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Old 11-22-2012, 01:03 AM   #1376
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IMHO, the gain from Sli doesnt seem to be worth the cost of buying 2 cards...
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Old 11-22-2012, 02:00 AM   #1377
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Any suggestions on GPU's? I have the 560ti now. Should I SLI it? Or get a GTX 670? Or maybe a Radeon card?
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SLI 560 Ti is faster than 580. Seems to be on par to a 670.

If you can get one used for under 100, I say go for it. Think they were hovering around 150 new last time I checked.
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Old 11-22-2012, 10:13 AM   #1378
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Old 11-22-2012, 02:14 PM   #1379
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I've got a problem in my system.

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(D: )1tb WD Black
750w Corsair Psu

Whenever I play games that are graphics intensive, the game would randomly crash. Or maybe not so random, Once it crashes and I try to play again, it would crash again soon after. But if I let my system rest for a while, I could play for a while before the first crash happens. And this only happens in Graphics Intensive games - Sleeping Dogs, Crysis 1, and now AC3. Didn't happen on Rage but I was watching the GPU usage on that in Afterburner and its pretty easy on the load. Also didnt happen on CIV 5, Dungeon Defenders.

And I monitor the GPU temp using after burner, it says max I reach is around 65 C
Games are installed in the D: drive
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Old 11-22-2012, 03:01 PM   #1380
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try updating your video card driver...

are you using a MSI card?

I'm using a factory OC MSI 570 card, and it used to always crash too..
But then i underclocked it to reference speed and its been stable ever since..
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Old 11-22-2012, 06:52 PM   #1381
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try updating your video card driver...

are you using a MSI card?

I'm using a factory OC MSI 570 card, and it used to always crash too..
But then i underclocked it to reference speed and its been stable ever since..
I'm using 306.97 right now, I have a Twin Frozr II factory oc'ed at 800, and I already did underclock it to stock settings (Core: 772, Memory:2004; taken from afterburner) but that didn't stop the problem.
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Old 11-22-2012, 07:36 PM   #1382
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Pulled the trigger on this .

Corsair Vengeance Black CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 16GB 2X8GB DDR3-1600 CL10 1.5V Dual Channel Memory Kit
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Old 11-22-2012, 08:08 PM   #1383
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Any suggestions on GPU's? I have the 560ti now. Should I SLI it? Or get a GTX 670? Or maybe a Radeon card?
If you can find one for $120 or less...I would just SLI...560Ti is still relevant these days.
It's a more cost effective upgrade than dropping >$300 for 670

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I'm using 306.97 right now, I have a Twin Frozr II factory oc'ed at 800, and I already did underclock it to stock settings (Core: 772, Memory:2004; taken from afterburner) but that didn't stop the problem.
Did this start out of nowhere (ie not after new driver...cleaning the card)

are you seeing artifact? Maybe it's dying and time for RMA
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Old 11-22-2012, 08:13 PM   #1384
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Old 11-22-2012, 08:20 PM   #1385
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I have this fan..

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Old 11-22-2012, 08:24 PM   #1386
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Did this start out of nowhere (ie not after new driver...cleaning the card)

are you seeing artifact? Maybe it's dying and time for RMA
nop, not even seeing artifact, It just crashes the game. I just actually tried it now after shutting down my pc for several hours. And I'm crashing after a couple minutes into the game (AC3). Maybe my theory about letting the cpu rest is bunk.
Anyway, I don't know when this started. I know I was playing a lot of diablo 3 when it came out and had no problems with that. Pretty sure its not because of a new driver. Maybe it started after I cleaned the card? My room is carpeted and I know there's precautions about grounding yourself but I've never done those. How would I know if static electricity has damaged my video card?
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Old 11-22-2012, 08:39 PM   #1387
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Do all games crash, or just that one? And the obvious question, is it pirated?
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Old 11-22-2012, 08:44 PM   #1388
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Do all games crash, or just that one? And the obvious question, is it pirated?
not all games crash, just the ones that use a lot of gpu. Yes they are mostly pirated but Crysis also crashes which I bought in steam. Checked the integrity of game cache on it.
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Old 11-22-2012, 10:13 PM   #1389
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I got the same kit. About to buy another kit to load up my system. so far i got 4*8 need another 4 sticks to load up my system
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Old 11-22-2012, 10:16 PM   #1390
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Opinions between these 2 mobos:

http://ncix.com/products/?sku=76119&...r&promoid=1030

http://ncix.com/products/index.php?s...k&promoid=1030

Doing a new build currently have:

Corsair 500R Case
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Probably gonna pick up at H100i cooler too

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Old 11-23-2012, 01:19 PM   #1391
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Old 11-23-2012, 03:26 PM   #1392
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Opinions between these 2 mobos:

MSI Z77 Mpower ATX LGA1155 Z77 DDR3 3PCI-E16 4PCI-E1 SATA3 DVI HDMI VGA SLI USB3.0 Motherboard

ASRock Z77 EXTREME4 ATX LGA1155 DDR3 2PCI-E16 2PCI-E1 2PCI SATA3 DVI HDMI USB3.0 Motherboard

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Old 11-23-2012, 06:55 PM   #1393
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Don't get the Extreme 4, the VRM is a POS

Get this instead.
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Old 11-24-2012, 05:19 PM   #1394
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Old 11-24-2012, 09:38 PM   #1395
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can anyone suggest a HTPC build? (size of computer does not matter, so ATX and medium size case is fine)

budget: no more than 500$? after tax?

Was thinking of just going onboard video card/soundcard, and get more storage.
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Old 11-24-2012, 09:43 PM   #1396
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can anyone suggest a HTPC build? (size of computer does not matter, so ATX and medium size case is fine)

budget: no more than 500$? after tax?

Was thinking of just going onboard video card/soundcard, and get more storage.
CPU: AMD A10-5700 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($126.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI FM2-A55M-E33 Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Samsung 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($129.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Silverstone ML03B HTPC Case ($57.21 @ Amazon)
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Old 11-24-2012, 11:03 PM   #1398
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You can probably find a cheaper hard drive with all those Thanksgiving weekend sales going on
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Where do you guys get cheap case lighting?
eBay 48cm LED strip - $2-3 (make sure its 12V)
molex female plug - FREE: cut it off of an extra VGA 6/8 pin to dual molex adaptor that comes with most GPUs

Solder leads together and you get a cheap, flexible strip of blindingly bright light in the color of your choice


Total cost without the cost of 1cm of solder and some tape: < $3. Can't get cheaper than that
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