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Tephus
Cascadia1753 Posts
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jbui
United States193 Posts
I did some research and read that sometimes RAM may not be compatible with motherboards (I presume this would be because maybe the motherboard is outdated). What should I be looking for to find whether or not my motherboard will be able to use this RAM? This is the RAM I'm talking about: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00J8E8Y5C/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pd_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=1V660SQDLIW5D&coliid=I17QHBYIQ6PZ89&psc=1 Edit: Actually I was shopping around more and found this as well: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006YG9EEW/ref=psdc_172500_t3_B00J8E8Y5C | ||
Fecalfeast
Canada11355 Posts
I plan to install windows and select games to the new drive and format my old drive to be used as a What is the most efficient way to do this and is there anything I should know before doing so? Also, I've heard from people that getting steam to install to different drives can be troublesome is this true? | ||
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Blitzkrieg0
United States13132 Posts
On December 05 2015 11:04 Fecalfeast wrote: Also, I've heard from people that getting steam to install to different drives can be troublesome is this true? Steam installing to different directories is a drop down menu when you download something. It couldn't be simpler. | ||
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wongfeihung
United States763 Posts
Nevermind. Fixed itself. | ||
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Craton
United States17257 Posts
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Ropid
Germany3557 Posts
On December 05 2015 11:04 Fecalfeast wrote: I'm receiving a solid state drive (finally) in the mail whenever canada post unclogs the cyber monday toilet. I plan to install windows and select games to the new drive and format my old drive to be used as a What is the most efficient way to do this and is there anything I should know before doing so? Also, I've heard from people that getting steam to install to different drives can be troublesome is this true? When you install Windows, you might want to have only your SSD connected and the HDD disconnected. The Windows installation program sometimes likes to put stuff on other drives it finds, and the boot loader might end up on the HDD or a recovery partition might end up there. You could either physically disconnect the cables of the other drives or there might be a way to disable SATA ports somewhere in the BIOS menus. | ||
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Spaylz
Japan1743 Posts
As in, buy a monitor + mouse + keyboard, and basically just do as if you had a desktop, putting the laptop on the side. For reference: I have a MSI GE72 2QF Intel i7-4710MQ 8GB RAM GeForce GTX 970m Windows 7 | ||
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Incognoto
France10239 Posts
So yeh, there's no downside afaik if you need your system to remain mobile | ||
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Spaylz
Japan1743 Posts
I have a desktop back at home, but I don't plan on settling down for a couple of years. I just figured that, instead of buying a cheap desktop and selling it, I could just do that. I was merely worried about it maybe putting extra strain on the laptop, but I mean it's a pretty powerful gaming laptop, so it shouldn't be an issue. Wanted to check that! | ||
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Incognoto
France10239 Posts
just monitor temps and make sure that the laptop is free from dust, i guess | ||
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Craton
United States17257 Posts
On December 05 2015 19:55 Spaylz wrote: Is there any major downside to using your laptop as a desktop? As in, buy a monitor + mouse + keyboard, and basically just do as if you had a desktop, putting the laptop on the side. For reference: I have a MSI GE72 2QF Intel i7-4710MQ 8GB RAM GeForce GTX 970m Windows 7 Laptops cost more and can't really be upgraded beyond maybe the RAM. Laptops often have cooling problems under full load and use CPUs that are designed to run at a lower power state than their desktop counterparts (i.e. slower) to compensate. So long as it performs adequately for your needs, it's fine to use. You can plug a monitor and keyboard/mouse into the laptop and use it like a desktop without otherwise noticing a difference. As an added benefit, because laptops come with a battery they effectively have their own uninterruptible power supply (UPS), so a power outage won't shut off your machine (though you'd lose power any external monitors). | ||
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ETisME
12493 Posts
Right now i am looking at this model: http://www.asus.com/Notebooks/ROG-G501VW/ Am I crazy or the new CPUs all have lower clockspeed than my 3840QM? Would that CPU perform better because of newer tech? (as in SC2 only) Thanks guys. | ||
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Cyro
United Kingdom20318 Posts
They're about 30% faster than ivy bridge on the same clock speed for the FPS number but actual experience may not be quite that much better. | ||
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arcane1129
United States271 Posts
Also, when I try to download the flash uninstaller in firefox it just says "C:\Users\Adam\AppData\Local\Temp\Cyh7QAMb.exe.part could not be saved, because the source file could not be read. Try again later, or contact the server administrator." This also happens if I try to install flash player again. Other computers in the house work fine, so it's not the internet. I have no problems at all with playing livestreams on source quality or any other internet issues. Please help  | ||
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Craton
United States17257 Posts
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bluegarfield
Singapore1128 Posts
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ETisME
12493 Posts
On December 07 2015 08:10 Cyro wrote: The rough equivelant of the 3840QM in the lineup is the 6820/6920HQ, which clock up to 3.8ghz on 1 thread. They're about 30% faster than ivy bridge on the same clock speed for the FPS number but actual experience may not be quite that much better. thanks cyro, always glad to have your opinion. | ||
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riotjune
United States3394 Posts
1) Does USB 3.0 (blue) decrease input lag vs. USB 2? 2) Will using the USB ports in the back of the PC decrease input lag vs. the USB ports in the front? | ||
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WonnaPlay
Netherlands912 Posts
On December 10 2015 14:19 riotjune wrote: So I want to connect a controller/stick to my PC and decrease input lag, so 2 questions: 1) Does USB 3.0 (blue) decrease input lag vs. USB 2? 2) Will using the USB ports in the back of the PC decrease input lag vs. the USB ports in the front? 1) No 2) No (most likely not, manufacturers may vary with power supply on such ports, but that's basically it). Input lag has to do with the polling rate of the device, the higher the polling rate, the more times your device sends information to your PC. This results in faster response time. For example 1000Hz polling rate == 1ms. | ||
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