• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 01:54
CEST 07:54
KST 14:54
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
Serral wins HomeStory Cup 2910Serral wins Maestros of the Game 243ByuL, and the Limitations of Standard Play3Team Liquid Map Contest #22: Results and Winners7Code S Season 2 (2026): RO4 and Finals Preview12
Community News
Reynor: GSL Loss Wasn't About Preparation Format9[IPSL] Spring 2026 Grand Finals - This Weekend!0Weekly Cups (July 6 - 12): Protoss strike back5BSL Season 22 Full Overview & Conclusion8BSL Season 22 Full Overview & Conclusion8
StarCraft 2
General
Weekly Cups (July 6 - 12): Protoss strike back Reynor: GSL Loss Wasn't About Preparation Format Co-op Commander Guide: Kerrigan Serral wins HomeStory Cup 29 Is the larve respawn broken?
Tourneys
GSL CK #5 Race War WardiTV Summer Cup 2026 RSL Revival: Season 6 - Qualifiers and Main Event HomeStory Cup 29 Vespene Cup #1 — $300+ USD, July 10
Strategy
[G] Having the right mentality to improve
Custom Maps
New Map Maker - Looking for Advice - Love or Hate Work In Progress Melee Maps [D]RTS in all its shapes and glory <3
External Content
The PondCast: SC2 News & Results Mutation # 534 Burning Evacuation Mutation # 533 Die Together Mutation # 532 Nuclear Family
Brood War
General
screpdb: new Starcraft reporting tool Pros Debate: Zerg Unfairly Nerfed? (ASL S22 map) BSL Season 22 Full Overview & Conclusion BGH Auto Balance -> http://bghmmr.eu/ ASL 22 Proposed Map Pool
Tourneys
[Megathread] Daily Proleagues [IPSL] Spring 2026 Grand Finals - This Weekend! [ASL22] Wildcard Qualifier IPSL Spring 2026 Top 4!
Strategy
Fighting Spirit mining rates Simple Questions, Simple Answers Creating a full chart of Zerg builds Relatively freeroll strategies
Other Games
General Games
Nintendo Switch Thread General RTS Discussion Thread Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread Path of Exile Summer Games Done Quick 2026!
Dota 2
Looking for a Dota Mentor Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion
League of Legends
Heroes of the Storm
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Deck construction bug
TL Mafia
NeO.D_StephenKing vs This Guy From 1 Million Dance TL Mafia Community Thread TL Mafia Power Rank Vanilla Mini Mafia
Community
General
US Politics Mega-thread Russo-Ukrainian War Thread UK Politics Mega-thread YouTube Thread Canadian Politics Mega-thread
Fan Clubs
The IdrA Fan Club The HerO Fan Club!
Media & Entertainment
Anime Discussion Thread [Req][Books] Good Fantasy/SciFi books Movie Discussion! Series you have seen recently...
Sports
2024 - 2026 Football Thread McBoner: A hockey love story Tennis[sport] Formula 1 Discussion TeamLiquid Health and Fitness Initiative For 2023
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
Simple Questions Simple Answers FPS when play League Of Legend on laptop How to clean a TTe Thermaltake keyboard?
TL Community
The Automated Ban List
Blogs
The Experiences We Want and …
TrAiDoS
An Exploration of th…
waywardstrategy
Gauntlet SC2: A Retrospectiv…
Ctone23
ramps on octagon
StaticNine
Funny Nicknames
LUCKY_NOOB
Evil Gacha Games and the…
ffswowsucks
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 5475 users

Computer Build, Upgrade & Buying Resource Thread - Page 164

Forum Index > Tech Support
Post a Reply
Prev 1 162 163 164 165 166 745 Next
When using this resource, please read the opening post. The Tech Support forum regulars have helped create countless of desktop systems without any compensation. The least you can do is provide all of the information required for them to help you properly.
KapsyL
Profile Joined November 2011
Sweden704 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-12-24 13:11:30
December 24 2013 13:09 GMT
#3261
@ropid. back xd yeah i love the big window of 900D thats one of the big reasons as to why i decided that one instead of xigmatek elysium. whats a clc cooler? something big or :o?
looks definetly has its part in this build since a single 780 4770k build wont break the budget.
biggest pc ive ever had is with the zalman 11 plus. which i dont recommend for building. lots of hassle merghlghllsdfdsl but i want to try a big case cause right now imo it looks better xd and hopefully less trouble building it
Jurg Jurg Jurg
IMKR
Profile Joined August 2012
United States378 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-12-24 13:11:24
December 24 2013 13:10 GMT
#3262
On December 24 2013 22:09 Ropid wrote:
Did you forget the PCI-E power connectors for the GPU?


