Today I was watching a reiview of the antec neo eco 520c 520w power supply and it was stated that there was no power cord supply, is this true and if so do I need to buy one?

skyR

Canada13817 Posts

February 23 2012 04:55 GMT

#1122

No power cord is included. You can just re-use any power cord or purchase one.

AAyeR

United States138 Posts

February 23 2012 05:32 GMT

#1123

so, my girlfriends laptop goes to a blue screen every now and then, I would reformat her computer, but she has a lot of music she wants to keep. I'm thinking of getting a 16 GB usb flash drive and storing all her music on there, then reformating the computer, or should i just get a USB cable/ male to male? and connect her computer to mine and download the files, reformat then send the music files back? it's basically about 10 GB of music. i also read that i could just un-install the video driver, that will cause the bios to show the virus effecting the OS, then delete the virus using safe mode...... which method should i use to approach this problem?

iKill[ShocK]

Vietnam3530 Posts

February 23 2012 05:36 GMT

#1124

get a usb flash drive, transfer, return it.

AAyeR

United States138 Posts

February 23 2012 05:39 GMT

#1125

i was thinking can i just get a 8 gb usb flash drive even though she's got 10 and just do like 2-3 transfers , or should i get a 32 gb flash drive and do it all at once? or a 16 gb, im currently looking @

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220252

with 6$ 3 day UPS shipping

this good enough?

iKill[ShocK]

Vietnam3530 Posts

February 23 2012 05:54 GMT

#1126

just do it multiple times yo, no need to throw money at that kind of problem to fix it ^^

AAyeR

United States138 Posts

February 23 2012 05:59 GMT

#1127

cool thanks bro

Mvrio

689 Posts

February 23 2012 08:27 GMT

#1128

what size montior does MLG GSL or the "regulation" sized monitor? I know for a fact my 25" would get me disqualified haha

Boblhead

United States2577 Posts

February 23 2012 08:27 GMT

#1129

On February 23 2012 17:27 Mvrio wrote:
what size montior does MLG GSL or the "regulation" sized monitor? I know for a fact my 25" would get me disqualified haha

probably 21inch

Pretty Aluminum

United States95 Posts

February 23 2012 18:07 GMT

#1130

I am looking to upgrade my computer for Mass Effect 3.... Currently I have a Nvidia 9800 GeForce 9800 GT a AMD Phenom(tm) II x3 955 processor 3.20. 4.00 GB of Ram.

So My question is what should i upgrade? My processor or my graphics card or more ram or what? I'd also appreciate it if you could give me some suggestions on what to upgrade too.

Wabbit

United States1028 Posts

February 23 2012 18:15 GMT

#1131

Graphics card. What's your budget and Power Supply brand+model?

Pretty Aluminum

United States95 Posts

February 23 2012 18:40 GMT

#1132

300ish$ I dont care if I go a little over...
Dynex model dx -520wps

let me know if you think 300$ is to little to justify an upgrade... I could go higher, but i dont want to go higher unnecessarily

Wabbit

United States1028 Posts

February 23 2012 19:11 GMT

#1133

Generic Best Buy brand power supply... 1yr warranty... overlabeled (it's actually 420W, see spec sheet http://www.dynexproducts.com/cms/documents/Manuals/DX-520WPS_11-0391_MAN_V1_EN_Final_lr.pdf). No mention of efficiency either, though that's probably not the worst part. I doubt it can actually do close to 420W continuous. Pretty amusing that they actually list noise way above ATX12V specs, like 200mV on the 12V rail lol.

You'll need a new PSU as well, something that is for sure of good quality and can 100% deliver up to its rated wattage, cleanly and safely.

Oh, also forgot to ask for your monitor resolution (this is important) and also if you prefer to go overkill on the card (in order to be able to play other games as well at high/very high settings) or prefer to save money.

You'll most likely want a HD 6870 / GTX 560 (~$150-180) or HD 6950 / GTX 560ti (~$200-250) though. I'll give recommendations on a card and PSU after you answer the above questions.

