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Stops powering on

I solved the issue, it was a short, I had thrown in a shorter 6-pin PSU connector to molex since I was only using one of the connectors over a short distance, but I just noticed that that 6-pin connector had a wire doubled back on itself. Idk where I got it from but it was shorting the PSU...
- darunium
- Post #4
- Jun 26, 2011
- Forum: Computer Building
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Stops powering on

Thanks! Can I try that with it still in the case, just unhooked from everything? I'm hesitant to think the PSU is the problem, because it worked fine before and I don't see how I could have damaged it. I'm trying to figure out what could have changed as a result of me installing the...
- darunium
- Post #3
- Jun 26, 2011
- Forum: Computer Building
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Stops powering on

Hi All, So I just built a new HTPC (details in sig). I got it running with just the boot SSD about a week ago, just installed Win7 and drivers then set it aside for the week til I could get to it again. It ran fine then, booted multiple times, I played with it a little here and there. I...
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- Jun 26, 2011
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Computer Building
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Silverstone NT01-E - *don't buy* (unless aware)

On mATX boards the Silverstone NT01-E blocks the first expansion slot. If you are looking for an H67 mATX board, all such currently commercially available boards have the PCIe 2.0 x16 slot in the first position, so the NT01-E precludes using a VGA card. Silverstone makes no mention of this...
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- Jun 16, 2011
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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can we post things for sale on this forum?

Sorry, I read the rules but I didn't see this covered. I'm trying to sell my Antec P193 case locally (greater Boston area), and this is my favorite review site around, so I figured that this is a community that might have interested people. Are we allowed to post things for personal sale...
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- Jun 10, 2011
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Will future games be more or less CPU limited

Right now it depends a lot on the game, note how much the CPU effects Dragon Age: Origins framerate versus say Starcraft II or Crysis:Warhead, which have only a 10-15% spread in performance comparing current to 3 year old CPUs. Has anyone seen inclings of which way the current trends are...
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- Jun 2, 2011
- Replies: 15
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Building a new server

Thanks Blain! Unfortunately we're looking for a target of 12TB of disk space, so I'm pretty stuck on 2TB drives (although newegg has a sale right now on 3TB drives, so I may pick 4 of those up instead).
- darunium
- Post #20
- Apr 24, 2011
- Forum: Computer Building
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Building a new server

So as a bit of a test I tried a new homebuilt model, an Asus H67 board that actually has 6 SATA connections (incl. 2xSATA2), an i3-2100, stock cooler, 2x2GB DDR3, either Antec 300 or Lian Li PC-K7B if I wanna spend $30 more, as cheap as I can get reliable PSU (sticking to ocz, antec, and...
- darunium
- Post #19
- Apr 24, 2011
- Forum: Computer Building
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Building a new server

Thanks! My budget is $2000. It looks like NAS is the way to go as long as I can find one (it seems like synology is the most highly recommended) that is cheap enough to make it worth it over building. On that note, Synology has cheaper 4-bay options...
- darunium
- Post #17
- Apr 24, 2011
- Forum: Computer Building
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Building a new server

thanks. Is there a particular NAS brand or spec you would recommend? They vary widely in price. I don't have a lot of faith in netgear, and Cisco's systems are super expensive. There's a lot of brands like synology, qnap, and buffalo that I've never heard of. Seagate might be OK though, I've...
- darunium
- Post #8
- Apr 23, 2011
- Forum: Computer Building
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Building a new server

Thanks for the advice! I used to build gaming rigs as a job on the side, so that's where my mind's at, and hence why I'm new to thinking about a server. I figured that I would have cheaper options looking at servers, but frankly I couldn't find any chipset that gave me more SATA ports at...
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- Post #5
- Apr 22, 2011
- Forum: Computer Building
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Building a new server

Hi All, I'm building a new server for my (small small) company, we just need it for communal data storage and access, so HDD capacity is my primary concern. I just wanted to throw this out there to see if anyone has any suggestions: SB: Intel Core i5-2500K - $224.99 ASUS P8P67 (REV 3.0)...
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- Apr 22, 2011
- Replies: 54
- Forum: Computer Building
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Toshiba R385 Impressions/Review?

Yep sorry mistyped, the R835-P56 or the i3 version. The specs look great, just like an updated R700, still 3.2lbs with a 13.3" screen but now with SandyBridge mobile processors, sounds like a good thing. I'm just curious to see exactly how much they changed, for the better or the worse...
- darunium
- Post #3
- Apr 5, 2011
- Forum: Laptops
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Toshiba R385 Impressions/Review?

