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Blaec
Australia4289 Posts
On March 08 2013 14:22 Swordland wrote: thanks a lot mate....oh so my sgs3 cannot watch tl streams? ....sigh...... well, i might try the flash you mentioned..but im worried if it is not safe. but, are you sure watching from twitch directly works? Just use the twitch app. | ||
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MassHysteria
United States3678 Posts
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shadow_orc
Canada52 Posts
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
On March 08 2013 14:57 shadow_orc wrote: So I have been wanting to try to overclock my comp, so is my computer capable of overclocking with an i5-2300 2.8ghz cpu and a 300 watt psu OEM motherboard won't let you overclock the CPU. Even if it did, there's a ~400 MHz limit to overclocking the i5-2300 anyway. You could overclock the GT 420 a bit, but that's kind of pathetic. It's worse than integrated Intel HD 4000 graphics. | ||
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Cyro
United Kingdom20323 Posts
On March 08 2013 14:57 shadow_orc wrote: So I have been wanting to try to overclock my comp, so is my computer capable of overclocking with an i5-2300 2.8ghz cpu and a 300 watt psu Thats a pretty awful setup for $460 (and a joke for $650) but most prebuilts from sites/shops like this are | ||
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
Then again, you can get new Ivy Bridge i5 systems with OS for around $500 new, sometimes a bit less, so $460 for a refurb Sandy Bridge system isn't a steal or anything. And most people asking here are better served by a better video card and a lower-end processor anyway, unless they don't plan on running any modern 3D games on it. edit: sounds like the computer is already bought though? | ||
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Cyro
United Kingdom20323 Posts
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Gihi
384 Posts
I'm in the process of buying a new monitor and I've been pondering over buying a 120hz one. Now, my computer only has 1 DVI port, 1 HDMI port and 1 DisplayPort. Can I utilize 120hz with some sort of dual link DVIxHDMI cable? If so, can I also handle a 1920x1200 120hz monitor? Thanks in advance! | ||
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Ropid
Germany3557 Posts
It's one cable on one connector of the graphics card. EDIT: Looked up DisplayPort: it apparently can have up to four "lanes" for one connector, and each lane is slightly higher bandwidth than single link DVI-D. | ||
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Gihi
384 Posts
On March 08 2013 20:44 Ropid wrote: Look at this, Gihi: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvi#Connector It's one cable on one connector of the graphics card. EDIT: Looked up DisplayPort: it apparently can have up to four "lanes" for one connector, and each lane is slightly higher bandwidth than single link DVI-D. Oooooh. ^^ Silly me. I actually thought I needed 2 DVI ports. Well, My DVI port is a DVI-I Dual Link so either that or the DisplayPort should be fine! Thanks man! | ||
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dicedicerevolution
United States245 Posts
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834312434 | ||
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Ropid
Germany3557 Posts
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Cyro
United Kingdom20323 Posts
AMD A-Series A8-4500M(1.90GHz) Not going to run sc2 well at all - im not sure how much better options are available at $550 though. Its a piledriver APU, Ivy bridge (core ix 3xxxM) will give you something like 50% better performance at the same clock speed and they sure as hell dont come at 1.9ghz any more. More expensive to get a quad core intel CPU but its better to have a decent dual core than a really awful quad core | ||
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
It's open box, but $490 gets you a roughly-equivalent IdeaPad Z580 with an Ivy Bridge Core i5 and 6GB of RAM instead: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834310630R It's got a GT 635M, which like the HD 7670 is a last-gen 40nm part.  Those two are about comparable in performance though. | ||
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dicedicerevolution
United States245 Posts
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834312434 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834310630R A quick follow-up question, is the ~$500 range (give or take $50) really ideal for my uses? Would it simply be better to increase my budget by say $100? I would prefer to have the performance fit the budget but if there are issues with cooling and reliability then those would warrant paying extra to me. | ||
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57 Corvette
Canada5941 Posts
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
On March 09 2013 09:45 dicedicerevolution wrote: Unfortunately both laptops are out of stock: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834312434 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834310630R A quick follow-up question, is the ~$500 range (give or take $50) really ideal for my uses? Would it simply be better to increase my budget by say $100? I would prefer to have the performance fit the budget but if there are issues with cooling and reliability then those would warrant paying extra to me. ~$500 is too low to get anything with decent capabilities, but you're not going to find good build quality at $600 either (aside from a reasonable but low-performance Ultrabook here or there). IMHO for your use, either forget about discrete graphics and use something with HD 4000, or move up to around $600 for something with better performance. Here's the Z580 again, here using the integrated graphics: http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/859489/Lenovo-IdeaPad-Z580-59350984-Laptop-Computer/?859489 Samsung Series 3 for $600 with Core i5 and HD 7730M (current-gen 28nm part, so better performance/power): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834131394 | ||
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broz0rs
United States2294 Posts
I recently added a secondary HDD to my computer. It worked for about two days and I'm hit with a problem. My computer boots up, but does not get anything to appear, no BIOS option, and no Windows loading screen. It's definitely not my monitor and I tried booting the computer without the new secondary HDD and nothing shows up on the monitor. Any suggestions? | ||
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bluegarfield
Singapore1128 Posts
this is the one i'm considering: http://sg.asus.com/Notebooks/Versatile_Performance/A45VS/#specifications price should be around 950USD (~1200SGD) use for daily multitasking, sc2, dota2, and occasionally adobe after effects, adobe premiere pro. nothing much here, just wonder if the spec and all justify the price point. some background: my current DELL is intel core 2duo P8600 @2.40GHz 4GB RAM ATi Radeon HD4570 350GB HDD rest not very important i think any advice? thanks  | ||
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Cyro
United Kingdom20323 Posts
and since i already have my mind set on a model You shouldnt make up your mind on a model beforehand if you have to ask for advice about it, or you are not 100% sure what all of the specs mean etc. It looks ok but you might be able to get a better graphics card or better hard drive, or a lowish capacity SSD and all of those are a pretty big deal | ||
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