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Old 07-19-2012, 01:52 AM   #1051
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looking to downgrade my video card and move into a smaller case. currently using a GTX 280 (13.26“ X 10.23“ X 2.67“) which will interfere with my hdds. any suggestions for a smaller one (size wise)? Probably only using this for the occasional D3 game.
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Old 07-19-2012, 12:09 PM   #1052
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Its not really a clicking more like the sound it makes when writing? And the HD is only like 7 months old
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Old 07-19-2012, 01:24 PM   #1053
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Finished testing Noctua D14 vs Scythe Mine 2.

Both twin tower coolers, but it looks like the D14 is better by a hair even with weaker fans.

Noctua D14 with stock fans and Nt-H1 paste.

Scythe Mine 2 with Kazemaru 2 1700rpm and Ultra Kaze 3000 with Tuniq tx-2 paste.

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Noctua was dead silent even at full while the Scythe was a tornado in my room.
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Old 07-19-2012, 07:13 PM   #1054
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for anyone putting together a new build
i highly recommend the samsung 30nm ram



low voltage..ultra low profile so good if you plan on upgrading to massive coolers
people get put off by the loose timings but you can tighten them and overclock them like mad...people have pushed it up to 2800MHz with x79 systems.
on z68/z77 most people dont have a problem with 2133-2400MHz
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Old 07-19-2012, 07:16 PM   #1055
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i bought the Asus G75VW ASUS G75VW 17.3in FHD Core i7 3610QM Quad Core GeForce 670M 3GB 750GB 8GB HDMI Notebook 1 Year Wrty - ASUS - G75VW-RS72-CA for $1350 taxed in.. got a really good deal on it but how does this laptop go in terms of gaming? i'm going to add an ssd to it as my primary drive and use the 750gb as a secondary and i'm prolly good with just 8gb ram and not need the 16gb? if i want to plug this into my 24" or even my 32" TV would the 670m be sufficient to run at ultra settings?? i didn't open the box yet coz i don't want to pay the restocking fee on open box.. any suggestion/feedback on this laptop?
depends on the resolution...1080p should be no problem with the 670M...unless it's really crap compared to the its desktop version GTX670

edit: scratch that...probably med-high settings for game slike BF3 with no AA...it's not even based on the kepler chip...from reading around it's somewhere between the speed of $100 desktop cards like the GTX 460 768MB and 550Ti

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Old 07-20-2012, 05:25 PM   #1056
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Got my new GTX 680 from the step up program after a 2 month wait, what a card. It blows my old 580GTX plus it takes less power. Does anyone have this card running on PCI-E 3.0? I read there's not much of a difference in performance between 2.0 and 3.0.
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Old 07-20-2012, 10:11 PM   #1057
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2 and 3 is barely any difference with the current hardware...even with SLI/CFX i think the difference is something like less than 2%..but if you have a ivy bridge cpu/mobo then might as well enable it.

So you just got your 580 before that? I thought step up program is only good for 1st 90 days
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Old 07-20-2012, 10:13 PM   #1058
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I got my 580 in Feb, got my name on the list a coupe days after the 680 came out which I believe was in March so it was within the 90 days of purchase.
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Old 07-22-2012, 10:27 PM   #1059
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Okay guys, I've been out of this computer game for a while. I'm planning to build my next Tower soon and was wondering if LGA1155 is sufficient for video editing or do I really need to get the new LGA2011 chipset.
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Old 07-22-2012, 10:32 PM   #1060
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Old 07-22-2012, 11:38 PM   #1062
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I was very excited about this case, but when it was released, i was disappointed how big it is.
sure you can use regular atx psu, and full size video cards and whole bunch of hdd but then if they going to make that big, why itx?
it's bigger than Silverstone TJ08B-E matx case.
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Old 07-23-2012, 12:17 AM   #1063
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New prodigy is pretty bad, it fits an abundant amounts of stuff, but the power supply is very limited, it fits at most a seasonic 620W modular.
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time to upgrade/build a new one

this dell i7 is meh. i only made a few upgrades since theres no room in the dell tower case.

where shall i start?
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Old 07-24-2012, 12:33 AM   #1065
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Old 07-24-2012, 12:42 AM   #1066
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this dell i7 is meh. i only made a few upgrades since theres no room in the dell tower case.

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Old 07-25-2012, 06:04 PM   #1067
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I need to get into the habit of backing up my stuff, and I was wondering, what would be a good reliable hard drive? 1 TB is more than enough, actually maybe 500 GB is already good enough for me.

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Old 07-25-2012, 07:19 PM   #1068
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IIRC all the hard drives are all now made by either Seagate or WD...so just buy whatever green drive that goes for the cheapest
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Old 07-25-2012, 09:11 PM   #1069
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I need to get into the habit of backing up my stuff, and I was wondering, what would be a good reliable hard drive? 1 TB is more than enough, actually maybe 500 GB is already good enough for me.

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check out the new seagate berracuda drives, the "power of 1" series where its 1TB per platter, it seems like its a made to run in raid/nas so should have better reliability than WD greens, but i think the minimum is 2TB i saw. but hey u can never have enough harddrive space
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check out the new seagate berracuda drives, the "power of 1" series where its 1TB per platter, it seems like its a made to run in raid/nas so should have better reliability than WD greens, but i think the minimum is 2TB i saw. but hey u can never have enough harddrive space
Anything that's cheap would not be certified to run in RAID/NAS. The 1tb platter simply offers higher density thereby gaining speed. WD RE series drives are expensive for a reason.

Myself I just use WD Greens in my NAS in mirror mode with an additional 500gb 2.5" usb backup.
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Greens are NOT to be used in an NAS.

WD has a new lineup intended to be used in NAS - WD Red
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built a new comp for myself as a bday gift.

jumped on the mem express deal.

i7 3770k
asus p8z77-v
32G corsair 1800mhz ram
forgot what i got, umm, i think it was seagate 1tb 64M hdd
antec 300 2 case
thermaltek 500W psu, and enough fans to keep everything cool (2 120mm that came with the case) + 2 120mm cases up front to suck in air, and 1 more extra behind the cpu to suck out heat. surprisingly quite.

so far so good, no complaints, was due time for a new desktop, my core 2duo was needing an upgrade.

thanx Mikroft and skinny for the advice.



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Can't you route the cables behind the motherboard tray?
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is that for basic web surfing/word processing? I dont see a video card.
If it is..not sure why buy i7 processor and 32gb ram?
anyways if you buy 3770K you're gonna have to do it some justice
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