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Incognoto
France10239 Posts
On June 09 2014 23:36 Dingodile wrote: How do you know that only fan is dead? I have 2 fans bit I think they are just for airflow, not for cpu. on your CPU cooler, you have fans: ![[image loading]](http://www.scythe-eu.com/uploads/tx_cfamooflow/Mugen-2-Unit_03.jpg) You can take off those fans and replace them. ez pz So you can just buy 120mm CPU fans and slap those on your cooler. This is vastly cheaper than getting a new heatsink. | ||
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Dingodile
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Cyro
United Kingdom20316 Posts
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endy
Switzerland8970 Posts
On June 09 2014 14:56 endy wrote: Anything special about Lithium-Polymer batteries compared to Lithium-ion batteries for laptops? I was going to buy my wife a Yoga 2 Pro and the Lenovo seller told me the battery was Lithium-Polymer and that it needed proper care, and that it was recommended to use Lenovo's maintenance service to do some sort of calibration every two months or something, otherwise the battery would swell or something. After doing some research it looks that many manufacturers including Samsung and Apple use them in their high-end products even if the main advantage of Lithium-Polymer batteries is their lower costs. Other than that my research did not yield very interesting results. Lenovo also offers a regular Lithium-ion battery for a cost barely higher than the Lithium-Polymer one, what should I get? Sorry for bumping, can anyone help me please? | ||
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Incognoto
France10239 Posts
Be sure to compare price with other fans before buying anything. Maybe ask here if it's a good deal or not. | ||
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Dingodile
4135 Posts
On June 10 2014 19:00 Incognoto wrote: I might consider Corsair AF120 or SP120 fans, I know they're decent fans and generally well priced, however there might be other, better options. I'd ask around oc.net to be sure. Be sure to compare price with other fans before buying anything. Maybe ask here if it's a good deal or not. Finally I remove that fan, it was very hard because the connector CPU-FAN is behind heatsink. Fan says DC12=0.18A. Should I buy with same numbers? I think EKL Wingboost 2 is pretty good and it cost only(?) 11€. | ||
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Cyro
United Kingdom20316 Posts
On June 10 2014 19:00 Incognoto wrote: I might consider Corsair AF120 or SP120 fans, I know they're decent fans and generally well priced, however there might be other, better options. I'd ask around oc.net to be sure. Be sure to compare price with other fans before buying anything. Maybe ask here if it's a good deal or not. I heard bad things about the af120, but i think the af140 and sp120 are at least pretty up there in terms of good fans On June 10 2014 19:20 Dingodile wrote: Finally I remove that fan, it was very hard because the connector CPU-FAN is behind heatsink. Fan says DC12=0.18A. Should I buy with same numbers? I think EKL Wingboost 2 is pretty good and it cost only(?) 11€. You can get one that draws a different amount of power, it's not a problem. 11 euros is very expensive for a fan, you should be able to find a usable one for way less, even the best fans are available for like 11 euro | ||
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Dingodile
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
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Cyro
United Kingdom20316 Posts
On June 10 2014 21:05 skyR wrote: They're obviously trying to scam you into spending money with them. Yea pretty obvious. The best fans are like 10 euros. A heatsink doesn't care which fan is blowing on/through it, and by buying your own, you are likely in a better situation than the stock fan, because you can customize for your own desires for performance and/or noise | ||
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Dingodile
4135 Posts
How I can test that my fan isn't dead and it seems that my Mainboard (ASRock 870 Extreme3) has only one CPU-FAN connector. | ||
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Cyro
United Kingdom20316 Posts
On June 10 2014 21:17 Dingodile wrote: Thanks. How I can test that my fan isn't dead and it seems that my Mainboard (ASRock 870 Extreme3) has only one CPU-FAN connector. If you plug it in and turn on system and it spins, it's not dead. If it doesn't spin, it's dead. The CPU_Fan connector often has stuff like PWM control, but you can plug fans into other fan headers. Some motherboards won't let you boot etc without something on the CPU_Fan header, unless you disable that protection in bios | ||
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Dingodile
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Incognoto
France10239 Posts
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Testuser
6469 Posts
