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Hey Guys, I recently built my new gaming PC. And I wanted to know if anyone knows of a way I can but insurance for the computer in case anything happens?
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okay, so, I have a plethora of custom built systems to my name thus far, between tweaks of existing systems, existing custom builds and the likes clear down to actual custom builds, and I'm at a total loss here for how to build these two systems, and would like some advice.... the problem I have here, is most of the systems I have built are built to be the best at what they are intended to do for a good budget and to be able to get out of the ballpark performance at no whim given to the energy efficiency that they will be, IE they are made to be the best performance I can get from them with not a care in the world as to the cost and consumption of electricity that they use because I didn't really care how power hungry they were given my situation, well, thats the exact polar opposite for these two systems in question and I do not even know how or where to begin on energy efficient performance parts, so, help please?? tl;dr I need two systems for two specific purposes in mind and I would like the best performance at the lowest cost of electricity given these two systems will be online 24/7 when the rest of my systems are running only adding to the energy consumed by everything all inclusive so the best performance at the lowest power consumption would be optimally desired for these two systems... system #1: a quad core AT LEAST system to be used as a pass-through firewall/av scanning system that ALL of my internet will be routed THROUGH before hitting either the outside world or the inside of my local network budget?? anything that is cost effective given I have like 0 budget to use for these two systems, so the lower the cost and the higher the electric efficiency per performance the better, I can save up long term to build this thing, but the budget is as low as can be for the highest performance per watt that I can afford, preferably anything less than 100$ is highly desired here, it will be running opnsense for an open source linux firewall os, and I can provide the hard drives and storage, but everything else I'll need, and quiet here is also HUGELY key for me. am I willing to go above 100$ if need be?? absolutely especially if the performance gains will be highly worth it, so that 100$ pricetag is a ballpark desired amount on my end, but if you can explain to me WHY it would be good to go above that, i AM NOT against going above that, but I will have to save up for doing so longer term and I would like these two systems up as soon as I can get them up, anything past quad cores is a huge plus given that this is a pass through firewall that any computational issues WILL be a HUGE speed and throughput bottleneck, IE if you all think I should do a dual socket server system for this AND its either energy efficient on the needed use or the performance gains outweigh the electrical efficiency vs the performance of a more energy efficient system then so be it and go the performance route given that my actual througput is over 8MBPs download and almost 900KBPs upload throughput system #2: I need a system that can be EASILY more low powered than system 1 given all this system will be doing is operating as a vpn intermediary router, so to speak, meaning that it will be running as a pass-through vpn connection router to route all of my local internet traffic through to my prefered vpn of choice so as to route everything through a single system and operate as if it were only a single device connecting to my vpn of choice (paranoid, and have huge hacker problems so thus the desire to build both of these systems and try and get some of the spying and hacker bullcrap off my back even to a minute degree, because hey, every little bit helps in this day in age, plus isp snooping and all that bullcrap I dont want to realy openly discuss here phaha...so yea, those two systems I need help on) so yea, any help with suggested builds for these, the vpn system also would be a prefered budget of about 100$ unless once again significant enough validation as to why to go above that is warranted in which case once again I'm not against going over that proposed budget. thanks everyone ^^
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Hi everyone, Just getting ready to build my first VR ready Tower, I want to make sure this thing is set or gaming, streaming, and just ready to take a beating with use. these are everything as far as what I have ready to build and think should work, but wanted to get opinions on if there were better companies for different parts or anything of the such. So with out further anticipation the VR TOWER. Processor: Intel® Core™ i7-8700K Processor (6x 3.70GHz/12MB L3 Cache) ProcessorCooling: corsair Hydro Series H60 120mm Liquid CPU Cooler - Standard 120mm Fan Memory:16 GB [8 GB X2] DDR4-2400 Memory Module - Corsair Vengeance LPX Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti - 11GB - EVGA FTW3 GAMING iCX (VR-Ready) - Single Card Motherboard: GIGABYTE Z370XP SLI -- RGB Fusion, 3x PCIe x16, 1x USB 3.1 Gen2, 6x USB 3.1 Gen1 Power Supply750 Watt - Corsair RM750X - 80 PLUS Gold HardDrives: M.2 Solid State Drive and 250 GB WD Blue SSD -- Read: 540MB/s, Write: 500MB/ Data Hard Drive:2 TB Hard Drive -- 64MB Cache, 7200RPM, 6.0Gb/s - Single Drive Not sure if I should add a more advance sound card to save money? So tell me what you think or if there are better parts or anything else I should add to this system. oh and the other question is how badly would the system be effected if I did a screen mirroring once a monitor, incase anyone else wanted to watch what was happening while the other person played. Thanks again, StadiumVR
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I have a CUG-950B power supply which is discontinued and I am missing the 8 pin connector for my CPU. I was wondering if I could used another 8 pin connector from a different brand and use it for the CUG-950B.
