Just an update. They had the Asus monitor at my local Frys so I grabbed two. For some reason they limited it to 1 per customer but they let me buy two.
Got home and hooked everything up. Thought one was defective but apparently these don't auto detect source and it was set to HDMI only. I...
Price is definitely good and folks do seem to like it. The only real complaints seem to be about their customer service or bad manuals or something like that. So unless I find someone really crazy wrong I think I may go for this one.
Heh sorry. Good as in good enough. Cheap as in $200. So basically the best monitor I can get at that price point. The Px2370 would have met my criteria. Gonna look up that Asus and see what folks say. I could get a refurbished px2370 for $195 but was trying not to do that.
But if you know of a...
Hey all,
Ok, I'm going to be replacing my monitors very soon. I had a couple of 27" but misfortune befell them and I actually wasn't happy with their text clarity as they were the same resolution as the 23/24" monitors.
So I decided to get a couple of good but smaller ones. After doing some...
Ok in the hopes that someone can help me out here without me having to reinstall yet again. Here's the synopsis and symptoms.
I had to reinstall Windows because a system restore deleted my ntuser.dat from my profile which exists on a different partition and is accessed through a junction...
Hey there, thanks for the reply. I didn't see your reply before I tried to do a system restore which screwed me up good. It somehow deleted the ntuser.dat from the profile. I spent hours trying to recover before I finally gave in and reinstalled Windows. I didn't do a clean install and tried to...
Oh yeah. Things like:
"The system has rebooted without cleanly shutting down first. This error could be caused if the system stopped responding, crashed, or lost power unexpectedly."
and
"The previous system shutdown at 9:32:00 AM on ‎7/‎21/‎2011 was unexpected."
I...
Hey all,
This is getting really annoying. Built a new system and it seems like as soon as I solve one issue that I think is causing me lockups I develop another.
My current issue is that my machine will lock up but it's a slow process. Give you an example. I have WoW opened and playing in one...
Just need straight with no angles on either side. System is doing great. Had some hiccups but solved them. After experiencing the speed of the SSD I'm sooo tempted to buy another one but I won't...least not right now :)
Just wanted to follow up this thread in case someone else has the problem and is looking for the ever elusive solution.
My solution was of course to reinstall the JRE but first I needed to be able to uninstall the old one which was proving stubborn. After deleting the directory manually and...
Oh great. Not what I wanted to hear. I love the speed of that drive but I didn't read any of these issues before I bought it. Well hopefully they'll fix it or I can return it. The only thing I have on it are programs and games so no real need to backup anything.
The CMOS was reset due to me disabling legacy USB in the bios and having it no longer recognize my keyboard so I couldn't get into the bios. Looking at the bios updates now but don't really see anything that would address the problem and I'm wary of just upgrading my bios just because.
Hey all,
Well I just fixed one issue but it seems I have another. So far my machine has rebooted itself twice. I was not there for either time and was not using the computer.
Each time it has happened it can not restart because it doesn't see the SSD which is my primary drive. Powering off for...
Sure does although you can uncheck that option. Not sure why anyone would do that though. But yeah I have a copy of the registry before the changes but so far so good.
I also made a restore point before I did that because I'm paranoid. :)
Well I finally found the proper registry entries to clear the old so that I could reinstall properly. Someone had a batch file even. I was able to reinstall (Ran as admin just in case that was the issue) and all seems ok now. Now we'll see if that solves everything.
Sadly no. I'd just recently tried that in fact. I also used CCleaner (After making a backup of course) and only cleaned the registry. I also deleted the Java directory itself but now when I try to uninstall it tells me it's missing a dll. I was able to get rid of the entry in the uninstall list...
Hey guys,
Ok after days of having my system seem to lock up for no reason I think I've tracked down the culprit. It seems that any time the JRE is accessed on my machine it causes a lockup. I've tried the following and each results in a system lockup.
Trying to uninstall using the...
Hey guys,
Thought I'd give a final update on the system. It's performing very well. That SSD is beast. Funny story. I went to install the SSD. Didn't realize how small it was and of course it didn't fit in any bay so I ran to Frys (Because they were the only ones that seemed to have a cheap 2.5...
