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I got these cheeseburgers man....


Posted by: bocajbee

Posted by: SuicidalSplatter
The final build!

I just sent my dad most of the parts, I'm asking my mom for the monitor and GPU. I'm excited for this Christmas, when most of the parts should be here.


I would have gone with a 660ti over a 7950 but...whatever...
7950 fares a whole lot better over the 660ti. The only thing the 660ti has is native Physx support, which I could do anyways if I wanted.

  • 10.26.2012 9:05 PM PDT

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Posted by: bocajbee
Posted by: SuicidalSplatter
The final build!

I just sent my dad most of the parts, I'm asking my mom for the monitor and GPU. I'm excited for this Christmas, when most of the parts should be here.


I would have gone with a 660ti over a 7950 but...whatever...
Why?

Posted by: YahwehFreak4evr
What do you mean still genuine? Either way I have another copy of Windows 7 I ordered if this is going to some how screw up my system.

The SSD has all of the original stuff on it as I was expecting to clear it when I was booting the computer for the first time.
Posted by: PMC Fluffy
Did you check to make sure that your copy of Windows 7 was still genuine? And did you uninstall the old mobo drivers?
Check under start --> Computer --> Properties and make sure it's still genuine. It may not notify you that it is ungenuine until later.

  • 10.26.2012 9:09 PM PDT
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What motherboard did you get?

  • 10.26.2012 9:53 PM PDT
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I like Cheese

I'm typing a fan-fiction, and whenever I type " the default way, it types @, and when I type @ it shows " instead.
It drives me crazy.
Any help?

  • 10.27.2012 11:09 AM PDT

Man, its been a while since Ive been on this thread. But, im looking for some advice. I want to get more into streaming (twitch.tv/sagespartan btw) and youtube, and I'm looking for a new microphone. I have Astro A40s and the mixamp, and I love them, but the mic isn't necessarily the best quality. Any suggestions? I'm thinking a blue yeti, but I'm not sure.

I know this isn't necessarily computer related, but I figured this is the best place to ask.

Thanks.

  • 10.27.2012 2:32 PM PDT

Are you on a laptop that has the 'Fn' key?
Posted by: thebig100
I'm typing a fan-fiction, and whenever I type " the default way, it types @, and when I type @ it shows " instead.
It drives me crazy.
Any help?


So are there any ways to go about removing old drivers? Since W7 is shockingly working I want to remove the drivers I installed for my previous motherboard.

  • 10.27.2012 4:55 PM PDT

So under that I've got Windows Activation that is telling me "9 days to activate. Activate Windows now" and then below that it has my product ID.
Posted by: PMC Fluffy
Check under start --> Computer --> Properties and make sure it's still genuine. It may not notify you that it is ungenuine until later.

  • 10.27.2012 5:42 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: YahwehFreak4evr
So under that I've got Windows Activation that is telling me "9 days to activate. Activate Windows now" and then below that it has my product ID.
Posted by: PMC Fluffy
Check under start --> Computer --> Properties and make sure it's still genuine. It may not notify you that it is ungenuine until later.
Well, it knows you changed your motherboard. Is the new motherboard completely different to the old one, or is it the same model? If it is the same model, the drivers should be fine.

Don't activate until you know that it all works fine =P
If not, reinstall.

[Edited on 10.27.2012 5:53 PM PDT]

  • 10.27.2012 5:52 PM PDT
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Posted by: keeno 111
hey guys nice thread

I once designed a computer, It was called the keenpro.
I designed it with 1100 herbyhertz so it was really powerful, I just never got around to designing the power source for the computer.

Anyway it looks like this threads dying, you guys should check out the lets discuss halo 4 lack of ranking system thread.
Ah...no.

Posted by: YahwehFreak4evr
So under that I've got Windows Activation that is telling me "9 days to activate. Activate Windows now" and then below that it has my product ID.
Posted by: PMC Fluffy
Check under start --> Computer --> Properties and make sure it's still genuine. It may not notify you that it is ungenuine until later.
Yes, you can go ahead and activate. Is that your original key or your newer key since you bought another copy of Windows.

  • 10.27.2012 5:54 PM PDT

The product key listed is my old one. By activating it what will I be doing?
Posted by: ThirstyAvenge

Yes, you can go ahead and activate. Is that your original key or your newer key since you bought another copy of Windows.


And it's a different model Vadam.

[Edited on 10.27.2012 6:07 PM PDT]

  • 10.27.2012 6:06 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: YahwehFreak4evr
The product key listed is my old one. By activating it what will I be doing?
Showing Microsoft that you have a genuine copy of Windows, basically. But don't activate it until you're sure the new board is all working properly, because there are only a limited number of times you can activate it before you have to start calling Microsoft and basically verifying with them that you're not using the same key on multiple PCs.

