The Computer Megathread

[Ethan]

Whats a good PSU WITH a 9 Pin Connector for a GPU?

9 pin connector? What the forget?

Just ordered a 2x2GB kit for my M11x.  It's so cheap too, wouldn't believe it.  The M11x is also so tightly designed it's amazing.  Everything fits snugly with each other.

I found the hard drive too but I don't think I'm going to upgrade that at all because the only upgrade worth putting in it is an SSD and I'll wait til those become cheap.

RAM is really cheap nowadays.

How do I contact XFX about my broken graphics card? I went on their website and went to support and contact us but nothing seemed right. :C

Just gotta call or email them.

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[steve5451]

Okay, so I threw in my old graphics card one more time, and it seems to be giving off a code of some sort by using the fan to produce noise. It goes like this:
It whirls to full speed and then cuts out 7 times. It then whirls up to full speed one more time and stays like that. It has yet to produce a signal from the DVI, VGA, or HDMI.

[Becquerel]

9 pin connector? What the forget?

OK a PSU of over 500 Watts with atleast 1 6 pin connector.

[steve5451]

I put my working GPU back in but it seems Windows 7 is suddenly having trouble identifying what resolution my monitor is. It gave me every option possible except my monitor resolution, 1440x900. After some tweaking got bored and decided to try to run it at 1920x1080 and it actually worked. Everything is too tiny though and it hurts my eyes.

[MyNameIsYou]

Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119197
PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817171054
Mobo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157279
CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072
RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220484
HDD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148681
GPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130604
ODD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204
LCD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009266
WiFi: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833164042

is all of this ok?

[Unwritten Calender]

Anyone know some programs that can make my desktop look lovey?

[KoopaScooper]

Fences, RocketDock, and some desktop gadgets

[Ethan]

Anyone know some programs that can make my desktop look lovey?

RocketDock, and agh, I forgot the name of the other one. I'll post it when I remember it.

Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119197
PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817171054
Mobo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157279
CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072
RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220484
HDD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148681
GPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130604
ODD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204
LCD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009266
WiFi: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833164042

is all of this ok?

That all works together, however points of interest:

This GPU is faster and cheaper:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161388

The hard drive is slow. You'd want one with at least 7200rpm speed.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148834
Note: This drive isn't particularly good, but it's the minimum I'd recommend for your system.

[Ethan]

I put my working GPU back in but it seems Windows 7 is suddenly having trouble identifying what resolution my monitor is. It gave me every option possible except my monitor resolution, 1440x900. After some tweaking got bored and decided to try to run it at 1920x1080 and it actually worked. Everything is too tiny though and it hurts my eyes.

Hmm, monitor drivers perhaps? Seems odd.

OK a PSU of over 500 Watts with atleast 1 6 pin connector.

I own one of these:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817171038
And it has I can't remember how many PCI connectors, but I know it has at least 2 6-pin PCI connectors as I'm running a HD5850 off it.

[MyNameIsYou]

Thanks Ethan, I'll probably be buying it this week

[devildogelite]

When people have clearance issues with the Noctua its because they're going vertical instead of horizontal right?

[Becquerel]

Whats better? More Cores or faster clock speed?

And Ethan, how many custom built computers do you have in your house.

[Flush535]

Well, my dad ordered the Dell laptop. Even after all of my convincing.

[MyNameIsYou]

Whats better? More Cores or faster clock speed?

And Ethan, how many custom built computers do you have in your house.

He posted a few pages back

[HerpaDerp]

RocketDock, and agh, I forgot the name of the other one. I'll post it when I remember it.

Rainmeter?