Recent content by GunXpatriot

It's funny you mention a bad HDMI cable... The one I was using yesterday had a weird issue. It worked in the HD5450 in either system. But would not work on the R9 285 nor the 270's... Used DVI, everything worked. Changed hdmi cable, everything now worked... Not fixing the problem I had, but I...

Oh, and the PSU I'm using is a Rosewill Photon with... I believe 1050w rating? I forget the exact number. And of course I know it works judging by the system working with the 5450...

Well I know all these more powerful GPU's work. The R9 285 and both R9 270's do work, and they all show indication of power, and all spin up in the LGA775 mobo but again, nothing happens on screen. Also, there appears to be a molex slot on the motherboard near the pcie slots, which as far as I...

So I just got a new motherboard, and everything seems to work fine. That is, with my old HD5450 GPU... This mobo is an LGA775 socket with a core 2 duo e8400. I got a good deal on it and it was perfectly fine for it's intended use. Which is cryptocurrency mining. So I bought an R9 285 and...

http://www.amazon.com/Komputerbay-667MHz-PC2-5300-PC2-5400-SODIMM/dp/B004LTAPPG/ref=sr_1_4?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1455592395&sr=1-4&keywords=sodimm+200 I ended up finding this kit, which is the same frequency, so that's out of the way. I'd imagine the CL is the same as the RAM I already have, since...

So my old laptop is in need of a RAM upgrade. It's plenty fine for what I use that particular machine for, but the lack of RAM makes it lock up contantly, and it gets annoying, and I find myself having to reboot. I'm also gonna put Linux on it, most likely the new Zorin. Anyway, it has SODIMM...

So perhaps I should go for the Red in the NAS, and the blue in my computer? I believe the Reds have certain firmware features like writing protocols when a bad sector is detected and whatnot. I'm not an expert on them, but as far as I know, I think the idea is that they'll be quicker because...

So I've been looking to upgrade my whole storage setup on the custom build I did about a year and a half ago. I have a WD Black 1TB that I split about 250GB for OS stuff, and the remaining space for media storage, documents, and so on... Well, here I am a year and a half later, and that space...

Okay, the RM850 seems to have what I need... But that still may leave me at a cable deficit with the other Metal Blade, because I had to borrow an extra cable from the 850w to put in the 1000w unit... https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Corsair/RM850/3.html (shows the RM850 has 8x connectors...

I have a couple Sentey PSU's, but due to my particular usage, I need more cables. They both have 4 8 pin slots, and for whatever reason, come with 3 connectors. Well, the 1000w Metal Blade came with 3, and the 850w Metal Blade came with two... Meaning there's obviously a way to occupy them...

My baseline was that they could still pay me to build and still save a decent amount of money compared to a pre-built system, but that may not be saying much. The difference in price between pre-build and custom build can be pretty damn big... Really? $50 for the build? Getting the system...

What do you guys think a fair price to build a computer is? I kind of have two situations in my head. One would be if they said what they wanted, and I would have to go and research and figure out what would work well for them. And second, if they already have a general or complete idea of...

I noticed that the Red 6TB just came out. I already was going to order a 4, but regardless... At the moment, I'm using a 1TB Black, and it's performed well. However, I made two partitions. One 200+ partition for my OS, and the rest for mass storage. This space has pretty much run dry at this...