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


Posted by: SuicidalSplatter

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im currently running the newest beta driver
Well I'm not scientist...

i uninstalled the driver and now the 306 driver from Nvidia will not detect my 680. i uninstalled the intel HD driver and the card doesn't even show up in the device manager. everything i tried hasnt worked

Edit: ive managed to get the card to show up in the device manager, but everytime i install the driver the card will stop being detected in the next restart

[Edited on 12.13.2012 5:23 PM PST]

  • 12.13.2012 4:55 PM PDT
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Hey, this might sound silly, but could my mouse have anything to do with my stuttering problem?

I use a wireless mouse without a pad :/

  • 12.13.2012 5:43 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.

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Posted by: A Deaf Boy
Is a sound card necessary? Never included it in any possible builds... Why would I get one?
Motherboards have built in sound cards (some better than others) so they aren't necessary. If you have a soundcard then it will make everything through your headphones sound much better.

Fluffy owns the best or one of the best soundcards on the market, so he'd be better to answer.

True, but most motherboard integrated sound cars suck. If you want better sound you but a PCI or external sound card.

  • 12.13.2012 5:49 PM PDT
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Posted by: Ferrari DuDe856
Posted by: thehippyelite

Posted by: A Deaf Boy
Is a sound card necessary? Never included it in any possible builds... Why would I get one?
Motherboards have built in sound cards (some better than others) so they aren't necessary. If you have a soundcard then it will make everything through your headphones sound much better.

Fluffy owns the best or one of the best soundcards on the market, so he'd be better to answer.

True, but most motherboard integrated sound cars suck. If you want better sound you but a PCI or external sound card.

Hmm. Maybe I should get one then. The price range is massive though and I don't want the best of the best, lol. I do have a Creative speaker system with a subwoofer that is really awesome, so...I dunno how much that helps.

  • 12.13.2012 6:03 PM PDT

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Posted by: z0mbiebot
Hey, this might sound silly, but could my mouse have anything to do with my stuttering problem?

I use a wireless mouse without a pad :/
Can you relink the video? The mouse and the lack of mouse pad could both be causing problems. If you give me a budget, I can tell you what to get. High-end mice would include the SteelSeries Sensei with a SteelSeries 9HD mouse mat.

Posted by: ABotelho
The biggest complaints in Windows 8 are the lack of start menu
Start8, by the same people who made Fences 2.0.

Posted by: xbEaSt KiLlaHx
The Asus VH236H is the monitor that was used in MLG for a long period of time, although I think they recently switched to BenQ. Nonetheless, it's a fantastic monitor. Everyone I know who PC games has one, and loves it.

Linky.
It's a good monitor, but it's also a 60 Hz budget monitor. If he wants a good one, BenQ is the best for 120 Hz monitors, which provide a much more competitive edge. They're also $400 entry level, so you'd have to keep that in mind.

Posted by: thehippyelite
Posted by: A Deaf Boy
Is a sound card necessary? Never included it in any possible builds... Why would I get one?
Motherboards have built in sound cards (some better than others) so they aren't necessary. If you have a soundcard then it will make everything through your headphones sound much better.

Fluffy owns the best or one of the best soundcards on the market, so he'd be better to answer.
The best, actually ;)

Here's the run-down. Soundcards are a type of Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC). They take the ones and zeroes sent by the CPU and turn it into information that the headphones or speakers can read and in response vibrate the drivers accordingly. Lower quality DAC's will sent incorrect, extra, or missing 1's and 0's, resulting in low quality audio. The soundcard alleviates this task from your southbridge, which will instantly give you a 3-5 FPS increase in all games. It's not much, but every bit counts.

Now, as I mentioned above, the headset or speakers have to be able to produce the information sent to it. If it's low-quality (think Logitech or Bose speakers), then it can't keep up with the audio and will distort it, giving you no benefit other than the FPS increase. Likewise, higher volumes lead to higher voltages and increased distortion. An amp helps to resolve this problem, and the ASUS Xonar Essence STX that I have has a built-in headphone amp. The speakers do not require an amp because they (if they are active) are powered by a wall outlet. If you have passive speakers like Salty (no power, connected by speaker cable, similar to tower speakers used with televisions), they require an external dedicated amp, although you'll most likely never own a pair of passive speakers.

So if you want a soundcard, you should look at the ASUS Xonar DGX for a low-end, or the Essence STX for a high-end setup. For headphones, you would want Sennheiser, Audio Technica, Beyerdynamic, or something similar to that. Headphones would provide a much better gaming experience due to the soundstage. Audiophilia is a whole different semi-sector of the computer-building world, and requires a lot of research before you purchase anything. If you want to know more, I can type out more later.

  • 12.13.2012 6:37 PM PDT

"If your willing to point a gun at someone, be ready to pull the trigger."
MY USERNAME IS SO SWEET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Can you guys help me out with something. I am planning on getting the rest of my parts on christmas, and I'm expecting at least a 120GB SSD. With that I plan on putting the OS and my more used steam games using Steam Mover. Now once I use my SSD for the things I need I want to stop using it. As in I don't want anything to install or download their default at all again. The only thing I would allow to be put their would be updates from the games I have there and maybe windows updates. Other than that I just want the default to become my 1TB hard drive. Can you guys help me out here?

