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Hello,
I'm a complete noob in terms of computer specs and I was wondering if this computer would be okay for streaming and recording videos. The games I want to record are Warcraft 3, Yugioh Legacy of the Duelist, Old School Runescape, and maybe Dota 2. Any information would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
x0mhx =)
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Well fuck my life, I would really appreciate some help with my issue.
I built a system back in 2011. Asus P67 motherboard, 8GB DDR3, HD6870, i5 2500k. Yesterday I bought a new Zotac GTX1070 mini, and was replacing the card. Nothing too fancy, I didn't use an antistatic band or anything, just unpowered everything, took the screws out, took out the card, and put a new one in. Put in the included CD, connected the VGA cable to one of my monitors, and bam, wouldn't post, not even bios. I tried plugging the VGA cable into my motherboard as well, nothing. Even took the card out, and tried using the integrated graphics, nothing. The fans on the heatsink fan would spin, the case fan, the graphics card, all would spin, lights on the motherboard everything, but nothing on the monitor.
I tried putting my previous 6870 in, same story. Turns on for 3-4 seconds, then turns off, and quickly turns back on for a long time. I have a solid red light on the mobo with a DRAM label underneath. I tried pressing that reset button near it. It was a functional computer before this upgrade. Oh, beforehand I vacuumed and air blew it as well.
Like 5 years back my brother spilled some milk on the computer, and it's had a bit of an issue starting sometimes. Like a reset would give a black screen, and I'd have to manually turn it off and turn it on. It led me to do a windows reinstall like a year back, but its been fairly good since. I'm trying to see what the best way forward is, as this isn't a super expensive PC now, and I'm worried about putting the graphics card into say my brothers PC due to the possibility of frying it maybe.
To me it seems like it should be a mobo issue, but I'm looking for advice for the best way forward. Thank you for any help in advance!
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United Kingdom20154 Posts
I have a solid red light on the mobo with a DRAM label underneath
Reseat RAM?
Oh, beforehand I vacuumed
Vacuuming electronics is dangerous, you should just take it somewhere that you don't mind dust being and then hit it with compressed air
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On April 03 2017 13:11 Cyro wrote:Reseat RAM? Vacuuming electronics is dangerous, you should just take it somewhere that you don't mind dust being and then hit it with compressed air
Definitively try this.
Also Protip: If you remove the RAM and start the PC without it, and get a beep code, your mainboard is probably fine.
Check the power cables if everything is still fixed. A lot of problems get solved by just random small shit like that.
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^ I hope motherboard manufacturers include the on-board 2-pin beep speaker again, the beep code make it easier to debug what goes wrong, since low end boards don't have led indicator or some fancy error code display
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On April 03 2017 13:11 Cyro wrote:Reseat RAM? Vacuuming electronics is dangerous, you should just take it somewhere that you don't mind dust being and then hit it with compressed air
One of my RAM sticks is hard to reach because it requires taking the CPU cooler off, and I didn't want to start dismantling everything, but I tried it now, and no luck.
I think I made my big screw up, and think the vacuum might be a big culprit here. I rushed into it too quickly without thinking. I definitely got closer to the sensitive components like the motherboard than I should have with it. Really makes me think that's the issue.
It's a tad of a relief as well, since I was kind of worried that a shoddy card might have somehow fried my system or something and I was worried to try it in another system.
Hmm, is there an easy way to check that my PSU, RAM, and CPU are working properly without having another computer with the same socket or DDR3 RAM? I will try the graphics card and HDD in my brothers computer, hopefully the damage will be limited to only the mobo.
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Honestly I'd start by just disassembling and re-assembling the entire rig. At least then you don't have to worry about anything loose that you overlooked. Might be worth removing the CMOS battery for a few minutes? Dunno if it'll do anything but feels like it might.
Testing the PSU usually involves a PSU tester which are $10-15 iirc. Don't think there's much to use for testing a CPU or motherboard. I'd expect the CPU to not have really been affected since it's pretty insulated.
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Any recommendations on routers? Our current one is pretty old and struggles (Internet and router seem fine - never have issues when wired but we'd like to get rid of the cables running everywhere in our house and shit). We frequently have two people playing PC games and one streaming netflix, looking for something under $150.
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Looking to get a 1080p, 24", 144hz monitor w/ gsync for my GTX 1060. Any recommendations?
