The Computer Megathread

[KoopaScooper]

My graphics card keeps overheating when I play Games. It is a XFX Radeon HD 6870. It's getting very irritating and I need some help.

Does the case itself have a decent airflow? This is one of the most common causes of overheating.
Does the fan control itself or do you have it manually set?
Is it overclocked at all?

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[KoopaScooper]

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am i stupid or is someone confusing a USB cable for an Ethernet cable?
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817801089

[SlayerZ99]

What are you planning to do?

Run a lot of smaller games
(Blockland and others)

A lot of work with modeling and files for BL and such

I feel like the gateway would be better for the price

[SPooK]

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am i stupid or is someone confusing a USB cable for an Ethernet cable?
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817801089

You are not stupid. They are confused as that is without a doubt a USB cable.

[KoopaScooper]

Run a lot of smaller games
(Blockland and others)

A lot of work with modeling and files for BL and such

I feel like the gateway would be better for the price

Yeah, but if you decide to play more demanding games (any game made within the last 2 years), the Intel HD Graphics won't cut it.
You couldn't watch movies in 1080p with the laptop monitor, unless you hooked it up to a TV or a 1920x1080 monitor. So why get it with the Blu-Ray drive?
If you want it though, go for it.

[Doomonkey]

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am i stupid or is someone confusing a USB cable for an Ethernet cable?
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817801089

It is blue cable, must be Ethernet!

Actually, Ethernet isn't specific to one type of cable. You might actually be able to have Ethernet with a USB if you had special software and hardware.

[Mulch]

What's the difference between DDr3 and DDr4?

[Doomonkey]

What's the difference between DDr3 and DDr4?

One is Double*3, the other is Double*4.

[johnnyboy]

ASUS GeForce GTX 560 (Fermi) ENGTX560 DCII OC/2DI/1GD5 Video Card
CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory
COOLER MASTER GX Series RS750-ACAAE3-US 750W Power Supply
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" SATA 6.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
Antec Three Hundred Illusion Black Computer Case
Intel Core i5-2500 3.3GHz LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor
EVGA Z68 SLI Micro 120-SB-E682-KR Intel Motherboard

$821.93 + S/H
and of course windows 8 from my friend until i can get a real OS

give constructive criticism, i just built this with my friend

[Blooker]

Does the case itself have a decent airflow? This is one of the most common causes of overheating.
Does the fan control itself or do you have it manually set?
Is it overclocked at all?

My fan is controlled manually. It does have good airflow and no, it isn't overclocked.

[aludane]

Ethernet is a specification for the transmission of frames over a network.

[KoopaScooper]

ASUS GeForce GTX 560 (Fermi) ENGTX560 DCII OC/2DI/1GD5 Video Card
CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory
COOLER MASTER GX Series RS750-ACAAE3-US 750W Power Supply
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" SATA 6.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
Antec Three Hundred Illusion Black Computer Case
Intel Core i5-2500 3.3GHz LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor
EVGA Z68 SLI Micro 120-SB-E682-KR Intel Motherboard

$821.93 + S/H
and of course windows 8 from my friend until i can get a real OS

give constructive criticism, i just built this with my friend

PSU is just a tad overkill, a 600/650W should do it fine unless you're planning to use the SLI in the motherboard later on, then I'd definitely go for the 750W one.

My fan is controlled manually. It does have good airflow and no, it isn't overclocked.

Set the fan to automatically adjust.

[Legodude77]

Woot I succesfully installed my old GPU into my new pc. Lets hope it makes games run faster.

[Blooker]

Woot I succesfully installed my old GPU into my new pc. Lets hope it makes games run faster.

That feelin
That feelin…

[johnnyboy]

PSU is just a tad overkill, a 600/650W should do it fine unless you're planning to use the SLI in the motherboard later on, then I'd definitely go for the 750W one.Set the fan to automatically adjust.

im going to most likely get a 700 instead