Computer Support: Questions Help & More

[Xoza]

So.. I'm thinking of a new HDD...

What I have now...

• C: 650 GB = My Main Boot Drive, I all my installed programs and games sit here, but I'm only at 116GB free at the moment.
  
• D: 1.5TB = Storage / media and more. Everything I don't have installed, all my media, documents large and small, old games. 687 GB left
  
• E: Optical
  
• F: 2TB = external backup
  

I'm REALLY thinking about a 512 SSD, but don't want to shell out the cash for it, HDD's have always been good enough for me and I don't have huge issues with transfer speeds... So I'm thinking about...

• C: 650 GB = Boot / OS drive only and some smaller installed programs.
  
• D: 2 TB? = ALL games and larger programs
  
• E: 1.5 TB = Other Storage / Media and Documents
  
• F: Optical
  
• G: 2 TB = external backup
  

I usually like to go up, but I'm not sure how well the 1.5 TB I have will perform, so I may just get a performance 2+ TB HDD...

[Kellervo]

You do not go for transfer / write rate on an SSD. Using an SSD for that is terrible for its health / condition, even with newer generation models.

What you do use SSDs for are games, and your OS. Windows 7 boots up in under 10 seconds for me, and maps and games load in a similar timespan - or even instantaneously. You do not use SSDs for backing up or for media that you will be editing or transferring to the SSD repeatedly.

[Xoza]

You do not go for transfer / write rate on an SSD. Using an SSD for that is terrible for its health / condition, even with newer generation models.

What you do use SSDs for are games, and your OS. Windows 7 boots up in under 10 seconds for me, and maps and games load in a similar timespan - or even instantaneously. You do not use SSDs for backing up or for media that you will be editing or transferring to the SSD repeatedly.

Yeah, I would use it for the main drive, but I still wouldn't put my games on it just the OS (My games folder is 300GB).

I think I'm going to get a WD Black 2TB. I looked at my current drives, and found out my 650 is a WD Black and I've had it for 4 years with absolutely no problems.

[Firefox Breed]

What I am thinking about getting when i get home.

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/vqUF

 

I have a ATI 6970 and a 1K watt power supply already. Let alone like.. 4 HDDS that are 6Tb together. So this is just mainly long needed upgate.

[Rei Kuhr]

Get Start8 from Stardock. Adds the windows menu and taskbar to the desktop so you don't ever have to use metro.

[Guest Afevis]

>taskbar isnt there

All you have to do is right click where the menu was to get to whatever you need

[Recalibar Zaytsev]

I'm just waiting for Service pack 1. Likely by then the price of it might drop some as well.

 

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/windows_8_sp1_what_we_hope_see451

[Xoza]

WELL it takes some getting used too.. There seems to be a lot of customization options left out, but that's it really... Performance is a little better and it doesn't "Boot" faster, because even when it looks like it's done loading, it's still doing stuff in the background. Programs run great once they get running, but seem to take a little longer to start up.

[Hunter Abrams]

K800 has never failed me. and its back light. $100.

MX wireless mouse is the same. Never let me down. $100

Both logitech.

 

Wired are cheaper at around $50 for back light etc.

 

Both my machines I have had I like the parts on both. Mix and match to get the price point you want.

 

Asus Sabertooth P67 Mobo
Corsair 850tx PSU
Gigabyte gtx560 TI OC 1gb
hitachi 1tb 7200 RPm 32 mb cache HD
Corsair 600t case
I7 2600k 3.4 ghz

 

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DO NOT BUY FROM CYBERPOWER! Monkies can build better computers than them. But they do use sound parts. THey just can't wire worth a damn.

 

CyberPower P67 Configurator (NO MONITOR) CFGP67Z,
• *BASE_PRICE: [+715]
Chassis - Minimize Cable Exposure, Maximize Airflow in Your System [+19]
• CAS: CoolerMaster Elite 430 Mid-Tower Gaming Case with Side Panel Window [-63]
• CASUPGRADE: 12in Cold Cathode Neon Light [+10] (Blue Color)
• CD: 24X Double Layer Dual Format DVD+-R/+-RW + CD-R/RW Drive (BLACK COLOR)
• CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-2600K 3.40 GHz 8M Intel Smart Cache LGA1155 (All Venom OC Certified) [+84]
• CS_FAN: Maximum 120MM Color Case Cooling Fans for your selected case [+15] (Blue Color)
• FAN: XtremeGear Liquid Cooling System 120MM Radiator & Fan (Enhanced Cooling Performance + Extreme Silent at 20dBA) (Dual Enermax Enlobal Silent High Performance 120MM Fans (Push-Pull) [+29])
• FLASHMEDIA: INTERNAL 12in1 Flash Media Reader/Writer [+10] (BLACK COLOR)
• FREEBIE_CU1: FREE Game - Shogun 2 Limited Edition Coupon: Total War
• FREEBIE_RM: 30 GB Kingston 2.5 inch SATA Gaming MLC Solid State Disk
• HDD: 1TB SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM HDD (Single Hard Drive)
• KEYBOARD: Xtreme Gear (Black Color) Multimedia/Internet USB Keyboard
• MEMORY: 8GB (2GBx4) DDR3/1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Module (Kingston HyperX [+66])
• MOTHERBOARD: [CrossFireX/SLI] MSI P67A-GD55 (B3) Intel P67 Chipset DDR3 ATX Mainboard w/ 7.1 HD Audio, GbLAN, USB3.0, 2x SATA-III RAID, 2 Gen2 PCIe, 3 PCIe X1 & 2 PCI [b3 Stepping] [+51]
• MOUSE: XtremeGear Optical USB 3 Buttons Gaming Mouse
• MULTIVIEW: Xtreme Performance in SLI/CrossFireX Gaming Mode Supports Single Monitor
• NETWORK: Onboard Gigabit LAN Network
• NOISEREDUCE1: Power Supply Gasket [+5]
• NOISEREDUCE2: Anti-Vibration Fan Mounts [+9]
• OS: Microsoft® Windows® 7 Professional [+135] (64-bit Edition)
• POWERSUPPLY: 950 Watts - CyberPowerPC Gaming 80 Plus Power Supply [+57]
• RUSH: 5% Instant Rebate for Non-Rush Delivery Order over $999 - Ships within 3 Weeks - Must Enter Coupon Code "NORUSH" during checkout
• SERVICE: STANDARD WARRANTY: 3-YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY PLUS LIFE-TIME TECHNICAL SUPPORT
• SOFT1: Free Microsoft® Office® 2010 STARTER EDITION (Reduced-Functionality versions of Word and Excel that include advertising)
• SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
• USB: Built-in USB 2.0 Ports
• VC_PHYSX: None
• VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1GB 16X PCIe Video Card [+165] (Palit Sonic Powered by NVIDIA [+54])
 

