General computer talk/advice

Discussion in 'Computer Hardware' started by BlueScreen, Jan 25, 2015.

  1. DDR4RAM

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    This laptop costs more than 85k INR in India. I wish stuff sold for their actual price here:(

    Edit- I found a sale for this laptop! Now at 53k INR!! Oh yes.. I will buy this one. Now just have to keep my fingers crossed that this sale lasts for a few days....

    BTW; how is the build quality of the Nitro???
     
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  2. BannedByAndroid

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    The build quality of the laptop isn't really that great, but for a $650 it's actually pretty decent.
     
  3. redrobin

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    It's built pretty damn great for the price. Mine has stood up to some pretty harsh stuff just fine.
     
  4. Michaelflat

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    PC blew up for good today, now i'm using a spare powersupply, all about that Intel HD4600 life :p it's adequate for day-day tasks i guess..
    Can't connect my hard-drives, and in general my psu is dumped in sideways as the cables aren't long enough to reach scokets inside.
     
  5. liujiaming

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    Thanks!
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    It is on Amazon, The link is:https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07DRP6D2R/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A33TB6JVOMNYYJ&psc=1
     
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  6. Michaelflat

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    This happened, the replacement powersupply has a cpu power connector lead that is too small to reach so for now its just sat on my motherboard's pcie slots... I showed this to a friend and he said wth stop it could short out, so before I start it up, I'm going to wrap my PSU in a teatowel to make sure it doesn't short :p

    *sigh*

    There's an extension for the CPU power connector on order, I still don't have my gpu hooked up, but it's kind of a good thing that I don't.. Stops me from wasting time gaming..
     

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  7. SixSixSevenSeven

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    not earthed now either
     
  8. redrobin

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    I've done some cringe worthy stuff with computers, but damn does that come close.
     
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  9. Michaelflat

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    oh damn that's a good point

    Anyway cpu power connector extension cable is on order, arriving thursday, and i hope, and i'm a little confident, that my PC will survive by then..

    Come to think about it, i hope my machine doesn't get a buildup of static electricity by the fans and etc moving dust around, especially any electrical charges builtup on cpu heatsink, or from casefans..
     
  10. Jetpackturtle

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    level of stress 100%
     
  11. Jetpackturtle

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    I just cable managed my entire PC, routing everything through the back. Man oh man, what a task it was. But now I get massively better airflow for my crappy Raidmax case.
     
  12. Michaelflat

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    Well the power extension cable worked, but now I still have no GPU, I just use my iGPU at the moment, but it really is bad, I haven't even tried BeamNG on it, but I don't have my hard-drives connected so I can't really.. I guess I could try and connect the hdd using my external dock, but I doubt I will get decent FPS anyway.. it'll be interesting..
     
  13. Joeyfuller2000

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    Working at a computer repair shop has its advantages. The manager let me have this Zotac GTX 950 from the parts bin.
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    Used it to upgrade my Dell Optiplex 7010 from the EVGA Geforce GTX 740 SC 4GB, makes a huge difference in performance.
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    Cinebench score for OpenGL with GT 740 SC 4GB:
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    Cinebench score with GTX 950 2GB:
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    Comparing BeamNG performance here:
    GT 740 SC 4GB:
    High settings, no dynamic reflections, West Coast USA.
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    GTX 950 2GB:
    High settings, no dynamic reflections, West Coast USA.
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  14. DDR4RAM

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    That's slightly scary.... what do you mean by not great??
    Does it mean that the screen would fall apart??? (like my current 9yo Dell Vostro 3500)
    Or that there is a bit of screen flex???
    I just want the laptop to to fall apart and run reliably for 5-7 years. And I will keep good care of it (that is; not dropping it; spilling stuff on it; and placing it in safe locations etc.)

    I saw in notebookcheck.net that the screen colors are not good; is it true in real life??

    Thanks for helping!!!!
     
  15. Jetpackturtle

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    Would anyone be interested if I created a "system gallery?" Like, a thread where you post pictures of your PC?
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    The build quality is fine if you take care of it, if you don't, it might break. It's just built like a normal laptop, nothing super durable about it.
     
  16. Michaelflat

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    Soo third gen RyZEN, I would want to get a 12c chip, if I say had a max TDP of 65w ish, would it perform like a pig? Or be decent..
     
  17. SixSixSevenSeven

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    Current rumours: 2 12 core models. One at 95W and the other 105W. There isn't a 65W model
     
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  18. Michaelflat

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    yeah no 65w model, but if i set a power limit to 65w, i wonder how it will perform..

    tbh i think the Noctua NH-L9a can probably do a bit more than 65w, esp with a better fan on it..


    Also so for my psu, i've narrowed it down to 3 options there abouts:

    1) Buy a cheap psu, cheap just being one without bells and whistles (not modular, no fan shut off)

    2) Get an ATX PSU, with fan shut off modular, pros: quiet, cons: big, so can't use it in mITX

    3) Get an SFX PSU, loud at high load, but can be transferred to mITX case when i upgrade

    In anycase, that machine (main one) will need a psu, SFX or ATX, might go with SFX if that machine is ever tranformed into an SFX machine (just need to swap mobo)..
     
  19. Michaelflat

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    Got an SFX PSU... and i've got a story :p

    The SFX cables don't reach... argghhh find that actually i can reuse my old cables.. yay..

    But before that, i used my extension for the CPU power, all good apart from the fact that the system wouldn't boot... for about 20min i was sat there thinking about how i might have killed my CPU... so frantically i tried everything, cleared CMOS, nothing.. pressed D-RAM OK button on board.. nothing.. tried the CMOS reset one last time (and without a casefan plugged in) and after about 5 power cycles that it did automatically, it's running!! Never thought i'd miss my GTX 960 as much as i did, Intel HD 4600 is torture.. even scrolling lagged..

    *sigh* hopefully it lasts a long time.. keeping receipt and box incase..
     
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  20. DDR4RAM

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    I bought a Lenovo Ideapad 330(specs written below). The techdemo would not work on it; so I wonder whether it does not support DX12? I just wanted to see how my system fares. Since the techdemo doe snot work, can you guys tell me what fps I should expect and settings to use??

    Specs-
    i5 8300h
    Nvidia GTX 1050 4gb
    8GB RAM
    1tb 5400rpm HDD
     
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