EPTJust change the drive to this(yours isn't a burner) and the mobo to either a cheap H61 or the USB3 asrock H61
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Shikyo
Finland33997 Posts
Just change the drive to this(yours isn't a burner) and the mobo to either a cheap H61 or the USB3 asrock H61 | ||
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Deatheus89
Singapore19 Posts
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Nizaris
Belgium2230 Posts
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FabledIntegral
United States9232 Posts
On December 08 2011 03:13 Deatheus89 wrote: hey guys! i just got a gigabyte z68xp-ud3. But my dvd driver seems to be incompatible with the motherboard? Cause i dont see that 40 pin thing that connected my old motherboard to my dvd drive. eh issit true? haha im not sure if i lost a wire or am just too dumb to actually spot the dvd driver plug? How old is it? If you have a really old DVD drive you might have the oldschool IDE cable instead of a SATA cable... idk even know if newer motherboards have IDE (I presume they would, I think mine does). Regardless, how would you have lost the cable, if you're reusing it? If you can't find the pins... I think they're just white on the mobo with literally 40 pins... should say IDE right by it (at least on mine, it did). Have you checked your motherboard manual? | ||
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Shikyo
Finland33997 Posts
If you mean crossfire drivers well, AMD crossfire scaling is better but I guess they have their crossfire patches done later. Either way talking about the past is a bit silly imo, just like Intel isn't making Pentium 4s anymore. | ||
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Deatheus89
Singapore19 Posts
How old is it? If you have a really old DVD drive you might have the oldschool IDE cable instead of a SATA cable... idk even know if newer motherboards have IDE (I presume they would, I think mine does). Regardless, how would you have lost the cable, if you're reusing it? If you can't find the pins... I think they're just white on the mobo with literally 40 pins... should say IDE right by it (at least on mine, it did). Have you checked your motherboard manual? Yea i think mine is the old school cable and my current mobo doesnt support that anymore, instead they used sata. bah looks like i got to spend more money on a up-to-date sata dvd driver.... Nah i was just getting paranoid coz i assumed that the mobo came with the IDE thing.... | ||
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FabledIntegral
United States9232 Posts
On December 08 2011 04:02 Deatheus89 wrote: Yea i think mine is the old school cable and my current mobo doesnt support that anymore, instead they used sata. bah looks like i got to spend more money on a up-to-date sata dvd driver.... Nah i was just getting paranoid coz i assumed that the mobo came with the IDE thing.... Or you could buy an IDE to SATA adapter. | ||
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FabledIntegral
United States9232 Posts
On December 08 2011 04:02 Deatheus89 wrote: Yea i think mine is the old school cable and my current mobo doesnt support that anymore, instead they used sata. bah looks like i got to spend more money on a up-to-date sata dvd driver.... Nah i was just getting paranoid coz i assumed that the mobo came with the IDE thing.... Or you could buy an IDE to SATA adapter. A quick google shows that they exist... just hopefully it's from the DVD drive side where the adapter would convert.... no time to check for you  .Although they seem to be nearly as expensive as a DVD drive itself :S. | ||
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Deatheus89
Singapore19 Posts
On December 08 2011 04:04 FabledIntegral wrote: Or you could buy an IDE to SATA adapter. A quick google shows that they exist... just hopefully it's from the DVD drive side where the adapter would convert.... no time to check for you .Although they seem to be nearly as expensive as a DVD drive itself :S. haha thanks anyway! | ||
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youngminii
Australia7514 Posts
CPU: i3-2120 $138 GPU: Gigabyte 6870 $200~ (Australian prices, keep that in mind) Mobo: MSI H61M-P23 (B3) $50 Case: Antec 300 Mid ATX $59 RAM: G.Skill DDR3-1333 4GB Kit (2x2GB) $35 PSU: Antec Strictly 550W $69 Total: $551 Is there anything I should change? I may or may not add a HDD to this, if I do it won't be a big one. I don't really need an optical drive yet so I left that out. Also, this computer will be able to run most games on 1920x1080 right? How will Battlefield 3 (and SC2 I guess) do on that resolution? | ||
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Shikyo
Finland33997 Posts
I'd change the case though, BitFenix Shinobi is way better and only 6$ more. Antec 300 just is so meh. You don't also need 550W so see if there's a decent 380-500w PSU that's like sub-50$ and with a 80+ rating. | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
On December 08 2011 01:03 Shikyo wrote: But but thermalright has that too o.O At least had for 2011, why wouldn't they have for future ones? Thermalright is no where close to Noctua in postsale support. Noctua offers a 6 year warranty - what does Thermalright offer? Oh right... their heatsinks aren't widely available and this information which should be easily available to find is somewhere hidden on their website. Noctua offers lifetime support, you get a free mounting bracket that is universal for all their heatsinks that were basically released in the last five years. Thermalright requires you to pay for a mounting bracket that isn't even universal. | ||
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youngminii
Australia7514 Posts
On December 08 2011 04:30 Shikyo wrote: BF3 will do fine, just need to use high settings and play with them to get a decent balance but it should be allright even if it's a dualcore as the hyperthreading helps at least a little. I'd change the case though, BitFenix Shinobi is way better and only 6$ more. Antec 300 just is so meh. You don't also need 550W so see if there's a decent 380-500w PSU that's like sub-50$ and with a 80+ rating. CPU: i3-2120 $138 GPU: Gigabyte 6870 $200~ (Australian prices, keep that in mind) Mobo: MSI H61M-P23 (B3) $50 Case: Antec 300 Mid ATX $59 RAM: G.Skill DDR3-1333 4GB Kit (2x2GB) $35 PSU: Antec Neo ECO 450W $63 Total: $545 Can't find a BitFenix Shinobi in my local store part lists, changed the PSU but it wasn't much cheaper at all. If it can run new games on high then I'm pretty content. Anyone know anything about monitors? I think I will be getting a ASUS VE276Q. My plan is to build a good computer some time in 2012 and move the monitor to that one. | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
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youngminii
Australia7514 Posts
On December 08 2011 05:07 skyR wrote: 1080p on a 27" is going to look like shit unless you're blind. For the price of the VE276Q, you might as well get a Dell Ultrasharp U2312HM which blows the crap out of it. I just looked that up and isn't an 8ms response time too slow? | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
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billy5000
United States865 Posts
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Ata
Canada356 Posts
On December 08 2011 05:53 billy5000 wrote: Strictly sc2, isn't this a bit surprising? its 2x the price G620 vs E8400 | ||
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youngminii
Australia7514 Posts
On December 08 2011 05:16 skyR wrote: Advertised specs don't mean shit because there is no universal method of measurement. Response rate doesn't actually matter anymore since most of all modern monitors are already fast enough. Input lag is much more important these days and U2312HM has extremely low input lag and is well regarded as a good overall consumer monitor. Okay so after like 5 hours of browsing the internets for a good monitor, I've landed on the BenQ XL2410T for $379. My final build, probably will start buying the parts soon. CPU: i3-2120 $138 GPU: Sapphire HD6870 1GB $189 Mobo: MSI H61M-P23 (B3) $50 Case: BitFenix Shinobi $65 RAM: G.Skill DDR3-1333 4GB Kit (2x2GB) $29 PSU: Silverstone Strider 500W $65 Monitor: BenQ XL2410T $379 Total: $915 The monitor will last me for a loooong time, that's the only reason I'm willing to shell out so much for it. | ||
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billy5000
United States865 Posts
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