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) came with 6 motherboard metal standoffs and 3 plastic ones, which are designed i suppose to absord vibration, they also lock the motherboard in the same way the stock cooler for the i5 2500k locks into it. My question, is the motherboard (Asus P8P67 EVO) designed to be grounded on all 9 screwing points? should i buy 3 more metal standoffs or use this plastic ones?Computer Build Resource Thread - Page 567
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Voidz
Spain51 Posts
) came with 6 motherboard metal standoffs and 3 plastic ones, which are designed i suppose to absord vibration, they also lock the motherboard in the same way the stock cooler for the i5 2500k locks into it. My question, is the motherboard (Asus P8P67 EVO) designed to be grounded on all 9 screwing points? should i buy 3 more metal standoffs or use this plastic ones? | ||
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JingleHell
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Womwomwom
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On September 15 2011 21:35 Myrmidon wrote: Lancool PC-K58 and Audio-Technica ATH-A700? What's the case on the left? Intellimouse optical are everywhere... The case on the left, with the white top fan, is definitely a Fractal Design Arc or Core. | ||
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Voidz
Spain51 Posts
On September 15 2011 22:37 JingleHell wrote: Uhm, the standoffs don't ground your mobo. They prevent your mobo from shorting to ground. Oh didn't know that, i think i saw a newegg video on how to build your pc, and the guy said that. skyR why do you mention the SLI, because of the weight of the second card? do you know anything about these plastic standoffs? edit with picture of them + Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://www.pccables.com/images/03007.jpg) | ||
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ThatGuy89
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£400 What is your resolution? 1280x1024 What are you using it for? Gaming - not hardcore gaming though. SC2 on low, and wanna play diablo 3 on it too. What is your upgrade cycle? I dont really want to upgrade it.I cant see any game coming out that id want to upgrade in order to play it. So as long as i can go without, the better When do you plan on building it? Hopefully early, mid january. If not, late feb at the latest Do you plan on overclocking? no Do you need an Operating System? no. Do you plan to add a second GPU for SLI or Crossfire? no Where are you buying your parts from? Anywhere cheap ^^ I dont have any preferences, but ive been using www.cyberpowersystem.co.uk Its only a 5 min drive from my house so i can save on shipping my picking it up  I know it asks about OS, but i dont need monitor, mouse, keyboard, headset or anything. Just all the expensive bits :p thanks fellas | ||
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
Looking at it from another angle, I think it'd be a really really stupid design to release a motherboard that must be grounded to the chassis at each of the points. Some people will have plastic, while others may have cases with no hole at the corresponding location. This would make the probability of user error really high. So it really seems unlikely to matter. Just use whatever you have. | ||
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Wabbit
United States1028 Posts
On September 15 2011 11:08 Bambipwnsu wrote: any reason why my 2500k isn't overclocking when I open up cpu-z...but OCed in the bios? Am i missing a setting somewhere? On September 15 2011 11:12 Bambipwnsu wrote: turbo boost is off and multi to 47 On September 15 2011 11:13 skyR wrote: Turbo has to be on. Wait... what? I'm hesitant to even say anything to contradict skyR but... are you sure turbo has to be on?!? I'm OC'ing with turbo off, just the multiplier and VCore... | ||
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
On September 15 2011 23:28 Myrmidon wrote: Should be that metal motherboard standoffs will connect the motherboard ground to the chassis. The important function is just to raise the motherboard away from the side of the case such that traces and surface mount components on the back side are not shorted to each other via the side of the case. I think that the standoff positions on the motherboard would be more or less connected to the same ground plane, so I wouldn't expect huge differences electrically if some were not used. I'm noob at PCB layout and EMI though. Looking at it from another angle, I think it'd be a really really stupid design to release a motherboard that must be grounded to the chassis at each of the points. Some people will have plastic, while others may have cases with no hole at the corresponding location. This would make the probability of user error really high. So it really seems unlikely to matter. Just use whatever you have. Wait, so the standoffs ground it and keep it from shorting to ground at the same time? God I hate electricity. Confuzzling shit sometimes. | ||
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Shikyo
