[Alexis Estrada]

Originally by Powerslide

LET'S MAKE THIS WORK PEOPLE!

Okay, now as anyone could see there are HUNDREDS of tech threads floating around in CD - ranging from questions about graphics hardware, to questions about pricier graphics hardware and other tech such as monitors, hard drives and Processors to announcement threads of new technology and more. (I accede - I'm not being very eloquent here)

Any questions you have, tech news or ANYTHING related to buying/selling/information/announcements of new hardware should go here.

For example, if you come to the forums to ask "What is the better graphics hardware" or "What sort of RAM should I put in my PC?" then it should go here - I'm a little hazy, I know - but please keep all those graphics card and tech questions to one thread! Please!
So here's the summary, all:

• Announcements and queries on new or unreleased tech
• Benchmarks and results of hardware/discussion
• Questions on what sort of hardware you need/want for your machine
• Questions about existing tech and/or function
• Pricing and recommendations

Should be kept to THIS THREAD.

This has been A-okayed by CCNA for all who were wondering - it's up to you to stop filling CD with the same topics again and again that ask what the most powerful card in existence is so you can (not) buy it.

If you feel you have a question or can answer one - please feel free to do so.


Thanks all.
Adding more links shortly, thank you for your patience.

(Threads 1-85 have been all pruned, may they rest in peace)

http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1079401-the-community-tech-thread-%2386/
http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1084024-the-community-tech-thread-no-87/
http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1090141-the-community-tech-thread-no-88/
http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1094900-the-community-tech-thread-no-89/
http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1102258-the-community-tech-thread-no-90/
http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1108118-the-community-tech-thread-no-91/
http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1112884-the-community-tech-thread-no-92/
http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1118559-the-community-tech-thread-no-93/
http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1145193-the-community-tech-thread-no-94/
http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1153130-the-community-tech-thread-no-95/
http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1160717-the-community-tech-thread-no-96/
http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1167952-the-community-tech-thread-no-97/
http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1176772-the-community-tech-thread-no-98/
http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1180239-the-community-tech-thread-no-99/
http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1188969-the-community-tech-thread-no-100/
http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1199194-the-community-tech-thread-no-101/
http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1207079-the-community-tech-thread-no-102/
http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1217232-the-community-tech-thread-no-103/
http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1224422-the-community-tech-thread-no-104/
http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1227492-the-community-tech-thread-no-104/
http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1228926-the-community-tech-thread-no-106/
http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1233177-the-community-tech-thread-no-107/
http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1241366-the-community-tech-thread-no-108/
http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1247846-the-community-tech-thread-no-109/
http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1297566-the-community-tech-thread-no-110/
http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1328500-the-community-tech-thread-no-111/
http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1348566-the-community-tech-thread-no-112/
http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1358707-the-community-tech-thread-no-113/
http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1368710-the-community-tech-thread-no-114/
http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1376885-the-community-tech-thread-no-115/
http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1386813-the-community-tech-thread-no-116/
http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1397168-the-community-tech-thread-no-117/
http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1402863-the-community-tech-thread-no-118/
http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1406651-the-community-tech-thread-no-119/
http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1413621-the-community-tech-thread-no-120/
http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1415651-the-community-tech-thread-no-121/
http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1423359-the-community-tech-thread-no-122/
http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1430631-the-community-tech-thread-no-123/
http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1435536-the-community-tech-thread-no-124/
http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1440306-the-community-tech-thread-no-125-quasquicentennial-edition/

http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1447730-the-community-tech-thread-no-126-all-tech-stuff-here/

http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1460497-the-community-tech-thread-no-127/

http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1464936-the-community-tech-thread-no-128/

http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1466573-the-community-tech-thread-no-129/

http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1468768-the-community-tech-thread-no-130/

http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1472491-the-community-tech-thread-no-131/

Do I also have to put a big glowing neon sign to this in my signature? THERE ARE TOO MANY TECH THREADS - THIS IS NOT A FORUM FOR YOUR TECH WOES!

