WastedEmu

Multiple motherboards, multiple video cards, multiple types of RAM, multiple power supplies... Yeah. I'm with you on that. I think it's about time to call it for the CPU. Do check the motherboard pins to be sure everything is OK, but if you're sure the CPU power cables are connected firmly and you've tried it with multiple PSU's, then there's very little else it could be other than ghosts.

Not for COKE!!

The lack of info when people make these kinds of threads amazes me

I have the chance to get a used GTX 780 reference card by Zotac for $200 Canadian. Is it worth it? I already have an R9 290 in my main machine, and I can always throw it (or my 290) in my gaming HTPC. Seems like too good of a deal to turn down lol.
I also just stepped in to the world of 1080p plus gaming (at 2560x1600) , so do you guys know which card would be better for my main gaming machine?

it's only 2 Monitors per PC, so there's 4 stations getting the 2x4K treatment lol... I'll suggest new PC's with a 5960X, 128GB of RAM and quad Titan X's ... let's see how that goes

Not a bad deal if you ask me..
 
http://www.ncix.com/detail/gigabyte-radeon-r9-280-oc-0b-98788-1115.htm

grab a xeon E3-1231 v3. 
 
The hyperthreaded Xeon will outperform an overclocked i5 in a majority of real-world uses, and consume far less power.

I feel like a noob for asking such a question haha, thanks for the answers! I should have been able to guess that myself.

Wait Canada finally getting something that america doesn't have?!?! Lemme just take my time to enjoy this moment.

Oh, I'm terribly sorry for trying to help you. I swear I won't do it again.

I have an evo and a pro, in just average day to day use, they perform the same. I only got the pro for my server that's on 24/7 because of the 10 year warranty... But still, I'm sure the 5 year warranty will be enough to cover you until you upgrade

Try another hard drive on the PCB from the WD drive to see if that works to save yourself a couple dollars first

with such a budget you can afford this which is worlds better than old FX stuff:
 
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($318.98 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($28.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($76.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Mushkin Blackline 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($109.98 @ OutletPC)
Storage: OCZ ARC 100 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($82.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card  ($328.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair SPEC-03 Red ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($54.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1109.76
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-01 12:18 EST-0500

Oh my god, i hadn't thought of that.
That's genius.
 
You're right, i could just buy something like a Samsung 850 Pro, insall the OS, put it into an external thunderbolt (TRIM is desired) enclosure, simply go into the UEFI, and boot from the enclosure.
 
Thank you!

So basicly what I did was:
1. I changed the Energy option from Samsung High Performance to Balanced
2. I changed the SSD optimization in Samsung Magician
and that's it.

I have gotten Acronis for free from ADATA and OCZ as well. getting it for free from buying the drives makes it cheaper to upgrade to the fullversion usually for under $20. I use the full True Image on all my PC's to do backups pretty often

I own a couple MacBook pros, and I ended up just settling with a Time Machine router. I tried to figure it out (windows home server 2011) and I gave up lol. I didn't put as much research into it as I could have, but I couldn't find anything that would be able to do it
Edit:
I found this link, it seems that passed Mountain Lion it's not doable. I just did some quick looking into again
https://philipalban.wordpress.com/2013/10/17/getting-time-machine-to-work-with-windows-home-server-2011-osx-10-8-5/

On the second drive that died, they wanted me to send it in again for an RMA (pay for shipping again), so I told them I'd rather use it as a paperweight than trust it with 1 bit of my data

Hi!
 
Please download and install "MSI Afterburner" and then set a custom fan curve:
http://event.msi.com/vga/afterburner/download.htm
 
Guide:
http://www.overclock.net/t/646422/how-to-adjust-your-fan-curve-in-msi-afterburner
 
 
I don't think the OP knows how to do this.
 
 
My WF3 7950 disagrees with your baseless, false statement. Source? Anything to back this up? Or is this simple fanboyism? I hope not. I'll await your sources.

Thanks for all the quick replies! I haven't really explored MSI's afterburner program that much so I'll check it out.
Thanks again!

Awesome! Thanks for the reply. I'll be pairing it with an AMD HD 7950 for a bit of an HTPC/gaming rig for my TV. Wasn't sure if there was much of a performance difference if I'd get 1333mhz or 2133. But I guess it doesn't really matter in my case, just whatever is the best deal at the time.
Thanks again!

Right now Microcenter in the states has this SSD on sale for $89. Luckily there's a store right across the border from me and I'm headed there tomorrow to pick 1, maybe 2 of these up if the wife lets me get more than 1 haha

Heading across the border tomorrow to get 1 or2 of these, and they have a bundle where you get to Pentium G3258 and MSI Z97 motherboard(normally $130 on its own) for $100.
I'll be able to build this HTPC for very cheap in the end thanks to the deals there!

NewEgg has the XFX Double Dissipation R9 290 for $269.99 USD and I was wondering if it is worth that price or not seeing as my PC could definitely use a new GPU
 
(Specs in Signature)
 
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150697&cm_re=R9_290-_-14-150-697-_-Product