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Hello, this will be the first time that I will be posting on this website. I apologize in advance if I write things with incorrect terms or have misconceptions about certain products or practices. The purpose of my post is to decide whether to buy computer parts to build a desktop or to buy a pre-built desktop. I've ruled out laptops due to already having one and wanting to spend the money on a good system that can't be plucked out of a bag. Currently the conflict I'm having is surrounded by these categories: upgradability, cost, performance, and warranty. I understand that when considering both options that these have a major role to play in my decision. I know to a degree that I would like and intel build using a gtx gpu. the reason for this is that I understand Intel's products much better than AMD's. However if anyone can send me videos or links that will educate me on AMD I will gladly consider it. This may sound ambitious but I want a system that will be able to do 4k HDR graphics for movies, if it can do it for games then that will be a bonus. Also having the option to get into VR in the future is something that I would like but is not necessary. In all honesty even though I've spent 6 months of research in my spare time I'm still not sure what the requirements will be for the computer. In terms of upgradability I do wish to have this feature yet I fear that a majority of pre-built pcs warranty would be void if I replaced parts. Considering the price inflation for GPU's today it would be nice to buy a decent one soon and upgrade to a stellar one in the future. The cost is another thing that really concerns me. I currently make minimum wage (14$/h) in Ontario Canada. To give you an idea I make just under $2000 in a month at full time while going to school full time. $2000 Canadian is just under $1500 American, So to get an overkill system that is 4 grand in the US is about three months of straight earnings. So I'm looking to get my moneys worth. In terms of performance the most I will probably put it through currently is games like Shadow of the Tomb Raider, overhaul and 4k mods on Fallout 4 and Skyrim, Halo: Wars 2/Infinity/collection. The main reason I'm looking into the desktop is actually to play Halo Infinity and the Master Chief collection at better condition than the One X can perform. Basically I want to take advantage of the quality and colours that new triple A titles can dish out now. In terms of warranty my main concern is once again upgradability and more importantly overclocking. I know that overclocking reduces the estimated life of the hardware of a pc, and sometimes the warranty can become void due to that. Also whenever I watch videos on overclocking it sounds like I'm watching a video in a foreign language. In all honesty I'm utterly intimidated at the notion of overclocking without an experts supervision. I can be enticed to overclock my future system if my warranty will still cover it if I do overclock it. Water cooling also sounds awesome because it can be effective and silent, but the risk of damaging the hardware scares me greatly so I think I will stick to fans as a side note. I understand that there is approximately over twenty things that I asked in this post but any tips even on a single thing will be greatly appreciated. I understand that my knowledge is very limited and that may be frustrating to the experienced people on this website so I apologize for any annoyance I may have caused. Thank anyone who has read through this for listening to my issue and I wish you all a good day. TLDR; Beginner doesn't know what type or how to get a proper desktop and is asking for help.
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Hey there! I've currently got a decent computer that's around 5 years old at this point. For specs it consists of: - i5 4690k @ 4.20 GHz - BeQuiet! Slim Rock cooler - Gigabyte Z97-D3H Motherboard - 8 GB 1600 MHz RAM - EVGA GTX 960 SSC - 240 GB SSD / 1 TB HDD - Corsair CX500M So I'm wondering if its better to just upgrade RAM / GPU or if I might as well get a new PC and reuse hard drives and maybe power supply. Any help would be appreciated! :D
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After fixing the errors I made and adding the suggested parts I've come to this lost of part. I went with the widely popular and highly suggested EVO series SSD by samsung (250 GB), 1 TB of HDD I'm going with a TB of space because first of all I don't actually download like TB's of games so I have need for more than that if I do end up needing that one day I can easily back it up and move it to another HDD with more space (not entirely sure if I really need a Raid setup though but if I do the case i have should be able to support it (I will make sure), went with a GTX 1080 I still have no use for a GTX 1080 ti since I really don't play that demanding of game's I play Overwatch, Mirrors Edge and some other games (not Tf2 btw). the power consumption is all there if you guys have anything else to state I missed let me know when you can I don't plan to build this for a while.
