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    I actually in my 17 years of computer experience just enabled single click about 15 seconds ago.  I always right click and hit open.  Except chrome ups on 1 click.
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    PCBudgetSolutions got a reaction from acepro71 in AMD A10-5800k running at very high temps!?! *NEED HELP*   
    Bios readings in AM3+ boards are very inaccurate.  From experience their sensors are not placed on the socket itself.
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    12 Core 6 GHz 75W TDP? I call BS, but if this is true GG AMD, RIP Intel.
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    PCBudgetSolutions got a reaction from JujuShinobi in The difference between AMD cores and Intel cores   
    Despite me not really being here I feel obligated to add to this just to benefit the community.  As stated an AMD FX-8350 has 8 cores, 2 cores on each modules totally 4 modules.  Each module shares L2 cache unlike Intel cores.  The reason why FX cores drop in productivity is because each module has 1 floating integer for execution and this creates the bottleneck.  The theory is, FX cores are 100% efficient at 50% load, but lose HALF it's efficiency from 50-100% load.  That is assuming, you can max out 1 core on each module up to 50%.  This effectively makes an FX-8350 about 6 cores worth of power give or take.
     
    What hurts the FX cores even more is they have I believe 32 pipelines and HALF the IPC's as Intel, where Intel has I believe 12 pipelines.  Think of this like ECC ram.  Data sets have to go down the pipelines to be executed, Often times data sets go down the wrong pipeline and have to try other pipelines.  Increased IPC's makes this process more efficient.  So having MORE pipelines and far fewer IPC's is the reason why a Pentium G860 can execute a quad threaded task more efficiently than an FX-4100.  The architecture improvements in Piledriver increased IPC's and along with an unlocked multiplier (which helps on the execution level), they can offset some of this deficiency.  They also improved cache latency as well with Piledriver which helps a bit for gaming especially on the second level.  This is the more difficult side of the explanation.
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    Ghost just turned 18 and he's the water cooling master.  He wrote those guides at age 17.  There's a few kids here that can rival me in pure hardware knowledge and they are almost half my age (I am 23).  You'd be surprised, I've always known alot but never rly built PC's myself until about a year ago, since I've build/modded/upgraded over 80.
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    PCBudgetSolutions got a reaction from James_AJ in Here it is!! The 3,300 Dollar Build for Nascar Nationwide Driver John Blankenship   
    So finally the build log for this build.  This is for my good buddy John Blankenship.  He's a techie but lazy and figured since this is my passion have me do it lol.  So here are the specs:
    I7-4770K
    Xigmatek Dark knight II CPU Cooler
    MSI Z87 GD65 Gaming Mobo
    Gskill Sniper 4x8GB DDR3 1600MHz Ram
    2x Asus GTX 780 Direct CU II OC's
    512GB Samsung 840 Pro
    256GB Samsung 840 Pro
    NZXT 630 Matte Black
    XFX 850W 80+ Gold PSU
    Samsung DVD-RW
    Windows 7 Pro 64 Bit
     
    The explanation is this.  John is a long time friend of mine who I PVP with in wow and raid with as well.  He's taken good care of me always inviting me out to races when he's local entertaining me and my friends in his private RV.  Granted they are also his friends as well, I opted to do this for free of charge, since he had the parts shipped to me.  He has a LARGE MAC server with a TON of storage space.  He has 200TB filled of movies and such, my guess is, it's multiple servers tbh.  He wanted just an SSD for windows+games (512GB) and an SSD for Linux+Programming.  I didn't go AIO because I don't feel comfortable for someone who needs a reliable PC.  I will be shipping it to him, and with the H100I having an over 5% failure rate I didn't like it.  He won't be overclocking for awhile, but if the fan fails on the Xigmatek cooler, it will survive due to the rear/top exhaust fan pulling.  There was no reason in getting a HIGH end board as the features on this board already surpass what he needs, but he liked the Killer E2200 NIC and 7.1 audio.  We went 2 way GTX 780's because he games at 1440/1600p I believe and he likes MAX settings, meaning x/8 x16 AA/AF, and for games like Last Light and newer games, you need 2 780's.  Lastly, I didn't get an extreme CPU because frankly, I have little experience with how they react and perform.  Plus they are not better gamers and are 130W vs 84W CPU's.  But the true reason for this build was he was tired of hearing how awesome my PC was and he stated, "I want something that will kick your PC's ass in every way.  I want EVERYTHING to be better." So he wanted 32GB of ram since I have 16GB, and my specs are as followed:
     
