General computer talk/advice

I just have terrible luck in general... So.. Anyone got a LGA 1155 motherboard they want to sell?

 

It's a Biostar H61MLC. I don't think you want it. And I am a bit stuck with it until I upgrade.

 

I'm actually thinking about getting a Phenom X6 and some generic AM3 motherboard. Just stuck wondering if it will run Beam any good, seeing as it's literally the only game I play these days. I know Beam is a bit fussy with older AMD processors.

 

It'll run fine, if anything it will do better because of the core count. The game is so well optimised it runs on just about anything with even crappy single core. Not too sure how it will deal with the T series but if I remember right those old X6 processors were pretty much on par with FX series and mine had no trouble with the bigger vehicles and that was before the 30% performance increase in the physics engine.

 

Sounds promising. Next payday should get me a half decent used X6 1055T and a mobo. Fairly sure I blew the arse end out of a mosfet in this motherboard. Strange because the board temps never rose above 60c. Might pull the board out and perform an autopsy.

 

I do not know what your specific needs are, but I still suggest you take a look at this...
http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i5-6600K-vs-AMD-Ryzen-5-1600X/3503vs3920

 

--Rant--

Cheap and reliable, something Intel and ASUS don't seem to be... My 4770k was a joke replaced it with a i7 950 which died along with it's motherboard. Which got replaced by my current 3570k and ASUS board it's now on it's second board..

 

While I'm waiting for the power cable to my machine to arrive, I'm stuck with this mess.

Update- Can't find the dang box, but I fixed a few things.

On a side note, the monitor has a higher refresh rate than the laptop display and my old tv cause it doesn't flicker when taking a slow mo like the others.

 

Well, I ended up buying a asrock fatal1ty p67 performance for £100, let's hope my processor is still good. If not I'm going to end up either buying a 3770k or getting something AMD.

 

I get around 40 fps with an athlon x2 64 5400+, so very optimized indeed.

 

I know...I'll be doing much more than just gaming. Also, 6 cores are more future-proof

 

And 12 more threads. Also intel constantly changes sockets, while AMD has upgrade paths for newer generations.

 

Wooo. LGA 775 master race. Pentium D E5700 with 4GB's of mismatched DDR2.

 

Well, had a power surge today. Both modem and router fought the good fight and lost. Power was plugged into a surge protector, but surge came through cable line, through the RG56 Coax, killing my modem and frying the Ethernet port on my router.



R.I.P Motorola SURFboard SB6141 and Apple AirPort Extreme: the modem was fantastic, the router sucked balls

Now I'm forced to use some Netgear wireles G router I found on a shelf in my garage and a new SURFboard SB6183.

FML

 

ASUS are usually reliable, my dads work place has some Pentuim D PCs with no vents on and a downward firing cooler, the board gets really hot and they have survived... with little dusting too. I think you just have bad luck, or that the LGA775 CPUs are just really reliable..

 

Turns out the fan controller on this board doesn't work causing the fans to run at 100% all the time the PC is on. Fixed that by putting a little trimmer resistor in series with the 12v rail. Now I can finely adjust the fan speed so that it's just so..

 

sigh, your luck with computers... never had any motherboard problems though so I don't know

 

To be honest I'm shocked this board works at all, it's been laying on top of a shelf collecting dust for months, no anti static bag or anything. Be nice if I could find a core 2 quad to stuff in it.

It seems my Pentium E5700 decided to overclock itself... 1039347.584GHz.. just a mild turbo clock...

 

heh. this

Also,
Some electronics really are not as sensitive as people lead you to believe. I worked on carpet for a while and nothing died. I also do not follow any sort of anti static rules. Grab the ram however you want IMO. CPUs? i dont touch the pins if its a PGA cause i dont want to bend em, and i dont touch LGA pads cause usually there are some caps in the middle. I do try to avoid those. Pretty much the only parts i have had die in 4 years is because they arrived dead, or i goofed somehow. Nothing static related ever however.

 

I second this.

I still work on carpet, I touch LGA pads, and I sit PGA CPUs pins down. I follow no anti-static rules and toss ram sticks. I have a nice 8GB kit of HyperX just kicking around, un-shielded in my desk drawer.

I've only ever killed an FX5200 from static, so no loss. Funnily enough, I was hooked up with anti-static stuff when I zapped it.