Quote from Forbin :

Step 1: Open trash can.
Step 2: Insert laptop in trash can.
Step 3: Go to Apple store.
Step 4: Purchase computer for idi... I mean a Mac.

Im just using my laptop since I'm at my moms for a week. I have a PC at home that runs whatever I throw at it. I barely use my laptop.

Quote from MadCatX :

Those temp readings suggest that either both CPU and GPU fans are dead or that the vents are really clogged up with dust.
Important question, can you hear the fans spinning? If not, can it be that the laptop is switched to some powersaving mode that prefers slowing the CPU down to spooling the fans up?

OT: What's so wrong with Macs? For the extra money you get a pretty good piece of hardware plus the ability to run MacOS X. I'm not saying they're worth the money, but they're certainly not shit...

The fans are on and they sound like jet engines. Im going to take off the cover and check it out later.

Quote from imthebestracerthereis :

Not sure what the equivalent to Activity Monitor is for Windows (Task Manager?), but I found a corrupted file for a printer on mine was making the CPU run full blast. Deleted that file, and it was smooth sailing. Check for failing software.

Will check when I get home. Thanks.

Quote from boothy :

Probably because there's dust and shit in it, or some dodgy graphic settings. I only ever get >100 GPU if playing games, and high core temps if its on epic cpu / very high room temp.

Laptops clean and its idle. Its a 4year old laptop so I dont care when it dies, it dies. I have my PC at home.

I'm using my 3/4 year old laptop since I'm at my moms house for a week. I've been using it for about an hour and its REALLY hot. No games just internet and youtube.



Im not playing any games or anything. Laptops on 0% load. Why the **** is it always hot?

Quote from dadge :

i have the 900 mk1. you'd have to check to see what fan connectors are in the 900-2V3. but as said above, you can get fan controllers.

They are connected by the PSU. If you look at the pictures (2nd row, middle picture) You can see that the Fan has a psu connection Getting the case this week.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ ... aspx?Item=N82E16811129097

Quote from dadge :

they connect to the psu (although the new 900 has mobo connectors), each fan comes with a 3 way speed switch (low-med-high). i keep my front 2 fans on low, my rear fan on med and the top "bad boy" on low. i have never had a heat issue. even with my GTX470 in there and they are meant to run as hot as the sun under load.

Yay! Then I'll probably be getting that.

What they have at my store is the Antec Nine Hundred Two V3 Mid-Tower Case. Is that what you have?

Last edited by PLAYAPIMP, Sun 5 Jun 2011, 13:08.

Quote from dadge :

i think the way to go in terms of pc cases is either the antec 900 or a good HAF. something with plenty of room and lots of big fans. i own an antec 900 and the stock 200mm "big boy" fan at the top is perfect for flushing out any unwanted hot air. then the 3 stock 140mm fans help force the cool air from front to rear.

Since you have the case, do the fans connect to the mobo or the psu? The mobo that i got only has 1 input for the fan. :/ lucky everything already has a fan on it so nothing overheats. And I was already interested in that case when I saw it in stores.

Quote from Sueycide_FD :

I have pretty much the exact same setup and i'm sure you can up it to 1080p since i have nearly the same setup.

I'm playing on 1080p Samsung 1080p 27in TV with DVI imput.

I actually changed some stuff since I brought all the stuff in store.

PSU: Thermaltake TR2 RX 750W
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 250gb (for now)
MB: GIGABYTE GA-MA78LMT-S2 AM3
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 3.8ghz
RAM: 4gb 1333 noname (lol)
GPU: GIGABYTE Radeon HD 5770 1GB

and the case is absolutely horrid. 1st upgrade that I am getting is a new case.

Quote from burn4u :

M$ is rather common but I always liked Microsux.

To the OP, don't see a hd in that list, and what do those thermaltakes put out on the 12volt rail in the way of amps?

I had a 250gb HDD already and I have no idea.

I OC'd the CPU to 3.8ghz on the stock fans and the temps are fine. Getting 250fps+ on lfs. Renders a CoD 720p gameplay in an hour. Everything is good

1st time using fraps to record and I had no idea what I was doing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rwgcbh4c6m8&

- thermaltake tr2 rx 750w psu
- AMD Phenom x4 955 3.2
- Gigabyte HD 5770
- 4gb ddr3 1333
- gigabyte MA78LMT-S2

Quote from E.Reiljans :

Yep, looks nice. Except, if you're planning upgrades later, you could spend bit more on a way more reliable PSU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/ ... aspx?Item=N82E16817139028 would be your best bet as it's just $10 more expensive.

Did that

Final final.

PSU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/ ... aspx?Item=N82E16817139028

HDD - http://www.newegg.com/Product/ ... aspx?Item=N82E16822152185

Mobo - http://www.newegg.com/Product/ ... aspx?Item=N82E16813157176

CPU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/ ... aspx?Item=N82E16819103727

RAM - http://www.newegg.com/Product/ ... aspx?Item=N82E16820231445

GFX - http://www.newegg.com/Product/ ... aspx?Item=N82E16814130612

Quote from anbiddulph :

so you are going for almost the same system as E.Reiljans posted, apart from going for 4 cores instead of 6?

