Desktop Computers

nite1_sl said:

Apologies in advance if i'm in the wrong thread but a quick search didn't reveal any others. My desktop is a bit older and I wanted to start upgrading things like the graphics card, sound card etc. One I was wondering if anyone could recommend a decently priced graphics and sound cards and two is there anything else I should look into upgrading? the processor is AMDFX(tm)- 6100 six-core 3.30 GHz. Not sure if thats needed or not but I'm fairly new to the whole upgrading/building scene.

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The only thing I'd look to changing would be a video card, ram, or ssd, because you can transfer them to a newer system later.

Itmaybe worth it to upgrade the CPU (after doing the above) if your mobo supports something like a newer 8320e* and you are budget constrained, but it's not going to be a huge improvement (5%-10% at most). In absolute terms the 6100 isn't too bad. In comparative terms (to Intel) it's way behind. Or to look at it another way, given the same GPU/RAM/etc between a 6100 and a 4670k the 6100 will be about 15% - 35% slower on average depending on the game (of course there will be some outliers, and Blizzard games are heavily Intel favored).

Is there any fast way to get mining to 300? Can't buy the mats I need, not even on high pop.

Mist_sl said:

Anyone know where to buy legit MS Office keys cheap? I checked reddit, no go anymore.

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Was looking for this as well but the software swap section got some new rules.

I got access to windows / office keys but you might need to do the phone activation because they should be limited to 10 computers. PM me if you want to give it a shot.

I'm actually upgrading the old desktop's processor as well. It has a Core2Duo in it but supports a Core2Quad (Q6600). Normally I wouldn't even waste my time, but the processor is like $28 on ebay.

Here's some damn nice ram at a good price if any of you are still system building
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) / DDR3 2133 / Cas Latency 9 / $59.99 - Newegg.com

joeboo_sl said:

Here's some damn nice ram at a good price if any of you are still system building
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) / DDR3 2133 / Cas Latency 9 / $59.99 - Newegg.com

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am i ok to throw that into my asrock z87 extreme4 with these?http://www.microcenter.com/product/3...ory_Modules%29

They are different timings so if they worked they would all be clocked down to 1600MHz

Should be finebut it will all just run at the lowest common denominator, the 1600. No use really buying 2133 if you're going to just run it at 1600

Any suggestions on upgrading my Samsung PX2370 monitor? I would really like a nice 32" tv capable of being used for console/pc gaming, though maybe my vidcard wouldn't handle that very well, it is currently a nVidia 560ti.

So on this motherboard I only see 3 SYSFAN plugs and the 2 CPUFAN plugs. I want to run 4 case fans in my R4 case, so can I hook up 2 front and 1 rear exhaust to SYSFAN plugs and the top exhaust to CPUFAN2 ?

This should make the 3 on SYSFAN run all the time, and the one on CPUFAN2 run only when the CPU fan runs, right?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-777-_-Product

Or would I be better off getting either a fan splitter cable, or a fan controller for the 5.25" bay ?

Mist_sl said:

Anyone know where to buy legit MS Office keys cheap? I checked reddit, no go anymore.

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didn't MS nuke sources of free office keys this week?

Quineloe_sl said:

didn't MS nuke sources of free office keys this week?

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Years ago. People were selling MSDN keys, so they nutted it.

Mist_sl said:

Anyone know where to buy legit MS Office keys cheap? I checked reddit, no go anymore.

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I just got a Win 8.1 key fromthis guylast night. Very prompt service and the key checked out. He has a ton of positive sales history with no visible complaints as well.

His post says he has office keys.

[H]Windows 8.1 Standard & Windows 8 Pro [W]PayPal $12 - $14 | Cheapest on Reddit | Multiple Confirmed Trades | Bulk deals available

I think my company sells office keys to employees for like $10

Noodleface_sl said:

I think my company sells office keys to employees for like $10

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Get Mist a job and she's all set.

Oh I'll give her a job alright

huh buddy? right? heh heh

I'll show myself out

This is interesting...been keeping tabs on this off and on for the last year

The SSD Endurance Experiment: Two freaking petabytes - The Tech Report - Page 3

Basically they started writing data to 4 different brands of 256GB SSDs over a year ago, and are just letting them run 24/7 to see how long it takes them to fail


The Intel 335 SSD died after 750TB of writes
The Kingston Hyper-x 3k died after 728 TB
Samsung 840 Evo died around 900 TB
Corsair's Neutron GTX made it to 1100TB (1.1 Petabyte)
The Samsung 840 pro is up to 2000TB (2.0PB) and still going, as is one of the Kingston drives(that is explained in the article, but it's the only drive that is using some sort of controller setting that compressed data before write in order to conserve disk life)