Edited January 5, 2013 by Hunter Abrams

[Xoza]

BLAH my G330 broke... back to using one of my older headsets, not sure how reliable it is...

[Guest Afevis]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826262102

 

Do it.

 

(They have a 50 or so hour burn-in, but once they're set, they're amazing.)

[Xoza]

Wow, 6.3mm connector included! I've already contacted Logitech about my headset and my mouse, they'll be sending me new ones within a month.

Edited June 27, 2013 by Xoza

[Tsume Xiao]

Hey guys I am looking to build a new computer to replace my 5-6 year old one (It runs an Intel E4500 and PCIE was pretty new when I bought the mother board).

 

I was looking at using an i5-4670 but no idea from there. I also already have a GPU.

 

Someone suggested some other parts, let me know what you think / if you have other suggestions

 

Case: COUGAR Evolution Black ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ.....82E16811553002 )
CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K Haswell 3.4GHz LGA 1150 84W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80646I54670K  ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ.....82E16819116899 )
Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ.....82E16835103099 )
Motherboard: ASUS Z87-A LGA 1150 Intel Z87 ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ.....82E16813131981 )
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ.....82E16820231428 )
Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda ST2000DM001 2TB 7200 RPM 64MB ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ.....82E16822148834 )

PSU: Rosewill CAPSTONE-750 ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182073 )

 

 

Any good case suggestions? The above person suggested a Cougar Evolution but is looks kinda eh. My current case is pretty awesome and is massive (Lian Li PC-7B) and I despise things like lights and such. A few are fine, but the whole headlight computer thing is annoying

My current Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112099

Edited November 2, 2013 by Tsume Xiao

[Xoza]

Could use some links, and is this new, all out rebuild, or a gradual rebuild?

So far, by now I'd probably aim for an i7, I don't overclock either so your call on that.

Not a fan of ASUS, but a lot of people are and if you've never had an issue, again, go for it.

Don't have any experience with G.Skill, spec's look good for pretty much everything I'd think you'd use it for.

Though I don't own any currently, Seagate's been good to me. Larger tech companies seem to like them pretty well also.

Overall it looks good, though.

[Tsume Xiao]

Could use some links, and is this new, all out rebuild, or a gradual rebuild?

So far, by now I'd probably aim for an i7, I don't overclock either so your call on that.

Not a fan of ASUS, but a lot of people are and if you've never had an issue, again, go for it.

Don't have any experience with G.Skill, spec's look good for pretty much everything I'd think you'd use it for.

Though I don't own any currently, Seagate's been good to me. Larger tech companies seem to like them pretty well also.

Overall it looks good, though.

 

I updated the original post with links

[Inoue Katsu]

Looks decent, but get an SSD for your windows drive (256Gb minimum, win7 already takes like 30)

Don't expect anything good 3d wise from the integrated intel graphics.

[Xoza]

Win 8 / 8.1 takes some getting used to, but I've had 0.5% in issues with my time using it.

[connor]

Anybody having issues with windows 8.1? Everything was working great till I upgraded from 8 to 8.1. Now I cant play SWTOR except in windowed mode. I also can't play netflix over EXPLORER any more either. It says I cant play movies/shows in private mode or something. Its all really weird. I am really thinking about downgrading back to windows 8 unless I can figure these problems out.m On the plus side, the internet does seem to run a little faster now-pecular huh? 

[Valos]

i have been having memory management bsods. mostly when a game is active and rarely when on idle. i checked all drivers and gonna run memtest tonight. wondered if anyone had any other ideas wat it could be. any help would be grateful

[Valos]

nvm i fixed the problem i had a bad stick. anyone know about adjust cpu voltage?

[Xoza]

nvm i fixed the problem i had a bad stick. anyone know about adjust cpu voltage?

What CPU and board do you have?

[Valos]

What CPU and board do you have?

i have a amd fx 8120 8 core and a asus sabretooth 990fx mobo

[Xoza]

What memory did you have and how long? How was the customer service if you tried to get it replaced, warranty? (So I can avoid / recommend the brand in the future.)

[Valos]

i had cosair 1333mhz for 5 years. i dont get customer server or warranties where i live only a small computer store. 

[Xoza]

i had cosair 1333mhz for 5 years. i dont get customer server or warranties where i live only a small computer store. 

 

While the stores only offer limited warranties (trade in, we're responsible for it for so long stuff) the companies always have their own. It builds trust and brand identity...

 

Corsair for example has a lifetime warrenty on their RAM, call em up ship it back, they'll ship you new ones. The money they 'make' is through the continued advancement of technology and they expect by the time a stick of ram would actually die, it would cost almost nothing to make, or no one would be using them anymore anyway.