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Josh_rakoons
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
On February 29 2012 03:17 Josh_rakoons wrote: Stress level : maximum? When you open P95 for a torture test, your options should be Small FFTs, large FFTs, Blend, Custom, number of threads. Select Blend, and a number of threads, the way I told you. Then hit Ok. Monitor temps while doing so. | ||
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Josh_rakoons
United Kingdom1158 Posts
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Wabbit
United States1028 Posts
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
On February 29 2012 03:24 Josh_rakoons wrote: I'm talking about IntelBurntest :D. I was under the impression that it would find instabilities faster, and i am quite low on time. Ah. Well, I can't imagine a use for a stress test if it doesn't induce maximum stress. Bear in mind, though, haste isn't a reason for using a faster stress test. Efficiency is while iterating an OC upwards. For a real stability test, nothing can compete to a longer run, no matter what you use. | ||
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Tegin
United States840 Posts
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
On February 29 2012 03:32 Tegin wrote: So I figured this would be the best place to ask. I'm currently looking for an SSD to put onto my pc to upgrade the speed and performance, but I'm not quite sure what brand/size is currently the best. I plan on putting my OS (WIndows 7 Pro x64), SC2 and BF3 on this drive. I then plan to format my old drive (Seagate Barracuda 2TB) and use it for storage. Any help would be appreciated! Intel or Crucial. Current generation. For SC2+BF3+Win7+Pagefile (yes you're fine running this off your SSD, don't be fooled by scare talk, the performance is HUGE too.) You'll want 120GB-ish. 60 is enough for the OS, drivers, pagefile, and smaller stuff like adobe, but I wouldn't be able to cram SC2 or BF3 in there with them. With 120, you should have room for maybe one other game as well, depending on the game. | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
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iKill[ShocK]
Vietnam3530 Posts
i have a plextor m3 and its working out fine. BF3 loads CRAZY fast... even though you have to wait for other people to load... which saddens me | ||
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Tegin
United States840 Posts
On February 29 2012 03:36 skyR wrote: You should look at getting a ~120gb SSD. Crucial M4, Plextor M3, and Samsung 830 are the recommended ones. This may be a dumb question, but I'm new to the whole SSD crave thats going on. Does the SSD mount just like any other HD? Do I need to make sure its the correct physical size to be compatible? | ||
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
On February 29 2012 03:41 Tegin wrote: This may be a dumb question, but I'm new to the whole SSD crave thats going on. Does the SSD mount just like any other HD? Do I need to make sure its the correct physical size to be compatible? SSDs are generally a 2.5" form factor, and will mount in corresponding brackets. Your case may or may not need an adapter. | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
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Tegin
United States840 Posts
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
On February 29 2012 03:45 Tegin wrote: Ok so this + Show Spoiler + is my current box. Yes its old and I'm only assuming I need an adapter after looking at the specs. Yep, a 3.5"-2.5" bay adapter, or, if you don't move it around much or care what it looks like, some duct tape. | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
Crucial M4 has been on sale for $130, Plextor M3 has been on sale for $160, and Samsung 830 has been on sale for $190. (Newegg prices) | ||
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
On February 29 2012 03:53 skyR wrote: If you don't want to tape it to the case or just leave it hanging / sitting at the bottom than yes you would need an adapter. Plextor M3 and Samsung 830 includes the 3.5" to 2.5" adapter while Crucial M4 does not. Crucial M4 has been on sale for $130, Plextor M3 has been on sale for $160, and Samsung 830 has been on sale for $190. (Newegg prices) And in a weird way, now is the best time ever to buy SSDs, the prices have been getting reasonable, and HDDs going through the roof has brought the $/GB comparison between mechanical and SSD closer than ever. | ||
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Tegin
United States840 Posts
On February 29 2012 03:53 skyR wrote: If you don't want to tape it to the case or just leave it hanging / sitting at the bottom than yes you would need an adapter. Plextor M3 and Samsung 830 includes the 3.5" to 2.5" adapter while Crucial M4 does not. Crucial M4 has been on sale for $130, Plextor M3 has been on sale for $160, and Samsung 830 has been on sale for $190. (Newegg prices) Might have to go with the Plextor M3 even tho I'm pretty biased towards Crucial since my brother works at Micron. I want to mount the SSD and don't wanna go through the hassle of buying an after market adapter. Thanks for all the help everyone! | ||
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
On February 29 2012 03:57 Tegin wrote: Might have to go with the Plextor M3 even tho I'm pretty biased towards Crucial since my brother works at Micron. I want to mount the SSD and don't wanna go through the hassle of buying an after market adapter. Thanks for all the help everyone! It's computers. You have the right attitude. Better to be biased towards performance or value than something subjective. | ||
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Tegin
United States840 Posts
On February 29 2012 03:59 JingleHell wrote: It's computers. You have the right attitude. Better to be biased towards performance or value than something subjective. I went ahead with the Crucial M4 after really thinking about what I wanted. Also picked up a Rosewill adapter and a couple more sticks of ram. Crucial M4 Adapter RAM Thanks everyone for the help! | ||
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petered
United States1817 Posts
Here is my situation: my internet runs just fine when I am on by myself. I tested it on pingtest.net and everything seems to check out. However, when my wife gets on everything slows down drastically. Her laptop is hooked up straight to the router, so she isn't on wireless, and yet even her normal internet browsing causes massive lag for me when playing online games. My question is, what is the most likely cause of this? I would think that I should be able to play LoL/SC and she should be able to browse at the same time without the huge lag, or am I wrong in that assumption? Could it be the router? Would the quality of her computer (its old) affect anything? Is it more likely a bandwidth problem? Let me know if you (theoretical helpful/ knowledgable person that I know exists on TL) need more info. | ||
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