Josh Smith
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My Co-worker's group just got sponsored by Thermaltake's eSports division, and they sent him almost $2,000 in free gaming peripherals. We're located over in Ashland, Ohio. You can check out the Facebook page if you'd like, anyone's more than welcome to come out and game some night. https://www.facebook.com/groups/UGGeSports/
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Listening to some hella Ghost Town
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Asus R9 290 Direct CU II Potential failing fan?
Josh Smith replied to Josh Smith's topic in Graphics Cards
hmm, I mean there was a sticker on one of the screws on the back plate stating I'd void my warranty should I remove the cooler -
Asus R9 290 Direct CU II Potential failing fan?
Josh Smith replied to Josh Smith's topic in Graphics Cards
Yeah buddy, the card is still super clean -
Asus R9 290 Direct CU II Potential failing fan?
Josh Smith replied to Josh Smith's topic in Graphics Cards
I totally understand that, it's just a preference on my end I guess haha. But despite that, the fan issue I'm experiencing is definitely concerning to me. It's definitely not normal. -
Hello all, just looking to get some help here regarding my R9 290. I've had it for around two months, and knowing it's a toasty card; I've been using afterburner to ramp the fans up a bit more to compensate compared to the card stock settings which would let the card get to 95 degrees and I wasn't comfy with that. Well, under 70% fan speed, the fans sound fine like no personal complaints on my end. However, recently a concern has started where if the fans go above 70% an extremely audible and annoying clicking noise would emanate from the card. I removed the card from my system and manually spun each fan by hand just to kind of see if I could figure out whether it was something I could replicate in that way; and I believe it is the fan closest to the I/O for the card giving me issues. Upon spinning it, very faintly I could hear remnants of that clicking noise, as if possibly a fan bearing going bad or something. The other fan made no sound at all upon spinning it by hand. As suspected, Asus's only option for me is to RMA the card, which is not optimal for me considering this is my only video card and I must have this machine to complete my school work; and I have removed the stock cooler to apply a better dose of thermal compound rendering my warranty void anyways. I was unable to find anyone selling the same cooler on Ebay, and currently I don't have the funds to liquid cool my card; so I was wondering if anyone on here would be able to suggest a route to potentially fix my issue? I've looked at brackets such as the G10 but have been unable to determine if it would fit on my card. I greatly appreciate any ideas or thoughts though, kind of irritated at this because I've resorted to under-clocking the card to stock 290 settings in order to keep the fan speeds down as well as the temperature of the card.
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This Playstation 4 which I haven't even played for like 3 months. I was going to get LBP3 but I realized I don't care to pay 60 dollars for any single game anymore so I'll probably wait a while.
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Lol found this gem on Twitter. There's a full article of how this monster came to be. The creativity game is too strong!! Link: http://imgur.com/gallery/8RUAz?adbid=544216530116825088&adbpl=tw&adbpr=21347710&adbsc=social_20141214_45381
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I personally would really enjoy the Power Supply! Been looking to upgrade to a modular unit but haven't had the extra cash being a full time college student and working a part time job and all.
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Sounds good. Yeah he says he'll deal with it or whatever so I figure it should be a good deal. I just wanted to consult with some other people to kind of verify this
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Alright, so this is probably a long shot but a client came to me asking me if I could do a case swap for him. He's currently using an Alienware X51 R1 machine, which is already going to be a pain in the ass to work with. He wants to swap the internals over to a new chassis, and the one he has in mind is the Cooler Master Elite 130 Mini ITX chassis. My issue is I can't seem to find whether or not the motherboard inside is indeed a Mini ITX size, although based on the looks of it I think it is. The next concern is that of the I/O shield being built into the X51's chassis, meaning he's probably going to have to go without an I/O shield unless someone can suggest a work around for this. He basically has the money to upgrade his GPU and PSU and that's about it, so I can't really convince him to buy a new motherboard. So does this seem like it could work or should I suggest maybe another path for him to take? I wanted to get some opinions on here before I went ahead and gave him the okay to buy the parts.
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1 Million Subscribers - Thank you all! And a giveaway!
Josh Smith replied to nicklmg's topic in LTT Releases
Linus, you are a true inspiration to all aspiring technology enthusiasts such as myself. It started when I came across your videos on custom builds, and now I know more than ever that this is the field I want to spend my life working in. Just wanted to say thanks buddy! There's nowhere to go but up from here! -
This is just really killing me right now, because I've installed this program on two different machines in my house with no hitches. But whenever I try to install this program on my main desktop in my room, which is what I use the most, Citrix Receiver simply will not install at all. It simply fails and states "Object already exists." Not quite sure if this is something anyone is capable of helping me with, but I figured it was worth a try. I'll attach the log file it sent back of the script run in case that helps. Really kind of frustrating because I need this program to do some of the assignments for my VoIP class jhgv.txt
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Anyone have experience with those Ultra Wide panels? They look pretty radsausage
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I use a 32 inch Dynex piece of stinky poo that my mother purchased for me a few years ago and ever since I built my battle rig I've realized how not good 1360x768 is at the size close up.
