Recent content by wolfestone

Thanks all. Unfortunately I think a single 980 is as high as I can go budget-wise. The ti cards are a bit out of reach. Or, would two 970s give me better performance than a single 980? I may be able to find some used or refurb for only a little more than a single 980. I appreciate the...

Thanks guys, that's a big help. For this kind of setup, is the video card going to be the limiting factor? If I get an acceptable framerate without having to build a whole new system that would be ideal. I will check out some 980s then. Will 4gb be enough video memory if I'm not running 4k...

I'm looking to drive 3 1920x1080 monitors to play Project CARS (and possibly other racing sims). Right now the rest of my system has an i5 2500k @3.3ghz, 8gb ram, and a samsung 850 series SSD. Current video card is an evga Geforce 550ti; it ran project CARS on one screen pretty well but...

Updated the video driver and so far so good (30 minutes without a pause). Going to keep a close eye on it and see if it's fixed or if it was just a coincidence.

I do have office 2013 and it looks like Onedrive is on there (though I haven't created an account or signed into it). If that seems like it could be the issue I'd definitely appreciate any help with removing it. With that said the primary drive was swapped out for a samsung SSD, and the...

I'm not sure if this is hardware or software related. I have a new system at work (lenovo branded system with i7, 16gb ram) which has a couple of upgrades (SSD, geforce gtx 780) I have got all my apps set up, office, adobe creative suite but I'm noticing that every few minutes the system...

Thanks guys, I did read the thread on corsair's forum and tried all the steps suggested. I also saw a couple of other people over there had the exact same issue as me. I've shipped it back for a refund and am now looking for a new one. I may try another model of corsair, but also are these all...

I'm looking at new PSUs now and have a couple more questions... Does single or dual rail have any effect on how likely a PSU is to whine? And is a higher output PSU more likely to whine? Or do neither of these things make any difference and it all comes down to a specific combination of...

I realize that now from the responses in this thread yeah. I didn't know that when I posted it. I'll be the first to admin I'm getting in over my head here, but this doesn't really make sense to me. Wouldn't my choice of CPU, number of fans, hard drives, and whether I'm running multiple video...

Any suggestions for a brand of PSU that won't make whining/squealing sounds? This corsair replacement has plenty of juice but the noise is driving me nuts. It sounds like other people are having the same problem so I don't really want to get into RMA'ing it for a replacement, I'd sooner just...

That's great to know for certain, thanks for the help.

Thanks, it's an RS-500-PCAR-A3 http://www.coolermaster.com/product.php?product_id=3738 I did read that FAQ and got some useful info from it but I couldn't find the answer to my question in there. (or if it was, it went over my head)

I read the sticky but I'm still not quite sure about this. I have a 500w coolermaster PSU which has 18A on the +12v1 rail and 18A on the +12v2 outputs. My video card says it requires 25A on the 12v output. I have a new PSU from corsair which is rated at 600w/40A on the +12v, but it...

seems like it was, thanks for the tip. I turned on vsync and it's quiet now.

I read the sticky on split rails and but it didn't answer my question on this. My PSU is a 500w coolermaster that appears to have 2x 12v rails, with 18A output on each. I've since found out that my video card recommends 24A on the 12v rail. (geforce 550ti) I am assuming this means my...