The Computer Megathread

[e-maxx]

brotherS IT WORKS IT WORKS NIGAASAAAAA
anyway i now have 4 gigs of RAM
YEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
SQQQQQQQQQQQQQEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEE
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231122

[Ad Bot]

[KoopaScooper]

cheap hard drive for $70 with at least 500GB from newegg.ca
can't find many other than this
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822145565
do you think it would read/write faster than my current SATA drive (it's C: for those confused)

C: WDC WD1600JD-00HBB0 ATA Device
3 Tests, 500MB
512KB Random
Test1
15.52 Read
23.17 Write
Test2
18.13 Read
25.54 Write
Test3
18.56 Read
26.92 Write
brown townysis
17.21 Read
25.7 Write
Free Space
35.4 GB free of 148 GB

X: ST340014A ATA Device
3 Tests, 500MB
512KB Random
Test1
22.12 Read
26.32 Write
Test2
27.61 Read
24.30 Write
Test3
25.22 Read
25.11 Write
brown townysis
26.66 Read
25.59 Write
Free Space
11.4 GB free of 37.2 GB

[Max4344]

Which one is the best one for Internet and some games?
http://us.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/compare/LX.RSF02.222-LX.RSE02.146

[KoopaScooper]

Which one is the best one for Internet and some games?
http://us.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/compare/LX.RSF02.222-LX.RSE02.146

They're both the same, it's just one has an SSD for the operating system and a hard disk drive for storage, and the other has a larger SSD for the operating system AND storage.
The $779 one, even though the HD graphics are poop

[EndGame]

I have two stuffty laptops. One just went kaput. The other is still stuffty but sort of works.

After about an hour and a half of anything it just freezes. Be it Blockland, iTunes, or just general browsing. It's annoying as forget. Fans never really kick in, CPU is at about  50% and RAM is at about 40% most of the time.

I just had it 'repaired' for $100 and it still does this. They did a system scan and rethermaled it.

I don't think it's the drivers, and to make sure I tried installing them from a website as opposed to the disk that came with the computer.

It's a Dell Studio 1535.

Any ideas?

[KoopaScooper]

Dell laptop cooling suck ass and it never kicks in until the GPU or CPU is like 60 degrees Celsius (I only own one and it happens like this, probably not the same anymore)
Try uninstalling bloatware, cleaning your registry, and in general look to see if other people have these issues with the laptop.

I appear to be having issues installing an update for DirectX, I bluescreen with a SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION and no solution comes up when I search the STOP error code other than to reinstall my OS. Anything I try to install that even attempts to tamper with DirectX causes it, using DirectX (D3D, DirectInput, DirectSound) is perfectly fine and I can't install certain Steam games because of this.
If I'm forced to reinstall Windows I'll probably do a Tri-Boot of XP, 7, and Linux

[e-maxx]

I appear to be having issues installing an update for DirectX, I bluescreen with a SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION and no solution comes up when I search the STOP error code other than to reinstall my OS. Anything I try to install that even attempts to tamper with DirectX causes it, using DirectX (D3D, DirectInput, DirectSound) is perfectly fine and I can't install certain Steam games because of this.
If I'm forced to reinstall Windows I'll probably do a Tri-Boot of XP, 7, and Linux

it's probably a file that directx uses got corrupted so if you can try doing a system restore

[KoopaScooper]

it's probably a file that directx uses got corrupted so if you can try doing a system restore

>latest restore from March 10th
no
either way it was something i accidentally the registry and now it's fixed whoopee

[suburb]

So guys, I am building one sweet ass gaming computer and is this a good list I have made?  I mean its just so sweet you agree right?



 

[Fluff-is-back]

So guys, I am building one sweet ass gaming computer and is this a good list I have made?  I mean its just so sweet you agree right?
-snip-

It's beautiful

[Blooker]

Bump

[deathrider]

i like this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc4xqpYLpis&feature=g-u-u&context=G2712e3dFUAAAAAAABAA

[SpreadsPlague]

So guys, I am building one sweet ass gaming computer and is this a good list I have made?  I mean its just so sweet you agree right?

snip
 

hot damn you got all the pentiums. nice build 21/10

[Feep]

-decided in my best judgement to take computer to fire station tommorrow to see where and how the fire started and then tech store-

welp stuck with my old computer

RIP CRAPTOP

2001-2012

[matthewbim11]

One time my friend told me to get over being sad about my broken computer. One does not simply "stop being sad" when their computer dies.