I need a new video card to power a new 4k 60hz monitor with audio (HDMI 2.0) on an old computer. My Asrock Z77 Extreme4 motherboard has an available PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slot. I do not game, but I do photo editing. I am just looking for the lowest cost, quietest, and lowest power consuming...
DisplayPorts...got it! Thanks for the help! I am only planning on using dual displays with this computer, but I wanted to know what my options were just in case. Thanks again.
The manual states that only two built-in displays can be enabled at the same time. Is this a limitation of the motherboard? The CPU that I have (i7 3770k with Intel HD 4000 graphics) is supposed to be able to power three displays at the same time. I should be receiving the hardware next week...
Thanks. I always try to update the firmware on new devices, but sometimes I forget on hard drives. I will not be forgetting with SSD's now that I have had some minor issues with an OCZ Agility Series OCZSSD2-1AGT60G.
I am putting a new computer together and I need a boot or OS drive. I have budgeted around $150 and want to put in an SSD that is around 256GB. I have not kept up with SSD's and need some advice picking out a good one. My time line is a little bit flexible, and I want the best deal I can find. I...
Dropbox's limit is much too small for my needs. I am thinking about using the "offline files" or a batch file with "IF" statements to execute a synctoy or rsync job if the ping comes back positive. I could then have windows run that batch file every ten minutes or so.
Now I just need to figure...
I have been using a synchronization program that would automatically sync several folders across multiple computers whenever they were both turned on. All of the computers are connected to the same local area network. I have recently learned that this program is not reliable, and I am looking...
Thank you for the recommendation and consensus. I never would have thought to pursue the OCZ SSD as the main culprit. I take it that the problem is mostly with OCZ branded SSD's then?
Rifterut, was your friend able to correct the problem?
I have an Asrock x58 Extreme that I can overclock to around 3.48ghz (166 x 21 and perhaps a little higher too) with all stock voltages and cooling (except the DRAM voltage manually set to 1.654 per OCZ recommendations/specs). My case has fantastic airflow (partially due to the 250mm 100CFM fan)...
So transferring a lot of small files that overlap would take a worse hit than several large files that also overlap due to fewer overlaps overall, although the total space on hard drive required may be equivalent.
Seagate has released a good explanation of this process (http://seagate.com/docs/pdf/whitepaper/tp613_transition_to_4k_sectors.pdf). Start around page 6 for just the emulation information. This is the best writeup that I have read on the matter (even though I no longer rely on Seagate drives).
Thanks for the quick answers and explanations. Most of the files that I will be writing are 2 meg or more (tons of family pictures and videos). The drive will simply be for data redundancy on a home file server that has been running XP for a long time.
I am not averse to running another OS...
Thanks for the replies! On Samsung's website it states "Byte per Sector: 4K Sector with Emulation"
http://www.samsung.com/global/busine...=552&ppmi=1219
What does that mean? I read that it puts eight 512 byte writes into a 4k sector. Does that mean that the hard drive does this...
I have Windows 7 machines that I can use to format the drive, but I will be using the drive in a Windows XP box. It sounds like the best solution is to format it in Windows XP, without the jumper, and use the align utility. This way I can move the hard drive to a Windows 7 box later without...
All current 2 TB drives seem to be using advanced format. I have been considering one from Samsung (http://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php?name=HD-HD204UI&title=Samsung-Spinpoint-F4EG-HD204UI-2TB-SATA2-5400rpm-32MB-Hard-Drive&c=CJ) and one from WD...
I have googled and searched on this forum, but I have not been able to find all of the answers that I am looking fro regarding advanced format drives and Windows XP. Feel free to link to other posts if I simply missed them.
My understanding is that WD, Samsung, and possibly Hitachi drives...
I tried bumping up the voltage a little, but my understanding is that anything over 1.65v is considered high for other components, and it did not totally stabilize the system (but it did help).
There are about 10 more timings for RAM available in the BIOS that may have an impact on how the RAM...
It just asked if I would like to try to find a solution for the program that crashed.
It now looks like a RAM issue. I dropped the speed from the advertised 1600 to 1333 and it is now passing IBT iterations without a hitch. Looks like I may need an RMA...
How about this:
I have the 2Gx3 OCZ OCZ3G1600LV6GK R at 8-8-8-24 and 1.654v.
The CPU does not get above 40c. I am using the stock cooler with the paste that was on it. (I do have some arctic silver that I was saving for a better heatsink).
The RAM has already passed one loop of memtest 86+...
Last night I put this computer together. I ran IntelBurnTest v2.4 on it today and it BSOD's after about 30 seconds into the first pass. I got it to complete 1 pass once, but I tried 2 passes after that (all standard settings) and then I got a BSOD.
The system (everything):
Asrock x58...
I am now actually considering going with two cards if they will play nicely together. I have had problems in the past working with two radeons that were not exactly the same model. I guess my other option is this unit...
Does anyone know of a way to connect any of the new 5xxx series via S-video? If not, I am a little surprised that it was fazed out before the D-SUB/VGA connection.
I will have 6 gig of RAM, but I expect that video encoding will take that up pretty easily. I assume that a Ramdisk probably would not help me too much.
I just purchased OCZ Agility Series OCZSSD2-1AGT60G 2.5" 60GB for a Windows 7 install. I have been reading up on tweaks at
http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/forum/forum.php
and
http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/3116/tweaktown_s_solid_state_drive_optimization_guide/index.html
There...
I would only use this drive for the OS, and the computer will be used almost exclusively for video editing. Those files are saved on other hard drives. It will be running Windows 7.
I am about to build a new system (core i7) and I am trying to find the best deal on a fast hard drive. I will use it as the operating system drive, so size is not as important as speed and price. Any recommendations? Budget is around $75. I have avoided SSD's because I have read too many...
I am planning on getting a core i7 920 with at least 6 gigs of RAM. Regarding the video card, are you saying that I should pay a little extra for the Radeon HD 5670 over a GeForce 9500 GT or Radeon HD 4650? The difference is around $40 to $60. Also, I cannot find ANY Radeon 5xxx cards with...
ATI's software has hotkey functionality built into it. nVidia's used to and I am checking to see if it does again in Windows 7. The idea is that you can just hit a few keys and enable and disable displays to the configuration that you like. I will be using 2 LCD monitors most of the time, but...
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