[font=Verdana] Welcome to hardware general. Here we will discuss computer related hardware including every nook and cranny that goes along with that (drivers, pros, cons, etc). Around the beginning of March I will have enought money to buy / this /! Is there anything you're saving up for? [/font]

Nice, I've been tempted to buy a 970 myself, but I always end up spending my money on other things.

Senpai wrote: Nice, I've been tempted to buy a 970 myself, but I always end up spending my money on other things. Same here. I've been wanting to get a better processor for some time now.

Customer wrote: Senpai wrote: Nice, I've been tempted to buy a 970 myself, but I always end up spending my money on other things. Same here. I've been wanting to get a better processor for some time now. I have a whole rig planned out, but have never accumulated enough money to purchase it. I'm almost certain that my list of parts are obsolete now. 😃

Still debating whether I should spend my budget on a PC build or save up more for a car. Hard decisions.

Losi wrote: Still debating whether I should spend my budget on a PC build or save up more for a car. Hard decisions. BUY A PC AND GAME ON GTA V WITH CUSTU-SENPAI

I think I worked out why my hard drive died [spoiler] [/spoiler]

malmon wrote: I think I worked out why my hard drive died F . <iframe data-s9e-mediaembed="imgur" allowfullscreen="" loading="lazy" onload="var c=new MessageChannel;c.port1.onmessage=function(e){var d=e.data.split(' ');style.height=d[0]+'px';style.width=d[1]+'px'};contentWindow.postMessage('s9e:init','https://s9e.github.io',[c.port2])" scrolling="no" style="border:0;height:400px;max-width:100%;width:542px" src="https://s9e.github.io/iframe/2/imgur.min.html#BcJCS5j"> [/img] Would you happen to recall what brand that was? I've been fond of Western Digital, but I'm curious what's most (and least)-reliable these days.

Backlash wrote: malmon wrote: I think I worked out why my hard drive died F . <iframe data-s9e-mediaembed="imgur" allowfullscreen="" loading="lazy" onload="var c=new MessageChannel;c.port1.onmessage=function(e){var d=e.data.split(' ');style.height=d[0]+'px';style.width=d[1]+'px'};contentWindow.postMessage('s9e:init','https://s9e.github.io',[c.port2])" scrolling="no" style="border:0;height:400px;max-width:100%;width:542px" src="https://s9e.github.io/iframe/2/imgur.min.html#BcJCS5j"> [/img] Would you happen to recall what brand that was? I've been fond of Western Digital, but I'm curious what's most (and least)-reliable these days. It was a 3TB Seagate - one of the least reliable drives of all time. It's honestly amazing that it survived as long as it did. WD and HGST (which I think are now owned by Toshiba) are generally the most reliable, with WD red drives probably being the best out of the WDs. That being said, I think Seagate are a lot better than they used to be, and they certainly have some more interesting options in the higher (10+ TB) capacity range.

malmon wrote: I think I worked out why my hard drive died [spoiler] [/spoiler] [font=Comic Sans MS] [size=xx-large]f[/size] [/font] [font=Comic Sans MS][size=xx-large][size=x-large][size=medium][font=Arial][size=xx-large][size=x-small]mine is about to die [/size][/size][/font][/size][/size][/size][size=medium][size=xx-large][size=x-large][size=medium][font=Arial][size=xx-large][size=x-small]too[/size][/size][/font][/size][/size][/size][/size][/font]

lewdygaga wrote: malmon wrote: I think I worked out why my hard drive died [spoiler] [/spoiler] [font=Comic Sans MS] [size=xx-large]f[/size] [/font] [font=Comic Sans MS][size=xx-large][size=x-large][size=medium][font=Arial][size=xx-large][size=x-small]mine is about to die [/size][/size][/font][/size][/size][/size][size=medium][size=xx-large][size=x-large][size=medium][font=Arial][size=xx-large][size=x-small]too[/size][/size][/font][/size][/size][/size][/size][/font] Yeah, I noticed mine had a bunch of uncorrectable sectors or so, so I knew it didn't have long left. In other news, I ordered a Dr Ząber Sentry case. Hopefully I'll be able to afford to do something with it by the time it arrives >.<

Hardware Discussion General

malmon

Alright, so even with no CPU, the PC won't power on if the EPS cable is connected.

Backlash

malmon wrote:
Alright, so even with no CPU, the PC won't power on if the EPS cable is connected.

Ahh, so maybe a faulty power supply?

malmon

Backlash wrote:
malmon wrote:
Alright, so even with no CPU, the PC won't power on if the EPS cable is connected.

Ahh, so maybe a faulty power supply?

Not sure. The power supply is outputting 12V just fine. Maybe it chokes under load or something. I'll try plugging all the other stuff back in.

EDIT: GPU LEDs are green, all the drives spin up. I think the PSU is fine :/

Backlash

Anyone else interested in the Valve Index controllers? They cost a pretty penny, but in return you get full individual finger tracking thanks to its array of capacitive sensors. Pretty useless except for VR Chat, but that the whole reasons I got my Vive. ^^

malmon

Backlash wrote:
Anyone else interested in the Valve Index controllers? They cost a pretty penny, but in return you get full individual finger tracking thanks to its array of capacitive sensors. Pretty useless except for VR Chat, but that the whole reasons I got my Vive. ^^

They look pretty cool, but VR's expensive >_<

malmon

Loko wrote:
I finally upgraded my CPU from a 2200G to a 3600 🙂

You say finally as if it was a long wait :p

Though it is quite a significant performance bump!