  • 10.27.2012 6:31 PM PDT

Awesome, so it won't be any problem that I changed out my motherboard I hope? : )

Also, since this is a new motherboard I'll need to get some fresh drivers (I don't intend on using the CD that came with it). Will it be an issue if the old drivers are still on there or can I go ahead and just start installing this new stuff?
Posted by: Vadam930
Showing Microsoft that you have a genuine copy of Windows, basically. But don't activate it until you're sure the new board is all working properly, because there are only a limited number of times you can activate it before you have to start calling Microsoft and basically verifying with them that you're not using the same key on multiple PCs.

  • 10.27.2012 6:42 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.

Try uninstalling the old ones first.

  • 10.27.2012 7:12 PM PDT

It's a'me, Sesto

Could someone possibly pick out some parts for a gaming computer for me? My budget is around $1000, but I know next to nothing about computers in general. I don't know what a good motherboard/graphics card/cooling system is, so trying to pick out parts is really frustrating.

It'd be nice if it was on some website that prebuilds the computer, but if it comes to it, if I get the proper parts, I'd be willing to build it myself.

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Posted by: Loktar OGar
Could someone possibly pick out some parts for a gaming computer for me? My budget is around $1000, but I know next to nothing about computers in general. I don't know what a good motherboard/graphics card/cooling system is, so trying to pick out parts is really frustrating.

It'd be nice if it was on some website that prebuilds the computer, but if it comes to it, if I get the proper parts, I'd be willing to build it myself.
Do you need a monitor and OS?

If you dont, take a look at this.

Here's the same build, but with OS and a monitor.

Also, do you need a boot SSD? You'll get faster boots and better system responsiveness. I have one myself, one of the best purchases I've ever made.

[Edited on 10.27.2012 7:24 PM PDT]

  • 10.27.2012 7:20 PM PDT

Ugh, any easy way to go about this? I used the CMD to remove some of them I believe, but I'm not sure which are the generic drivers that came pre-installed and which are the ones I recently installed (which I've actually still got on my flash drive).
Posted by: Vadam930
Try uninstalling the old ones first.

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Posted by: YahwehFreak4evr
Are you on a laptop that has the 'Fn' key?
Posted by: thebig100
I'm typing a fan-fiction, and whenever I type " the default way, it types @, and when I type @ it shows " instead.
It drives me crazy.
Any help?


So are there any ways to go about removing old drivers? Since W7 is shockingly working I want to remove the drivers I installed for my previous motherboard.
I'm on a desktop computer with Microsoft Wireless keyboard.

  • 10.27.2012 8:53 PM PDT

I got these cheeseburgers man....

Installing Windows 8 right now! I've used the RTM version, and it was really good.

  • 10.27.2012 11:04 PM PDT

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Just curious....but why are you "upgrading" to Windows 8? I don't have anything against it....but Windows 7 and 8 are soooo alike

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I will probably upgrade too, to take advantage of better SSD performance on Windows 8.

  • 10.28.2012 12:12 AM PDT

I got these cheeseburgers man....


Posted by: TopWargamer
Just curious....but why are you "upgrading" to Windows 8? I don't have anything against it....but Windows 7 and 8 are soooo alike
Because dat task manager. And boot time. And decreased search time. And a better file transfer system, better multi-monitor support, and the rest of the stuff.

  • 10.28.2012 12:17 AM 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: YahwehFreak4evr
Ugh, any easy way to go about this? I used the CMD to remove some of them I believe, but I'm not sure which are the generic drivers that came pre-installed and which are the ones I recently installed (which I've actually still got on my flash drive).
Posted by: Vadam930
Try uninstalling the old ones first.
Honestly, I've never actually had to do it before. And now, come to think of it, there are probably heaps of the things. If you don't mind it, the best and easiest way around it would be to wipe the drive/s and reinstall windows. It's a new installation anyway, right? Shouldn't be much hassle.

  • 10.28.2012 12:23 AM PDT
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Posted by: SuicidalSplatter

Posted by: TopWargamer
Just curious....but why are you "upgrading" to Windows 8? I don't have anything against it....but Windows 7 and 8 are soooo alike
Because dat task manager. And boot time. And decreased search time. And a better file transfer system, better multi-monitor support, and the rest of the stuff.
And still no start orb.... or DOS support from the box.
1/10 won't upgrade

[Edited on 10.28.2012 12:48 AM PDT]

  • 10.28.2012 12:48 AM PDT