I recently bought The Witcher 2 since I'd heard a lot of good about it, but sadly I didn't check out the supported graphics cards well enough. My computer is a 15' rMac, with a 2GHz quad core i7, 8gb ram and (the culprit of my problems) a Intel Iris Pro graphics card. So, I download and install the game and as I try to launch it, steam tells me that the game probably won't run at all, since I have a 512mb graphics card. Now, the Iris Pro is 1536mb, so I was quite confused, and when I tried to run the game it actually ran really well - except for one thing. I'm not sure how to describe what happens, but although the fps/quality is great, there seems to be a problem with rendering certain things. There are black spikes all over the place, and at certain angles most of the screen becomes total or part pink or black, until you move around, which might fix it. EITHER WAY, it seems that my mac won't run the witcher 2. Having looked at the system requirements on their site , it seems that "Intel integrated graphics chipsets are not supported" are not supported. My simple question, after this very tedious explanation is: what if I bootcamp the computer and run it in windows (on my mac, yes)? The system requirements for windows mentions no such problem with an integrated Intel card, but I don't know if it would run? | ||
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Thaniri
1264 Posts
Anyone have experience taking a computer over with them? (desktop) Is it a problem to have to use an electric adapter (na plug to eu plug) ? | ||
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Ropid
Germany3557 Posts
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
On June 11 2014 20:46 Testuser wrote: Hello guys. I recently bought The Witcher 2 since I'd heard a lot of good about it, but sadly I didn't check out the supported graphics cards well enough. My computer is a 15' rMac, with a 2GHz quad core i7, 8gb ram and (the culprit of my problems) a Intel Iris Pro graphics card. So, I download and install the game and as I try to launch it, steam tells me that the game probably won't run at all, since I have a 512mb graphics card. Now, the Iris Pro is 1536mb, so I was quite confused, and when I tried to run the game it actually ran really well - except for one thing. I'm not sure how to describe what happens, but although the fps/quality is great, there seems to be a problem with rendering certain things. There are black spikes all over the place, and at certain angles most of the screen becomes total or part pink or black, until you move around, which might fix it. EITHER WAY, it seems that my mac won't run the witcher 2. Having looked at the system requirements on their site , it seems that "Intel integrated graphics chipsets are not supported" are not supported. My simple question, after this very tedious explanation is: what if I bootcamp the computer and run it in windows (on my mac, yes)? The system requirements for windows mentions no such problem with an integrated Intel card, but I don't know if it would run? Intel graphics support for games is supposed to be pretty good for games these days (in Windows). It used to be that you would encounter weird issues like the ones you are having for many releases, but this generally doesn't happen any more (since about when it started getting branded as Intel HD Graphics, i.e. when performance jumped from unusable to low/low-midrange). I'm fairly confident it would run, but you could go around double checking. A lot of people run integrated graphics setups these days. | ||
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Cyanocyst
2222 Posts
So after about a year away from Sc2, im finally getting back in to it. Wanted to watch some vods, so found Gom's new youtube channel. Then decided i was ready for an actual ticket. So i paid for season 2 on twitch. However I have to say the video quality on youtube seems far superior to twtich. Even in equivalent formats. Its like there's a motion blur on Twitch when ever the camera pans. Not to mention, I have to preload twitch vids at 720p. Where as Youtube gives me 720 with out hesitation. SO is this really the best we have now a days for viewing vods? Gom's old site was able to stream vods far better. Thanks | ||
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Rannasha
Netherlands2398 Posts
On June 12 2014 12:03 Cyanocyst wrote: However I have to say the video quality on youtube seems far superior to twtich. Even in equivalent formats. Its like there's a motion blur on Twitch when ever the camera pans. Not to mention, I have to preload twitch vids at 720p. Where as Youtube gives me 720 with out hesitation. The video resolution is not the only aspect that determines image quality. The bitrate / level of compression is at least as important. Video with high compression levels tends to blur when the content on the screen changes rapidly. A 480p video with low compression can easily provide a more crisp image than a highly compressed 720p stream. Regarding the need to preload videos on Twitch, this is most likely due to Twitch not having nearly the same peering as Youtube does. A simple matter of scale: Google has been able to drop datacenters with Youtube content and high bandwidth connections left and right, whereas Twitch did not have the resources for this. Of course, the recent news of acquisition of Twitch by Google/YouTube may change that in the future. | ||
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