Melt My GPU

Oh very interesting information about the scaling, thanks for providing that for me! So it just happens that for interpolation the P2415Q is really good, and on weaker games running at 1440P seems to work out good too. Would you happen to know if scaling windows on the 4K monitor to be readable would cause odd scaling on the 1080P monitor?

Hey guys, basically what I was thinking of doing was getting another monitor since I'm tired of alt tabbing out of full screen applications/games etc to use other windows. I was thinking of using my current 1080P IPS monitor for the auxiliary and then getting a new monitor as the main one. Would it be possible to get a Dell P24415Q to have the benefits of 4K for desktop usage but because it's 24 inches when I render games at 1080P it should look the same as playing on a 1080P 24 inch monitor since the pixels that make up the internally rendered game image would just need to be duplicated 4 times on each axis? As 1080P fits into 4K 4 times? Or have I completely got my facts wrong? I currently have a GTX 670 which has display port but would that card manage to naively output 4K for the desktop? (again not gaming at 4K) and would having a 4K monitor + 1080P monitor cause weird scaling issues on either monitor or something? My current OS is Windows 7 64 bit. Also if you have any other setup configurations/different monitors that you'd like to recommend please feel free to let me know Thanks for reading!

Hey there, to keep things quick I'll cut to the chase; Current monitor is an LG Flatron IPS235 (1080P IPS) that I got when I first built my rig and I don't think it's available anymore I desire a second monitor to use so I can have games/movies etc on one in full screen and have all my other jargon/fb convos on the other so I don't have to keep minimizing and maximising to switch Indecisive to whether or not I get 2 new monitors so the image is exactly the same or just buy another one and hope it doesn't look too different Not too keen on spending more than approx $700 AUD if I'm buying 2 new ones but if it's well worth it I can spend more No idea what's actually classified as good monitors or not If I purchase one should I spend more to get a higher resolution display and if so how does feel to use multiple monitors of differing resolutions? As previously stated one of the monitors (either the new one or the existing if I buy one, whichever's 'worse') will be used as the auxiliary so I will only be gaming on one of them. If it matters I run a GTX 670. Thanks for your time and hopefully you can help me out

Oh well that's a relief, I think the last thing I would plan to do is over volt Thanks for the help Last time I checked on my motherboard there wasn't any extensive options if memory serves me right but I'll be sure to check again. For reference my motherboard is an Asrock Z77 Extreme 6.

Hey guys and gals of LTT forums, I currently own an enthoo primo and have added even more fans for my loop so in total I have 9 fans running in this thing. Individually they're very quiet but when you have 9 of them not so much. It's not an annoying 'motor wine' sound or anything (thank goodness) and it's pretty much just the 'whooshing' of air. However whilst I don't mind the noise myself I'm trying to be a bit more discrete when using my computer as I get up before anyone else in my household and I'm certain they're being woken or at least half woken when I hit that power button. I have 8 of the fans running off of the fan hub the enthoo which connects to the CPU fan header and 1 of them running of the motherboard which I know from the manual says the speed cannot be adjusted (full 12v at all times). This I don't mind as like I said individually they're very quiet as long as I can tone down the other 8. I don't want to do it via 'hardware' (inline resisters etc) as I don't want to take apart what is literally the nightmare of all cabling on the back (never get a non modular power supply with all those stock I/O cables omg) and I doubt my motherboard has anything like that Asus fan control that comes with their boards, so I was wondering what software is there that I can use. One of my concerns is I don't want to damage the motors of the fans by running them at a voltage they weren't rated for or end up producing other weird noises, is this an actual issue with under-volting or? Finally here are the fans I have in my case: Here (the ones the case comes with) and here (the ones I brought) TL;DR: I'm trying to make my PC quieter through under-volting but I was wondering if it's safe for the motors and what's the best/easiest way to do it though software?

Hey man, sorry to hear you're having issues. When I got my GPU I had the same problem, it wasn't being detected in the UEFI either. However, this was my mother boards fault, and a Clear CMOS fixed the problem and the GPU was detected and worked fine. For reference my motherboard is an Asrock Z77 Extreme 6. If your motherboard doesn't have a clear cmos button on the back there's a jumper that you can use on your motherboard but be sure to consult the manual on how to do so. In terms of the 'half pins' do they look something like the second one from the right in this picture?

Alright nice man thanks for your help, yeah I'll convince him to do that but hopefully at Christmas when we get some additional money that'll be possible. Many thanks!

haha unfortunately that's just the way it is. Talking about my original OP though, besides your recommendation to get a better PSU, for Intel does this build look fine? and would it still be compatible with Vista. (board doesn't say anything about being compatible with vista, will there be an issue since it's so 'old'?)

I tried this site out, it's good but unfortunately there's not a ton of deviation in prices of an identical part between different retailers. I've found the same parts with practically identical prices at MSY (physical shop) as the sites that are listed there (PCCG is excellent, but it's online and I don't live where their warehouse is so then there's shipping costs)

There's like nothing on the Australian amazon, and on the American one for example the prices aren't really much better and there's region restrictions on shipping. Not to mention shipping costs even if that wasn't the case. Plus if something goes wrong with a part it'd be far more beneficial to deal with warranties locally as opposed to the other side of the globe where they may not even apply. It is also for that reason why I'm shying away from second hand parts just to be 'safe'. Sorry to sound so restrictive.

Like I replied to Deddie before, there's no 4130's left. The mobo I picked is quite literally the cheapest 9 series chip set board I could find here. I'd never fully considered the AMD option, but from what I know Intel has the edge on single core performance and if I'm correct it's beneficial for the general use stuff. It's not just a pure gaming rig. I know I can get a Silverstone 500W PSU for $60 but that's online so there's shipping costs and every cent counts. I'd rather find ways to shave money off than add it on.

You're right and that's what I planned to do however whilst there are still the 8 series chip set motherboards there's no i3-4130's in sight, even higher end non-refresh i5's are pretty much all out and that'd defeat the purpose of this budget by stepping up to one of those. Options are very limited down under.

Hey everyone, I've been planning out a build for a mate of mine so he can get into pc gaming, the budget is fairly low and it'll be used for general use for the family as well. Prices are in Australian Dollars and are from MSY. There's not a clear budget but I'd prefer to keep it at $550 or under. If I'd have to stretch I'd say $600 absolute max but it's not my call to make. Hard drive and OS will be used from his old build and I'll see if I can donate my old case as well. His OS is Windows Vista so if there's some sort of incompatibility please let me know. CPU: Intel Core i3-4150 $135 Motherboard: ASRock H97M $105 RAM: Patriot Signature 1x8GB 1600mhz $82 (just found the cheapest 8gb ram solution but doesn't have to be the exact same one) GPU: Gainward GTX 750TI $162 (stretch option is an MSI GTX750 TI Gaming for $189) PSU: Corsair VS350 350W $45 (stretch option for more wattage is a Corsair VS450 450W for $54) Total cost of the cheapest options is $529 Please let me know what you think and thanks for your time.

You're welcome mate! Just be sure next time that when you want to reply to someone quote their post otherwise they won't get a notification unless they're following the topic. Good luck and have fun!

Welcome to the forums man! Didn't realise you joined last yeah hahah. As far as ordering your parts goes may I ask you what country you live in? You may be better off ordering from your region as opposed to internationally. Not only would you have to pay less in shipping but you wouldn't have to wait as long for the item to arrive as well.