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    Singapore

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  • CPU
    FX 8350 @ 4.4 Ghx
  • Motherboard
    Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 Rev 4.0
  • RAM
    8GB DDR3
  • GPU
    Radeon R9 290
  • Case
    Corsair 230T
  • Storage
    Crucial 240GB MX100
  • PSU
    Corsair CX600M
  • Display(s)
    Dual 1600x900p 60Hz monitors
  • Cooling
    NH-D14
  • Keyboard
    Standard HP Office
  • Mouse
    Powerlogic GMX-1A
  • Operating System
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit

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  1. TheRunningOtaku
    Oh man I wish I found that before AnyDVD They looked kinda scammy though haha
  2. TheRunningOtaku
    That's true, too. I'll have a look for that, actually Did you buy AnyDVD under slysoft?
  3. TheRunningOtaku
    Doesn't work for me I'm thinking of waiting until next week before I try it out, maybe get a new GPU sometime in the next month if it doesn't work out
  4. TheRunningOtaku
    Yeah, kind of a bummer how they "closed down", relaunched all their products but refused to let existing customers update their software (I doubt it would have cost them much to carry the keys over, wouldn't it?)
  5. TheRunningOtaku
    Putting this in General Discussion because I'm not sure where else to put it I'm trying to rip Blu-Rays from my Blu-Ray collection to a NAS so I can stream it to my Chromecast, etc. However, I'm having trouble with the rips - some discs can be ripped through handbrake no problem at all, but others refuse to be ripped. I used to have AnyDVD HD until SlySoft closed down (in Feb) and I don't trust them give them my cash a second time I tried makeMKV, but it doesn't work on the specific disc either, and it's a 60 day free trial before I have to pay for it Any ways to rip blu rays using freeware or open source software? Tried searching around but I couldn't find much...
  6. TheRunningOtaku
    You mean the switch on the top? Sure have! Just power down then flip the switch right?
  7. TheRunningOtaku
    It's been a week or so, and it still doesn't work I've got the original cooler on it, so maybe I'll leave it for a bit longer before I try it again? Thanks for all the help though!
  8. TheRunningOtaku
    That would be a bummer Hopefully it works eventually, although I'm okay with replacing it with a GTX 960 or another R9 290 (960s here cost $180, while R9 290s cost $200, both from the used market) That's good to know ^^' How long did you leave it sitting for? I have an old HD 7750 lying around that I could use, but I'd rather have something closer to an R9 290 in the long term
  9. TheRunningOtaku
    I'll do that now, I've gotten heatsinks and a dremel that'll allow me to cut them down to size, letting me put it on the MOSFETS without touching other components, so I'll put that on if I can get the GPU working again Would overheating them kill them? They ran at 115 degrees without any issue on the stock cooler, but I'm not sure about now - do you know of any way to get the GPU working again? I'm okay to try the baking method, but I think I wanna look at other options first
  10. TheRunningOtaku
    Maybe, let me run it for a while longer and see if the memory chips heat up (I know this is a terrible and inconclusive way to see if it works but it's better than nothing, right? <:) ) Ah, then the black square blocks are the chokes right? Not 100% on the terminology, MOSFETS I'm used to seeing look more like the chokes haha
  11. TheRunningOtaku
    I didn't put heatsinks on, the ones that came with the G10 were too big. They could go on the MOSFETS, but blocked airflow to the smaller silver colored chips (the ones that were cooled by the stock heatsink, so I thought it would be more important to cool those down) One set of VRM (I assume it's the one that's labelled VRM1 in the attached photo) was at 57 degrees, while the other one (I assume it's VRM 2 since it's not cooled by the fan) was 109 degrees when it failed. There isn't any black colored scorching on the board, and the GPU core still seems to be getting power, so I assume that means that the VRMs are working I know it was incredibly stupid of me not to make sure there were heatsinks on the VRMs but in the moment I was excited to get it started, and I wanted to see what the VRM temps were without the heatsinks (some people out there ran the G10 without heatsinks with no major issues.)
  12. TheRunningOtaku
    Hey guys Haven't posted here in a while so I'm not sure what it's like here anymore, but here goes I may have killed my R9 290 recently. It was a sapphire tri-x variant, but 2/3 of the fans died and temps were getting pretty bad (60 degrees at idle, and 95 degrees on the core/115 degrees on the VRM at load).I got the Kraken G10 (used, with a H50 as the watercooler). Hooked everything up, and let it spin for a while. I could hear the pump working, and the radiator/tubing got pretty warm, so I guessed everything was okay. GPU temps were a lot better at 45 degrees on the core. I tried to OC the thing to 1120/1600 (core/memory) (it was okay on the stock cooler), and ran Kombustor to test the temps out. Ran up to 60 degrees on the core, and 109 on the VRM before the screen cut out and I wasn't able to get a signal from the GPU. Cleared the CMOS, hit the reset button, tried a different monitor. I know the system can turn on because all the fans spin up/all the LEDs light up, and the tubing/radiator get hot after a while. Any idea of what I could do, or what went wrong?
  13. TheRunningOtaku
    Hey guys, I've been having problems with my HTC phones the past year, and I was wondering if it was just me. What's been happening is that after a certain period of time (around a year) after getting the phone, I'll begin to notice that the phones get warm and the battery life degrades. This will get progressively worse and worse, until a certain point when the phone becomes unusable. I suspect that it may be a problem with the quality of the components in the phone (some components in electronics run hotter as they age, right?) and was wondering if it other users have had this problem. Just looking for other people's experiences with HTC, specifically if sending it for an RMA will help.
  14. TheRunningOtaku
    Most games only use 2-4 threads. With an Intel CPU, that means that each core (if your CPU has 2 or 4 cores) is being used. On the AMD side, you're only using half the cores or less. That means that for example if each Intel core can do 1000 calculations per second, and each AMD core can do 750 calculations per second (not actual figures), a program running on two threads can do 2000 calculations on an Intel CPU but only 1500 calculations on an AMD CPU. (However, in the real world that number is probably more like 1000 and 600 per core to be honest) If you need more help, feel free to PM me! I can clarify if you want. The benefit of an AMD CPU comes when you're doing something like video editing, as those programs can use up more than 8 threads. In that scenario, our Intel CPU can only perform 4000 calculations, whilst our AMD CPU can do 6000.
  15. TheRunningOtaku
    Honestly, in most games, you'll get bottlenecked by your CPU with that kind of budget. Get an i5. I'm saying this even though I recently bought an AMD system (8350 + R9 290), because at this point in time AMD CPUs are much better for rendering and video editing/streaming than an i3 at the same price point, but if I were to look at purely gaming, any Intel CPU (even the i3s) would wreck my 8350.
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