  • 12.14.2012 9:23 AM PDT

I got these cheeseburgers man....

I'm not really sure what you need help with...

  • 12.14.2012 11:38 AM PDT

"If your willing to point a gun at someone, be ready to pull the trigger."
MY USERNAME IS SO SWEET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Posted by: SuicidalSplatter
I'm not really sure what you need help with...


I need to know how to change the default install/download place from the SSD to the Hard Drive.

  • 12.14.2012 11:57 AM PDT

Who the hell do you think I am?


Posted by: overw8twalrus

Posted by: SuicidalSplatter
I'm not really sure what you need help with...


I need to know how to change the default install/download place from the SSD to the Hard Drive.
You can choose the location of the install in the installation prompts.

  • 12.14.2012 12:37 PM PDT

I got these cheeseburgers man....


Posted by: overw8twalrus

Posted by: SuicidalSplatter
I'm not really sure what you need help with...


I need to know how to change the default install/download place from the SSD to the Hard Drive.
You choose where to install when installing the program... Have you never seen where a program asks you where to install?

  • 12.14.2012 7:47 PM PDT

"If your willing to point a gun at someone, be ready to pull the trigger."
MY USERNAME IS SO SWEET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I know I know. I just wanted to know how to make it the default place.
I found what I wanted though.
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-wi ndows_programs/how-do-you-change-the-default-installation/734 50b25-d794-4f18-9add-75253b893343

  • 12.14.2012 8:13 PM PDT

I got these cheeseburgers man....

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  • 12.14.2012 8:27 PM PDT
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Posted by: PMC Fluffy
Posted by: z0mbiebot
Hey, this might sound silly, but could my mouse have anything to do with my stuttering problem?

I use a wireless mouse without a pad :/
Can you relink the video? The mouse and the lack of mouse pad could both be causing problems. If you give me a budget, I can tell you what to get. High-end mice would include the SteelSeries Sensei with a SteelSeries 9HD mouse mat.


Not my vid. Was just a demonstration from someone else. Interesting enough, he solved his problem by buying another keyboard. Is that solution even possible? Also, can anyone explain to me why I would experience stuttering in games? If I have vsync and triple buffering on, I shouldn't experience this, right?

  • 12.14.2012 9:07 PM PDT

"If your willing to point a gun at someone, be ready to pull the trigger."
MY USERNAME IS SO SWEET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That's odd. I don't know why it did that.
try this

  • 12.14.2012 9:15 PM PDT
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I like Cheese

Hey guys, check this out.

  • 12.15.2012 5:29 AM PDT

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I already made a warpic of that.

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  • 12.15.2012 9:29 AM PDT

Alrighty, so currently I have an SSD as my boot drive and only recently plugged in my HDD. I can see it under my device manager as well as in the BIOS, however I am given no option to format or partition the drive. Any suggestions so I can actually start using this thing?

  • 12.15.2012 9:48 AM PDT

Who the hell do you think I am?


Posted by: YahwehFreak4evr
Alrighty, so currently I have an SSD as my boot drive and only recently plugged in my HDD. I can see it under my device manager as well as in the BIOS, however I am given no option to format or partition the drive. Any suggestions so I can actually start using this thing?
You can partition the drive in disk management (Start > disk management). Find your drive and right click to select "New Simple Volume..." then follow the prompt from there.

[Edited on 12.15.2012 10:05 AM PST]

  • 12.15.2012 10:05 AM PDT

Posted by: YahwehFreak4evr
Alrighty, so currently I have an SSD as my boot drive and only recently plugged in my HDD. I can see it under my device manager as well as in the BIOS, however I am given no option to format or partition the drive. Any suggestions so I can actually start using this thing?

Have you (on Windows 7) gone through

Computer -> Right Click -> Manage -> Disk Management

and enabled the hard drive?

Edit: Beaten to it. :(

[Edited on 12.15.2012 10:08 AM PST]

  • 12.15.2012 10:07 AM PDT

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Hey guys, check this out.

Old but still cool. I love how GabeN is leading PC master race.

  • 12.15.2012 11:03 AM PDT

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NCIX ships internationally now.

Have fun.

  • 12.15.2012 12:39 PM PDT


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NCIX ships internationally now.

Have fun.

It's Canadian, so I've been able to get stuff from there since the beginning :3

  • 12.15.2012 12:41 PM PDT

Who the hell do you think I am?


Posted by: TopWargamer
NCIX ships internationally now.

Have fun.
Except when the shipping is like, $15.

  • 12.15.2012 12:51 PM PDT

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Posted by: ABotelho

Posted by: TopWargamer
NCIX ships internationally now.

Have fun.

It's Canadian, so I've been able to get stuff from there since the beginning :3

I live in the US....so I can use the US site...I haven't yet though.


Posted by: THE SALTY CHIP

Posted by: TopWargamer
NCIX ships internationally now.

Have fun.
Except when the shipping is like, $15.

Well ya....but still though....at least people around the world can get great high end PC parts if they can't get them locally.

  • 12.15.2012 12:53 PM PDT

Which drivers do I need from this list? Also which ones do would be good to have, if not essential?

http://www.asrock.com/mb/download.asp?Model=Z77%20Extreme4&am p;o=All

  • 12.15.2012 1:07 PM PDT