**Official PC rig Pics/Specs/mods thread PART III** Mirin' Aesthetics?

[Answer1o1]

I was thinking I'm locked out for safety reasons. But I dunno what else to try. i reset via removing battery/jumper. I pulled the RAM off too. There has to be a way to reset it though. I mean if the CPU is dead the PC should at least boot and give me that black/red screen saying the CPU isn't reading or whatever. It doesn't post it just stays on. no beeping or anything. As far as the warranty I don't like doing scum chit but I don't have the cash to throw around. And they'd anal rape me so f it. I'll take everything off when I'm home. Not sure what that'll do but I'm hoping it just needs a reset.. :-/

[Serb404]

can someone recommend me similar hard drive?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822152185

currently only have 1 TB drive in my build, wanting to add another few TB's for music, shows, games, ext...

[Growbag]

Looking at gaming headset w/ mic for my son. Any recommendations or must haves associated with a good headset.

He is a Razer fan but I get mixed reviews from some of their products.

have a look at sennheiser. i have the G4ME ONE headset.

though not sure on the budget, these aren't the cheapest, but they are fantastic

[tential]

can someone recommend me similar hard drive?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822152185

currently only have 1 TB drive in my build, wanting to add another few TB's for music, shows, games, ext...

I always go with the largest external drive possible that I can afford. Then I strip it down and put the internal drive inside. Almost always cheaper than buying an actual internal drive.

[Serb404]

I always go with the largest external drive possible that I can afford. Then I strip it down and put the internal drive inside. Almost always cheaper than buying an actual internal drive.

I have 1 TB internal

500gb old schoool MyBook external lol

1TB external Samsung

*want to add another internal then I will be done

[tential]

I have 1 TB internal

500gb old schoool MyBook external lol

1TB external Samsung

*want to add another internal then I will be done

My favorite are the Seagate External drives to strip down.
http://slickdeals.net/f/7792305-130-...igerdirect?v=1
I'd do that drive personally but I'm sure you'll hear complaints about this after I recommend it from other people.
No other drive on sale right now that I can recommend as I don't pay anything but the least possible per terabyte and no other sale is currently running other than this 5TB sale.
That's 5TB for $130. Otherwise, you can shop around and see what the lowest price is currently, but unless Slickdeals has a sale on 3TB, 4TB, or 5TB drives listed, or I find a sale, I don't purchase drives.

But that's me personally, many people are willing to purchase a more expensive drive. But with about $1000 spent on drives this 1 1/2 years, I only stick to deals.

If you don't like that drive, just every day on slick deals search 3TB, 4TB and 5TB til you find a drive that's nice enough. And of course if you aren't willing to take apart an external drive than ya, you'll need to spend more.

[Serb404]

My favorite are the Seagate External drives to strip down.
http://slickdeals.net/f/7792305-130-...igerdirect?v=1
I'd do that drive personally but I'm sure you'll hear complaints about this after I recommend it from other people.
No other drive on sale right now that I can recommend as I don't pay anything but the least possible per terabyte and no other sale is currently running other than this 5TB sale.
That's 5TB for $130. Otherwise, you can shop around and see what the lowest price is currently, but unless Slickdeals has a sale on 3TB, 4TB, or 5TB drives listed, or I find a sale, I don't purchase drives.

But that's me personally, many people are willing to purchase a more expensive drive. But with about $1000 spent on drives this 1 1/2 years, I only stick to deals.

If you don't like that drive, just every day on slick deals search 3TB, 4TB and 5TB til you find a drive that's nice enough. And of course if you aren't willing to take apart an external drive than ya, you'll need to spend more.

fuark thats not bad considering I got my 1TB for $50 on Black Friday

[tential]

fuark thats not bad considering I got my 1TB for $50 on Black Friday

I would slash my wrists if I paid $50 for 1TB.... or if I even owned a drive as small as 1TB for that matter lol. The smallest drive I have is 1.5TB. Too bad it was the 1.5 TB Seagate drive with massive issues. But luckily mine is still chugging along and is in my main torrent box. Lucky me!
I wish I had a working delete button. Mine only seems to work if I have a larger file to replace it with.

[vvvaaa]

So who's getting GTA V? And which version, Steam or not and why?

GTA V from Steam, normal version. Because I missed all the good deals elsewhere.

