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Subject: Want to build a PC? PC Building Guide and FAQ of The Flood

I got these cheeseburgers man....

Sure, that's good I guess, the power supply calculator said you'll use about 497W, so 700W gives you a bunch of room for adding stuff in. Just check to see if it's 80 Plus, or something like that.

  • 07.12.2012 12:20 AM PDT
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This is the PSU, but I'm not sure on how to tell whether or not it's 80 plus :/

  • 07.12.2012 12:27 AM PDT

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Sapphire just got even more awesome.

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Yeah, it is. A very good choice, for $50.

  • 07.12.2012 12:30 AM PDT
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Never mind!

[Edited on 07.12.2012 12:51 AM PDT]

  • 07.12.2012 12:41 AM PDT
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***Aberrant Designs***

Finished the fight on September 26,2007, 10:49pm EST
Remembered Reach on September 15th, 2010 9:30pm EST

So...AMD Radeon or nVidia GPU's? What's the real difference here? Any situations where one is better than the other? Do all games run with both cards?

  • 07.12.2012 8:55 AM PDT

Who the hell do you think I am?


Posted by: A Deaf Boy
So...AMD Radeon or nVidia GPU's? What's the real difference here? Any situations where one is better than the other? Do all games run with both cards?

a $110 i3-2100 can and will run better than a $120 AMD, such as the Phenom II. Although the AMD appears to have more cores or be faster, its architecture prevents it from performing as well as an Intel. Additionally, the Intel processors are what most games aim for when optimizing, with a few exceptions being AMD. Because of this, AMD is not cheaper than Intel, and usually performs worse. Just ask anyone who has owned both.

  • 07.12.2012 9:06 AM PDT
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***Aberrant Designs***

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Thanks for the information, but my question was in regards to GPU's, not CPU's.

:P

  • 07.12.2012 9:08 AM PDT

Who the hell do you think I am?

I'd say it applies to GPUs as well.

  • 07.12.2012 9:09 AM PDT

yas334229812

I am doing this for the first time, right now using an old pc, to learn it a bit, then later try out on a newer pc.

In case of a mistake.

Also mainly trying to disassemble then put it back together.

  • 07.12.2012 12:05 PM PDT

What's a good, cheap monitor?

  • 07.12.2012 12:46 PM PDT


Posted by: Postwarbean85
What's a good, cheap monitor?


-Good
-Cheap

Choose 1.

  • 07.12.2012 12:46 PM PDT

Who the hell do you think I am?


Posted by: DarkBen64

Posted by: Postwarbean85
What's a good, cheap monitor?


-Good
-Cheap

Choose 1.
Well it depends on what he means by cheap.

What's your price range?

  • 07.12.2012 2:19 PM PDT
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Sometimes starting back from square one does good...

Ask smart questions
http://catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Usually LG or Samsung have decent prices and quality.
Posted by: Postwarbean85
What's a good, cheap monitor?

  • 07.12.2012 2:19 PM PDT

yas334229812

I was just wondering the qualities of the
amd a6-3400 with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics 1.4Ghz.

Its in my laptop. Have not opened, it.

Was wondering how good it is.

Also the laptop is a hp pavilion g6
I have a second laptop, i will add what model it is later.

  • 07.12.2012 2:22 PM PDT

yas334229812

How good is an i5 for gaming.

  • 07.12.2012 2:47 PM PDT

FLOOD QUOTES!
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The Flood....... if it doesn't go anywhere else, stick it her pooper
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Idiots. I'm surrounded by idiots
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the flood, there a bunch of jerks, but there my jerks.

Posted by: risay_117
How good is an i5 for gaming.

Probably best quad core.

  • 07.12.2012 3:02 PM PDT

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Posted by: risay_117
How good is an i5 for gaming.

If it's the desktop version, pretty good. If it's the mobile version.....not really....

  • 07.12.2012 3:05 PM PDT

I got these cheeseburgers man....


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Posted by: risay_117
How good is an i5 for gaming.

If it's the desktop version, pretty good. If it's the mobile version.....not really....

