I'm really, really tempted to pull the trigger on one of those new "ultrablade" class like the MSI GS70 or the Gigabyte P35, but I'm having a hard time finding laptops to compare to them. They all use the 765m, which should likely be fine for casual gaming like SC2 or Skyrim (not maxed out)...
With jellybean you can still do bluetooth tether, I know that for sure, but I also believe you can do USB tether. Ideally I'd like it to be something I can freeze at 4.0 and have him use wifi with so there's less hassle. I'll look into the Razr and Nexus -- I haven't had much luck with HTC. It...
I have had a line on my Verizon account with grandfathered unlimited data just as a hotspot for my father to use. No one uses it as a phone. It has an original Motorola Droid on it right now but it's starting to show its age. I'd like to get a 4g phone (which can be upgraded retaining the...
Thanks. I see stuff like this and read too much into it I guess.
The reason I'm leaning toward the G.Skill is that I know the heatspeaders will fit with the combo H100 and Sabertooth in my case. I really doubt the Corsair Vengeance line or even those TridentX dimms would fit. Just antsy that I...
Accidentally picked up 1333mhz ddr3 when I wanted 1600mhz and now that I'm returning them, I'm trying to figure out which memory to replace it with. It was G.skill, and Newegg has this on sale but I don't know if it's compatible with the Sabertooth z77 board I have. The spec sheet on Asus'...
Just a follow up -- the netgear genie program that the router comes with was trying to "fix" the connection constantly, making it impossible for me to edit the settings I needed to. There's an advanced section that is in the wireless menu on the GUI once you actually get into the router (which I...
Thanks for the reply; that is exactly what I was hoping to do but I can't get it to pick up and use an IP address from my 2wire router. It refuses to even let me in to configure it if I don't have something plugged into the Internet port.
I had been using a lot of switches and the 2wire residential gateway that the Uverse came with to run my local area network which includes a home media server, along with a trendnet router as a wireless access point. I wanted to upgrade to 5ghz so I bought a fancy netgear R6300 but it insists on...
Not an issue, have a fiance with a rig of her own. Thanks for the pep talk though. :awe: The pump thing just bugged me because I splurged for cougar fans. I could've lived with it but since it's a known issue, I wanted to address it within the return window. I don't do anything that requires a...
Looks like it's stable with 4.4 and 1.2v. If I want to get to 4.5, I have to move mine up to at least 1.24 and I haven't done as much stability testing with it yet. Anything lower blue screens when I start playing with Prime. The H100 keeps the temps after an hour of IBT at a max of 75C for two...
Thanks! Looking good so far. I reset to the suggested settings and then put the multiplier at 44 and 1.2. Left everything else alone and ran IBT for a bit. Only got to 68C hottest core after 10 minutes. Now letting Prime95 run for a while. Thanks for the help. Anything else to tweak?
Okay, so having never messed with a graphical BIOS or manual overclocking, I'm completely lost. I can't figure out what settings to tweak in this bios. How many different things do I need to be adjusting? It seems like no matter what I do, the CPU is throttling and I'm rarely seeing the full OC...
So now I'm concerned about the gigabyte board. I'd liked it because it had a good auto-overclock that kept the turbo enabled from what I've read but it seems like there are a lot of 2nd hand complaints about it. I've started getting parts (my 3770K just arrived today and I should be getting the...
I'm in almost the same boat. When I read the Anandtech review, I was sold on the UD3H but it seems like there are a lot of negative comments about gigabyte in general. In the review it seemed like the best middle of the road option. I haven't actually heard many complaints from owners but I...
So after doing some more research, with the possibility of custom water in the future, it looks like the Arc Midi may be the best case at a price comparable to the 400R. I'm wondering about the single usb 3.0 on the case though. If I get the gigabyte with no usb 2.0, will it be able to plug...
Thanks for all the opinions, everyone. I appreciate the thought that's already been put into looking over what I've got. My fiancee will mostly be doing gaming but she actually works from home so there will be some data crunching that balances out the need for video editing on my side. It's...
Going to be doing my first build since a C2D e6600 back in 2006. That's now doing duty as a media PC. I'd rather be a little generous in getting components than what I have to have for this thing to run because I don't do a ton of upgrading between builds. I need some particular advice around...