nope, i connected both the PCI-E from the rosewill capstone to it.

one says pci express and the other one says sli ready.

plugged them both into the two 8 pin slot on the gpu msi gtx 760 hawk
Ropid
Profile Joined March 2009
Germany3557 Posts
December 24 2013 14:19 GMT
#3263
On December 24 2013 22:09 KapsyL wrote:
@ropid. back xd yeah i love the big window of 900D thats one of the big reasons as to why i decided that one instead of xigmatek elysium. whats a clc cooler? something big or :o?
looks definetly has its part in this build since a single 780 4770k build wont break the budget.
biggest pc ive ever had is with the zalman 11 plus. which i dont recommend for building. lots of hassle merghlghllsdfdsl but i want to try a big case cause right now imo it looks better xd and hopefully less trouble building it


You might still want to take a look at something smaller like 750D. The 900D is sooo large, can fit motherboards like this: http://i.imgur.com/FwJf8ou.png. It might look weird to have a lot of empty space.

CLC = "closed loop cooler", means it's one of those all-in-one water cooling solutions where all parts are already assembled, already filled with water and sealed, not intended to ever be opened up.
"My goal is to replace my soul with coffee and become immortal."
Incognoto
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
France10239 Posts
December 24 2013 14:44 GMT
#3264
are those getting any better by the way? i've heard they're all right but more expensive than high end air and barely any better, if at all.
maru lover forever
Ropid
Profile Joined March 2009
Germany3557 Posts
December 24 2013 14:48 GMT
#3265
On December 24 2013 20:16 IMKR wrote:
Issue with finished PC

I just finished my bro's PC, and put the DVI port from monitor into the GPU, however, when i power it up, it says no signal.
even if i use HDMI.
also, i tried using the motherboard DVI port, and still no signal.

what could be the problem?

EDIT: also, everything lights up. the gpu fan spins,
and case fan spins, the stock fan for cpu spins.

EDIT2: i removed the GPU and used the mother board with DVI and it works
so now im sure something is wrong with the GPU set up

maybe im putting in the PCIE ports wrong?

but when i turn it on, the GPU lights up and the fans spin

I have the following ideas:

(1) Try to make sure the card is seated correctly.
(2) The slot itself might not be good mechanically, try a different slot if the board has another one.
(3) The card might be broken.
(4) The board might be broken.
(5) Look up the beep codes for the motherboard's manufacturer if you have a PC speaker thingy plugged into the board.
(6) Pins in the CPU socket might be bent.

You can test for (3) and (4) if you have another PC where you can put the card into to see if that works or not.

To check (6), you need to remove the CPU and shine a light into the socket and look closely. It is also very annoying because you have to remove the CPU cooler, which means you should replace thermal paste. Perhaps let your desperation build up and get unbearable before doing that.
"My goal is to replace my soul with coffee and become immortal."
IMKR
Profile Joined August 2012
United States378 Posts
December 24 2013 14:57 GMT
#3266
parts are
i5 4670
msi gtx 760 hawk
h81m p33 mobo

1) how do i make sure the card is seated correctly?
when i remove the GPU and use the motherboard DVI port, it works fine
2) the mobo only has 1 gpu slot
I do have my GPU (same one) is it safe to try using that one to my bros mobo?
and how do i know if the board is broken?
5) my bros dont have any speakers atm, i think i will try picking up speakers and try this method later
6)I dont think the CPU is damaged since if i remove the GPU totally and use the mobo DVI, it goes to bios.



if i have GPU in, both the GPU and the Motherboard ports say "no signal" on the monitor
if i take out the GPU and use the motherboard, i can go to the bios
Incognoto
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
France10239 Posts
December 24 2013 15:39 GMT
#3267
Honestly it sounds a lot like everything is working (fans spinning and whatnot), I doubt anything is broken. I really think it's a power connector issue. What PSU are you using? Try troubleshooting the problem from there. My computer did something similar when I test booted; I hadn't plugged the proper PSU connector to the CPU header (is that the correct term?) in the motherboard so it didn't work.

All I can think of off the top of my head.
maru lover forever
Cyro
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom20341 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-12-24 15:53:15
December 24 2013 15:51 GMT
#3268
For various reasons Haswell is more challenging to overclock and doesn't overclock as well, so effective overclocked performance is sometimes worse.