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RECOMMENDED SYSTEM SPECIFICATIONS PC OS: Windows Vista®/Windows® 7 (Latest Service Packs) | Processor: Intel® Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz or AMD AthlonTM 64 X2 5600+ 2.8 GHz | Memory: 2 GB RAM | Video: NVIDIA® GeForce® 260 or ATI Radeon™ HD 4870 or better I guess it's doable. But not on that site as it only has terrible prebuilt ones in that price range. 400 pounds = ~458 euros CPU: i3 2100 96.41€ http://www1.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=41220&agid=1617 Motherboard: MSI H61M-E33 H61 54.15€ http://www1.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=44938&agid=1603 GPU: ASUS Radeon HD 6870 DirectCU 143.49€ 14 http://www1.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=41505&agid=1004 RAM: Corsair Valueselect 1333MHz 4GB 17.71€ http://www1.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=38042&agid=1192 HDD: Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB 7200RPM 46.19€ http://www1.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=28152&agid=689 Case: Xigmatek Asgard 31.61€ http://www1.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=28607&agid=631 PSU: Super-Flower Amazon 80Plus 450W 41.01€ http://www1.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=30074&agid=1627 Optical Drive: Samsung SH-222AB 16.68€ http://www1.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=47362&agid=699 Total: 447.25€ + 30€ shipping = 477.25€ = 416.62£ If it goes too much above 400 for your likings, replace the GPU with: Sapphire Radeon HD 6850 123.90€ http://www1.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=39504&agid=1004 That way you'll be at 399.xx£ | ||
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Ata
Canada356 Posts
edit: i forgot what i wanted to say, It would make a huge difference if you could save another 50-100 euros to get a better CPU as it would probably last you much longer and give you a better experience (less lag). | ||
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Shikyo
Finland33997 Posts
On September 16 2011 00:07 Ata wrote: 46 euros for an F3? damn you guys have it rough over there. afaik we have much higher taxes in stores so everything's ~20% costier http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152185&Tpk=samsung spinpoint f3 And tbh it's 60$ in US so | ||
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
On September 15 2011 23:50 JingleHell wrote: Wait, so the standoffs ground it and keep it from shorting to ground at the same time? God I hate electricity. Confuzzling shit sometimes. Standoffs connect a part of the motherboard electrically to the case if they're metal. This is connecting stuff that is By raising the motherboard up, they prevent components on the motherboard from being connected directly to each other (shorted) or connected to ground, via the side of the case. i.e. stuff that's not supposed to be connected being unintentionally connected together. Okay, motherboards work when placed outside of a case, right? It's not like they're connected to a sheet of metal via standoffs when operating like that... | ||
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ThatGuy89
United Kingdom1968 Posts
i wasnt thinking about going anywhere outside of uk cos of shipping but thats pretty good and that'll run sc2 really well on low graphics yea? | ||
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
On September 16 2011 00:20 ThatGuy89 wrote: wow thanks shikyo thats pretty good, thats a cheap site i wasnt thinking about going anywhere outside of uk cos of shipping but thats pretty good and that'll run sc2 really well on low graphics yea? Hm, check scan.co.uk and ebuyer. Those have about comparable prices and are in the UK. | ||
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Shikyo
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On September 16 2011 00:20 ThatGuy89 wrote: wow thanks shikyo thats pretty good, thats a cheap site i wasnt thinking about going anywhere outside of uk cos of shipping but thats pretty good and that'll run sc2 really well on low graphics yea? Should run it easily on ultra with 1280x1024 so it might be overkill but I went with your budget. (its more to run Diablo 3 with decent FPS) Edit: Btw yeah I don't know any UK sites so I went with this, feel free to compare around | ||
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ThatGuy89
United Kingdom1968 Posts
On September 16 2011 00:25 Shikyo wrote: Should run it easily on ultra with 1280x1024 so it might be overkill but I went with your budget. Edit: Btw yeah I don't know any UK sites so I went with this, feel free to compare around thanks buddy, much love <3 i was checking each price off that site against ebuyer and everything was cheaper. I know ive seen an HD 6850 for about £110 and its a bit more then that off that german site but not by much iirc This might sound silly, but how long till something like this would be redundant? Say if i came to actually buy this in january, comparing price to performance would it still be a good buy? or are there likely to be changes that could make it more cost efficient or something? thanks again | ||
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Ata
Canada356 Posts
On September 16 2011 00:08 Shikyo wrote: afaik we have much higher taxes in stores so everything's ~20% costier http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152185&Tpk=samsung spinpoint f3 And tbh it's 60$ in US so i bought mine for 45$ CAD which is last i went to Europe ~25euros. btw, i wasnt trying to be rude or anything. | ||
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