Ok not sure if this was because of the OC or not but here's what happened. While playing a game my display driver stopped responding. So first thing I did was upgrade the drivers then tried again. It actually seemed to make it worse as the driver stopped repeatedly and finally my computer...
Hmm Good info. Thanks all. Yeah I think I'll leave it this way. I think it's a good way to go although now I may wanna run some tests to make sure that when it actually does try to hit 4 ghz my machine doesn't die but at least I know what's going on.
Ahh many thanks. That explains much. I'd run the windows assessment tool and didn't see a change. In the past when I OC'd my CPU I saw the change reflected there. But yes that's probably a better way to go. Dynamic.
Hey all,
Newbie OC'r here. I just put a new system together. Everything is looking good. I wanted to try and OC. I have the Hyper 212+ in there right now. My MB is the Asrock z68 Pro 3.
So I went into the bios and tried the Turbo 4.0 Ghz preset. It booted into Windows just fine but I saw...
Coming to you live from my new system. Everything seems to be working just fine and wow the speed. I love that SSD that's for sure. I'm transferring my stuff back over and will probably spend most of the day tomorrow installing and configuring my main apps and before I go to bed I'll start up...
Well no love. It's not even posting. I'm hoping it just me that hooked something up wrong but I can't see what. Guess I'll have to bring it to a local shop and see if they can tell me if the CPU is fried or I just had something connected wrong.
Everything powers on though. All fans, nice blue...
Building the system right now. Took off work for tomorrow :) Taking a break after getting the CPU / CPU Fan and Motherboard into the case. All I gotta say is. Good LORD that's a CPU FAN? It's as big as my case fan. When it got here I first thought they'd made a mistake. Sheesh that's huge.
But...
Thanks for all the advice. My parts shipped today. I got all but the CPU from Newegg and decided to get the CPU and Fan locally at Frys / Best Buy.
Went with the G.Skill memory because with the promo code they were cheaper and it even came with a 2GB Flash Drive.
Best Buy has the 212+ for...
The case I'm planning to purchase is this one:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811129066
It's a mid tower. Will that cooler fit properly in that case?
Edit: I for sure won't be getting this from Newegg. Wow how can they justify being almost double the price of others? It's available...
Oops that is correct I dropped down to a 120. Now I can upgrade and no need to "borrow" anything. Loving it. I do have a question. Do I need to get a CPU fan or will the stock one be fine?
Ok. Here's the system that I may go with after some thought and looking at the savings :)
CPU - Intel Core i5-2500K - $219
MB - ASRock Z68 Pro3 - $120
Memory - Corsair XMS3 8GB DDR3 1333 - $85 or G.Skill Value Series 8 GB - $74
SSD - OCZ Agility 3 240GB - $229
PSU - XFX 650W - $60
Case -...
LoL I was hoping you'd reply. I saw you around on the forums. Yeah the PSU I really wasn't sure what to do there but long as the XFX is sufficient I'm fine with that one and it'll save me even more money. Always a plus.
As for the SSD I was really wavering on that one but you do make a good...
Thanks much for you help. Ok here's the new setup which shaves another $100 even off the previous one.
CPU - Intel Core i5-2500K - $219
MB - ASRock Z68 Pro3 - $120
Memory - Corsair XMS3 8GB DDR3 1333 - $85 or G.Skill Value Series 8 GB - $74
SSD - OCZ Vertex 3 240GB - $500
PSU - Corsair...
Heyas thanks for the reply. When I said paying too much it was a self critique on this build here. It's like I know I'm probably doing it but not sure what to get instead of?
The mobo I basically liked the review I saw here on Anand and added that. I didn't like the limitations of the P67 and...
Yeah I figured that was probably the case. I tend to try and get near top of the line stuff kinda with the idea of future proofing but I'm open to suggestions right now.
As for the mobo and CPU did something change? The mobo was a late change as I was just looking for a Z68 mobo. It doesn't...
This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register.
By continuing to use this site, you are consenting to our use of cookies.