Starting to lean toward the Corsair 650D as it balances space with the sort of design I like. Right now I have a 24 inch 1920 monitor. I don't think I'll go to a three monitor setup anytime soon but I could see moving to a 27 inch with larger resolution later so I'd like to have some room with...
My last two builds were p-180s, if that gives any hint as to my taste. If I'm going to do water, i'd almost like to have a window so I can see if I've screwed it up and inadvertently turned my case into a greenhouse complete with sprinkler system. Here are a few cases I randomly glanced at...
Thanks for the feedback. Any ideas on the best place to buy a Raystorm online? I was checking this out here but I'm not sure if FrozenCPU has the best selection of them.
Any mid-size cases that this will for sure comfortably fit into?
Also, any idea on timeframes for more water-cooled gtx 680s...
I was going to spend too much money on a pre-built with a WC loop already installed since I've never messed with it and was worried about damaging my equipment, but after doing a cost/benefit analysis, I'm willing to give it a shot myself.
Can anyone recommend the easiest, most complete...
After looking over them as well as doing some configuring at other builders, I figure that its about a $1200 - $1500 premium. Nice to have a warranty and I wasn't under delusions regarding the extra cost. I wanted it built for me because I wasn't comfortable working with the watercooling...
Thanks everyone for taking some time to check it out. I need to reorganize the list I got from the site so it's easier to read. I appreciate you deciphering it in the current form. :)
I always had an aversion to raid for fear of data loss but I've got a network server set up and if the max...
I was going to upgrade my gaming notebook but since I can make due with it and it's already a beast of an outdated desktop replacement, I decided to go with a desktop instead. I'd like to do water cooling this time and I really don't want to build it myself. I know I could, I just don't want to...
Okay, I was confused. At Origin PC, there's a Dual 2GB GDDR5 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675M (4GB of Total GFX) w/Dual 300watt power adapters option. Are they the odd man out or is the adapter somehow internal? It sounds like the 675 is the same as the 580, why would it require additional power when...
Thanks for the replies so far, I appreciate the feedback. Alienware definitely has aesthetics working in its favor. I'm just anxious for IB to get here because I've decided I definitely have to upgrade. I've tried every driver upgrade and physical mod (adding copper heatsinks on heatsinks...
I currently have a g71gx that I bought when I needed a laptop immediately and didn't have time to wait for shipping or much shopping around. I've been mostly happy with it, unsolvable key repeating issue and a growing tendency to overheat despite replacing the thermal paste aside. Now I'm...
Just an update -- I replaced the thermal paste on the CPU, GPU and northbridge with MX-4 as well as lapping them -- I haven't seen a decrease in temperatures at all on the GPU, maybe 1-2C on the CPU. I think the GPU just gets too hot. They used an aluminum heatsink on the GPU ram and it just...
I've got a g71gx bestbuy model, still a little confused on what the specific complete model number for this one is because there seems to be a lot of configurations, that has served me pretty well over the last two years. There are a few specific quirks such as a double typing keyboard that...
Not using the gateway they provide isn't an option because of the VOIP as well as that the various U-Verse set top boxes that we have all sync up through some special routing that the gateway provides. That newegg link is the sort of thing that I'm looking for. Either a reliable router to place...
I installed tomato firmware last night and had a weird issue where it lost connection to my NAS server mid-transfer. Internet connection remained though, which is a positive development I suppose. I'm going to keep fiddling with this but I would still prefer to have another solution, even if I...
We have AT&T U-Verse service. It's been good, reliable download speeds and all that but the router that you have to use with it does not allow for wireless N. I bought an e3000 last year to act as a wireless N access point for the network but it's inconsistent at best. It seems like you have to...
I've got a WHS setup running on a DH57JG intel board. My box is out of space and I just keep looking at this newegg special ($279) for the TR8M-BP. I just want to run it as JBOD -- not partial to RAID which is why I went with WHS in the first place. Problem is that my mobo's esata doesn't...
I did a lot of music conversion and the software dumped every song from every album into the same folder. Is there any program that could scan the existing file structure I still have pre-conversion (sorted by artist - album - etc) and then duplicate it based on the filenames in my converter's...
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