Pretty Aluminum

United States95 Posts

February 23 2012 19:30 GMT

#1134

My monitor resolution is 1920x1080.... I would go either. Which ever is more efficent I guess. As long as I don't have to upgrade for a while I will be happy... Like I said anywhere from 300-500ish dollars would be ideal but i could go over.

If im buying another PSU and Graphics I'd still like to keep it below 600 to 800ish for both of them if possible.

Do you have any idea if I were to order them by tomorrow or so when they would arrive, because I would like to be able to install them before march 6 when me3 comes out.

Edit: But I definetly want quality. Something that will at least be able to play games on high graphics for the next couple of months

skyR

Canada13817 Posts

February 23 2012 19:55 GMT

#1135

$800 can get you a brand new configuration fyi.

You can either grab a 6870 for $170: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102948 or a GTX 560 Ti for $210: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125401 You can look at the various benchmarks available and decide for yourself whether the extra $40 is worth it. Benchmark: http://www.anandtech.com/show/4135/nvidias-geforce-gtx-560-ti-upsetting-the-250-market/

If you really want to spend close to $600 for a GPU upgrade than you can get a 7950 for ~$470: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121490 Though I'm not thrilled about pairing a 7950 with such a shitty Phenom II X3. Benchmark: http://www.anandtech.com/show/5476/amd-radeon-7950-review

And grab an Antec Earthwatts 500D for ~$59.5: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371035 or a Rosewill Capstone 550 for $80: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182068 Again, it depends on how much you want to spend.

And shipping usually takes no longer than a week.

Pretty Aluminum

United States95 Posts

February 23 2012 20:05 GMT

#1136

Should I get a new processor or is my current one still good... I mean I will be going with the GTX 560 TIi for 210 and then the Rosewill Capstone 550 for 80$ so will my AMD Phenom II X4 955 be on par with them or at least capable of handling both of them?

Wabbit

United States1028 Posts

February 23 2012 20:09 GMT

#1137

It's probably a Phenom II x4 since he said "955". x3 was probably a mis-type.

I would not upgrade the CPU, it's decently capable. Depending on your mobo, you may want to consider some aftermarket cooling for overclocking, but for most games you wouldn't notice a big difference by going to an i5 (sometimes none, especially if you're on a 60Hz monitor), unless you primarily play only Starcraft 2 and Skyrim).

No matter what card you get, I wouldn't be grabbing a single-fan card. For the purposes of very low noise and great cooling, get a dual-fan model (or triple, as windforce comes in 3x and 2x flavors), especially one of these: MSI Twin Frozr, ASUS Direct CUII, Gigabyte Windforce

Pretty Aluminum

United States95 Posts

February 23 2012 20:15 GMT

#1138

What about possibly getting more RAM for my computer? Currently I am only at 4.00 GB... I'm only doing this because I don't want to have to upgrade again for at least a year so I was curious as to whether or not I should upgrade to 6 or 8 GB of ram?

I was thinking along something like this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145345

My computer uses DDR3 so this should be compatible

Wabbit

United States1028 Posts

February 23 2012 20:34 GMT

#1139

Do you have DDR2 or DDR3? What's your mobo?

If you have 4GB RAM you hopefully have it in a (2 sticks) 2x2GB configuration. If you find yourself getting close to the limit with your typical PC usage then sure, buy another 2x2GB Kit with the same specs - assuming you have a 64-bit operating system.

EDIT: Or you could also get 2x4GB as you linked, but 2x2GB would be cheaper if you already have 2x2GB, unless your mobo only has 2 slots.

And I recommend low-profile RAM because you'll probably be keeping it for quite a while and if you ever install any aftermarket cooling, the tall heatspreaders get in the way. They're useless anyway.

And don't pay more than $5 more for DDR3-1600 over 1333, the performance gains are very small (sometimes not even existent in many games), and above that even less.

Pretty Aluminum

United States95 Posts

February 23 2012 20:43 GMT

#1140

I use DDR3 and I have 2 slots left open (Using 2x2) So what should I go with then? Should I even bother getting of Newegg or should I justt drive over to best buy and purchase some cheap sticks there?