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Question Boot Loop - But remains on with battery removed

Just tried a new CMOS battery. No luck there either
- mwforrest7
- Post #15
- Sep 11, 2020
- Forum: Motherboards
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Question Theorycrafting System Cooling with RTX 3080

I think those are good points. It seems like an obvious and relatively cheap test case for Nvidia to try the fans in both configurations (push and pull). It does seem like pretty bad design to have the airflow going up into the CPU/RAM when using purely air cooling (which is the main reason I am...
- mwforrest7
- Post #9
- Sep 11, 2020
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Question Theorycrafting System Cooling with RTX 3080

I was watching JayzTwoCents unboxing of the 3080 today and his theory as to why its a pull design was for acoustics. But otherwise, yea I have no theories
- mwforrest7
- Post #7
- Sep 10, 2020
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Question Boot Loop - But remains on with battery removed

I tried the CMOS reset during the boot loop and no luck :confused_old: I did not! Looks like I can get a 4 pack for 5 bucks on amazon so I may just go ahead and give it shot.
- mwforrest7
- Post #14
- Sep 10, 2020
- Forum: Motherboards
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Question Theorycrafting System Cooling with RTX 3080

Sorry for the confusion as those pictures are someone else's computer that I am drawing over (they are using the same case and it gave me a good idea of the positioning of things). My plan is to use a single AIO (CPU) and stock 3080 FE cooler. For the GPU inlet/outlets I was basing it off of...
- mwforrest7
- Post #4
- Sep 10, 2020
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Question Boot Loop - But remains on with battery removed

Nay, though I did try mild-to-moderate OCing on it a couple of times years ago I ultimately ended up leaving it at stock.
- mwforrest7
- Post #11
- Sep 6, 2020
- Forum: Motherboards
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Question Theorycrafting System Cooling with RTX 3080

I am planning a new RTX 3080 Founders Edition build and have been doing some research and theory crafting of sorts on how I would optimize cooling in the system (especially with the new 3080's cooling design in mind). I threw together some sketches using a picture of someone else's computer but...
- mwforrest7
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- Sep 6, 2020
- Replies: 8
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Question Boot Loop - But remains on with battery removed

Oh geeze, that sounds risky but I guess I got nothing to lose at this point!
- mwforrest7
- Post #9
- Sep 4, 2020
- Forum: Motherboards
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Question Boot Loop - But remains on with battery removed

I gotcha that makes sense. Well, this is a bummer but on the bright side I was actually planning to put together a new build later this year with the new Amperes and new Ryzens coming out. This build was definitely showing its age in modern games. It just pooped out a couple months too early...
- mwforrest7
- Post #7
- Sep 3, 2020
- Forum: Motherboards
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Question Boot Loop - But remains on with battery removed

Yea, can't get any input out to the monitor regardless of whether its plugged into GPU or mobo. Also tried hdmi, display port, and dvi-d connections. So as far as I can tell, it's not booting to BIOS. I've got two different monitors I tried. I can't say for sure what happened to put it into...
- mwforrest7
- Post #5
- Sep 3, 2020
- Forum: Motherboards
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Question Boot Loop - But remains on with battery removed

Unfortunately this is an older machine so no warranty. Components are: GA-Z68XP-UD3P mobo i5-2500k EVGA 970 GTX SSC 32GB G.skill ripjaw DDR3-1600 500GB 850 EVO Seasonic X-750 PSU
- mwforrest7
- Post #3
- Sep 3, 2020
- Forum: Motherboards
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Question Boot Loop - But remains on with battery removed

Hey all, I've got a peculiar boot loop issue: If I remove all components and just run the system with motherboard, CPU, and PSU I've only successfully managed to get the boot looping to stop if I remove the battery and clear the CMOS. If I put the battery back in it starts to loop again...
- mwforrest7
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- Sep 2, 2020
- Replies: 15
- Forum: Motherboards
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Question 2060S or 5700 XT?

I am also curious about these playback issues. And what is the impact of AMD's drivers not being WHQL and therefore not HDCP compliant? Does that translate into not being able to watch YouTube, Netflix, etc? Or is it more like not being able to read a DVD?
- mwforrest7
- Post #21
- Oct 22, 2019
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Question 2060S or 5700 XT?

haha mine was $400 back when I got it... Display tech seems to be progressing a lot! I really like the sounds of the ROG Swift PG27UQ but I don't want to try and push 4K resolution. Everything else about it sounds amazing though. And I know they got a new version coming out with the mini/micro...
- mwforrest7
- Post #10
- Oct 20, 2019
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Question 2060S or 5700 XT?