But we will gladly help you anyway.

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wolfpup
Wierd
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wingus
DEFRON
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iGuess
Starforce9
uncle fuzzy


Oh and PLEASE, if you want us to "Build" you a PC, please indicate the following:
1.) your budget in your country's currency
2.) what country you reside if not listed in your avatar area
3.) pre-assembled PC? ...or can you build your own?
4.) what is needed other than the PC tower? Monitor, speakers, mouse, keyboard, Windows OS disc? All these can jack up the price.
5.) product preferences, preferred seller, and intended aim

but please, no "I want teh superererest Peecee evar1!!!!11!1", because really, only Bill Gates has that much moolah.


And, speaking of building your own PC, two sets of good how-to videos from Newegg:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPIXAtNGGCw&feature=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_56kyib-Ls&feature=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxaVBsXEiok&feature=related

Thanks to SpankyTheElf for finding these additional ones:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CStOC0hET8 and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3buj5cIh2Bs&feature=related



Other useful links

http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/983941-a-freeware-guide/page__p__14225246__fromsearch__1#entry14225246
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/CPU/2
http://www.overclock.net/graphics-cards-general/502403-graphics-card-ranking-5th-time-last.html
http://www.hardwareheaven.com/articles.php?articleid=132
http://www.memtest86.com/
http://www.techpowerup.com/atitool/
http://entechtaiwan.com/util/ps.shtm
http://www.irfanview.com/
http://www.knoppix.org/
http://www.jonnyguru.com/
http://www.overclock.net/power-supplies/183810-faq-recommended-power-supplies.html
http://www.overclock.net/power-supplies/715889-psu-articles.html#post9110838
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4181.html
http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php
http://www.cpuid.com/pcwizard.php
http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/
http://www.crucial.com/systemscanner/
http://tftcentral.co.uk/
http://www.apple.com/itunes/
http://www.futuremark.com/products/3dmark06/
http://www.fraps.com/
http://trinityhome.org/Home/index.php?wpid=1&front_id=12

[Jimmie Allen]

Okay, so my brother helped me build a gaming PC and I just recieved my motherboard, RAM and case in the mail today. However I discovered that the PCI express slots are 2.0 and not 3.0. Is this a problem? Or will cards for PCI express 3.0 work with 2.0 as well? I really hope my brother didn't screw this build up for me. He built 4 computers before so I had no reason not to trust him.

[Tinkerbells]

You should be fine.

As long as the slot has the right number of "lanes" (you need 8x or 16x for video) you're ok...the PCI-Express versions are backward-compatible.

[Daniel Brown]

No it will work without problems. !!!!

So your brother didn't screw it...actually he knows what he's doing.

[brenden casey]

Fabulous, thank you. I was pretty worried looking in the instruction manual for the motherboard, and seeing 2.0

Another quick question. The graphics card I was going to order friday just went out of stock, but I found another that seems about the same. Is this a decent card? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121660

[~Sylvia~]

It's a good card, but what games do you plan on playing and at what resolution? What CPU do you have paired with it?

If you can fit it in the budget, I'd recommend getting a 660TI instead, but that's another $50.

[Hazel Sian ogden]

This is the processor I'm pairing with it. (I'm assuming by your profile picture this will bother you ): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113327

I just plan on playing about everything, I'm not really sure of the resolution. I'm still looking into a monitor. But I'm assuming if the graphics card comes with Arkham Origins, as long as the rest of the parts are decent that game would run fine.

And I'm already pushing it with the price already, I'd rather not go any higher.

[Harry-James Payne]

the GTX 660 should be just fine with that CPU, actually that processor are equivalent to an i5-3570 Intel processor. So it's a very fast one...(6 cores).

As for the physics the AMD 6350 has 7% more juice. (Nicely done AMD...at last. LOL)

And yes the GTX660Ti would be a better choice. Actually I would choose nothing less than a GTX670.