I don't think it's ever really worse unless you compare a terrible chip to a really awesome one. IPC gains in x264 for example are well into double digits, and average clock is only very slightly lower; the heat hurts on i7 but if you have good cooling and i5 you're pretty much set to throw 1.35v just fine (and volt for volt it definitely doesn't clock worse than ivy, if anything, a tiny bit better because of ivr and super stable vcore)

if i have GPU in, both the GPU and the Motherboard ports say "no signal" on the monitor


Something silly, but are you sure to be using the first DVI out on your GPU? Do it's fans spin up?
"oh my god my overclock... I got a single WHEA error on the 23rd hour, 9 minutes" -Belial88
KapsyL
Profile Joined November 2011
Sweden704 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-12-24 15:57:44
December 24 2013 15:56 GMT
#3269
On December 24 2013 23:19 Ropid wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 24 2013 22:09 KapsyL wrote:
@ropid. back xd yeah i love the big window of 900D thats one of the big reasons as to why i decided that one instead of xigmatek elysium. whats a clc cooler? something big or :o?
looks definetly has its part in this build since a single 780 4770k build wont break the budget.
biggest pc ive ever had is with the zalman 11 plus. which i dont recommend for building. lots of hassle merghlghllsdfdsl but i want to try a big case cause right now imo it looks better xd and hopefully less trouble building it


You might still want to take a look at something smaller like 750D. The 900D is sooo large, can fit motherboards like this: http://i.imgur.com/FwJf8ou.png. It might look weird to have a lot of empty space.

CLC = "closed loop cooler", means it's one of those all-in-one water cooling solutions where all parts are already assembled, already filled with water and sealed, not intended to ever be opened up.




from what i understand the 750D is really plastic and feels like low quality but maybe thats just some people being picky
can you recommend a CLC for CPU?

what can i do in the 900d to make it seem less empty??
Jurg Jurg Jurg
Ropid
Profile Joined March 2009
Germany3557 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-12-24 16:00:18
December 24 2013 15:58 GMT
#3270
On December 24 2013 23:57 IMKR wrote:
5) my bros dont have any speakers atm, i think i will try picking up speakers and try this method later


That's not what those "PC speaker" are. They are just a part that can do "beep" and nothing else. They are plugged into the pins where you connect the power and reset button and lights.

It's safe to use a different GPU in that board from all I've ever seen, but you might instead do the reverse, check out the two cards in your PC.
"My goal is to replace my soul with coffee and become immortal."
McTeazy
Profile Joined January 2012
Canada297 Posts
December 24 2013 16:03 GMT
#3271
On December 24 2013 15:25 Myrmidon wrote:
McTeazy, some higher-end card prices are inflated currently as a result of cryptocurrency mining.

Leeoku, almost all modular power supplies come with the cables. Sometimes you can purchase different-length or blinged out alternative cable sets. Or simply extra cables or different types of ones.

On a non-modular 350W+ power supply (all you need), there's unlikely to be more than one or two cable strands that you wouldn't be using. I don't really see much point in having lower-wattage modular models, especially for use in a typical roomy mid-tower case where there's lots of room to stuff cables, and there correspondingly aren't too many options. It's a different matter for high-wattage models where you're looking at cable / kraken / tentacle monsters or small form factor systems.

If you can spare the money, Rosewill Capstone 450-M or Seasonic G 450W (SSR-450RM) should be fine. There really aren't reasonably priced fully modular sets that aren't considerably lower quality.


excuse my ignorance, but what the hell does this mean? video card prices are inflated because people are buying them with bitcoin?
a person is smart, people are stupid
Ropid
Profile Joined March 2009
Germany3557 Posts
December 24 2013 16:15 GMT
#3272
On December 25 2013 01:03 McTeazy wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 24 2013 15:25 Myrmidon wrote:
McTeazy, some higher-end card prices are inflated currently as a result of cryptocurrency mining.

Leeoku, almost all modular power supplies come with the cables. Sometimes you can purchase different-length or blinged out alternative cable sets. Or simply extra cables or different types of ones.

On a non-modular 350W+ power supply (all you need), there's unlikely to be more than one or two cable strands that you wouldn't be using. I don't really see much point in having lower-wattage modular models, especially for use in a typical roomy mid-tower case where there's lots of room to stuff cables, and there correspondingly aren't too many options. It's a different matter for high-wattage models where you're looking at cable / kraken / tentacle monsters or small form factor systems.

If you can spare the money, Rosewill Capstone 450-M or Seasonic G 450W (SSR-450RM) should be fine. There really aren't reasonably priced fully modular sets that aren't considerably lower quality.


excuse my ignorance, but what the hell does this mean? video card prices are inflated because people are buying them with bitcoin?

