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Thought I would update this. turns out I received a bad card. After doing quite a bit of testing, I could do nothing to get the fan to spin down normally. This is the second NVIDIA card that I have had problems with. I picked up a AMD card and it worked without a hitch. Not trying to...

hey folks, I picked up a new GPU as my last GPU bit the dust. I found the above card on sale for a good price and it would be a nice upgrade over my older AMD Fury GPU (3.5 years old). I received the card, plugged in, booted up just fine. Everything appeared to be ok....initially. However...

It feels like it, with the behavior i am seeing. Thats my hope at least. I think the new card gets here tomorrow so fingers crossed I can be up and running again quickly. Appreciate all the help! TCG

Got it. Just did the test (had the little adaptor that came with the PSU) and the PSU fan spun up when I connected to it. I would assume that means the PSU is ok. Which makes me lean more to that the GPU tapped out. It was fairly old, and i pushed it pretty hard for a few years. I just happened...

Thanks VirtualLarry for your input. The PSU i have is this one: https://www.newegg.com/evga-supernova-750-g2-220-g2-0750-xr-750w/p/N82E16817438017?Item=N82E16817438017 I think I follow in that you are saying is. test the vga connectors on a fan, via a connector, see if they spin up? Let me look...

I was doing some gaming last night when all the sudden my screen went blank. The PC was still going (my LED memory lights and fans were still working). I powered down the rig, let it sit for a few minutes, then opened the case to check everything out. It all seemed ok. I then turned back on the...

That looks fantastic. Putting together the preliminary cost, see what my boss says. But this would be a m a z i n g. Stand by. Will update when i hear back. :)

Hey Folks, First, flight was cancelled (after couple hours on the tarmac..... :/). Thanks for everyone chiming in. I really appreciate it a lot. I spent some time reading last night, putting stuff together. Still doing so. That said, my boss gave me an extension to Tuesday. Which i am good with...

Hey folks. I am in bit of a rush here to post as well as buy and build my next desktop computer. I am about to board a 12 hour flight so I apologize if this is rushed. My hope is that by the time I land, I can have suggestions for what i need. In a nutshell, my company has given me a good...

Gotcha This is my board: http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Xeon/C600/X10SRL-F.cfm I am thinking i have the narrow, since i have 8 DIMM slots.... sound right? Kind of a pain finding a heatsink. EDIT: Found one that may work...

One more question. In regards to this CPU, the LGA2011-v3, how do i know if this is a narrow or square one? Looking at the heatsinks, looks like this is important to know which one i have so i can buy the correct heatsnk. Thanks, TCG

I was thinking the same thing...i really dont want a vertical heatsink so i was looking for something flat... there was this one: http://www.amazon.com/Dynatron-R30-Active-Coolers-Processor/dp/B00O8JLARQ which appears to be flat...just dont want a big heatsink standing straight up. :)

Looking at the chassis, i dont see a passive cooler with it. I was looking at that one as well as this one: http://www.amazon.com/Dynatron-R30-Active-Coolers-Processor/dp/B00O8JLARQ thoughts on the two?

So, i purchased ALL my parts for my newest server build, EXCEPT a heatsink. Doom on me. So, looking for something simple and efficient. The server itself will be more memory and IO intensive than CPU. The specific CPU i have is...

I am hoping this is a pretty simple request here. What i am looking for is a new, comfy headset and mic. ideally, I *hope* i can find one where i do not have to have a 'push to talk' button, but it is good enough to detect when I talk, but also not pick up background noise. Anything out...