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Recent content by Niksa

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    $1500 budget for a 3D Graphics professional

    Hey guys. My sister is a professional 3D modeler for PC games, and she has been using an old 6 year old PC that has finally begun to show problems despite a few upgrades. She's going to be getting a new PC soon, and I offered to help her build one. I have a tentative list of my own parts but I...
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    RAM Timing & Compatibility

    I updated the BIOS after posting my last message, and that did fix the problem. Memory is all present and working now. Thanks very much for the help and sorry for the late reply. :)
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    RAM Timing & Compatibility

    I tried adding 9-9-9-24 RAM (not 9-9-9-24-LN) and it still does not work: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) 9-9-9-24 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231426 I reset the BIOS also. No go. The motherboard takes DDR3 1333...
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    RAM Timing & Compatibility

    No, sorry, the motherboard I listed is: http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/AMD_AM3/M4A785TDM_EVO/#specifications Here's the newegg link, same mobo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131406 It lists the compatible memory as DDR3: 4 x DIMM, Max. 16 GB, DDR3...
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    RAM Timing & Compatibility

    Quick newbie question. I'm upgrading a video card for a family member and I'm wondering about compatibility with the motherboard. If the Timing required for a mobo is 9-9-9-24 and the module is 9-9-9-24-2N, is that incompatible or is the -2N just "omitted extra information"? Specifically, she...
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    Pixelated with Hard Freeze

    Yeah I'm going to swing by a friend's house in a couple hours and nab a working but older GPU and see if that helps. For the BIOS sitting idea, that's a really good idea and I will try that out as well. Thank you!
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    Pixelated with Hard Freeze

    Update: May have found the problem. Sat in BIOS for a while, had no problems. I think the Harddrive is fine really because I hooked it up on dad's pc and it didn't have issues over night. Hard to say since the pixelation doesn't seem to have a trigger that I can detect. However, the new RAM...
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    Need A Little Help

    You could replace the internal hard drive with a larger capacity drive and transfer, or you could use an external hard drive as a supplementary drive. An external hard drive plugs in like a flash drive (via usb) and you can easily get a 1TB capacity drive from newegg for about $90. The external...
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    $1000 Build for College, Games and general web stuff

    Ok, so the deal at Microcenter for the 2500k ($179) and a P67A($135-$40 for the promo) saves a lot. So I will keep your suggested video card and monitor but it brings him so much lower in price that he can afford the 24" also if he wants. Final Build: $180 - Intel Core i5 2500K CPU $135 - MSI...
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    $1000 Build for College, Games and general web stuff

    Ok, good points. His old DVD burner is probably extremely old too, so I'm thinking the 22" is the way to go like you originally suggested. Plus he can use the extra money for a keyboard, since he's using one of those old IBM clacker boards from the 90s. He uses Photoshop for homework, but he...
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    $1000 Build for College, Games and general web stuff

    You're probably right, of course. I figured that the specs seem very close, and even putting that aside, I'm running a 25" ASUS with that same card (that you recommended exactly 1 year ago actually, weird) at 1920x1200. I run Oblivion at 255+ mods and full graphics overhauls and I don't have any...
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    $1000 Build for College, Games and general web stuff

    Thanks Danny Bui, I appreciate your help as always! I definitely think this will suit his needs. :cool: Edit: I think I might switch to this video card (ASUS ENGTX460 DirectCU/2DI/1GD5 GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 ) So I can upgrade his monitor to a 24" ASUS...
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    $1000 Build for College, Games and general web stuff

    *Note: I originally posted this about 2 months ago, but my friend's situation changed and he couldn't purchase his PC after [H] helped me make the build for him back in June. But he has extra money ($1000) now, in hand, ready to purchase this time. However, he also needs a monitor this time...
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    $700 Build for College, Games and general web stuff

    Ahh very interesting, I didn't know Adobe and Nvidia worked so well together, but I will definitely pass this to him and let him decide. I really appreciate your advice and the comments, either way he decides to go with the video card this new system is leagues ahead of his current HP Pavilion...
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    $700 Build for College, Games and general web stuff

    If he got the 4gb stick at build then he'd upgrade to another stick in a month or so. He just has to get the final cost at roughly $700 to start out with since his current pc crash came at a bad financial time (don't they always?) Danny Bui -- I am gonna research his games to see if there are...
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