Yea you might be right , i remember tinkering with the power options but it was because this was happening.

Got windows 7, Intel Core i3 3220 @ 3.30GHz with PSU cooler master elite 400 W. Had balanced option in power option with turning off display on 30 min and sleep on 1 hour.

Now I will put it on high performance and see if there is difference.

If i remember correctly i set in advanced option for hard disk to not turn off but cant be the problem right?

Banaora

Germany234 Posts

May 30 2014 14:30 GMT

#9362

For desktop systems it's best when the hard disks are spinning all the time. The additional power that costs while the PC is idling is negligible.

Incognoto

France10239 Posts

May 30 2014 14:53 GMT

#9363

On May 30 2014 22:39 SkelA wrote:
Yea you might be right , i remember tinkering with the power options but it was because this was happening.

Got windows 7, Intel Core i3 3220 @ 3.30GHz with PSU cooler master elite 400 W. Had balanced option in power option with turning off display on 30 min and sleep on 1 hour.

Now I will put it on high performance and see if there is difference.

If i remember correctly i set in advanced option for hard disk to not turn off but cant be the problem right?

I think I had something similar. I sometimes got BSOD after turning the monitor back on after idle (e.g. the computer would turn off the monitor without the actual physical switch being touched). So I just un-checked the power saving option that turned off the monitor and I turn off the monitor myself when I leave the computer.

Not saying that fixes anything, just throwing that out there.

St_Michael

United States73 Posts

May 30 2014 17:54 GMT

#9364

will dark souls 2 run on my macbook pro? If so, how well? Here are the specs (I have windows 8 pro in bootcamp).

2.0GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 processor (Turbo Boost up to 3.2GHz) with 6MB shared L3 cache
16GB of 1600MHz DDR3L onboard memory
256GB PCIe-based flash storage
Intel Iris Pro Graphics

skyR

Canada13817 Posts

May 30 2014 19:02 GMT

#9365

Probably low-medium @ 1080p.

Cupine

Canada51 Posts

June 02 2014 01:30 GMT

#9366

I'm looking to replace my CPU and motherboard, and I am currently looking at the Intel Core i5-4670K processor with the Asus Z87-Pro motherboard. They total around $500, and I was wondering if I could do with something less.

I use this computer for small after effects projects, and the games I play are limited to LoL, SC2 and CS:GO. Can I save a bit more on this or should I just go with what I have?

skyR

Canada13817 Posts

June 02 2014 01:35 GMT

#9367

If you are not overclocking than yes you can get a 4670 and a H81 or B85 board for significantly less.

If you are overclocking than you can get a Gigabyte Z87X-D3H instead of the ASUS Z87-Pro.

Cyro

United Kingdom20326 Posts

June 02 2014 02:00 GMT

#9368

And on the subject of that, if you're making an upgrade that is significant for you, you might want to wait a little bit for Devil's Canyon (~4690k, might need z97 instead of z87)

SkelA

Macedonia13069 Posts

June 02 2014 11:30 GMT

#9369

On May 30 2014 21:53 Banaora wrote:
@SkelA: My intuition tells me it's got something to do with power management. What are your settings there? What's your Windows version? What's your power supply model and CPU? Does Windows event viewer record any critical errors?

If you want to exclude power management problems you can turn it off in Windows i.e. set to max performance and see if your system continues to shut down by itself.

Ty dude ! This has fixed my problem. Never happened again after I put high performance in power options.

Kojak21

Canada1104 Posts

June 02 2014 20:23 GMT

#9370

i got a question about using two monitors at the same time.

i have my main monitor and then a tv hooked up on the wall beside it. and i was wondering how or if it is possible to play audio through my headset for the main monitor and then audio through the tv at the same time? im having trouble figuring it out

Craton

United States17277 Posts

June 03 2014 01:14 GMT

#9371

You want to duplicate the audio to two outputs?

