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04-27-2015, 06:01 PM
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#3976 | | I WANT MY 10 YEARS BACK FROM RS.net!
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Originally Posted by iwantaskyline  Need to upgrade my video card but it will require a new PSU. Worth it? Or should I just build a new PC entirely.
Running a i5 quad from 2010. | what kinda PSU? Many cards are more power efficient than their 2010 counterpart
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04-27-2015, 06:14 PM
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#3977 | | RS.net, helping ugly ppl have sex since 2001
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Originally Posted by RESN The BenQ is actually on sale for $150 at bestbuy right now. Will I notice a huge difference with the BenQ over the Dell? I don't see any good deals on 144hz monitor  | link?
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04-28-2015, 12:35 PM
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#3978 | | I am Hook'd on RS
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Can someone recommend me a high end video card that won't break the bank.
My processor is a intel Xeon E5-2630 with 64gb ram.
my motherboard is a Supermicro X9SCL i think.
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05-01-2015, 11:37 AM
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#3980 | | I am Hook'd on RS
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Originally Posted by roastpuff | LOL ya i work from home so my company got me this computer.. its a desktop with server parts haha. Thanks for the recommendations!
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05-04-2015, 11:45 AM
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#3982 | | OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday
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600W PSU is sufficient. Also, those prices for the motherboard and videocard aren't that great... check out the latest NCIX sale. Also, I'd go Gigabyte over ASUS for a motherboard. MSI GeForce GTX 970 OC 1102/1241MHZ 4GB 7GHZ GDDR5 HDMI 2x DVI DisplayPort PCI-E Video Card - GTX 970 4GD5T OC GIGABYTE Z97X-SOC ATX LGA1150 Z97 DDR3 PCI-E16 PCI-E8 XFIRE/SLI SATA3 USB3 HDMI DVI Motherboard - GA-Z97X-SOC
As for watercooling, it depends on what you want to do. Are you going to over-clock a lot? If not, stick with air cooling as it is simpler. I have a Corsair Hydro H100, and it's been good. I OC'ed my i7-2600K from 3.4ghz to 4.4ghz, a fairly mild one, but I like keeping the temperatures down.
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05-04-2015, 12:49 PM
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Anyway to resurrect a dead SSD?
Computer froze and was restarted, not its stuck on MB splash screen. I unplugged all extra devices and gpu card to have bare minimum chances of a problem and booted again but still stuck on splash screen. Then I plugged the SSD into a sata dock on another computer and it won't detect it.
When SSD was plugged into the original computer and stuck on splash screen, the LED on the SSD was red.
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05-07-2015, 10:49 AM
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#3984 | | Need to Seek Professional Help
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Looking to buy a computer mainly for AutoCAD, Civil 3D, some REVIT, Chief Architect...
Can anyone tell me if this computer on Craigslist is any good? HP Pavilion Xeon Z400 with Intel Quad Core Xeon processor
Much appreciated~
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05-07-2015, 11:38 AM
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#3985 | | OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday
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Originally Posted by RE-Jo | No, too old and crappy... will be not that fast with those specs (4GB RAM? Hope your AutoCAD file is not very big!).
What's your budget?
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05-08-2015, 09:49 AM
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#3986 | | Need to Seek Professional Help
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Hoping to stay below $1000 :| Have not bought a computer in a long time, so don't have a clue how much a decent machine goes for nowadays..
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05-08-2015, 01:24 PM
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#3987 | | OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday
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Originally Posted by RE-Jo Hoping to stay below $1000 :| Have not bought a computer in a long time, so don't have a clue how much a decent machine goes for nowadays.. | http://www.revscene.net/forums/702974-i7-gaming-pc.html this unit, add RAM and a SSD. Try and bargain him down.
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05-08-2015, 02:44 PM
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#3988 | | #deephouse
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My friend is looking for a laptop in the range of 600-800.
His usage is some gaming and browsing.
He was thinking of getting the lenovo Y40
Any other deals or suggestions? He's not in a hurry either.
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05-08-2015, 03:31 PM
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#3989 | | OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday
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What kind of gaming?
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05-09-2015, 04:22 PM
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#3990 | | Say! Say! Say!
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Just found this system - i7 4790k, GTX 760, 16GB Ram, 2x240GB SSD
If he still has it, it's a pretty good deal although I'd see if you can part out the video card and slap in a separately purchased GTX 970 or 280X instead.
Intel Retail Edge for Summer 2015 is coming again. Probably going to pick up a 4790K for around $185 ~ after duties and shipping.
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05-13-2015, 05:14 PM
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#3991 | | To me, there is the Internet and there is RS
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Gf's PC: ASRock 970 EXTREME3 mobo, Asus Radeon HD 7770 V2, 625W PSU
My PC: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 mobo, Asus Radeon HD 7750 V2, 550W PSU
She wants to play Witcher 3 so I'll be adding my card to her rig and buying myself a new card. NCIX has a deal going where if I buy a GeForce GTX960 I get Witcher 3 for free so I'm saving an extra $50 if I buy one of those. My question: is a 960 at least twice as powerful as my 7750 and can my setup actually make use of it (ie not bottleneck the crap out of it). I paid $70 for the 7750 on Black Friday 2012 so I have a hard time dropping $200 on a new card if it's not going to be significantly more powerful. Also does anyone see any other potential problems with my planned changes?
TIA.
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05-13-2015, 05:38 PM
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#3992 | | Say! Say! Say!
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I'd probably pick up a used R9 280X + Witcher 3 code for like $30.
But speaking benchmark-wise, a GTX960 will be about 3 times faster than a 7750.
I don't know what processor you're running, but there should be no noticeable bottleneck if it's at least a FX-8320 and up. Anything lower, you'll probably see some bottlenecking due to the low IPC of AMD cores.
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05-13-2015, 05:43 PM
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#3993 | | RS.net, helping ugly ppl have sex since 2001
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Just sold my witcher code for $30 and bought MKX lmao
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05-13-2015, 05:52 PM
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#3994 | | #deephouse
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Im waiting for broadwell to hit desktops... still using i7 920...
I always wonder how fast haswell is... but i can wait for now.
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05-13-2015, 06:35 PM
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#3995 | | Say! Say! Say!
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I honestly wouldn't bother waiting for Broadwell.
Either build a Haswell system now (there will probably be a bunch of 4790K flooding Craigslist in the next month due to the Intel Retail Edge promotion) or wait for Skylake/Zen next year.
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05-13-2015, 09:30 PM
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#3996 | | To me, there is the Internet and there is RS
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05-13-2015, 09:52 PM
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#3997 | | #deephouse
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Originally Posted by Razor Ramon HG I honestly wouldn't bother waiting for Broadwell.
Either build a Haswell system now (there will probably be a bunch of 4790K flooding Craigslist in the next month due to the Intel Retail Edge promotion) or wait for Skylake/Zen next year. | When ever the next Gen comes out is what I'm aiming for. I thought broadwell was next
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05-13-2015, 10:08 PM
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#3998 | | Where's my RS Christmas Lobster?!
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intel pentium g3258 vs amd athlon x4 860k?
dual core vs quad?
which processor do you guys think would be better for everyday gaming?
probably just be league, csgo, and some other games nothing intense
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05-13-2015, 11:18 PM
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#3999 | | Diagonally parked in a parallel universe
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Does this happen to you guys?
Im in a full screen game, alt-tab to something like chrome and chrome just sits on top of the game. I'm using Windows 8.1.
Back in vista, when I alt tab from a game to chrome, the desktop would be in the background. Any way of fixing this??
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05-14-2015, 01:10 AM
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#4000 | | #deephouse
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Upgrade to windows 7.
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