mITX + built-in 500W PSU
Intel G3258 + ASUS H81I-Plus
4GB Corsair DDR3
ASUS R9 270
Samsung EVO 840 120GB SSD

Was a pain in the ass to install because the case is tiny and there's so many wires. Managed to make it look real nice and tidy with zip ties I had lying around.

I got the G3285 stable at 4.5GHz and 1.275v. Temperatures don't go over 75 degrees with a Zalman CNPS5X heatsink with Prime95 testing.

I ran PassMark and got a score of CPU score of 4688. This places the G3285 OC close to the i3-4130 (4813). G3285 stock is 4027.

CPU and heatsink was 72 and heatsink was 17 dollars at NCIX. With a $10 MIR for the heatsink, that brings the combo to roughly $80. I would definitely take this over the i3-4130 that costs $40 more.

Only gripe with the machine is that the ASUS H81I-Plus and the Zalman CNPS5X aren't a good choice together as the heatsink cuts into the two RAM slots. You'll probably want to use those godly 30nm Samsung Green DDR3L RAM that are half the size of regular RAM or a different heatsink.

GF's PC has the following mobo: http://www.ncix.com/detail/asrock-97...3-94-72135.htm

The mobo has a bunch of fan plugs and comes with speed management software. All the fans are 3 pin, and all the plugs are 3 pin EXCEPT for the one for the main case fan, which is 4 pin. With the 3 pin fan plugged into the 4 pin plug, the software has no effect and it runs at full speed all the time and is loud as fuck. The fan can be controlled just fine if I move it to a 3 pin plug (so I know the fan is okay), but the temp control only affects the main fan.

Does this sound like a software bug, or is this a problem with having a 3 pin fan on a 4 pin plug? If it's hardware, is there anything I can do to make it work or do I need to buy a new case fan?

It's normal.

The only difference between three and four pin fans is that the extra pin allows PWM control via the motherboard. Traditionally, three pin fans are controlled by voltage as opposed to the motherboard for four pins. And as your three pin fan is missing the fourth pin, it cannot be controlled by your motherboard's fan control software (as it's only compatible with four pin PWM fans).

On certain motherboards, three pin fans can go into a four pin slot as the motherboard allows voltage control. My Z97I-Plus is an example of this (both my chassis fans are three pins and slotted in a four pin slot). You can double check the motherboard BIOS for this.

The easiest solution would most likely be to get a new fan though.

Just finish building my new PC.

http://i833.photobucket.com/albums/z...psxcfmuhfh.jpg

Corsair Vengeance Series C70 Case in OD Green
AMD FX-8350 8 Core Processor Socket AM3+ 4.0GHZ 16MB
ASUS M5A99X Evo R2.0
G.SKILL F3-12800CL10D-16GBXL Ripjaws x2 for total of 32GB of Ram
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB 2.5in SATA3 SandForce
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB
Seagate 500GB HDD
2X XFX Radeon R7 260X 2GB
EVGA Supernova 1000G2 1000W PSU
XSPC Watercooling
Acrylic tubing with Primochill Revolver compression fittings

that looks sick!

curious, how come you didn't go for a bigger HD?

I have a NAS storage to put all my media on so i can share them on my network and mobile devices. The NAS has 4 TB of storage.
I went with the 120GB HyperX SSD for the OS, the other SSD for application installs, then the 500 for misc crap, then the storage and backups will be going onto the NAS

My comp froze today and i pressed the reset button, but then it didnt power on again
It powers on one of my intake fans and my psu now, nothing else powers on.
I have been getting random resets and surge warnings this past month.
Is my psu dead?

sounds like it...if you have a spare swap it in to troubleshoot

Well looks like psu powers on, 1 intake fan, hard drive, mb lights on, but exhaust fan and 2 cpu fans dont spin.
Still no display

I dont have any spares to test with

Buy a cheap one from CL and try it out.

That's what I had to do while I waited for my PSU to RMA.

Buy a replacement PSU from NCIX.

You'll either have fixed your problem, or you'll just take a 15% restocking fee (chump change).

If you don't mind the drive, ME doesn't have restocking fees AFAIK.