Its $50 cheaper. :/

Quote from E.Reiljans :

1. XMS memory will not go over 1333 MHz on AMD systems. Take one I suggested instead :P
2. As you saved on CPU, you indeed should take two of those HDDs and RAID-0 them.

Otherwise it's fine.

Will do. Thanks for the help!

Final Setup.

PSU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/ ... aspx?Item=N82E16817182076

HDD - http://www.newegg.com/Product/ ... aspx?Item=N82E16822152185 (x2)

Mobo - http://www.newegg.com/Product/ ... aspx?Item=N82E16813157176

CPU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/ ... aspx?Item=N82E16819103727

RAM - http://www.newegg.com/Product/ ... aspx?Item=N82E16820231445

GFX - http://www.newegg.com/Product/ ... aspx?Item=N82E16814130612

This will be my final setup. What do you think?

PSU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/ ... aspx?Item=N82E16817182076

HDD - http://www.newegg.com/Product/ ... aspx?Item=N82E16822152185

Mobo - http://www.newegg.com/Product/ ... aspx?Item=N82E16813157176

CPU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/ ... aspx?Item=N82E16819103727

RAM - http://www.newegg.com/Product/ ... aspx?Item=N82E16820145340

GFX - http://www.newegg.com/Product/ ... aspx?Item=N82E16814130612

Quote from amp88 :

You said you were getting a PSU from a friend but both the systems above include PSUs. The question of 32 vs 64 bit was in relation to the amount of memory you can use (32 bit system you'll be able to use <4GB as main memory, 64 bit you can use a lot more).



I agree on drive selection but I think the OP would still benefit from a RAID0 setup.

Ill probably be buying the PSUs with everything but get the 64bit OS from my friend instead.

The guy who posted the other builds said your mobo was "shit" and that I should stick with his. I'll probably take his mobo since its an ASUS one and just put that into your build.

Last edited by PLAYAPIMP, Thu 26 May 2011, 19:05.

I have a 32-bit copy of windows 7 home premium. I can get a copy of W7 64 ultimate if it really matters. and this is a pic of the back and top

I also got 2 builds from another forum. Which one would be best? 1st is AMD and 2nd is INTEL

Quote :

Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
Item #: N82E16822136073
$44.99


ASUS M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3 AM3 AMD 880G SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard
Item #: N82E16813131646
$119.99


RAIDMAX HYBRID 2 RX-630SS 630W ATX12V V2.2/ EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Modular Modular LED Power Supply
Item #: N82E16817152035
$49.99


Kingston HyperX 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 Desktop Memory Model KHX1333C9D3K2/4G
Item #: N82E16820104155
$95.98
($47.99 each)


AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor HDZ965FBGMBOX
Item #: N82E16819103727
$139.99

Total $450.94 plus shipping

or

Quote :

Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
Item #: N82E16822136073
$44.99

RAIDMAX HYBRID 2 RX-630SS 630W ATX12V V2.2/ EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Modular Modular LED Power Supply
Item #: N82E16817152035
$49.99

CORSAIR XMS 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 Desktop Memory Model CMP8GX3M2B1333C9
Item #: N82E16820145340
$109.99

MSI H61M-E33 (B3) LGA 1155 Intel H61 HDMI Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
Item #: N82E16813130588
$69.99

Intel Core i5-2400 Sandy Bridge 3.1GHz (3.4GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I52400
Item #: N82E16819115074
$189.99

Total $464.95 plus shipping

Quote from amp88 :

Do you have an OS to install? Also, if it's going to be mainly used for video editing you might be better off dropping to 4GB of RAM and sticking another drive in there on onboard RAID0.

I have a 1.5tb external that I use to keep all my videos. And the case is mid ATX. Is that a problem?

Power supply? No. I'm getting a 550w one from a friend. Would that be enough?

I finally got my computer case so now I can start building a decent rig for editing videos. All I'm really gonna use it for is to run Vegas and AE. Maybe play some lfs and cod4 pc. I have a budget of $500 so obviously it's not going to be top of the line but something decent, and the computer case was free if anyone can make me a list from newegg I'll be ever so greatful

Thanks.

Btw, I'm looking for the obvious stuff. Power Supply, motherboard, processor, graphics card, ram, HDD ect, ect

Its been a while since I've been on this forum or played the game :/ Might give it a run later.

Modding your credits with valhalla isnt that hard. I do it also but I do like 35mil a time cuz last time I had 500mil I got banned on my main account lol.

Last edited by PLAYAPIMP, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 04:42.

Yes it is when you check out the rx8 designs its the 4th most downloaded.

My many cars.

Quote from Chrisuu01 :

Do you do al you setups yourself because I'm having trouble with that.
Mainly the drift setups.

I do make my setups and im not pro at it I add some power stiff up the suspension and get used to it

Last edited by PLAYAPIMP, Thu 5 Aug 2010, 14:21.

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