General computer talk/advice

I also have a 4550, but the heatsink is missing, wich is not good.
I'll just have to see what my dad says.
If he says yes, then I'll message you and we'll continue on from there.
I will have to see how much it would be to ship it, I hope that it's not too much though, as I have pretty much no money left.

 

Wait, if that's a low profile/half height card I'll buy it from you.

 

I don't know too much about form factors, but would this

classify as low profile?
BTW: The last time I tested this card was about 3 years ago, and since I don't have anything that I could test this with, I'd reccomend you to test it first and if everything works give me the money.
I'd give you about 1 week for testing.
If you need more time just message me or somehow make me know about it.
Also, that is a normal HDD that I put it besides.
If you want to know wich graphics card it's like factor wise, it's about the same as a GTX 750.

 

It's a low profile card with a full length shield. Some low profile cards have half length shields, cutting the VGA connector. The VGA connector may be absent or on a second half length shield.

I myself will be able to use it.

 

Just wanna point out, that if you want more details on this card, just ask me.
I actually still have the box, but none of the other stuff that came with it.

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I also have some 400MHZ DDR1 RAM, if you want that, just ask me, and I'll put it in the box with the 6450.
It's 1 GB a 2 sticks.
Also have a Card from 1996, if you want that.
BTW, All of that stuff will be free extras, since they're even less usefull to me.

 

Staining my parents's new front door at work. My paycheck isn't enough for this crap I've stabbed myself about 15 times.

Now, the question remains, GTX 970, R9 290X....

970, 290X....

Modular 600 watt PSU and two 280x's....

New case, 120 gig M.2 SSD, 280x...

What should I do? Assume 250-400 usd.

 

I have plenty of useless things laying around. Almost enough for a whole collection! My mom just found 2 sticks of 128MB DDR. I've also got a Dell P4 prebuilt that is, well, interesting. And I've got the 5 Core2 Duo machines. Enough disk drives to supply my neighborhood. Meh. I like computers. And computer parts.

 

Do you want that card or that RAM for your collection?
Just remembered, have 2 sticks of 256MB DDR RAM somewhere here too.
Although, I can't promise anything, since I don't know how much shipping will cost.

 

Well, too bad the Old Dell doesn't need any more RAM, I would take it off your hands, but eeh. Also it needs 333 MHz.

 

I like my P4 Dell. It's cool. It's slim-line style, except it can hold an ATX size board. Of course, it being a prebuilt, it has unique mounts for the motherboard.

 

Just like my PC.
I'd literally have to drill the case apart just to get a new GPU in there.
Even if I just bough a new case, I would still have to saw the motherboard out of there.

 

Well, mine has a BTX board in it, with those funky mounts. I love that computer, even if you gave me a bajillion dollars for it, no. Just no.

 

It is soldered.

GTX 970. Or 290X, if you don't mind every GameWorks title running like shit.

 

I dont mind, don't play games by them (or have it integrated? Wtf even is gameworks?).

Decision made, one 290X it is.

I see a PSU upgrade coming. We'll see though.

 

Some games (Witcher 3 and Project CARS are good examples) use part of Nvidia's GameWorks library. It's known to perform poorly on AMD hardware.

The 290X is one hell of a card though, I absolutely recommend it. MSI's Twin Frozr is one of the best coolers, ASUS DCU2 is great too.

 

Anybody knows any cheap cases that fit to GTX 970 ?

Thanks

 

Depends on which GTX 970.
ITX models (Gigabyte and ASUS make these, they have tiny single fan coolers) fit in any case.
Every normal length card (MSI TFV, ASUS STRIX, EVGA ACX2, Nvidia reference, blowers and dual fan coolers in general) should fit in any case. MSI's TFV is quite large and might be a tight fit on some mATX and smaller ATX cases.

Oversize cards (See: Gigabyte G1 gaming AKA triple fan monster cooler) will NOT fit in a lot of cases. The damn thing is 315mm long, you must make sure the case has enough clearance for it. Usually cheap cases with fixed HDD mounting points do not fit this graphics card, and mid towers with modular HDD bays will need one of them to be removed. Most full tower cases should fit it no problem.

 

A 'little' PC, that I want to buy (perhaps next summer). I want to hear any advices, if they are.
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1241v3
Video: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-P85-D3
RAM: Crucial CT102464BA160B
DVD Drive: ASUS DRW-24F1ST
Cooler: Deepcool Gammaxx 300
Power: Zalman ZM750-XG
Case: AeroCool Syclone II

 

As crazy as this is gonna sound, you'd benefit from not having a Xeon.

Theres nothing you'll do that's going to make having a server grade CPU and ECC memory required. A core i7 and some unbuffered ram will do just fine for most applications.

 

bruh

I'm pretty sure the xeon e3 1241 v3 is just an i5 4690 / i7 4790 without the onboard graphics and ECC support.