If you're unsure about opening up your computer, I'm free for a bit on Wednesday and you can bring it over and I'll take a look at it for you (bring a spare PSU while you're at it).

^^ Yeah, go to ME to avoid re-stocking fee. One of the features I prefer ME over NCIX.

Fixed!
Thanks guys, it was the PSU
Just picked up at CX600M at ME

Damn.. bought some Coolermaster Sickleflow fans with blue LEDs. I thought they would light up the case, but they only really light up the fan.. Going to buy some LED strips instead.

On side note, NCIX has a refurbished Linksys router for $20 - http://www.ncix.com/detail/linksys-e...83752-1011.htm

I bought one and it tripled the speeds of my secondary router from 1600kB/s to 5800kB/s

http://www.ncix.com/detail/kingston-...78078-1011.htm

$60 120gbssd

now i'm having a problem where my pc doesn't completely shut down..
windows shuts down, but the computer keeps running

try turning off windows update
close all apps first then check which processes are still running

i think its a hardware problem more than software, check ur bios settings and if u have extra psu try swapping that out, my bet is the psu

i just replaced the psu last week
:suspicious:

still dealing with ncix with my ram order....

i have 2 sticks of ram being used right now @ 1.5V. if i pick up another 2 sticks thats running at 1.7V, will it be a problem?

i am given these 2 options:

http://www.ncix.com/detail/kingston-...b-03-78398.htm

http://www.ncix.com/detail/kingston-...s-30-88587.htm

the only difference i see is the memory speed (1600 vs 1333) and voltage (1.7V vs 1.5V)

any input? i am leaning towards the hyperx black

might be the motherboard since that controls the psu turning on and off. or u can test if its the psu

Check things like BIOS settings and any software that came with your mobo, the ASRock in le gf's machine has a "quick boot" option but after a couple months it glitched out and would just reboot the machine every time you tried to shut it off.

http://i.imgur.com/TK8kkDG.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/lD5i7UT.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/RuItl5i.jpg

My mITX build is finally complete with all the bells and whistles.

Might throw a LED strip in there and sleeve the PSU when I get a chance.

Reddit thread for more details - http://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/com...ron_air_build/

Killing time on NCIX, and have a build list for those looking for a budget PC.

• Bitfenix Merc Beta Steel Black ATX Mid Tower Case 3X5.25 7X3.25 1X2.5 *No PS* Top USB2.0 Audio
• Corsair TX650 650W ATX 12V Single Rail 24PIN ATX Power Supply Active PFC 80PLUS Bronze Refurbished
• Intel Pentium G3258 Anniversary Unlocked Dual Core 3.2GHZ Processor LGA1150 Haswell 3MB Cache Retail
• Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo Direct Touch 4 Heatpipe Heatsink AM2 AM3 1366/1150/1155/1156/2011
• Gigabyte GA-B85M-D3H mATX LGA1150 DDR3 1PCI-E16 2PCI-E1 1PCI HDMI SATA3 USB3.0 Mother *IR-$3*
• Corsair CMV4GX3M2A1333C9 4GB DDR3 2X2GB DDR3-1333 CL9 Dual Channel Memory Kit
• ADATA SX900 2.5" 128GB SSD SATA 3 SandForce 2281 550MB/SEC Write and 530MB/SEC Read

About $425 after pricematch and taxes. Throw in a cheap video card from Craigslist or whatever and you have a very decent budget gaming computer.

With the G3258, you'll probably want to overclock it. Although each CPU contains different silicon, someone else with the same motherboard was able to hit 4GHz on 1.2v (the max voltage that Gigabyte allows). Therefore, I included the Hyper 212 into the build because it's better and quieter than your stock cooler at load (although you may be able to get away with the stock cooler if you're on a really tight budget). I have mine on 4.5GHz at 1.285v stable with the ASUS Z97I-PLUS and it's plenty fast enough until I upgrade with a Broadwell chip later on.

And if you don't want the SSD, you can get this instead and save $30 - Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB SATA3 7200RPM 32MB Cache 3.5in Internal Hard Disk Drive HDD