Thanks for all the replies! You all are making me feel a lot better about going with the 5700 XT. The monitor I have right now is a 2560x1440 IPS panel @ 60hz, no freesync or g-sync (it's getting old lol). I've actually been wanting to upgrade on this front as well. On that note, I've never...
- mwforrest7
- Post #8
- Oct 20, 2019
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Question 2060S or 5700 XT?

Hi all! I've been doing some research for a new gaming build that I plan to put together by mid November and the one component that has me conflicted at this point is the GPU. I've narrowed it down to the $400-ish dollar range which leaves me with two primary choices: 2060 SUPER or 5700 XT...
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- Oct 20, 2019
- Replies: 56
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Question New Gaming Build - Critique before I buy!

Oh wow, I'm going to have to look into that Sabrient some more. It is also NVMe so I imagine the speed difference isn't much. Also I was actually just about to ask for thoughts on the video card. I've been doing quite a bit of reading and it seems like the 5700XT would be a better choice at...
- mwforrest7
- Post #6
- Oct 19, 2019
- Forum: Computer Building
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Question New Gaming Build - Critique before I buy!

Thanks for the feedback guys! I'll definitely look into that memory suggestion. As for the refurbished idea, I have conflicting feelings about it. I think for $25 I'd rather not risk it, but I do appreciate the suggestion :)
- mwforrest7
- Post #4
- Oct 18, 2019
- Forum: Computer Building
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Question New Gaming Build - Critique before I buy!

Hi all, I'm planning to put together a new gaming PC about 1 month from now (mid November). I will use it almost exclusively for gaming and with the possibility of some light coding. My old/current PC will be given away to my GF's brother so I won't be re-using any old parts. I use a 2560x1440...
- mwforrest7
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- Oct 17, 2019
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Computer Building
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Build put on hold

Allegedly the Ryzen 3800X coming out in a month (7/7) will perform about the same or slightly better than the i9-9900K but for about $100 less . Above that, the 3900X is going to be the same price as the 9900K but will perform as well as intel's $1200 i9-9920X with significantly less power...
- mwforrest7
- Post #3
- Jun 3, 2019
- Forum: Computer Building
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Be patient or go all out now?

An i7 8700 would indeed be a nice match with the GeForce 1080. According to a bottle neck calculator it would be a .05% bottleneck... or basically 0 which is ideal. That said, the 8700 is listed at $300 and the new Ryzen 3700X is going to start at $329. According to the AMD reveal the 3700X...
- mwforrest7
- Post #6
- May 29, 2019
- Forum: Computer Building
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Be patient or go all out now?

Looks like the new Ryzen 3000s are the way to go. Release date of July 7th.
- mwforrest7
- Post #4
- May 28, 2019
- Forum: Computer Building
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Question about what determines CPU Performance

Ahhhhh! That explains a lot and makes total sense. Thank you for filling me in on the missing puzzle piece!
- mwforrest7
- Post #4
- May 28, 2019
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Question about what determines CPU Performance

I just read the announcement of the Ryzen chips and how they're more performant than the 9700K despite having lower clock speeds. I am wondering how that works. For example: 3700X is an 8 core CPU with base clock of 3.6 and a turbo of 4.4ghz. 9700K is also 8 cores, but with a base clock of...
- mwforrest7
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- May 28, 2019
- Replies: 3
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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2500K... 6 years ago! My, how time flies!

Still using my 2500K in my gaming rig! I upgraded the GPU to a GTX 970 a couple years ago, and increased my RAM to 16GB, but otherwise its the same-ol machine as when I first bought the 2500K. I play on a 27inch 2K monitor and can still play all the games I care about at max or near max settings...
- mwforrest7
- Post #76
- Jan 25, 2018
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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16 Gigs DDR3 1600 vs 2133 (Same Price)

Well, I already have my CPU OCed to 4.5GHZ using 1333 RAM. How much more could I squeeze out of it with 2133 RAM?
- mwforrest7
- Post #20
- Jul 13, 2015
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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16 Gigs DDR3 1600 vs 2133 (Same Price)