Hi All, I was wondering if anyone has any opinions yet on Toshiba's new R800 series. It will be interesting to see how it compares to Lenovos upcoming X220 and whatever Asus ends up offering in the 14" SandyBridge category. Plus if admins are listening, +1 vote for a full review...
- darunium
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- Apr 3, 2011
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Laptops
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Asus U35-X1 versus Toshiba Portege R705-P35

Hi all, I'm having a tough time deciding between two notebooks. I'm looking for something light, portable, sufficiently powerful for productivity tasks (including web browsing, MS Office Suite, Mathematica/Matlab/Maple, AntiVirus applications, FTP clients, etc., but there's no gaming...
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- Feb 17, 2011
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Laptops
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HD5850 After Market Heatsink: Component Heatsinks

AH, I may have misunderstood what I put heatsinks on, I put the fins that came with the musashi on the 8 chips surrounding the GPU, which it seems is NOT the VRM, but the VRAM, so that means the VRM is exposed. Still, as I mentioned the temperatures reported by GPU-Z are mid-thirties for the...
- darunium
- Post #6
- Jun 2, 2010
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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HD5850 After Market Heatsink: Component Heatsinks

Hey All, So I'm running an HD5850 (ATI OEM) and decided to go with an aftermarket heatsink, the Scythe Musashi. The Musashi comes with VRM and component heatsinks that have an adhesive so they stick right onto the desired components. I had planned on using the fan and GPU heatsink of the...
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- Jun 1, 2010
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Just got my newegg RMA and can't decide

I second this, I just made the choice between an HD5850 ($240 OEM) and dual 5770 CF ($290). The 5770 CF generally breaks even with even the HD5870 (usually 10-15% fps improvement over the HD5850), with a notable exception. With some games when you crank up effects like AA, your average fps...
- darunium
- Post #18
- Apr 30, 2010
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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HDD bricked?

Ah thank you, Disk Management does recognize it and indeed it is neither initialized or formatted. It's strange I've never had to go through disk management to have a HD formatted, it used to just prompt me on its own. Is there any reason not to format it now, to wait for the rig to be built...
- darunium
- Post #4
- Apr 30, 2010
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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HDD bricked?

Hi All, I'm building a new system, but some parts have arrived before others. I got the HDDs a couple weeks ago (WD Caviar Black 640GB and 1TB), so I want to make sure they're looking good before it gets tough to RMA them. So I just put the 640GB in an enclosure, and I don't *think* that my...
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- Apr 29, 2010
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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ASRock X58 Extreme ($170) versus Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R ($200)

Thanks everyone for all the input, I've been watching the responses religiously to see how people feel about their boards, and at the end of the day I think I would be happy with any of the three, just though I should let you know what my decision ended up being. The ASRock Extreme v. the P6TD...
- darunium
- Post #16
- Apr 26, 2010
- Forum: Motherboards
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ASRock X58 Extreme ($170) versus Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R ($200)

Thanks all, I appreciate it, I think that I've decided to go with the ASRock X58 Extreme, it really seems like a well-though-out board for an excellent price. That said, there's been one board that's been nagging me from the beginning, since I saw it win Anandtech's mid-level comparisons, and...
- darunium
- Post #9
- Apr 26, 2010
- Forum: Motherboards
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ASRock X58 Extreme ($170) versus Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R ($200)

Thanks for input, it's starting to sound like it's personal preference, which is a problem since I'm really torn even with that. To me, the ASRock reviews have been really positive, and that's really sold me on the board, but I trust the Gigabyte name, and the BIOS and software seem well...
- darunium
- Post #5
- Apr 25, 2010
- Forum: Motherboards
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ASRock X58 Extreme ($170) versus Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R ($200)

I don't care about the USB3.0 (as I don't really plan on taking advantage of it) or the SATA3 (as Marvell's SATA3 controllers seem limiting right now), or anything more than 3 DIMMs, I'm really only interested in a solid, well priced X58 board with well-spaced PCIe x16 slots, and I was wondering...
- darunium
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- Apr 25, 2010
- Replies: 21
- Forum: Motherboards
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Case Suggestions: Can be big and ugly but...

Yeah after doing a lot more research, I ended up going with the P193 for the size and silence and a CP-1000 for plenty of power overhead (although annoyingly it only has 840W on the +12v rails, whereas the Corsair TX950 has 930W on a nice single +12v rail, still I'm enamored with it and it's...
- darunium
- Post #14
- Apr 25, 2010
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Safe to buy an open box MoBo?

Wow, thanks for the info, I'm amazed that newegg would ship open box items untested, let along missing even accessories, that's incredible. I won't go with the open box stuff boards then, it's not worth the pain if I find out in two years that a PCI or eSATA or audio in or etc connection...
- darunium
- Post #4
- Apr 24, 2010
- Forum: Computer Building
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Safe to buy an open box MoBo?

