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Verisimilidude posted:It's also surprising how easy it is to build a computer once you know where everything goes. With the exception of troubleshooting, actually building the drat thing is relatively simple. The problem arises when something small and stupid is done improperly and you spend hours trying to figure it out. This is extra hard when you don't have a computer to do research on. I remember spending hours trying to figure out what the gently caress was wrong with my computer, and in the end all I had to do was reseat the memory.
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These days with stuff being jumper free as long as the PCIe cards are seated and the power and sata cables are all plugged in the next step in debugging is RMAing whatever's not working. 95% of the time it is the video card is not seated all the way in the slot.
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Oct 24, 2014 21:23
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Another little thing is some power supplies have a little orange switch on the back to that turns it into European mode or some poo poo, and if you have it clicked in the wrong direction your computer isn't going to get adequate power. But it will get some, enough to really confuse you.
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Oct 24, 2014 21:24
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SolidSnakesBandana posted:Another little thing is some power supplies have a little orange switch on the back to that turns it into European mode or some poo poo, and if you have it clicked in the wrong direction your computer isn't going to get adequate power. But it will get some, enough to really confuse you. Is that the selection for 220/230v? I have seen a switch like that but never really looked. Also a good tip!
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Oct 24, 2014 21:30
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Dang. Quote != edit 
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Oct 24, 2014 21:30
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It really is just like putting lego together. The hardest part really is making sure you got the right parts, and even that's just a matter of matching numbers. Also the PC building thread usually has a goto list for everything you need.
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Oct 24, 2014 22:51
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If you really are looking for some assistance, you can purchase mobo + CPU + RAM bundles on mwave.com and you can pay a little extra to have them assemble and test it for you. They ship it all put together. I did that waaaaay back when. I mean there's still some work to do, putting it in the case, hooking up the power supply and graphics cards and stuff, but at least you'll be sure the main pieces work well.
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Oct 24, 2014 23:00
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SolidSnakesBandana posted:Another little thing is some power supplies have a little orange switch on the back to that turns it into European mode or some poo poo, and if you have it clicked in the wrong direction your computer isn't going to get adequate power. But it will get some, enough to really confuse you.
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Oct 24, 2014 23:07
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Great Joe posted:If you flip it the wrong way in Europe, you can kiss your power supply goodbye. Always fun to let the interns unknowingly blow up a power supply! It does leave a bad smell though.
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Oct 24, 2014 23:18
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It's piss easy to put together a computer these days. Everything is designed to fit in a certain way and honestly the trickiest part is connecting all the cables together in a way that isn't a total mess.
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Oct 24, 2014 23:46
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SolidSnakesBandana posted:Another little thing is some power supplies have a little orange switch on the back to that turns it into European mode or some poo poo, and if you have it clicked in the wrong direction your computer isn't going to get adequate power. But it will get some, enough to really confuse you. I did this. Now it doesn't work.
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Oct 25, 2014 00:59
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The only thing I think could really be improved with modern computer builds is the seating of the CPU heatsink-fan combo. It's much better than it was in the past, but it still not great. Sure, the days of jamming down on the HSF until it felt like you were going to snap the mobo in half and shatter the chip are mostly gone, but the current stock Intel clamping solution feels cheap and inexact as hell. Aftermarket coolers aren't that much better either.
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Oct 25, 2014 01:48
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:The only thing I think could really be improved with modern computer builds is the seating of the CPU heatsink-fan combo. It's much better than it was in the past, but it still not great. Sure, the days of jamming down on the HSF until it felt like you were going to snap the mobo in half and shatter the chip are mostly gone, but the current stock Intel clamping solution feels cheap and inexact as hell. Aftermarket coolers aren't that much better either. The first time I did that by myself was loving terrifying. I'll honestly take the cheap stuff we have now over anything even resembling that.
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Oct 25, 2014 02:07
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The confusing jumble of metal clamps and bars and such was really frustrating at times. Last few heatsinks I've used just had a simple lever that was easy to use. But it still feels like you have to apply so much strength that you'll break it.
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Oct 25, 2014 02:19
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crestfallen posted:If you really are looking for some assistance, you can purchase mobo + CPU + RAM bundles on mwave.com and you can pay a little extra to have them assemble and test it for you. They ship it all put together. You can also just use a site like https://www.pcpartpicker.com. Not only can you see other peoples builds, mix and match your own, but they have guides on their homepage for solid pre-configured setups based on your budget. You figure out what you want based on that, order the parts, and put it together. It's really easy these days. I have no idea how I did this when I was 12 and none of this stuff existed.
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Oct 25, 2014 02:27
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Starhawk64 posted:It's piss easy to put together a computer these days. Everything is designed to fit in a certain way and honestly the trickiest part is connecting all the cables together in a way that isn't a total mess. Even then case design has gotten better at cable routing, and you can get a modular power supply with removable cables so you don't have unused spares dangling around.
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Oct 25, 2014 02:49
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I just want them to completely idiot proof the front panel connectors, that's like the last gripe I have because I still get it wrong every time. Those tiny markings  priznat posted:Is that the selection for 220/230v? I have seen a switch like that but never really looked. Also a good tip!  , a good chunk of the rest of the "free" world uses 230V. It should be set to where it's supposed to be by default, unless someone's playing a joke on you (a really mean one in Europe). You won't blow anything up in the US if it's set wrong, it just means the power supply will be getting half the juice it's expecting and will probably not get very far in the startup process, just turn everything off and set the switch to where it's supposed to be.
