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Coeleborn

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  1. http://www.amazon.com/Alienware-Machine-Intel-i7-5820K-Overclocked-Graphics/dp/B00Q75LET8/ref=pd_sim_sbs_pc_7?ie=UTF8&refRID=03QD2Z645XC8D4FA6KGD $2659.00 for a case?
  2. I'd get it through NCIX, though --- I use Amazon here, because they usually have more specs listed & show better comparisons but you can usually find better prices.
  3. http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Carbide-200R-Compact-CC-9011023-WW/dp/B009GXZ8MM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1424331142&sr=8-1&keywords=corsair+carbide+200r You'll be a LOT happier with the case you listed!
  4. I don't know of any teenager who's going to take anyone seriously who says to "just work for &/or save up to get this..." even if you give the best of reasons, unless you give some alternative, like, "Try the local computer repair shops for good used/refurbished coolers & ask around at school to see if anyone has a decent spare one they'll sell you for that price, or even be willing to give to you. If you have to go used, I'd go air-cooled only, because you could get a rad full of rust that's worse than not having a cooler at all. The avoided heartache of frying your CPU will make any effort you have to go to far more than worth the effort. My grandsons come up with good stuff all the time from kids at school they get for far less money than what they'd pay for from a store. You can wait around to see what other people have to say, but that's the best advice I can give you on something that important to your system's health". ( And, BTW, my daughter doesn't allow my grandsons to do any sort of work outside the house, & can't afford to give them enough money where they would seriously consider waiting to "save up". That doesn't mean they've had to do without; they just had to learn to work around it, by utilizing other resources). There are always alternatives, if we can just think about them, & if not, at least be sure to recommend they keep checking back for other answers. I took it that the whole point of this post was to take the time to give enough advice to be taken that we have the best interests of the person we're advising firmly in mind, even if there's no way we can give them the answer they may think they want to hear. As well as; let's say the person said he had $100.00 to spend on that cooler: there are still people out there who would say, "For another $20.00, you can get X cooler & it will be much better", when they should be saying 1st: "Cooler Y is the best I know of for that price"; then they could add the "but, cooler Z would be so much better for $20.00 more" .
  5. http://www.lynda.com/Programming-Languages-training-tutorials/1467-0.html?previousCategory=50 http://www.lynda.com/Game-Design-training-tutorials/1461-0.html?previousCategory=1 And you'll find plenty of other topics on those pages & others on Lynda.com to help you. I've found their tutorials to be very good! And a subscription is really affordable. Of course the best part is being able to learn just as fast as you can go through a video. You should be able to find a Linus link with discount, too.
  6. No, I benchmark after using Precision X to overclock. I use GPUZ to check performance while running benchmarks in Basic.
  7. The EVGA GTX 750 Ti FTW I have in my Core 2 Duo setup is my 1st graphics card, even though I've had PCs since a 286SX in 1992. Until lately, they've always been too expensive for what I was using my computer for, &/or the one I wanted was simply incompatible with my other hardware. I have questions about benchmarking software. I have Fire Strike, Heaven & Valley. I can run one overclocking profile for both Fire Strike & Heaven, but it takes a completely different profile for Valley. Am I correct in assuming that my Fire Strike/Heaven profile would best be used for gaming, while the Valley profile would best be used for video production &/or 3D rendering? Or would the Fire Strike/Heaven profile be best used with 3D rendering also & the Valley profile only for video production? I guess what I'm asking is exactly what should my different overclocking profiles be used for? Surely you wouldn't use a Valley benchmarked profile for gaming --- or would you?
  8. Yes, especially since you would have to buy more items to qualify for that item as an add-on on Amazon.
  9. Just an added thought; the PSU will work in any position, so you can flip it upside down if that will allow your cable to reach.
  10. You did be sure to follow the directions to align your CPU correctly? What RAM are you using?
  11. If that's the case, then you seem to have a bad motherboard.
  12. Ouch! Hard to diagnose without onboard graphics, cause you can't get post codes except through your graphics card.
  13. Does your new monitor have different source modes? Have you cycled through those?
  14. Coeleborn

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    OK, so, since this is basically an OEM Dell Inspiron 560 I bought from WalMart in January of 2011; I've never had ALL the components out at one time, (and NEVER the mobo), until now. So, right after this photo, I go to press the power button on the case front & NOTHING HAPPENS! No panic; I flip the power switch on back of the Corsair 500 PSU, in case I turned it off & forgot, or it got bumped off during reassembly; press the power button --- NOTHING! Fortunately, it's now much easier to get to all the connectors inside, without having to move a bunch of cabling, creatively stuffed everywhere, so, I check all the connections, to be sure they're all well seated --- NOTHING! Still, not unheard of; maybe I bent a pin, especially one on the mobo switch connector, so I pull every plug, check the pins & reinstall them all --- NOTHING! Now, it's time to panic, as this is my only computer --- I can't even go online for help! [i'll be fixing that ASAP]! So, I pull the Corsair PSU, with a million cables, (seems like), & reinstall the OEM 300W Bestec PSU that has the main mobo plug, a 4-pin CPU connector & 2 SATA power cables with 2 connectors each --- IT WORKS! But, I can't buy another PSU for 2 more weeks, 'til I get paid again, & won't be able to use the overclocking features on my GTX 750. Not ready to give up on the Corsair PSU, yet, (which should have a power on light on it!), I decide to hook it back up, using the spare set of cables I usually kept stuffed out of the way, & I only plugged in the mobo cable, CPU cable & SATA cable to the hard drive --- that worked! I changed out one cable at a time to the ones I had used before, THAT worked! So, I reinstalled the Corsair PSU, plugged everything in & THAT worked, but, my display was telling me there was NO SIGNAL! I turned off the computer, after checking the HDMI cable connections on the video card & my SAMSUNG Smart TV I use for a monitor; change HDMI cords, & try again --- NOTHING HAPPENS when I press the computer power button! I'm about to start pulling the PSU again, but, hadn't unplugged it yet, when the power suddenly comes on! Then goes out! Anyway, playing with the switch, I find where it's shorting out on one of the wire connections, so I throw a little more solder on it & it's working for now; (gonna order a new switch)! Still no signal to the monitor! Just for the heck of it, I turn the TV off, wait 10 seconds, & turn it back on --- IT"S WORKING! Hate it when that kind of crap happens, 'cause it seems like every time it does, I can never think of all the things that could be wrong! Another reason to have a second computer!
  15. Coeleborn

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    From the album: 2010 Dell Inspiron 560 Project

    The plan now, is to build an extended, accessable panel to store the cables. Don't ask where they were before, lol!
  16. Coeleborn

    2010 Dell Inspiron 560 Project

    Upgrading my 1st computer since my 286SX back in 1992. My, how things have changed, LOL!
  17. Coeleborn

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    From the album: 2010 Dell Inspiron 560 Project

    Oops! It's upside down, blowing out. In the morning, I'll change it before booting up for the day, lol!
  18. Coeleborn

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    From the album: 2010 Dell Inspiron 560 Project

    Cut some cable-management holes & a top fan hole.
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