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Joshua Larsen-Bradford

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    Joshua Larsen-Bradford reacted to panicatak in Trying to find replacement nzxt hdd trays   
    Contact NZXT.
     
    Their Customer Service department have supplied me, if available, missing trays and other parts for free.
     
    Although I always offer to purchase in my initial email.
     
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    Joshua Larsen-Bradford got a reaction from Mark Kaine in Bios too old to update bios   
    Ok I spoke to an ex intel tech and he told me how to fix it in case anyone else has the same problem.
    There's a jumper on the motherboard, it will be the only one that's yellow.
    Power off the pc, unplug it, then take out the jumper.
    Go on another pc, put in a usb2.o drive, format it to fat32, do not select quick format.
    Download the new bios you want to use, copy it onto the USB 
    Eject the USB insert it into the pc you want to update the bios on.
    Plug the PC in, power it on and it will automatically start the process. 
    Wait for it to tell you to power off the pc then do so. 
    Unplug the PC, put the jumper back in place (it should go on pins 1 and 2, they're labelled)
    plug the pc back in, power it on and press F2 repeatedly until you're into the bios. if it's worked it should look different.
    Press F9 to set it to defaults, then enter to accept. Then F10 to exit and Enter to accept.
    Then press F2 to get back into the bios to make any changes you have left to make and viola you're done.
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    Joshua Larsen-Bradford reacted to Skiiwee29 in Bios too old to update bios   
    Most of the time when you have a large gap in BIOS revisions, you have to incrementally update them.. so do like every 3rd up until you get to the newest. Usually in the release notes for the BIOS, it will say if you're not on X bios, update to X first. 
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    Joshua Larsen-Bradford reacted to BoggerBoss in Help Scientists Cure Cancer with your PC! - Folding @ Home   
    we have been doing this in new zealand for about a year now but with phones. the idea is you leave an app open over night as your phone is charging and they use the processing power to help cancer research.\
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    Joshua Larsen-Bradford got a reaction from Xdrone in Apparently threadripper sucks at games   
    Also in case it wasn't apparent this is a shitpost please don't take seriously haha
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    Joshua Larsen-Bradford got a reaction from TacoSenpai in Apparently threadripper sucks at games   
    So i know optimisation will help but this is still worse than i was expecting? thoughts? and before you say it, i know it's not meant for gaming as such but it should still able to keep up 
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    Joshua Larsen-Bradford got a reaction from WereCat in Apparently threadripper sucks at games   
    So i know optimisation will help but this is still worse than i was expecting? thoughts? and before you say it, i know it's not meant for gaming as such but it should still able to keep up 
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    Joshua Larsen-Bradford reacted to SCHISCHKA in Apparently threadripper sucks at games   
    1FPS difference and you have a conclusion it sucks?
    great shitpost.
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    Joshua Larsen-Bradford got a reaction from TheSquatch in Apparently threadripper sucks at games   
    So i know optimisation will help but this is still worse than i was expecting? thoughts? and before you say it, i know it's not meant for gaming as such but it should still able to keep up 
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    Joshua Larsen-Bradford reacted to HunterSkater429 in Question about OEM windows licenses   
    I have my oem license from linguini active on two motherboards at the same time run. Same key, I was suprised it let me and still is letting me use it. 
     
     
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    Joshua Larsen-Bradford got a reaction from dude49 in First PC Value Build. Rate My Plan.   
    wow i didnt even know this part picker site existed its SO handy haha.
     
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    Joshua Larsen-Bradford reacted to dude49 in First PC Value Build. Rate My Plan.   
    Value to me, means geting the best parts for the lowest price possible. Value =/= cheap. I pieced together a Build that is not only great in terms of quality, BUT is meant to serve as a solid foundation for the next years and upgrades. Skimping on Build quality is no option when it comes to a new build and a moderate budget. This build has only one weak point, that being the gpu. Why? Because Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency miners drive up the gpu prices like crazy, so gettng the cheapest gpu for now and then wait for prices to settle down after this craze is prudent. Until then, the 1050 is enough for basic gaming needs. My younger brother literally plays games like witcher 3 and others on a rig with a gtx 850 and they run great and look nice when settings are adjusted properly.
    Anyway here is my understanding of a "value Build".
     
    PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
    CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($295.00 @ Umart)
    Motherboard: Asus - PRIME B350M-A Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($119.00 @ Scorptec)
    Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($189.00 @ Centre Com)
    Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($63.00 @ Shopping Express)
    Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1050 2GB OC Video Card  ($139.00 @ Shopping Express)
    Case: Phanteks - ECLIPSE P400S ATX Mid Tower Case  ($109.00 @ PCCaseGear)
    Power Supply: Corsair - RMx 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($157.30 @ Skycomp Technology)
    Total: $1071.30
    Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
    Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-29 20:41 AEST+1000
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    Joshua Larsen-Bradford reacted to Jurrunio in First PC Value Build. Rate My Plan.   
    Challenge accepted. I'll edit this later.
     
    @Joshua Larsen-Bradford here you go
     
    PCPartPicker part list: https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/mpHLNN
    Price breakdown by merchant: https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/mpHLNN/by_merchant/
    CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1500X 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($248.00 @ Shopping Express) 
    Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($115.00 @ PLE Computers) 
    Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($93.00 @ Umart) 
    Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($135.00 @ Shopping Express) 
    Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($63.00 @ Shopping Express) 
    Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Mini Video Card  ($209.00 @ Scorptec) 
    Case: Deepcool - TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case  ($55.00 @ Mwave Australia) 
    Power Supply: SeaSonic - S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($105.60 @ Skycomp Technology) 
    Total: $1023.60
    Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
    Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-29 20:01 AEST+1000
     
    Take away the SSD and it costs 888.6 AUD.

    Mid range cards are overpriced, so a 1050ti. I'll pick a 970 if used stuff is an option. That costs about 250 aud, but has 1060 performance.
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    Joshua Larsen-Bradford reacted to Syntaxvgm in I think my laptop's RAM is dying   
    that would be either your screen or GPU. Attach another monitor and use only that and see if it still happens. 
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