They are using them as computing machines for mining "litecoin" (that's not Bitcoin, something totally separate). "Mining" means, your machine is a part of the backbone of that particular cryptocurrency system. You are rewarded by getting a bunch of that currency. + Show Spoiler +
That's just how I understood what's happening. It might be somewhat wrong as I was confused reading stuff about this.
"My goal is to replace my soul with coffee and become immortal."
Incognoto
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
France10239 Posts
December 24 2013 17:46 GMT
#3273
On December 25 2013 01:15 Ropid wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 25 2013 01:03 McTeazy wrote:
On December 24 2013 15:25 Myrmidon wrote:
McTeazy, some higher-end card prices are inflated currently as a result of cryptocurrency mining.

Leeoku, almost all modular power supplies come with the cables. Sometimes you can purchase different-length or blinged out alternative cable sets. Or simply extra cables or different types of ones.

On a non-modular 350W+ power supply (all you need), there's unlikely to be more than one or two cable strands that you wouldn't be using. I don't really see much point in having lower-wattage modular models, especially for use in a typical roomy mid-tower case where there's lots of room to stuff cables, and there correspondingly aren't too many options. It's a different matter for high-wattage models where you're looking at cable / kraken / tentacle monsters or small form factor systems.

If you can spare the money, Rosewill Capstone 450-M or Seasonic G 450W (SSR-450RM) should be fine. There really aren't reasonably priced fully modular sets that aren't considerably lower quality.


excuse my ignorance, but what the hell does this mean? video card prices are inflated because people are buying them with bitcoin?

They are using them as computing machines for mining "litecoin" (that's not Bitcoin, something totally separate). "Mining" means, your machine is a part of the backbone of that particular cryptocurrency system. You are rewarded by getting a bunch of that currency. + Show Spoiler +
That's just how I understood what's happening. It might be somewhat wrong as I was confused reading stuff about this.


As far as I know this is it.

Since mining bitcoins or litecoins essentially can mean free money (over time), people are in a craze to buy GPUs that mine crypto currencies well. AMD GPUs do quite well, so the demand of such card has increased. This leads to the increase of their price.

So the R9 series cards are being sold at a higher price than what they would normally be at the moment.
maru lover forever
Cyro
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom20341 Posts
December 24 2013 17:53 GMT
#3274
Yea lots of crazy people buying a card or two

or five

or 100, apparently
"oh my god my overclock... I got a single WHEA error on the 23rd hour, 9 minutes" -Belial88
Leeoku
Profile Joined May 2010
1617 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-12-24 18:36:38
December 24 2013 18:28 GMT
#3275
So after looking online at boxing day deals (which wasn't much for my requirements), This is my build. Need some input on the stuff below

Mobo+Processor: i5 4570+Asus h87 $310 http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/BDL_4570_H87MPLUSCSM

GPU: Gigabyte 760 2gb OC $240 http://www.canadacomputers.com/BoxingSale2013/index.php
(may decide to buy a sapphire r9 270x for $200, thoughts for dual monitor single GPU max games atm are Dota2, may want to stream)

PSU: (Is this the one myrr referred to?) Seasonic 450W $85 Gold http://products.ncix.com/detail/seasonic-g-series-450w-atx-80plus-gold-modular-120mm-fan-power-supply-psu-dc-to-dc-c9-76941.htm

RAM: Gskill ripjaw (unsure what the difference is between the 2x4gb kit@75 dollar and the 4gb DIMM memory @ 35 dollar)
http://www.redflagdeals.com/flyers/canada-computers-and-electronics/boxing-day-sale-dec-26-to-dec-26-2013-23129/?page=4#flyer

HDD: WD blue? Haven't seen many deals on HDD but I think thats what's sufficient

Monitor: haven't started looking yet lols
skyR
Profile Joined July 2009
Canada13817 Posts
December 24 2013 18:42 GMT
#3276
It'd be better to get a 4670 (~$220) and a H81 / B85 board (~$70). You can of course get a H87 board as well if you need / want to.

Yes, that's the Seasonic G which is semi-modular.

2x4GB kits are tested together. 4GB are not. Compatibility issues are rare so it doesn't really matter what you get.
Leeoku
Profile Joined May 2010
1617 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-12-24 19:01:30
December 24 2013 18:59 GMT
#3277
what does the smaller board do? More so the larger board give in comparison
The 4670 and 4670k have such a small price difference... Im guessing its worth it to throw the extra bucks in and learn how to OC? (4670 is 235 vs 4670k at 250). Then if I do get the K i get a z87 board?
Cyro
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom20341 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-12-24 19:10:10
December 24 2013 19:05 GMT
#3278
You have to include a cooler in the price for OC though; it's pretty awesome for performance in a few tasks/games if you wanna spend extra for CPU performance

z87x-d3h is awesome cheap atx board

z87 opens up the option of spending a little more for a nice RAM kit (usually ~2133mhz c9 or ~2400c10 rated if you don't know what to look for beyond that) which i would do if getting z87+4670k

http://imgur.com/a/RQoYC (sc2 intensive bench run)