  • 07.12.2012 4:46 PM PDT
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As you progress throughout your life you realize that the older you get the closer your are to death, the only thing you cannot change.

Maybe someone can help me out here.

I got all my parts recently, I put everything together, and it didn't work. Yes, all my connections are fine. Since then, we've had a total of 32 people look at it, and no one knows what is wrong. No one. But here is the strange part about this.

Originally it was suggested that the power supply was the problem. So we replaced it (Antec 900w HC gamer with a Corsair 800 GS) and it actually worked when all the connections were made and what not. We move the computer upstairs, it stopped working. We thought it was the panel we put back on the case, so we took it off again, and after like 5 minutes, it worked again. So we moved the panel back on. Nope, doesn't work.

Then my moms friend brings it to her class at ITTech, have 25 people look at it there, they rebuilt it. Didn't work. My moms friend brings it to her son to look at it. He disasembles it, puts it back together, it works. Tries it again. Doesnt work.

We haven't got it to turn on since.

Theres a green light on my motherboard that is on, and always has been on when we tried to do whatever with it, as long as the power supply was swithced on.

The only interesting thing I can think of to mention is that when we tested the wattage of each of the things, the CPU's plug thing from the power source was registering at below one watt.

The only thing I can think of it being is the mothernoard frying the power supplies somehow.

My motherboard is a Sabertooth Z77.

And we've checked the power button, it's not that. And we've tried two cases as well, so unless it's the actual connectors with that the putton plugs into that isn't the answer either. We're thinking it's a hairline fracture in the motherboard. What does the Flood think?

  • 07.12.2012 5:55 PM PDT

I use the very same motherboard with no issue. I've suggested about everything I could beyond getting the motherboard RMA'd (if you ordered online). That green light, again, is the indicator that you should not remove anything on the board (or add anything) since it's plugged in.

  • 07.12.2012 6:04 PM PDT
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I use the very same motherboard with no issue. I've suggested about everything I could beyond getting the motherboard RMA'd (if you ordered online). That green light, again, is the indicator that you should not remove anything on the board (or add anything) since it's plugged in.


Yeah, I must thank you for all of that by the way.

Once my moms friend says the word, we will RMA it (Until then, she refuses to do so)

  • 07.12.2012 6:13 PM PDT

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Sapphire just got even more awesome.

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Posted by: Gdude
That is very bizarre. However, I'm very sure it's a motherboard issue, and your old power supply still probably works fine. Case shouldn't matter at all, as for the side panel making a difference with it working, either vibration had something to do with it, or it was just coincidence.
But yeah, switch the motherboard. If it's not that, then I'm completely stumped.

  • 07.12.2012 8:46 PM PDT

I'm having an issue with my fans, can someone help? All my fans are working except the front case ones. The case fans have LED lights on them and they turn on when I hook the fan up to the motherboard's 3 pin fan headers, but the fans don't actually run.

  • 07.12.2012 8:53 PM PDT
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Posted by: Vadam930
Posted by: Gdude
That is very bizarre. However, I'm very sure it's a motherboard issue, and your old power supply still probably works fine. Case shouldn't matter at all, as for the side panel making a difference with it working, either vibration had something to do with it, or it was just coincidence.
But yeah, switch the motherboard. If it's not that, then I'm completely stumped.


The only thing I'm worried about is that it may ahve killed the PSU CPU power cable as we got less then a watt coming out of it, meaning that both PSU's would be dead.

  • 07.12.2012 8:55 PM PDT

Posted by: Gandalf: I'm new. And a wizard.

Sapphire just got even more awesome.

Posted by: mount420: You are late.
Posted by: jaythenerdkid: A wizard is never late.
Posted by: THORSGOD: Nor is he ever early. He arrives precisely when he means to.

Posted by: pumpkin1
I'm having an issue with my fans, can someone help? All my fans are working except the front case ones. The case fans have LED lights on them and they turn on when I hook the fan up to the motherboard's 3 pin fan headers, but the fans don't actually run.
Weird. Maybe try them one at a time, on different headers if possible. See if any different combinations work.

  • 07.12.2012 8:57 PM PDT