Recent content by need4speeds

I was going to recommend the 24 pin to 8 pin adapter. Then i seen posts that some don't work or even fry the board. So i deleted that suggestion. Maybe some of them work, if you read the ratings and stuff. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZxLJU0su8g A local computer store...

It doesn't look like the Foxconn G31MX Motherboard goes that high.

There is a BSEL tape mod. It doesn't always work.. I did it on a Celeron E1200. It will either work or wont post. It didn't work on a Pentium E2200 . It's not the same pins you tape on them. The 8500 is 333 so the only next fsb option is 400...

It sounds like a good card and should be faster than a HD-7850. It's also way better on power. Sapphire's version is claiming a 45watt TDP vs. the HD-7850's 130watts. Newer is better too, the fans, caps, ect. wear out and a older card has seen more use and wear and tear. Well im glad you...

If you can find one that is not working like a slave mining 24/7 at 99.9% load and they price is not super high on it. Then yeah a RX460 is ok.

Your power supply has a single pcie plug on it. Your going to have to look up the wattage and the plugs first when looking at used cards. Yeah your gonna have to pass on that $40 GTX-580, HD-6970, ect. I tried to pick cards that are reasonable on power and have 1 plug in the picture. You can...

The i3 is ok, by far ditching the onboard graphics will improve the system the most. HD - 7670, 1GB GDDR5 $50. https://www.newegg.com/p/27N-000R-00178 GTX-650 1GB DDR5 $70 https://www.newegg.com/asus-geforce-gtx-650-gtx650-dc-1gd5/p/N82E16814121794?quicklink=true HD-7850 2GB DDR5 $125...

Well maybe it wont burn right away who knows... ? Most cell phones i had that did that starting with the Nokia brick and Motorola Krazer worked for a while with the back taped on. My Samsung flip was taped together at the end too. My Samsung S4 got pretty hot at times. I bought a couple of...

I had two HD-7850's, one was a Asus and the other was a Gigabyte. Some games like Metro 2033 Last light redux and others support Crossfire really well. As good as two HD-7850's are, a single GTX970 is still about 50% faster in games but in Firestrike the GTX 970 is 31% faster. Firestrike...

Look for used cards that can't make much money mining. Cards like the R9-290,290x, 390,390x, GTX 780ti, GTX970, 980, 3gb GTX1060, 1050ti. You will need a gaming power supply because most of those cards burn lots of power to get the job done. A cpu upgrade will help, a bios update should let you...

I looked on Newegg, but you could look at used items locally and on other sites or maybe a few local stores. A store that recycles computers and parts is worth checking out if you can find a used i5 or the xeon version or a i7. It's possible you can do a bios update so it also supports ivybridge...

Yeah you can.. A program called Throttlestop (There are others) can set the cpu at its max Turbo core for 4 cores. You will have to make sure the cpu has enough cooling since this will make it run hotter too. My Garage PC that's a locked SFF HP with a i5-2500 runs at 3.4ghz on all 4 cores...

It's still the... LOL... Good luck.

It's used quite a bit on automotive boards and many others. You would have to have all the plugs, cpu, ect. installed first and also any pins or plugs you want to use in the future with a plug or tape over the pins first...

Do check out the drive ratings and specs first. The ones that are SMR (Shingled Magnetic Recording) are known to be slower than the CMR (Conventional Magnetic Recording) disks. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/04/caveat-emptor-smr-disks-are-being-submarined-into-unexpected-channels/...