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drew-chan
Malaysia1517 Posts
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Cyro
United Kingdom20335 Posts
Oh if its -20 degrees or +40 degrees in your room... the true "difference" for your pc should be like +5/+10 degrees differents. So it wont harm... Temperatures work with deltas. If you have an air cooling system that runs your CPU 40c delta over room temperature at load, then that means if your room is -20c, it'll run at ~20c and if your room is 40c, it'd run at 80c On May 09 2014 11:31 drew-chan wrote: So with the recent release of Z97 and stuff, is it confirmed that broadwell will not be compatible with Z87 boards? Yes, some of the Haswell Refresh cpu's might or will work with z87 (think i heard something about this, forgot though), but the Haswell-based replacements for the 4670k/4770k will only work with z97 - and all broadwell CPU's are z97 only, AFAIK | ||
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PJFrylar
United States350 Posts
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Tossim111
United States246 Posts
Desktop: AMD Phenom x4 B55 - unparked cores Nvidia Geforce 465 GPU 6Gb Ram 500gb HD Win 7 64-bit I am also using a program that enables sc2 to use more than 2gb of ram. | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
On May 10 2014 03:42 Tossim111 wrote: I am really having trouble running sc2 without FPS dropping to ~40 from 130 in the late game on Low settings. Desktop: AMD Phenom x4 B55 - unparked cores Nvidia Geforce 465 GPU 6Gb Ram 500gb HD Win 7 64-bit I am also using a program that enables sc2 to use more than 2gb of ram. The problem is your processor, not your memory. Even the 4670k, which is significantly better than a Phenom II X4, will struggle in certain late game scenarios. | ||
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felisconcolori
United States6168 Posts
On May 10 2014 04:50 skyR wrote: The problem is your processor, not your memory. Even the 4670k, which is significantly better than a Phenom II X4, will struggle in certain late game scenarios. This is true. However, my old computer was a Phenom X4 - my new computer is the 4670k. Performance is much improved on the i5, except when I'm using on chip GPU. Your experience with the AMD Phenom about matches what mine was. | ||
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Incognoto
France10239 Posts
On May 10 2014 04:50 skyR wrote: The problem is your processor, not your memory. Even the 4670k, which is significantly better than a Phenom II X4, will struggle in certain late game scenarios. Well, considering that the 4670K is perhaps the best processor in the world to run SC2, it's safe to assume the game is the problem? :p | ||
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Cyro
United Kingdom20335 Posts
On May 10 2014 05:14 Incognoto wrote: Well, considering that the 4670K is perhaps the best processor in the world to run SC2, it's safe to assume the game is the problem? :p overclocked 4670k = unsmooth mess anything else = what | ||
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wptlzkwjd
Canada1240 Posts
Is it possible to use the S-pen to edit PDF files on an Android tablet like the Samsung Note Pro? I want to write notes during class on the PDF documents provided by the professor. | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
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GreenHorizons
United States24051 Posts
So I nudged my computer and it powered off then on and then wouldn't start windows without blue screening during windows startup. I had this happen once before so I knew how to fix it, my question is what may be happening that would cause my hard drive to switch randomly from AHCI to IDE in Bios during the unexpected power down? | ||
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Ropid
Germany3557 Posts
The battery to keep settings might be dead for example. You never notice because PCs nowadays always draw a little power unless you use the switch on the back of the PSU or pull the cable. You could try that (pull cable) and see if the settings get lost. If that happens and you want a new battery, it is around $1. | ||
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GreenHorizons
United States24051 Posts
On May 11 2014 07:51 Ropid wrote: Perhaps the BIOS forgot all its saved settings and started from defaults and the defaults for your (old?) board say IDE? The battery to keep settings might be dead for example. You never notice because PCs nowadays always draw a little power unless you use the switch on the back of the PSU or pull the cable. You could try that (pull cable) and see if the settings get lost. If that happens and you want a new battery, it is around $1. Sweet thanks for the help, that sounds like exactly what it would be. (Pretty sure I saw a message that said something to that [BIOS forgot all its saved settings and started from defaults] effect.) Not too sure on the battery you are referring to (where it would be located/how it would be replaced)? What to Google or a link that would lead me in the right direction would be appreciated. It's not a big deal as its come up 2x in 1+ year and now I know the fix, but it has sparked my curiosity and would like to know more. I found this, is it more or less what you were talking about? http://www.wikihow.com/Replace-the-Battery-in-Your-PC | ||
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Ropid
Germany3557 Posts
You find the battery on amazon.com by searching for "motherboard battery". You can also first take it out and read what's stamped onto it. Its real name is not "motherboard battery" but instead something involving numbers about its voltage and whatnot. If you search for its real name, you'll probably find it cheaper. | ||
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Emerson_H
United States460 Posts
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
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Craton
United States17291 Posts
The way an OS actually starts loading basically is by the BIOS (UEFI) looking for a boot loader, which can be located at a specific place on a drive. On modern motherboards, I imagine it checks for a boot loader sequentially based on the order you've specified for your drives in BIOS (UEFI). Since most people only have a single OS, the order doesn't matter. I presume Windows has something in its boot loader (or at least the initial post-boot loader stages) that enables it to "know" of multiple OS installations for the purpose of dual booting. | ||
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evantrees
Canada497 Posts
Curious if I can pick up a cheap graphics card and run dota 2 somewhat passably with it for a bit. CPU is a pentium 2160 1.8 GHz(2 cores at least) as far as I can tell seem to have all 1.0 1 x PCI Express x16 1 x PCI Express x1 2 x PCI would something like this work? http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=43_1200_557_558&item_id=030149 | ||
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HelpMeGetBetter
United States766 Posts
 Is there a mirror site or anything where I can watch? | ||
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Coopfreak
United States59 Posts
Now I can't even boot into the bios if it is plugged into the mobo (via SATA). Without it plugged in everything is fine. Any thoughts or ideas? (much appreciate) MY PC specs+ Show Spoiler + CPU: Intel Core i7-3930K 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler Motherboard: ASRock X79 Extreme6 ATX LGA2011 Motherboard Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk Video Card: Asus Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition 1GB Video Card Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case Power Supply: Rosewill Capstone 450W 80 PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply Optical Drive: Asus BW-12B1ST/BLK/G/AS Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 Full (64-bit) | ||
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