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Given you have a 1060 I'm guessing price is a main consideration, if you desire Gsync you can just get the cheapest monitor that fits your requirements because Nvidia vets gsync monitors to make sure they fit a certain standard which is pretty decent already. So if price is a main concern you can just get the cheapest or next cheapest that fits your specs from your ideal seller. If picture quality is a main concern then looking into panel types like ips and checking out individual reviews on the back lighting, viewing angles and color gamut is better suited.
Personally TN monitors are fine for gaming and general tasks if you have a single monitor because you'll always see it from head on and optimal viewing angles. When you start using multiple monitors consider your viewing angles because you're more likly to view them off center in which color and lighting shifts occur and not all TN monitors are the same in that regard nor are all IPS/VA, although most IPS/VA are at a point where the shift is so minimal it doesn't matter.
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For gaming TN panels tend to be better than IPS panels if you play games that require minimal input lag.
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Yeah I'm not too concerned about viewing angle so I went with the AOC G2460PG. This is an upgrade from a 6 year old 1080p 60hz so hopefully it'll be a big difference.
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Please critique my build
CPU: INTEL CORE I5-6500 (3.2GHZ) PROCESSOR Motherboard: ASUS H110M-D SOCKET 1151 MOTHERBOARD Memory: KINGSTON 4GB 2133MHZ FURY BLK (KHX421C14FB/4) MEMORY 2pcs. Storage: Seagate 2TB FireCuda Internal Hard Drive Video Card: POWERCOLOR AXR7 370 2GB DDR5 256BIT VIDEOCARD Case: SILVERSTONE REDLINE 01 BLACK W/ SIDE WINDOW USB 3.0 CASING Power Supply: FSP AURUM 500 80PLUS GOLD SLI 500WATTS POWER SUPPLY Monitor: BENQ 21.5″ GW2255 (1920X1080) WIDESCREEN BLACK MONITOR
This build will cost me around $900 here in the Philippines and I can still shell out at the very least $50 more, perhaps even a hundred. I dont intend to overclock or upgrade in the near future, if that would help. Thanks!
EDIT: I forgot, it will be a general purpose rig. Gaming, streaming and a bit of programming
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I'd highly suggest getting an SSD. It is amazing how much they reduce load times by. Either instead of the HDD if you don't have too much stuff you just need stored, or in addition to it. Put Windows and programs/games you load often onto the SSD, use the HDD for storage of stuff you don't use as often. You can always do this lateron, but it really, really saves you A LOT of time staring at loading screens.
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Thanks! I think I can get a 250gb Samsung SSD for a hundred as long as all the other parts are good enough
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So I need a new hard drive and I'm starting to sick and tired of them failing. I lost like 3 of them in two years. Good things they only contain games and such. I'm looking hard drives with good fail rates since my seagate barracuda just failed. I'm pretty sure the other two I had were western digital ones. I'm looking for hard drives with around 1-2 tb of storage.
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Canada16217 Posts
On April 09 2017 05:26 ApatheticSchizoid wrote: So I need a new hard drive and I'm starting to sick and tired of them failing. I lost like 3 of them in two years. Good things they only contain games and such. I'm looking hard drives with good fail rates since my seagate barracuda just failed. I'm pretty sure the other two I had were western digital ones. I'm looking for hard drives with around 1-2 tb of storage. WD Black Drives have a 5 year warranty https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236624&cm_re=wd-_-22-236-624-_-Product
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This might be handy. Backblaze utilizes mostly consumer drives in their storage operations and keeps statistics on failure rates; although they also punish drives a bit more than the average consumer.
www.backblaze.com
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Well my hard drive is still under warranty which is nice. Just have to wait until I get done with windows error checking and the seagate program to make sure it's really dead.
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Canada13372 Posts
I have an i5 3570k OC to 4.2
I see a bunch of Ryzen hype and I've been thinking of upgrading to an i7 sometime this year for slightly better performance alongside my 1070. I only need 1080p gaming, I have a 144hz monitor but when I'm not playing anything competitive, 60 fps is my benchmark so no I won't be getting a 1080 or other video card
Can anyone who knows more about this provide me with a quick rundown on how to think about CPU upgrades over the next few months so I can start to price stuff out and save up?
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