[SynapticCleft]

So who's getting GTA V? And which version, Steam or not and why?

GTA5 for PC crew checking in.

Went with Steam didnt know it was cheaper to go through Rockstar, I would have bought mine of Rockstar if I knew about the discount.

[Rectify]

have a look at sennheiser. i have the G4ME ONE headset.

though not sure on the budget, these aren't the cheapest, but they are fantastic

Can confirm. Tried 7 headsets before i got the original version of yours (PC 363D) and it's by far the best of the bunch. Pricey though.

Tried a regular pair of headphones with a modmic and the Zalman, but the prior had an annoying unflexible cable and the latter picked up hardly any sound. So this was deffo worth the pricetag to me.

[13donniedarko]

I was thinking I'm locked out for safety reasons. But I dunno what else to try. i reset via removing battery/jumper. I pulled the RAM off too. There has to be a way to reset it though. I mean if the CPU is dead the PC should at least boot and give me that black/red screen saying the CPU isn't reading or whatever. It doesn't post it just stays on. no beeping or anything. As far as the warranty I don't like doing scum chit but I don't have the cash to throw around. And they'd anal rape me so f it. I'll take everything off when I'm home. Not sure what that'll do but I'm hoping it just needs a reset.. :-/

Try unplugging it, hit the power button a few times, take out the battery and leave it overnight. Is there any codes or anything, do you have a friend that would let you try out your cpu in his board?

[Bcider]

This Rockstar Social Club is balls. Won't let me play the stupidass game.

[KRANE]

I'm a bit upset my i7 4770k doesn't OC over like 4.3Ghz

Its that way for a reason brah. Stability is the priority here. Keep in mind that there's more to a CPU than just its OC capacity. You should also keep in mind that the light that burns twice as bright, burns half as long.

[Answer1o1]

Well I pulled everything apart. Installed the CPU, 1 stick of RAM and the SSD. There's no post or beeping. Also it seems like this mobo doesn't have a usb flashback. I'm guessing it's stuck with that setting or something...not sure how else I can reset everything -_-


Edit; so I pulled everything off of the mb. Used the jumper to reset it. Battery is pulled. Same problem. No post and the CPU light is on. With nothing in the mb. Maybe the mb is ruined and not my CPU. Or both.

[Serb404]

I would slash my wrists if I paid $50 for 1TB.... or if I even owned a drive as small as 1TB for that matter lol. The smallest drive I have is 1.5TB. Too bad it was the 1.5 TB Seagate drive with massive issues. But luckily mine is still chugging along and is in my main torrent box. Lucky me!
I wish I had a working delete button. Mine only seems to work if I have a larger file to replace it with.

yeah but I use it only for music and movies pretty much

not on that nerd time to own so many movies nomsayin

have a life OP lol

you mad

[StevethePilot]

Just started building a budget LAN machine for csgo, tf2, killing floor 2, I think im having buyers remorse. I might resell these and try and go for a g3258 build instead.

Xeon x3220 quad core (q9000 series equivalent) 2.4ghz (Planned to overclock it)
Gigabyte P35 775 mobo

Got them for $70.00 on ebay

decisions decisions..........

but I did just get a gigabyte windforce oc hd7870 for $80 on ebay so Im happy about that.

[tential]

yeah but I use it only for music and movies pretty much

not on that nerd time to own so many movies nomsayin

have a life OP lol

you mad

I dunno if you know this... but it's possible to have a life and download movies... the two aren't mutually exclusive....
So no.... I'm not mad....
<3
The only thing I'm mad about is that Seagate's external 8TB HDDs are $300 each and I need to purchase 3 of them ASAP... that makes me mad
That, and the fact that I need to move to a new apartment that has Google Fiber so I can fill that 24TB of space in a reasonable time frame

Well I pulled everything apart. Installed the CPU, 1 stick of RAM and the SSD. There's no post or beeping. Also it seems like this mobo doesn't have a usb flashback. I'm guessing it's stuck with that setting or something...not sure how else I can reset everything -_-


Edit; so I pulled everything off of the mb. Used the jumper to reset it. Battery is pulled. Same problem. No post and the CPU light is on. With nothing in the mb. Maybe the mb is ruined and not my CPU. Or both.