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Hello All! I'm looking at building a custom computer here in the next few months for around $1,000. I will list the parts below. I'm looking for some input as to if this is the best bang for my dollar, or if I should go more expensive with the intel i7 or even xeon series chips. The footage I will be editing will be Canon EOS t5i at 1080p 30FPS, or 720p 60FPS. I currently film a decent amount of time-lapses, but I also am learning to film higher production value projects. Specs as follows: MOBO GigaByte GA-970-D3P $80.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128627 CPU AMD FX-9370 $190.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113346 CASE: Cooler Master HAF 912: $63.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113346 SSD: Samsung 850 Pro 250GB $140.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113346 HDD: WD RED 3TB: $110.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113346 RAM: GSKIL 16GB DDR3 2133 $90.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231571 GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 950 $180.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487159 Let me know what you guys think. I was looking at cores, and CUDA cores and I believe this is a good deal, however I may be totally wrong. Thanks again.
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So in biology, we are working on a plant and animal cell comparison project. We have to find something that is similar to a cell and compare the parts. For my project, I chose a computer. For the first 10 or so organelles I was doing alright, but after that I ran into some trouble. The Completed comparisons so far: -Vacuole= Hard drive -Cell wall= Computer case -Cell membrane= Firewall -Nuclear envelope= CPU Socket -Chloroplasts= Power Supply -Cytoplasm= motherboard -mitochondria= resistors -Endoplasmic reticulum: motherboard circuits Not quite sure on: -Ribosomes= data/signals from cpu -Nucleolus= CPU cores Still need to find a function: -transport proteins -chromatin -golgi apparatus -cytoskeleton (microtubulars or microfilaments) -cilia or flagella *I'm not sure if this would be the right subreddit but I really need help on this.
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So i just build my own computer and every time i turn on my computer little dark squares blink on my desktop and games. (ex in the picture I attached) And even in the middle of a game it crashes and said graphic driver failed, and recovered. Help i need some body I'm using a r9 290x.
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So about a month ago i started my desk build, which is now complete. PARTS: Intel Core i7 @ 4.7 GHz 2 x 4GB Corsair Dominator Modules at 2.133 GHz ASUS Z77 Sabertooth Motherboard SB Recon 3D sound Card Radeon 7970 GPU at 1GHz NZXT High performance fans OCZ Vertex 4 128GB SSD NZXT 1000W Hale 90 V1 NZXT Cable Extensions NZXT Touch fan controller 2x1TB HDD Seagate Barracuda WATERCOOLING: 2x 360mm White XSPC RX Radiators 1x 120mm XSPC EX Radiator Koolance PMP450s Pump Bitspower Modkit Bitspower Pumptop Bits power Res. Primochill Primoflex Tubing Mayhem Aroura Red Coolant XSPC Raystorm CPU block XSPC RAM Waterblock XSPC Razor 7970 V2 VGA Block Beginning the Box, Step one was dimensions and size. Step Two: Adding the bottom, This was Recessed 1 1/2" for the legs to be recessed. Step Three: Test Fit and draw out component Layout. Step Four: This step was a little strange, here i was trying to figure out how i wanted to do my back I/O I realized that cutting the wood for this shape would be hard and unlikley to be perfect. So i broke out a drill and my old Phantom 410 Case. Drilled out the rivits and took the back I/O plate from that case and test fitted it in the new desk. Step five: Cut out the Radiator Holes and screw holes for mounting the radiator. Step six: Because the screws were ment to go through a fan and into the radiator the screws were too long to go thru the wood and into the radiator without puncturing it. This ment i had to Cut each screw down. I had to do this for the Powersupply Rear Radiator and Two bottom radiators. I cut alot of screws. Step Seven: This is where i marked out the motherboard Stand offs and where it would be positioned. To place the stand offs into the wood i drilled a small hole, then wood glued the standoffs into the holes. Step Eight: Here i cut out side holes to mount 2x140mm fans for free airflow out of the desk. I have everyother fan intaking and the two going out. Step Nine: This step is where i stained the entire desk Black (ebony) and test fit all of my major components. Step ten: In this step i used a router to cut out the shape of the plexi glass top window for the computer. This look alot of time, but it came out perfectly. Step Eleven: Tubing, in this step i tubed up my loop, This was easy. Step Twelve: Block off all cable routes and PSU with walls. This is the cable managment. You Can also see that i mounted the pump and res outside of the desk. Step Thirteen: Fill the loop. Step fourteen: Attach all cables and manage. Step Fifteen: LEGS! Added a 45 Degree bar for support, didnt want the desk to be able to wobble at all. Step Sixteen: Place the top on, lay in the plexi, turn on all the lights and enjoy. Here shows the Military style power switch, where i flip it the computer powers. It also shows the USB Ports, Headphone and mic ports and fan controllers.
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