On April 19 2013 06:15 Shikyo wrote:
So an ant just went inside my keyboard -.- What do? Actually, what can an ant do to my keyboard in the first place? -.-

Very much reminds me of naniwa at that one event. what was it... lonestar? Where he had to pause so they could sweep the ants off his desk lol.
poor ant. let us know if he comes back out okay. I wouldnt be worried about the keyboard too much.

Belial88

United States5217 Posts

April 18 2013 23:07 GMT

#6243

ants have been known to secrete anti-keyboard pheromones. If it's the scout, he might leave a trail for the colony.

vaL4r

Germany240 Posts

April 19 2013 00:04 GMT

#6244

There are several Variables.txt files in the "Documents\StarCraft II" Directory, which ones apply?

Is it enough to edit just the one in "Documents\StarCraft II" or do I have to change each Variables.txt within the corresponding "Documents\StarCraft II\Accounts" folders? Or both?

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Cyro

United Kingdom20343 Posts

April 19 2013 00:17 GMT

#6245

The one in sc2/documents and one for every account you use

vaL4r

Germany240 Posts

April 19 2013 00:22 GMT

#6246

Thank you very much. =)

ZeratuLsc2

Canada426 Posts

April 20 2013 09:01 GMT

#6247

I just finished building this build http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=137554&currentpage=1447#28931 and everything seems to be working fine. When I installed the OS it gave me the option to install on SSD or HDD, I installed on SSD. When I go into device manager both drives show up, but when I open up My Computer only my SSD shows up where it says Hard Disk Drives. What gives?

Belial88

United States5217 Posts

April 20 2013 09:15 GMT

#6248

Did you initialize it and format the drive? I had a jackass on ebay buy a hdd from me, and then complain it was broken because he didnt realize you have to format it into ntfs first (search "create and format hard disk partitions"). Are you in AHCI mode for both drives in bios?

ZeratuLsc2

Canada426 Posts

April 20 2013 09:44 GMT

#6249

You nailed it in the first sentence. I needed to initialize and format the drive. You TL.net tech support guys are fricking amazing. Between this thread and the Build Resource thread you guys put in more free work than anybody I've ever seen. I can't thank you guys enough.

waffling1

599 Posts

April 20 2013 10:54 GMT

#6250

Anyone who has played with the MSI Z77A-G41,

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130653

does the board BIOS allow you to set the voltage high enough for this RAM (2.6V - 2.75V)?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231047

Thanks

waffling1

599 Posts

April 20 2013 10:58 GMT

#6251

how is GEIL as a brand for RAM? reliable?

Cyro

United Kingdom20343 Posts

April 20 2013 12:14 GMT

#6252

Waffling, That is ddr1 RAM, not comparible with a DDR3 motherboard or CPU. Even if it was compatible (it's nowhere near close) and you could set voltage that high, it would probably near-instantly kill the memory controller on any ivy bridge CPU, because it's designed for 1.5v DDR3 (with 1.65v kits being common and fine and some extreme overclockers pushing it a bit further)

waffling1

599 Posts

April 20 2013 12:27 GMT

#6253

yes, i totally missed that at first and caught it before you answered. i should have edited it when it caught it. it's also 2 gb so that's a no-go.

i'm looking at this one now.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7868682&CatId=4534

Cyro

United Kingdom20343 Posts

April 20 2013 13:04 GMT

#6254

Never heard of the brand before, it seems generic (1333mhz cl9 1.5v 2x4gb) you should probably get corsair, kingston, gskill whatever RAM over some name you can spend many months in build resource thread without hearing or having seen anywhere before

Where are you buying from? (country, limited to that site etc?)

And what for? General build, gaming etc, no overclocking?

Ropid

Germany3557 Posts

April 20 2013 13:24 GMT

#6255

I don't think that's an unknown brand. I remember always seeing that name when looking through RAM prices, even years ago. They also write they have lifetime warranty on their website, so probably can't be too bad.

Cyro

United Kingdom20343 Posts

April 20 2013 13:25 GMT

#6256

Probably fine then? They have RAM on ocuk/amazonuk, don't know why i have literally never heard of them before as far as i know after spending like 6-12 months in build resource thread

waffling1

599 Posts

April 20 2013 13:27 GMT

#6257

USA California. not limited to that site, but they have the best shipping costs and tax benefits. I know newegg charges you to ship back defective products (and charges you tax and higher shipping).

i'm going to do a mild easy overclock. The computer is for a friend. He has a 13 year old kid who plays some games, but probably not too too heavy. I'm also looking to future proof them in the next 5 years, so I think an overclock is good, or at least the ability to. I have a GTX 650 Ti so that should cover him just fine for most games.

I don't think i should be so concerned about OCing the RAM. I've read there is not much difference.

For RAM, I can go with two of these for a total of 8GB.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=6613461&CatId=4534

Cyro

United Kingdom20343 Posts

April 20 2013 14:07 GMT

#6258

By mild OC do you mean like 4ghz or 4.5? Even for 4.5 it might be worth spending a bit (~35?) more on motherboard, and you mean 3570k build right?

If you're not going 4.5, maybe best to step down on cpu a bit (to 3470 or 3350p, whatever costs less out of locked ivy bridge i5's) or even get a slightly cheaper board to save money

Ram OC is very little performance gain and yea, pretty much any RAM will do. 1600mhz cl9 is the standard, but 1333 is only a few % performance difference.. Personally i wouldn't mess around with rebate though, you should just be able to get 8gb 1600cl9 1.5/1.65v for $45 or something? Not much more than 40, and no waiting 3 months for rebate, or however those things work in the US (they don't really exist here AFAIK)

waffling1

599 Posts

April 20 2013 15:09 GMT

#6259

yeah 4.4 at most for 3570k. Even for 4.4 GHz, I should use a hyper 212+ at least, and not stock, right?

what would make it worth the additional $35 for a better motherboard? It's not for insanely heavy gaming, or likely to be noticed by my friend's family. Performance gains are most noticed in the 4.4 overclock, which can be done with the G41 mobo. They'd definitely want to keep the $35, esp if I can't justify it either.

G41 was the cheapest OC 1155 socket board I've heard. Are there cheaper OC boards I can get from microcenter that will do the job without major limitations?
(btw, i factored in the $40 combo discount for buying a cpu and mobo into the CPU and not into the mobo, so please do compare mobos without the discount.)

The lowest price i can find for 8gb cl9 ram is 54, which is $14 more than 4 sticks of 2GB RAM.

I have a question. this site seems to suggest the 3570k cannot support 4 channels of RAM, only 2. is this right?
http://ark.intel.com/compare/65520,52214,52207

Cyro

United Kingdom20343 Posts

April 20 2013 15:25 GMT

#6260

Dual channel, you can support 4 modules.

212+ is good for 4.4, you don't want stock cooler

Overclocking on lower end boards is a little sketchy, just make sure you can do what you want to do

RAM is so god damn expensive now