Thank you for all the input. It sounds like the consensus is to just stick with 1600 @ 1.5v. I can't go wrong that way!
- mwforrest7
- Post #17
- Jul 12, 2015
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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16 Gigs DDR3 1600 vs 2133 (Same Price)

Ah, I missed that! So, ram clocks vs latency vs timing confuses the heck out of me so I see with those that you linked we obviously have a higher clock (2133), but the latency is 11 versus the 1600's latency of 9. Also, the timings are higher than the 1600. So, is clock speed overall much more...
- mwforrest7
- Post #9
- Jul 10, 2015
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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16 Gigs DDR3 1600 vs 2133 (Same Price)

Thanks for the replies! I am thinking that I'll play it safe with the 1600 since the performance gain by the 2133 wouldn't be significant enough to warrant potential problems.
- mwforrest7
- Post #7
- Jul 10, 2015
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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16 Gigs DDR3 1600 vs 2133 (Same Price)

As you can see, these sets of 16GB ram are exactly the same in all aspects including price except one is 1600mhz and one is 2133mhz and slightly different timings. So, what am I missing? Is there any reason I'd not get the 2133 over the 1600? (My mobo supports 2133 and my CPU is an i5 2500k)...
- mwforrest7
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- Jul 9, 2015
- Replies: 21
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Building Around a 560ti

Yea, I was a little worried about that. Thanks for pointing that out Charlie!
- mwforrest7
- Post #8
- Jul 7, 2015
- Forum: Computer Building
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Building Around a 560ti

Ken, That looks like a pretty nice build! Thank you for helping to pick out some nice parts to complement the 560ti. If anyone else has any other input they'd like to throw in feel free! I'll probably make the purchase next week. :sneaky:
- mwforrest7
- Post #5
- Jul 7, 2015
- Forum: Computer Building
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Building Around a 560ti

Hi Ken! Thank you for pointing out the questions. Here are some answers! 1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means what types of tasks you'll be performing. Games! Blizzard games, Battlefield 4, CS:GO... stuff like that. 2. What YOUR budget is. A price range is acceptable as long as...
- mwforrest7
- Post #3
- Jul 7, 2015
- Forum: Computer Building
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Building Around a 560ti

Hello! I am looking at replacing my current GPU (an EVGA Nvidia 560ti) with a new GPU and I want to use the 560ti and build a new system around it for my lady to use and play games with. The goal here is to pick parts that will complement the 560ti perfectly in order to get the cheapest...
- mwforrest7
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- Jul 7, 2015
- Replies: 7
- Forum: Computer Building
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Budget Rig for Swtor

Thanks for the help everyone! He ordered the 6850, an i3, and 8 gigs of DDR3 1333 ram and the ASRock mobo that was suggested. Will be here next week :)
- mwforrest7
- Post #10
- Jan 13, 2012
- Forum: Computer Building
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Budget Rig for Swtor

His case is a Xion he said, but he couldn't find it on the net, I guess its too old. Its something like this though. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811208034 As for the PSU, he doesn't know the brand right this second, he just knows its a 450W. Ill get back to you on...
- mwforrest7
- Post #6
- Jan 13, 2012
- Forum: Computer Building
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Budget Rig for Swtor

Also to answer your latter question, I believe he currently has an GeForce 8600 and a e8400 but I am not totally certain about that. Its definitely a core 2 though.
- mwforrest7
- Post #4
- Jan 13, 2012
- Forum: Computer Building
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Budget Rig for Swtor

I have reformatted my post so that the answers to those questions are more clearly visible. Sorry Ken!
- mwforrest7
- Post #3
- Jan 13, 2012
- Forum: Computer Building
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Budget Rig for Swtor

1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means what types of tasks you'll be performing. Playing Starwars The Old Republic 2. What YOUR budget is. A price range is acceptable as long as it's not more than a 20% spread 400-600 USD 3. What country YOU will be buying YOUR parts from. Newegg USA...
- mwforrest7
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- Jan 13, 2012
- Replies: 10
- Forum: Computer Building
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please explain rebates!!!

I haven't had a ton of experience with mail-in rebates. But when I built this current system that I'm using about 4 years ago I sent in several rebates. I had no issues what so ever. They did of course come back to me slowly. I think one took over a month, but they came none-the-less without me...
- mwforrest7
- Post #5
- Aug 22, 2011
- Forum: Computer Building

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