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TheMooseHeed United Kingdom. April 28 2012 08:30. Posts 462
On April 27 2012 08:01 BlackKiller wrote: Hey Teamliquid, I got a question for all of you guys that know about SSD's. Which one SSD should I get the Samsung 830 128gb or Crucial m4 128gb. I care about everything the Performance,reliability,Warranty,Read, Write and Boot times and other important stuff that I dont know about SSD. So the prices are about the same. The Samsung 830 I can get for $135.14 from Newegg. Samsung 830 128Gb $135.14 after Promo Code http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147137 I can get the Crucial m4 128gb for 144.99 at Tigerdirect but I m a new customer so 10 dollar off of my next purchase so that make the Crucial m4 to 134.99. Crucial m4 128GB 134.99 after 10 dollar coupon http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=365475&CatId=5300. So pretty much these two drives are the same price. Which one should I get for my new Pc. Also if you got any benchmarks,boot time,reviews,other important information before I order one of these drives please tell me. So which one should I get Samsung 830 128GB for 135.14 or Crucial m4 128GB for 134.99. Edited: I saw that Crucial m4 128gb has a limited warranty for about 36 months while the Samsung 830 has 3 year warranty. That making me decide on Samsung 830. What do you guys think?? Also if there any other drives/SSD that cost under 150 and it competely better than these two drives. Please tell me.
They are both good at different things (Samsung 830 better at seq writing (moving large files) but noticably worse at random 4k writes. Crucial m4 has a bit more even performance) and proven stable, just get whichever is cheaper...
Wait. What?!
That bolded part isn't true. The Random IOPS is like double that of the C4.
JingleHell United States. April 28 2012 08:47. Posts 11262
On April 28 2012 08:30 TheMooseHeed wrote: So now I am confused. Your saying its the GPU that is to blame and not the motherboard?
Sorry, my bad, my brain went backwards on what you put where. It took "Tried another GPU in same mobo" and swapped that for "New GPU didn't work in old mobo". Yes, you're on track.
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TheMooseHeed United Kingdom. April 28 2012 09:11. Posts 462
On April 28 2012 08:30 TheMooseHeed wrote: So now I am confused. Your saying its the GPU that is to blame and not the motherboard?
Sorry, my bad, my brain went backwards on what you put where. It took "Tried another GPU in same mobo" and swapped that for "New GPU didn't work in old mobo". Yes, you're on track.
Ok thanks for your help I will get right on it tomorrow. Hopefully I wont have to much hassle getting it sorted. Wish me luck ^^
Ok I am seriously confused on this entire risers thing for the motherboard. It is so vague in the user manual, and everywhere else isn't specific. It says I have to install risers for every single mounting screw for the motherboard, but there are 9 mounting screws and I only have 2 risers?? But in the middle of the case already, there is something that looks like a riser that fits right into the centre screw hole for my motherboard.
The rest of the case has the sheet metal lifted up, and the motherboard sits right on it. I just don't get how these risers work, because I do not have enough of them for every screw hole and just ughhh??
Z77a motherboard, MSI Commando Snow Edition Case.
HELP?!
JingleHell United States. April 28 2012 10:11. Posts 11262
On April 28 2012 10:08 Uberfetus wrote: Ok I am seriously confused on this entire risers thing for the motherboard. It is so vague in the user manual, and everywhere else isn't specific. It says I have to install risers for every single mounting screw for the motherboard, but there are 9 mounting screws and I only have 2 risers?? But in the middle of the case already, there is something that looks like a riser that fits right into the centre screw hole for my motherboard.
The rest of the case has the sheet metal lifted up, and the motherboard sits right on it. I just don't get how these risers work, because I do not have enough of them for every screw hole and just ughhh??
Z77a motherboard, MSI Commando Snow Edition Case.
HELP?!
Just use the ones that correspond with your motherboard. If you're short a couple, focus on the areas where the CPU, RAM, and cards go.
The case supports multiple board form factors. Some of those are for different layouts of mobo.
Unless you're having trouble with something besides the standoffs? If you didn't get enough, contact the case manufacturer.
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Ok so, the motherboard mounting plate has the sheet metal lifted up, the motherboard sits perfectly as is, but the manuals and interwebs say, dont put the motherboard down on the metal of the motherboard mounting plate.
At 3:30 on in the video you can see the inside of the case. Where would I have to put the risers?
JingleHell United States. April 28 2012 10:23. Posts 11262
On April 28 2012 10:24 skyR wrote: This is why you don't buy terrible cases.
Yeah, even mediocre ones have enough standoffs. Hell, even Apevia tends to not be short on em. And they're just bad at everything.
Sadly, I know about a dozen people who have Apevia cases, because they bought them for the cheap PSUs. Stubborn people. I've replaced the stock PSU in every Apevia case a friend has ever bought.
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On April 28 2012 10:26 STYDawn wrote: Help! I just finished building my computer and it wont turn on! What could be the problem?
Plug it in. Turn on the PSU, install motherboard standoffs, reseat everything, check for shorts, redo the PSU cables, make sure your motherboard case headers are done right, make sure your power strip is turned on, check your circuit breaker, make sure the power is on to your house, and post coherently or get a response that's as intelligent as your question.
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On April 28 2012 10:29 Uberfetus wrote: So you do need a riser for every mounting hole then? Cases usually come with like 9 of the little gold pieces? I got 2...
You can get by one or two short if you're tactical, but yes. Call TT and yell at them, then drive to the nearest store that sells them because it's easier that way.
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Okay, so I did research, and apparently the case I am using has these "rasied bumps" people call them, and they act as the standoff's so I don't need any. Awesome case design!
Hmm i have my computer running with the light on, everything is running fine, but the monitor has no signal... the video card's fan is running fine. it says DXE core is started...
JingleHell United States. April 28 2012 08:47. Posts 11262