If the mobo is ruined that's far more annoying to RMA. That would probably take awhile to do. I feel like from the FEW cases I've read on other forums, the turn around with intel is quite decent. With other people? They can be a dick sometimes. Damn bro... That phucking sucks
You could go with a cheap H81 mobo + Pentium Anniversary CPU? Shouldn't run you that much. Install the H81 mobo, plug in the old CPU, see if it boots up, if not, plug in the new Pentium Anniversary CPU, see if that works, if it works, RMA botht he Mobo and CPU and hope for the best. I hope your mobo isn't fried either though, I feel like that'll be much harder to RMA but that's just my feels. May be a pleasant experience for all I know. Does anyone live close to you that you can test your CPU in their PC?

[13donniedarko]

Well I pulled everything apart. Installed the CPU, 1 stick of RAM and the SSD. There's no post or beeping. Also it seems like this mobo doesn't have a usb flashback. I'm guessing it's stuck with that setting or something...not sure how else I can reset everything -_-


Edit; so I pulled everything off of the mb. Used the jumper to reset it. Battery is pulled. Same problem. No post and the CPU light is on. With nothing in the mb. Maybe the mb is ruined and not my CPU. Or both.

I think light is suppose to go off, so it might be indicating the cpu is bad, I would buy a cheap used dual core for $55 shipped to see what it is.

[Answer1o1]

I stopped by my friends house earlier. He has a similar setup. My CPU red lights his sabertooth mobo. I didn't try his CPU in my mobo because I don't want to risk damaging his i7. So my CPU is fried 100%. My mobo is questionable. I might just stop by frys and grab an AMD setup for now. I can get a 6 core and mobo for the price of an i5. And not have to worry it being ruined in my board. Chitty situation. I'll try to RMA both parts. And sell them later I suppose.

[Dan916]

is there a headset / speaker hybrid out there?

Basically i want to set my headset down and have it turn into a speaker. Ive seen headphones that advertise as this but no headset(mic).

[niktak11]

is there a headset / speaker hybrid out there?

Basically i want to set my headset down and have it turn into a speaker. Ive seen headphones that advertise as this but no headset(mic).

That might be the dumbest thing I've ever heard. Just buy some speakers

[Serb404]

That might be the dumbest thing I've ever heard. Just buy some speakers

it's so sick

I mean using headphones as speakers is the greatest idea I've heard on the misc

why even use speakers nomsayin

Dan916 we president now

[Grevl]

9.6 hours non stop on GTA V, fuk

already completed on 360 but this is so much better

Hopefully theres more adjustment over FOV and mouse smoothing. It doesnt even say mouse smoothing on in game but it just doesnt feel precise at the moment

[Wu-Massacre]

I have an i5 3570k and a GTX 970 is there any benefit to overclocking my CPU if I don't play any cpu intensive games?

[Serb404]

9.6 hours non stop on GTA V, fuk

already completed on 360 but this is so much better

Hopefully theres more adjustment over FOV and mouse smoothing. It doesnt even say mouse smoothing on in game but it just doesnt feel precise at the moment

how are frame rates?
online play good?

pls respawn

[tential]

I have an i5 3570k and a GTX 970 is there any benefit to overclocking my CPU if I don't play any cpu intensive games?

Don't OC if you don't know the benefits/why you're doing it. The risks aren't worth the rewards.

how are frame rates?
online play good?

pls respawn

Links to all major reviews/discussion/images of benchmarks:
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2428094

[vvvaaa]

how are frame rates?
online play good?

pls respawn

4690k, 970 gtx, 8gb ram, no overclock. everything maxed in 1080p. smooth. you need an ssd if you want smooth all over the place tho.

[Serb404]

Don't OC if you don't know the benefits/why you're doing it. The risks aren't worth the rewards.


Links to all major reviews/discussion/images of benchmarks:
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2428094

4690k, 970 gtx, 8gb ram, no overclock. everything maxed in 1080p. smooth. you need an ssd if you want smooth all over the place tho.

thx probably why DayZ runs a bit slow on me too and I have similar specs to your build, looks like I'll put that sucker on my ssd then

[tdnick]

Its that way for a reason brah. Stability is the priority here. Keep in mind that there's more to a CPU than just its OC capacity. You should also keep in mind that the light that burns twice as bright, burns half as long.

yoloswag420blaze it

4.8ghz crew


and if you play Arma and don't have a OC'd CPU, then lol @ you