Backlash

Managed to snap a nice pic of my new keyboard last night. Best part about per-key RGB is how individual keys can be highlighted for different aspects of my workflow; ranging from programming, to media, to gaming, and everything in between.

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malmon

Turns out it's the motherboard that's dead. Got the cheapest H81 motherboard on eBay I could find, and it POSTed fine. It even has the coolest POST beep I've ever heard.

So I think I might try to sell the CPU, and switch to a ryzen setup for the ECC.

Backlash

malmon wrote:
Turns out it's the motherboard that's dead. Got the cheapest H81 motherboard on eBay I could find, and it POSTed fine. It even has the coolest POST beep I've ever heard.

So I think I might try to sell the CPU, and switch to a ryzen setup for the ECC.

Any links to that motherboard? I'm looking for a cheap one for this old PC I've still got; might fix her up for the hell of it.

malmon

Taking a closer look, it looks like there was a bent pin in the CPU socket. I kinda straightened it out, but it didn't seem to help. Since the motherboard died while in use, I'm guessing that there was some sort of slight short, which caused some other component to fail over the course of some minutes.

Backlash wrote:
malmon wrote:
Turns out it's the motherboard that's dead. Got the cheapest H81 motherboard on eBay I could find, and it POSTed fine. It even has the coolest POST beep I've ever heard.

So I think I might try to sell the CPU, and switch to a ryzen setup for the ECC.

Any links to that motherboard? I'm looking for a cheap one for this old PC I've still got; might fix her up for the hell of it.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/383006941104
I'd send you mine for free, if you weren't all the way in the states ^_^' Though I was an idiot and managed to bend a pin on that one as well 😐 But i got it back into shape for the most part, and the board still works fine.

I'll also be selling most of my Haswell-related things, if anyone's interested:

4x 8GB Kingston HyperX 1866MHz DDR3 RAM
4x 4GB Corsair Vengeance 1600MHz DDR3 RAM
Delidded Intel i7-4770k CPU
Dead ASUS Maximus VI Formula Z97 ATX Motherboard (Won't power on with CPU 12V power connected)
No-name H81 Motherboard (the one mentioned earlier)
Corsair H100i AIO liquid cooler

I probably wouldn't want to send the motherboards out of the UK - the delivery would likely end up costing too much to be worth it. Unless you really want it, I guess.

Backlash

Man, per-key RGB lighting was so worth it. I imagine it's not much use unless you're learning a new programming language, or your game's manual is longer than the Space Shuttle's, but I reckon there's value in the aesthetics.

malmon

Backlash wrote:
malmon wrote:
Turns out it's the motherboard that's dead. Got the cheapest H81 motherboard on eBay I could find, and it POSTed fine. It even has the coolest POST beep I've ever heard.

So I think I might try to sell the CPU, and switch to a ryzen setup for the ECC.

Any links to that motherboard? I'm looking for a cheap one for this old PC I've still got; might fix her up for the hell of it.

I just realised that the images in the one I linked you are wrong. The motherboard is pretty much the same, but I'm pretty sure the one I got has no rear USB 3.0, and some of the connectors are in different places. But I mean, it's a cheap af motherboard, so I didn't really care ^_^'

malmon

Loko wrote:
So apparently I can't play Destiny 2 until my mobo manufacturer releases their BIOS patch. Oof to all of the other 3000 series users.

You'd think the motherboard manufacturers would be a bit more prepared this time around

Backlash

Welp, time to buy more hard drives I guess. >_<'

Backlash

I've been thinking (rather, daydreaming) about building a machine tailor-made for virtualization. Problem is, there's literally zero utility I could imagine for such a thing, save my inspiration of making one PC for two gamers. Maybe I could lend out droplets to friends?

Backlash

My last-generation i7 really wasn't cutting VR Chat anymore, so I decided to double down and get a Ryzen 7 3800X. I've got high hopes, even despite the peril of AMD's driver support. ^^

malmon

Loko wrote:
Backlash wrote:
My last-generation i7 really wasn't cutting VR Chat anymore, so I decided to double down and get a Ryzen 7 3800X. I've got high hopes, even despite the peril of AMD's driver support. ^^

Welcome to the family lmao
I seem to be in the minority that are fine with drivers oof

Why would the CPU matter in this case? I would've thought it would be more about the gpu drivers :o

Backlash

malmon wrote:
Loko wrote:
Backlash wrote:
My last-generation i7 really wasn't cutting VR Chat anymore, so I decided to double down and get a Ryzen 7 3800X. I've got high hopes, even despite the peril of AMD's driver support. ^^

Welcome to the family lmao
I seem to be in the minority that are fine with drivers oof

Why would the CPU matter in this case? I would've thought it would be more about the gpu drivers :o

I thought so too! But apparently VR games use the CPU to calculate what's called "dynamic bones" - little bits of the character model that determine how an arm bends, a skirt flutters, how hips sashay, et cetera. Lag behind, and you'll start to have framerate drops and "vision loss", which is less than ideal. >_<

malmon

Trying to figure out why my server has stability issues wasn't really helped by the fact that i forgot to plug the GPU cooler in 😐

Backlash

You know what's funny? Back when I was a wee lad, I remember riding past ye olde hobby shoppe with my mom, and I said regarding our friend's model train collection, "That's dumb, who spends a hundred bucks on a shiny piece of metal?"

I wonder how fourteen-year-old me would've felt about getting a grand's worth of computer stuff. I suppose we'd only understand if we have the ability to partake.

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