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Oct 25, 2014 04:15
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Oh yah I meant selecting 220 or 230 instead of the proper 110/115  I'm in Canada we got the same wall-juice (technical term)
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Oct 25, 2014 04:21
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I had a question about refresh rate. Mostly comparing 60hz to 120hz and 144hz when it comes to monitors. I saw that Asus 1440p monitor running at 144hz that a bunch of people were buying. Doesn't that mean that you would have to run the game at 144 FPS(locked) and 1440p to get the full benefit of the monitor? How is that possible? No modern video card would be able to do that, so what's the point?
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Oct 25, 2014 17:55
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Cardboard Fox posted:I had a question about refresh rate. Mostly comparing 60hz to 120hz and 144hz when it comes to monitors. I saw that Asus 1440p monitor running at 144hz that a bunch of people were buying. Doesn't that mean that you would have to run the game at 144 FPS(locked) and 1440p to get the full benefit of the monitor? How is that possible? No modern video card would be able to do that, so what's the point?
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Oct 25, 2014 18:24
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Cardboard Fox posted:I had a question about refresh rate. Mostly comparing 60hz to 120hz and 144hz when it comes to monitors. I saw that Asus 1440p monitor running at 144hz that a bunch of people were buying. Doesn't that mean that you would have to run the game at 144 FPS(locked) and 1440p to get the full benefit of the monitor? How is that possible? No modern video card would be able to do that, so what's the point?
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Oct 26, 2014 18:40
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Cardboard Fox posted:I had a question about refresh rate. Mostly comparing 60hz to 120hz and 144hz when it comes to monitors. I saw that Asus 1440p monitor running at 144hz that a bunch of people were buying. Doesn't that mean that you would have to run the game at 144 FPS(locked) and 1440p to get the full benefit of the monitor? How is that possible? No modern video card would be able to do that, so what's the point? You can avoid a jittery image with a frame rate locked to a number that evenly divides your monitor's refresh rate, and 144 offers a better spread for that. edit: Including 24Hz, which is what most movies are filmed in. Male Man fucked around with this message at 18:47 on Oct 26, 2014 |
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Oct 26, 2014 18:43
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Most of the games where you really care about having a higher framerate (competitive games) are older games that you can easily hit 144 in anyway.
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Oct 26, 2014 19:11
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36 and 72 would be fine also wouldn't they? So for newer games you might have to fiddle a bit but both of those sound reasonable to me.
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Oct 26, 2014 19:20
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Nevvy Z posted:36 and 72 would be fine also wouldn't they? So for newer games you might have to fiddle a bit but both of those sound reasonable to me.
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Oct 26, 2014 19:34
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kalstrams posted:Yes, but then motion blur would be applied to smoothen the picture out, and, depending on the game, command input may be less responsive, as in less smooth compared to higher frames.
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Oct 26, 2014 19:36
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Great Joe posted:if you're dumb and don't put on triple buffering, yeah
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Oct 26, 2014 19:53
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In bad console ports, yes. In most sensibly-made games, no.
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Oct 26, 2014 19:57
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Watch Dogs on Steam for $35... Y/N? Is it another lovely port?
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Oct 30, 2014 20:20
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Sab669 posted:Watch Dogs on Steam for $35... Y/N? Is it another lovely port? Yes from what I hear, although there are mods which apparently make the textures not look like rear end.
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Oct 30, 2014 20:30
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I played it on launch and it ran like absolute rear end. On a pc which could run bf4 at 60fps 1080p I barely got 24 fps at medium-low settings. It may have been patched since.
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Oct 30, 2014 21:06
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Sab669 posted:Watch Dogs on Steam for $35... Y/N? Is it another lovely port? Sindai fucked around with this message at 21:09 on Oct 30, 2014 |
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Oct 30, 2014 21:07
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Even if it runs well, you're still playing Watch Dogs
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Oct 30, 2014 21:09
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The Milkman posted:Even if it runs well, you're still playing Watch Dogs Excuse me it's WATCH_DOGS.
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Oct 30, 2014 21:22
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Every time someone mentions Watch dogs I mistake it for Sleeping dogs and get really confused for a while.
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Oct 30, 2014 21:26
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Watch, dawgs.
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Oct 30, 2014 21:30
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I enjoyed WATCH_DOGS quite a bit. Cruising around was fun, messing with stuff so easily kept me interested, the missions were pretty cool. I dunno. It's not a masterpiece or anything but I was engaged the whole way through.
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Oct 31, 2014 00:18
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crestfallen posted:I enjoyed WATCH_DOGS quite a bit. Cruising around was fun, messing with stuff so easily kept me interested, the missions were pretty cool. I dunno. It's not a masterpiece or anything but I was engaged the whole way through. I'm playing it right now actually, and desperately trying to finish it before this year's Assassin's Creed comes out, because I'll be damned if I'm playing 2 Ubisoft open world games at the same time. I'm the sort of player who likes to do all available sidequests before going on with the main plot. I feel like the drat fixer missions never end.
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Oct 31, 2014 03:08
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I really hope far cry 4 and the new assassin's creed aren't garbage PC ports this year.
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macnbc posted:I'm the sort of player who likes to do all available sidequests before going on with the main plot. I feel like the drat fixer missions never end. I used to be this way before Assassin's Creed games. I did all the sidequests, got all the eagle vision points, got a shitload of flags, then I beat the game. I got to the credits and realized I could have gotten to these same credits hours of playtime ago and absolutely nothing would be different. Now I hate Assassins Creed 1, and the very idea of playing it again makes me sleepy.
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