how much did you buy it for? I have one laying around I don't use that I'd sell you for cheap..I only used it once.

Intel SSD DC S3700 Review - 800GB and 200GB Enterprise SSD

Took longer than expected, due to some issues. Even if you aren't in the market for a $2000 SSD, this review is well worth reading IMO

The Corsair SP 120s are pretty beast... I installed 2 on my hyper 212 evo in push/pull config and my idle temps are 20-24 degrees and 100% load has peaked at 45-50 degrees and on top of that it looks sexy. Only con to it is that they're pretty loud but apparently quieter than the Noctua NF-F12

Reposting so people can help answer my dilemma. :concentrate:

Just finished building my new budget rig. Idling at 30-33 degrees with Hyper 212+ push/pull config with my window wide open :derp: with window closed it's around 40 degrees.

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Personally I like the Dell XPS 13 clad in carbon fibre.
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XPS 13 has not as good of a screen. Also, no SD card reader and limited ports. :heckno: Looks good... but I need a bit more.

I should mention that I'm getting a very good deal through work for this laptop. Half off the original MSRP.

Honestly, I'm just entranced by the Gorilla Glass shiny-ness.

When I start up my comp the boot screen is in a very low resolution including bios until windows log in screen pops up it goes back to 1080p
Anybody have a fix to this? I'm guessing its my monitor

Intel Haswell Overclocking Preview - BCLK Overclocking May Return

:considered:

gonna get this
1st expandable AIO WC...perfect for noobs
retails next month for $140


http://www.thinkcomputers.org/images...ftech-h220.jpg
http://img541.imageshack.us/img541/262/tempresults1.png

^I saw that and was in awe. Finally an "AIO" from Swiftech that's expanded as well!

Does anyone have any experience with the Powercolor Radeon HD 7870 PCS+ MYST.(TAHITI LE)?
Powercolor Radeon HD 7870 PCS+ MYST.(TAHITI LE) 2GB 6Gbps GDDR5 DVI HDMI 2XMINIDP PCI-E Video Card

I've read on RFD that it's supposed to outperform the 660Ti and can be OC'd to perform as well as the 7950.

This seems like the best thread for my question since i dont want to start a new one :)

My old laptop (1.5 year old) has been running hot as hell lately... i've no idea why im not even doing anything except using word on it, there's nothing running in the background either

but the moment i turn it on the fan starts blowing at max speed and it gets hot -_-

:fulloffuck:

its a vaio f series btw


thanks but i already got one :)

paid around $45 + i used an ncix gift card so like $25

Use a can of compressed air and clean out the vents. See if that works.

Yeah. It's probably dusty causing it to overheat right away.

Is it even worth upgrading my PC
AMD Phenom 2 X6 1055t 2.8GG (OC to 3.4 currently)
16GB of RAM
AMD 6950 2gb VIDEO card.
Got the PC about 2 years ago.

or is it better to build a new I7PC?

thing is i cleaned it out not too long ago, i guess ill try cleaning it out again


i was wondering if maybe the video drivers or something software/fw wise may have been causing an issue :/

thanks guys

Hey SP, how do you feel about the GPU performance in the upcoming Haswell chips?

I went from an Intel 945 to an Intel 4000 in terms of integrated graphics, and the difference was outrageous. Now I've done some research on Haswell and it seems like the performance gain between IB and HW is going to be quite significant as well?

As a casual gamer, I am pretty excited to see how the performance is going to be with ULV chips. The 4000 already meets my expectations, but better performance is always welcomed.

After it been running for a bit, reboot and check the temps in the bios.

Every time Intel intros a new GPU, they hype it up with how it is "2x faster" than the current one or whatever... but in the end, they have all ended up being pretty useless in real games.

I don't think Haswell will have performance viable for gaming at 720p and above, but Broadwell might. We'll have to wait and see though

thanks, i think my issue might be fixed now though read on for the story :D

so the reason i wondered why it may be updates/drivers/fw whatever is windows has been trying to update my computer a tonne recently but failing every time it attempted to apply changes (a lot of people have had issues but none of the suggestions worked for fixing it)

also my video card recently had an update installed

anyway i took my laptops bottom off just now to clean out the dust and there really wasn't any it was basically clean

after i put it back together and turned it on, windows attempted to apply updates again and this time it succeeded! and after doing so it spent a good 5mins "cleaning up" (never seen that i guess its new to windows 8 updates??)

and when the computer finally rebooted the fan wasn't on full power as usual of late and its been running about a half hour now and not getting hot nor has the fan gone full power



sooo, either the quick brushing/blowing of dust fixed it or windows' success at applying the updates was the cure im leaning towards the latter because honestly there's more dust on my fingers than what was in the case


anyhow yippeee and thanks all

My previous PC with X4 925, 4GB of RAM and 5850 could still play most games in High Settings. It really depends on what you use the PC for, the only reason for me to upgrade was that the 7-year-old single-core AMD machine that I gave my wife died (I suspect it was the mobo) and I want to get an i7 for 720p/1080p live streaming while I play games. So I ended up getting the 3770k and gave her the 925 and both machines are now running SSD which will not need another upgrade until the components die (or in my case, when the 5850 can't handle modern games anymore and I need to get a new card).

If your computer can handle the games/applications you play/use, there is really no need to upgrade.

i would say keep using it until it dies and save your money. Your computer should still handle most things you throw at it.

A big thing that Haswell will have IMO is hardware accelerated 4K videos over a single HDMI connection :D

Asus's PCE-N10 is an absolute piece of junk. Tried the Asus driver, the Realtek driver and HP's driver, none of them raised connection speeds beyond an average of 5mbps. I'm paying for 25mbps and that's what LAN speeds I get on my other desktop :badpokerface:

Switching to a USB-N13 sometime this week.