PC Tech Thread

Sounds good, I'll hunt out some videos too then. Sounds like a popular card... Which must be a good sign.
Cheers BRO.

@chrisbmx116 I tend to use bit-tech.net for gfx card reviews, they have good graphs on performance. Looks like a good card

So I may need help. Computer built, but something's wonky. Won't start normally (hit power switch and it flashed on, fans start spinning, but immediately turns back off). Some times if I hit it a bunch of times or hold it randomly it stays on. Fans spin. No post beeps though. Took everything out. Right now just the CPU installed and power switch and PC speaker hooked up. Still won't turn on normally, and still no post.

Thoughts?

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N/m. As I said, it's been a while since I've done this. There is now a specific power hookup for the CPU it seems. This hadn't been connected. Installing Windows now.

It wasn't meant to be.

Extensive review and makes me feel it really is a good option, regardless of the fact I think it's the only card I can run off power via the PCI slot in an eGPU enclosure. I'll prob lose 10-15% of its usual performance but it should still be a big improvement over the 650m in my MacBook.

Interested to see how the Fury cards do v. 980 ti... I don't think there's enough performance in it to justify going to AMD. That said the Fury cards are teh only full DX12 cards (stage 3)

The jump should be pretty huge compared to a mobile card! I'm running a 560ti which I bought 4 years ago, which is roughly equivalent within the nVidia range and it can still get playable rates on recent games (with low-ish settings), so you should get some life out of it too

Computer built, most stuff installed, but soooo much downloading. Must have been close to 3 gigs in Windows updates. Office another gig. Dropbox is 5+.

Meanwhile Watch Dogs (which is 14) just can't find the bandwidth. I want to try out the new computer "properly" sooo badly!

^ glad to hear it's coming together, get a picture up of the guts some time.
Put the OS on the SSD but everything else on another HD.

Steam supports multiple libraries so it's possible to install games you're playing currently on the SSD. Haven't checked what's involved in moving them, it could be as simple as moving them between locations in windows and it won't notice the difference.

As I've said previously it makes a lot of sense to move your 'My Documents' folders to the HDD otherwise the SSD will be full of downloads, pictures and other crap in no time. Another advantage of that is you can reformat the system drive and reinstall windows without losing any of it.

I've run out of available network connections on my router. Do I just need one of these http://www.ebuyer.com/290289-trendnet-teg-s50g-5-port-gigabit-greennet-switch-with-metal-case-teg-s50g to effectively work as a four-way adapter or is it a more complicated process to ensure that everything is still part of the same network (stuff on the network needs to be able to access network drives, etc not just access the internet).

Cheers

And is there a difference between managed, unmanaged, smart, PoE?

As far as I know (not very far, probably wise to wait for a more educated answer), a dumb switch should just extend the network, so it will just forward traffic based on where it's addressed. Looks like the one you linked to will do just that. So basically you plug everything in, all the separate network elements resolve their addresses as usual, and it all just works.

I use one of these.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/TP-LINK-TL-SG1005D-Gigabit-Unmanaged-Desktop/dp/B000N99BBC/ref=sr_1_sc_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1434546529&sr=8-2-spell&keywords=tplink+swich

It's plugged into this then all the pcs and a wireless router setup in bridge mode plugged into it.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/TP-LINK-TD-8817-ADSL2-Ethernet-Router/dp/B003FZ3QSK/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1434546550&sr=8-7&keywords=tplink+router+usb

PoE - power over ethernet, it won't need another plug, it might need some funky adapters
managed - ususally has a firewall built into it and you can login and mess with stuff on it
unmanaged - just passes traffic past it
smart - some half way between fully managed and unmanged defenition will depend on the brand/model but it sounds cool to write on the box

Cheers both. That TP Link is the same model I tentatively added to my basket on Amazon.

I thought that was how it worked but seemed to remember problems in the past.

Cheers guys. Everything is on HDD except windows, Photoshop, and illustrator. Moved the libraries and installing apps to HDD. Going for a couple drinks after work but really just want to go home and play!

The thing that impressed me the most was the insane CPU fan. This thing has three case fans, one CPU fan, two video card fans, and the normal PSU fan. Mental.

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Block up the holes next to the PCI slots to avoid shortcuts.

Personally, I'd lose that rear case fan, cut out the honeycomb and fit a wire grille, and use some cardboard or hard polystyrene sheeting to duct that CPU cooler fan out.

Do you even cable manage bro?

Modular PSU ftw.

shortucts?

That sounds like a lot of work for something that is probably sensible (so thanks for the advice), but I think I'll leave it for now. It's working and I'm happy.

So many cables. So very many cables.

When the rear case fan creates an area of low pressure in front of it, you're hoping that this will link up nicely with the air being pulled though the CPU cooler, but if there's an unhindered flow of air via those PCI vents, the rear fan will waste come capacity recirculating air from the outside rather than actually exhausting the heated air from the inside.

I think I follow, and if so, the fans are going in different directions than you think: rear case fan is blowing out. Front case fan sucks in towards back of CPU (cooling heat sink I guess). CPU fan blows away from heat sink towards another fan blowing out.

One thing I'm unsure of: I put a fan on the top of the case blowing upwards. This sits in between the front fan and the CPU heat sink. Not sure if it's doing all that much, but Tom's Hardware said that, if you had one fan, this is the place to put it.

This is what I think it's doing:

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I dunno how the push/pull forces of a fan compare, but I always feel more comfortable that a fan is pushing air through my heatsink rather than pulling it, so I'd have put my fan on the CPU heatsink on the other side (towards the front of the case). This would probably detract more from your fan in the top of the case though. Someone else probably has something cleverer to say about this.