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    5760 x 1080 for Project CARS - will a 4GB 960GTX be enough?

    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...
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    5760 x 1080 for Project CARS - will a 4GB 960GTX be enough?

    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...
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    5760 x 1080 for Project CARS - will a 4GB 960GTX be enough?

    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...
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    New system, win 8 keeps pausing for 5 seconds

    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.
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    New system, win 8 keeps pausing for 5 seconds

    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...
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    New system, win 8 keeps pausing for 5 seconds

    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...
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    Still confused about 12v rail split. Is my PSU underrated?

    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...
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    Still confused about 12v rail split. Is my PSU underrated?

    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...
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    Still confused about 12v rail split. Is my PSU underrated?

    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...
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    Still confused about 12v rail split. Is my PSU underrated?

    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...
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    Still confused about 12v rail split. Is my PSU underrated?

    That's great to know for certain, thanks for the help.
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    Still confused about 12v rail split. Is my PSU underrated?

    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)
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    Still confused about 12v rail split. Is my PSU underrated?

    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...
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    whining video card, suspect underpowered PSU?

    seems like it was, thanks for the tip. I turned on vsync and it's quiet now.
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    whining video card, suspect underpowered PSU?

    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...
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    best hard drive choice for ~$70?

    That's what I went for, thanks for the help all.
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    best hard drive choice for ~$70?

    I've been looking at several from samsung and western digital specifically. I'm open to any suggestions. I haven't been able to find direct comparisons on the drives I'm looking at. My mainboard has sata 3gb/s, sata 6gb/s, and a Marvell sata 6gb/s controller. I know mechanical disks don't...
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    New system, intermittent POST beeps for video failure

    I was able to get another PCI-E video card to test, and so far so good. I really appreciate all the suggestions, thanks for all the help.
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    New system, intermittent POST beeps for video failure

    Actually the case is a rosewill destroyer. I'm a bit disappointed in the quality. Rather than threaded holes for standoffs, they are raised 'bridges' pressed out of the motherboard tray. I think they'll be incredibly easy to cross thread, with no way to re-thread them. It came with two brass...
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    New system, intermittent POST beeps for video failure

    Thanks, on that note - the case came with one brass standoff installed, but it's not like any I've seen before. Rather than having a threaded hole in the top, it has a smooth pin sticking out. The board locates over this ok but there's no screw or fastening mechanism on this post. Is it possible...
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    New system, intermittent POST beeps for video failure

    Thanks, I've reseated the video card a couple of times but it's still doing it occasionally. It gave me the error beeps first boot after sitting off overnight. I've updated the motherboard bios, and downloaded all the newest drivers. It was doing this before I even installed the OS. I'll see...
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    New system, intermittent POST beeps for video failure

    I've just got a new system, and having some intermittent issues with booting up. I'm getting one long and three short beeps sometimes, although the computer will boot to windows other times and work fine. The board is an asus P8p67-m pro, and the video card is a galaxy geforce GT 430. I've...
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    Trying to remove the MBR of a drive?

    Thanks all. I've run into a weird problem now. I've removed the SATA drive, and windows 7 will no longer boot from the IDE drive. It says the boot manager is missing. I'm going to try and run a repair install and see if it'll add whatever it needs to the IDE drive.
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    Trying to remove the MBR of a drive?

    I'm trying to completely wipe a SATA drive I have so I can reuse it in a new system. I've deleted all the partitions through windows disk management, and done a 'write zeros' using the western digital tool. It's the only SATA drive in the system, the operating system lives on an IDE drive...
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    how do I know what memory speed I need?

    Perfect, thanks again for the help.
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    how do I know what memory speed I need?

    Thanks very much. So if I'm understanding this correctly, the memory clock/bus on a modern system runs on it's own frequency and can be overclocked separately from the CPU? If I went for the ASUS board and 2x4gb sticks of cas9 DDR3 1600, does that sound like a good plan?
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    how do I know what memory speed I need?

    It's been several years since I've built a PC, and I'm looking at upgrading to an i5 system. The CPU I've picked out is the i5 2500K (3.3ghz, unlocked). I'm looking at either an ASUS or intel board, and as I understand it I need DDR3 memory. What has got me totally confused though is what...
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    any upgrade path here that doesn't involve replacing everything?

    Just one more question. If I wait for Llano to take advantage of the better onboard video, are the rest of the components (motherboard) going to be new technology as well or would one of the current AM3 boards work? I'm seeing something about AM3+ but haven't seen any boards that use this...
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    any upgrade path here that doesn't involve replacing everything?

    Thanks again guys. If I were going to go with a pci-e video card at some point in the future, is there any reason to wait for Llano vs. a phenom system? How does Phenom compare to i3? Most of the reviews I've seen compared phenom to i5/7, and the intel chips seemed to beat it.
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    any upgrade path here that doesn't involve replacing everything?

    Would an athlon II system give me a significant performance boost? I'm also looking at phenom II parts, but it sounds like that might not be a good plan with Llano releasing soon. By kinks, I simply mean hard-to-track-down stability issues. Is the general consensus that intel/amd are about...
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    any upgrade path here that doesn't involve replacing everything?

    Thanks for the advice. Will the Llano use existing motherboards/chipsets or is it a whole new platform? I'd prefer to avoid stuff that's brand new and potentially has some kinks that still need to be ironed out. I'm amazed that onboard video has got so powerful now.
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    any upgrade path here that doesn't involve replacing everything?

    I think I can probably guess the answer to this one but I figured I'd ask just in case I've missed something. I have an i865 chipset motherboard, with a P4 3.2 northwood, and 2.5gb PC3200 400mhz ram. It's AGP with a geforce 7800gs card. I'm wondering if there is any CPU/mainboard upgrade...