^stock would be about equal to second lowest result

I dunno about the returns from memory on this bench (they seem surprisingly big), i had to restart PC and game client to add the 2200c9 scores, but i don't know how to benchmark more precisely (if anyone has any idea's, let me know)
"oh my god my overclock... I got a single WHEA error on the 23rd hour, 9 minutes" -Belial88
Leeoku
Profile Joined May 2010
1617 Posts
December 24 2013 19:14 GMT
#3279
Cooler as in extra fan? Would that be necessary if I just run it at stock as a start
Cyro
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom20341 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-12-24 19:24:54
December 24 2013 19:23 GMT
#3280
As example here you can get a hr-02 macho for ~35 euro

http://i1-news.softpedia-static.com/images/news2/Thermalright-Prepares-HR-02-Macho-CPU-Cooler-for-European-Debut-3.jpg

which is not at all comparable in cooling ability to the stock cooler

http://images.overclock.co.uk/product_images/large/RgsmuUL1BJ_BX80646I54670Kb.jpg

It's pretty obvious why when you look at them

And no, you don't need better cooling for running stock voltage or close to stock voltage/settings, just if you wanna get to like 1.25-1.35v (typical ~4.5-4.6ghz) instead of ~3.7-4ghz @~1.05v
"oh my god my overclock... I got a single WHEA error on the 23rd hour, 9 minutes" -Belial88
Prev 1 162 163 164 165 166 745 Next
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
PiGosaur Cup
00:00
#90
Liquipedia
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
WinterStarcraft725
StarCraft: Brood War
Rain 4438
GuemChi 2669
Leta 246
Tasteless 203
Mong 149
ZergMaN 14
Noble 10
Bale 9
Icarus 8
Dota 2
LuMiX1
Counter-Strike
summit1g7832
m0e_tv520
Other Games
C9.Mang0374
hungrybox294
XaKoH 123
Maynarde122
Organizations
Other Games
gamesdonequick2175
StarCraft: Brood War
lovetv 28
StarCraft 2
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
[ Show 15 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• Light_VIP 66
• intothetv
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• Kozan
• IndyKCrew
• LaughNgamezSOOP
• Migwel
• sooper7s
StarCraft: Brood War
• BSLYoutube
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
Dota 2
• lizZardDota251
League of Legends
• Scarra3569
• Rush1131
• Stunt406
Upcoming Events
The PondCast
4h 6m
Kung Fu Cup
5h 6m
Replay Cast
1d 3h
CrankTV Team League
1d 5h
Replay Cast
2 days
CrankTV Team League
2 days
Replay Cast
2 days
RSL Revival
3 days
Clem vs Lambo
Scarlett vs Cure
CranKy Ducklings
3 days
IPSL
3 days
Dragon vs Hawk
[ Show More ]
RSL Revival
4 days
Classic vs Trap
herO vs SHIN
Sparkling Tuna Cup
4 days
IPSL
4 days
Bonyth vs Ret
WardiTV Weekly
5 days
Monday Night Weeklies
5 days
PiGosaur Cup
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

YSL S3
HSC XXIX
Eternal Conflict S2 E2

Ongoing

IPSL Spring 2026
Acropolis #4
CSL 2026 Summer (S21)
RSL Revival: Season 6
CranK Gathers Season 4: BW vs SC2 Team League
SCTL 2026 Spring
Stake Ranked Episode 3
XSE Pro League 2026
IEM Cologne Major 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 2
CS Asia Championships 2026
Asian Champions League 2026
IEM Atlanta 2026
PGL Astana 2026
BLAST Rivals Spring 2026

Upcoming

Escore Tournament S3: W3
ASL S22 SEASON OPEN Day 1
Escore Tournament S3: W4
ASL S22 SEASON OPEN Day 2
Escore Tournament S3: W5
CSLAN 4
Blizzard Classic Cup 2026
HSC XXX
SC4ALL II: StarCraft II
Kung Fu Cup 2026 Grand Finals
Light Tournament 2026
Eternal Conflict S2 Finale
Eternal Conflict S2 E3
Logitech G Connect 2026
StarSeries Fall 2026
FISSURE Playground #5
BLAST Open Fall 2026
Esports World Cup 2026
BLAST Bounty Summer 2026
BLAST Bounty Summer Qual
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2026 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.