    I7-2600K @ 4.5GHz
    CM Hyper 212
    MSI Z77 Mpower
    4x4GB Corsair Vengeance (Black) 1600MHz C9
    Sapphire HD 7950 Vapor-X
    128GB Samsung 840 Pro
    750GB OEM 7200RPM HD
    CM HAF 932 Blue Edition
    CM GX 650 80+ Bronze
    Samsung DVD-RW (Yes we tied here)
    So without further ado here it is!!!
     
    Boxes just arrived except the case

    Everything on my bed except the case

    My GPU (Radeon HD 7950 Vapor-X) compared to one of his (Asus GTX 780 Direct CU II OC), makes me want one rly bad :(

    MSI Z87 GD65 Gaming Motherboard w/ CPU installed

    rubber attachments for the CPU cooler, never seen this before.  They slide in between the fins and then onto the fan.

    CPU fan attached for like the 15th time, installed the ram as well

    Just over 2 inches behind the motherboard tray, enough for 2 24 pins on width!!

    Naked Case

    Rear mounting tool less 3.5inch bays.  I've never seen this before, they slide in from the back

    Screws galore, I like how they separated everything.

    Mobo mounted inside as I also mounted the PSU.

    Front I/O done for the first time

    SSD's!!! I ended up having to space them in the 1st and 4th slot to make it work the best.

    First GPU in!!

    Second GPU in!!

    Believe it or not, this was my SECOND attempt at rewiring the back

    Back together a SECOND time, made sure it posted and booted to Bios before I took it apart

    Forgot SLI Bridge, blurry as heck tho!!

    Side Shot

    Front Shot

    Top Shot

     
    Thanks for your time everyone!!!
     
     
     
     
     
     
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    PCBudgetSolutions got a reaction from jamo314 in Best gpu generation   
    OP could you redo the poll as most of us may not know what year each generation came out
     
    600/7000
    500/6000
    400/5000
    200/4000
    9000/3000
    8000/2000 
    etc etc
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    PCBudgetSolutions got a reaction from Kuzma in The difference between AMD cores and Intel cores   
    Despite me not really being here I feel obligated to add to this just to benefit the community.  As stated an AMD FX-8350 has 8 cores, 2 cores on each modules totally 4 modules.  Each module shares L2 cache unlike Intel cores.  The reason why FX cores drop in productivity is because each module has 1 floating integer for execution and this creates the bottleneck.  The theory is, FX cores are 100% efficient at 50% load, but lose HALF it's efficiency from 50-100% load.  That is assuming, you can max out 1 core on each module up to 50%.  This effectively makes an FX-8350 about 6 cores worth of power give or take.
     
    What hurts the FX cores even more is they have I believe 32 pipelines and HALF the IPC's as Intel, where Intel has I believe 12 pipelines.  Think of this like ECC ram.  Data sets have to go down the pipelines to be executed, Often times data sets go down the wrong pipeline and have to try other pipelines.  Increased IPC's makes this process more efficient.  So having MORE pipelines and far fewer IPC's is the reason why a Pentium G860 can execute a quad threaded task more efficiently than an FX-4100.  The architecture improvements in Piledriver increased IPC's and along with an unlocked multiplier (which helps on the execution level), they can offset some of this deficiency.  They also improved cache latency as well with Piledriver which helps a bit for gaming especially on the second level.  This is the more difficult side of the explanation.
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    PCBudgetSolutions reacted to whatthe_fuzz in 4 minutes to get locked, record?   
    so you wish to promote evil and corruption? who are you, the United States government?
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    PCBudgetSolutions reacted to looney in 110V to 240V   
    I should list the input range on the power brick, it might be auto switching, if not then but another adapter that is compatible.
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    PCBudgetSolutions reacted to looney in 110V to 240V   
    He means Hz, 110V is 60Hz 230V is 50Hz.
    But the first thing that happens in the brick is AC to DC so Hz should not matter anyway
     
    Just make sure its says
     
    Input: 110-230V 50/60Hz
     
    If its something along those lines it's fine.
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