Newegg has an open box of the MoBo I'm looking to buy, the ASRock X58 Extreme, for a huge discount. Do you think it's safe to buy? There's a 30-day refund policy on it, but assembling the whole system and trying to test each output on the board to make sure everything's functioning properly...
- darunium
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- Apr 24, 2010
- Replies: 11
- Forum: Computer Building
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New Build ($1500-$2000) - Please Review

Thanks for the CM 212+ tip. To be safe I've looked at a lot of CPU cooler alternatives, and found it stands out nicely. The Tuniq Tower 120 also seems effective, quiet, and affordable, but only flies for the LGA775 socket (although the ASRock X58 E I think has placement for LGA775 fans, so it...
- darunium
- Post #29
- Apr 24, 2010
- Forum: Computer Building
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New Build ($1500-$2000) - Please Review

for anyone else interested in system noise, spcr has a quite fan listing as well: http://www.silentpcreview.com/article63-page2.html
- darunium
- Post #28
- Apr 24, 2010
- Forum: Computer Building
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New Build ($1500-$2000) - Please Review

Thanks, that makes sense, and after reading this post, which compares the two boards I'm really interested in, the Asus P6T Deluxe ($250) and the ASRock X58 Extreme ($170), and notes that the newegg users are probably just commenting on their own errors, I think I'll go with the ASRock board for...
- darunium
- Post #25
- Apr 23, 2010
- Forum: Computer Building
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New Build ($1500-$2000) - Please Review

Thanks, the 650TX also gets a nice noise evaluation from silentpcreviews, and it's on sale now for a fantastic $60. I'm pretty sold on the ASRock X58 Extreme based on Anand's, Tom's, and xbitlab's reviews of the board. Nevertheless I'm seeing a disturbingly high number of owners (~20%) having...
- darunium
- Post #23
- Apr 23, 2010
- Forum: Computer Building
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New Build ($1500-$2000) - Please Review

Hm, that makes sense, that single-GPU cards in 2-3 years will certainly be no worse than CF/SLI cards now, so the P55 is just as easily GPU upgraded to single-GPU cards, and the money saved by CF/SLI would be equalled by the added cost of the X58 MoBo and triple channel memory. The HD4870 CF...
- darunium
- Post #21
- Apr 23, 2010
- Forum: Computer Building
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New Build ($1500-$2000) - Please Review

Yeah like I said I don't intend to go CF/SLI now, I was planning on getting a single HD5870 and then if I feel a performance pinch in a couple years, either get another HD5870 at what will hopefully be a far reduced price or, depending on the performance payoff and compatability, get a different...
- darunium
- Post #17
- Apr 22, 2010
- Forum: Computer Building
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New Build ($1500-$2000) - Please Review

Wow, thanks for all the great advice! Let me see, - On the MoBo, thanks for the price suggestion (getting a cheaper MoBo), I just really don't know how to effectively differentiate between the mainboard options besides ease of use, especially since I'm not planning on significantly...
- darunium
- Post #15
- Apr 22, 2010
- Forum: Computer Building
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New Build ($1500-$2000) - Please Review

Thanks! That looks like a solid cooler at a reasonable price that will also fit the constrained above-CPU space in the P193 (due to the impingement of the side fan). Is there a difference between thermal pastes, or are they all pretty much the same?
- darunium
- Post #5
- Apr 21, 2010
- Forum: Computer Building
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New Build ($1500-$2000) - Please Review

I agree, but I plan on going CF/SLI with another of the same card in the next two years once the prices on current cards drops. The X58 chipset gives me the requisite 2 16xPCIe2.0 slots for that option, or for going CF/SLI with a different card in a couple years. From what I've been seen so...
- darunium
- Post #4
- Apr 21, 2010
- Forum: Computer Building
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New Build ($1500-$2000) - Please Review

Hi All, Thanks in advance to anyone who takes a look. This is my first custom build, so I've done the obligatory months of research and so far am pretty comfortable that I've considered most of my options for each component. Location: US, Boston Usage Considerations: Primarily for gaming...
- darunium
- Thread
- Apr 21, 2010
- Replies: 28
- Forum: Computer Building
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Full Tower Case Choice

yeah, that's a frustrating point. To be honest, I'm enamored with the CP-850, but don't feel like even with the CP-1000 I'm getting a true 1000W PSU. I'll probably go with the CP-1000 since if I intend to SLI GTX480s I won't be able to get away with anything less, but I'd hate to find that even...
- darunium
- Post #12
- Apr 20, 2010
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Using 2 PSUs?

Hi All, Building a new rig, and plan on going with the GTX480 for now and if prices drop in a couple of years getting another one for SLI to get a performance boost (or getting a different card in 3-4 years, depending on what seems like the best option at the time). The power drain from the...
- darunium
- Thread
- Apr 20, 2010
- Replies: 10
- Forum: Power Supplies
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Full Tower Case Choice

Confirmed, in the product specs there are only 840W on the +12v rails: link
- darunium
- Post #10
- Apr 19, 2010
- Forum: Cases & Cooling

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