Kojak21

Canada1104 Posts

June 03 2014 02:05 GMT

#9372

id like too have like a movie playing on the tv and game on the other.

i figured out it works with VLC player just have to change the audio output on it.

that should work well enough

BlackJack

United States10574 Posts

June 03 2014 19:31 GMT

#9373

My ISP said I could get faster ineternet if I upgrade my modem to docsis 3.0. Right now I have motorola surfboard docsis 2.0 and I'm getting 33 down / 6 up. But my internet package says the fastest download speeds it offers are 25Mbps. So does that mean I'm already getting faster download speeds than I'm supposed to be getting and if so will I really see an increase in speed if I upgrade my modem?

skyR

Canada13817 Posts

June 03 2014 19:47 GMT

#9374

On June 04 2014 04:31 BlackJack wrote:
My ISP said I could get faster ineternet if I upgrade my modem to docsis 3.0. Right now I have motorola surfboard docsis 2.0 and I'm getting 33 down / 6 up. But my internet package says the fastest download speeds it offers are 25Mbps. So does that mean I'm already getting faster download speeds than I'm supposed to be getting and if so will I really see an increase in speed if I upgrade my modem?

Many providers use turbo boost technology where your download speed is boosted for the initial seconds of starting a download so this is what you are seeing on Speedtest.

DOCSIS 2.0 supports up to something like 40 Mbps but DOCSIS 3.0 is used by providers once passing 20-30 Mbps for stability reasons.

BlackJack

United States10574 Posts

June 03 2014 20:07 GMT

#9375

On June 04 2014 04:47 skyR wrote:

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I see. yeah I think I get turboboost for the first 18MB-22MB of a download. So do you think I should bother getting a docsis 3.0 then? My modem is a few years old and I've been having some connection problems anyway.

skyR

Canada13817 Posts

June 03 2014 20:14 GMT

#9376

I don't think there is a reason to buy a DOCSIS 3.0 modem if you are not using a plan requiring DOCSIS 3.0. I think there are some advantages to DOCSIS 3.0 even if you are not on a DOCSIS 3.0 plan when it comes to congestion though.

BlackJack

United States10574 Posts

June 03 2014 20:47 GMT

#9377

ok, Thanks skyR

Craton

United States17277 Posts

June 03 2014 22:15 GMT

#9378

On June 04 2014 05:14 skyR wrote:
I don't think there is a reason to buy a DOCSIS 3.0 modem if you are not using a plan requiring DOCSIS 3.0. I think there are some advantages to DOCSIS 3.0 even if you are not on a DOCSIS 3.0 plan when it comes to congestion though.

I think you just wanted to say DOCSIS 3.0 as many times as possible.

FlaminGinjaNinja

United Kingdom879 Posts

June 04 2014 21:00 GMT

#9379

I'm looking into getting a new gpu for my current rig as well as getting some liquid cooling going for the new graphics and existing cpu. I've not done liquid cooling before and haven't looked at hardware specs on the market for several years.

Is it worth getting liquid cooling for my current cpu or just getting a new cpu/ gpu/ liquid cooling package?
Any recommendations for the above? Relivant specs are below.

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AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Socket AM3 3.2 GHz 8MB L3 Cache
Kingston 8GB (4x2GB) DDR3 1600MHz HyperX Memory Kit CL9(9-9-9-27) 1.7 - 1.9V
CM Storm Scout + Coolermaster Silent Pro 700W Modular PSU
ASUS M4A78T-E 790GX Socket AM3 onboard VGA DVI HDMI 8 channel audio ATX Motherboard
GeForce GT 400

On a different topic, can anyone recommend a tool for checking PSU useage, my PC doesn't like booting everything up sometimes, lights come on but no hard drive activity, no bios.

skyR

Canada13817 Posts

June 04 2014 21:17 GMT

#9380

There is no such thing as a GT 400.

You need a multimeter to troubleshoot the power supply. It's much easier to just buy a new budget power supply such as EVGA 500B to test though. If you are talking about wattage than your current configuration, assuming a low-end GPU as there is no such thing as a GT 400, would consume around 100w or less during load so a 700w power supply is very overkill.

Phenom II X4 955 is really old so if you are venturing into liquid cooling than you should just buy a Core i5 4690k and a Z97 board with a GTX 780 Ti or something.