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Beast_Power
Active member
Have had a few instances of PC's freezing and doing random reboots pre operating system and 99% of the time was the Power supply.
LordPhoenix
Member
Ive found that a faulty HDD can cause similar issues.
In most cases it's either bad RAM or HDD. Rarely get issues on CPU's these days.
PSU it's either low voltage or it just blows.
In most cases it's either bad RAM or HDD. Rarely get issues on CPU's these days.
PSU it's either low voltage or it just blows.
Mr.k
Member
Alienware http://www.dell.com/us/p/alienware-aurora-r4/fs
I reali think you cant get better... Used one couple of years ago and still the best pc iv ever used!
I reali think you cant get better... Used one couple of years ago and still the best pc iv ever used!
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petrivanzyl
Guest
Thx guys
For now it is more about deciding on what to get then where to get it at the best price:
CPU: 3570K v 2500K
GRAPHICS: 670GTX v 570GTX
M/B: Z77 v Z68; Asus v Gigabyte v other?
RAM: 8GB v 16GB
STORAGE: SSD or not?
For now it is more about deciding on what to get then where to get it at the best price:
CPU: 3570K v 2500K
GRAPHICS: 670GTX v 570GTX
M/B: Z77 v Z68; Asus v Gigabyte v other?
RAM: 8GB v 16GB
STORAGE: SSD or not?
clyde20
Member
Here is my Gaming Pc setup had it specially built. DETAILED WITH PICS OF EACH COMPONENT.
2nd Gen i7 2.93Ghz cpu
32 GB Solid State Drive
8 Terabyte slave HDD(Western Digital)
16 GB RAM DDR3
Cooler Master Half Case gaming chassis
Blu-Ray Writer
600 Watt gaming power supply(Cooler Master)
Nvidia Geforce 9600GT 2GB
Razor Arctosa Gaming Keyboard
R.A.T 5 gaming mouse(limited edition)
Razor Banshee gaming headset
32" LCD OR (2 x 22"LCD's for dual screen layout)
Divoom 5.1 Dolby Surround Sound
Windows 7 fully licensed
Free DSTV Drifta (DSTV on your PC)
This is my current system as of now. bought it over 2 months ago and its amazing, takes anything you throw at it. The pictures are of the exact equipment i have and were emailed to me prior the purchase for some research. I got all this for R16 999 together with 3 months of free uncapped internet and with a 24 month warranty.
These are available on special order if you want one. I can confirm availability if you are interested, just let me know.
2nd Gen i7 2.93Ghz cpu
32 GB Solid State Drive
8 Terabyte slave HDD(Western Digital)
16 GB RAM DDR3
Cooler Master Half Case gaming chassis
Blu-Ray Writer
600 Watt gaming power supply(Cooler Master)
Nvidia Geforce 9600GT 2GB
Razor Arctosa Gaming Keyboard
R.A.T 5 gaming mouse(limited edition)
Razor Banshee gaming headset
32" LCD OR (2 x 22"LCD's for dual screen layout)
Divoom 5.1 Dolby Surround Sound
Windows 7 fully licensed
Free DSTV Drifta (DSTV on your PC)
This is my current system as of now. bought it over 2 months ago and its amazing, takes anything you throw at it. The pictures are of the exact equipment i have and were emailed to me prior the purchase for some research. I got all this for R16 999 together with 3 months of free uncapped internet and with a 24 month warranty.
These are available on special order if you want one. I can confirm availability if you are interested, just let me know.
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petrivanzyl
Guest
Interesting.....I'm looking at a better graphics card
Which CPU is that? Which m/b chipset?
Which CPU is that? Which m/b chipset?
clyde20
Member
petrivanzyl said:
m/b is the Asus P9x79 Pro and the cpu is the i7 3770 which can also be overclocked to over 4MHz if you want. I'm just running it standard for now.
Yea upgrade the graphics, this motherboard can take so much more. I also want to run 2x GTX cards in SLI mode but not sure which ones to choose, still doing some research.
Karthik
New member
Re install windows , or get more ram
I have the same problem where my pc crashes while using the forum , or any XXXX sites :rollsmile: Does your pc screen crash and also say its dumping system memory , etc , etc. I think a virus got into the windows files and is busy corrupting the OS .
I have the same problem where my pc crashes while using the forum , or any XXXX sites :rollsmile: Does your pc screen crash and also say its dumping system memory , etc , etc. I think a virus got into the windows files and is busy corrupting the OS .
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petrivanzyl
Guest
So this is what I'm thinking (a rough estimate):
ASUS P8Z77-VPRO - R2,849.00
Intel® Core™ i5 3570K - R2,479.00
ASUS NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX670, 2GB DDR5 - R5,699.00
Patriot 120GB Pyro SE Series SATA III 2.5" SSD - R1,599.00
COOLERMASTER SILENT PRO M2 850W PSU - R1,599.00
COOLERMASTER HAF X NVIDIA EDITION - R1,899.00
Seagate® Barracuda™ 7200.12 Series - 1TB - R999.00
SAMSUNG® S24B370HS LED LCD - 24" R2,399.00
Patriot G2 DDR3 1600Mhz 8GB kit X2 R998.00
Total = R20,520.00
ASUS P8Z77-VPRO - R2,849.00
Intel® Core™ i5 3570K - R2,479.00
ASUS NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX670, 2GB DDR5 - R5,699.00
Patriot 120GB Pyro SE Series SATA III 2.5" SSD - R1,599.00
COOLERMASTER SILENT PRO M2 850W PSU - R1,599.00
COOLERMASTER HAF X NVIDIA EDITION - R1,899.00
Seagate® Barracuda™ 7200.12 Series - 1TB - R999.00
SAMSUNG® S24B370HS LED LCD - 24" R2,399.00
Patriot G2 DDR3 1600Mhz 8GB kit X2 R998.00
Total = R20,520.00
Andy1GP
///Member
petrivanzyl said:
Very good specs. Definately +1 on the SSD. Just bought one now whilst in UK and it changes your world. 120gb is a good size.
Gfx is great, glad you're dumping so much into video. Get another screen though. Also transforms your world to have multiple desktop area. Unless you already have another one.
You don't have to go mental on the motherboard. All the extra features go unused. Generally All the boards above R1.5k use extra copper filling in the boards and have better quality caps and Mosfet chips. That's what gives you good clocking stability. Stable voltage and long life.
Otherwise happy gaming :rollsmile:
Nic_s
///Member
Last weekend my brother's PSU gave in the Saturday afternoon. There was a big power dip the Friday late afternoon with the streetlights even going off and back on. The next day the PC just went off and didn't want to come back on. After pulling the PSU we could see 5 capacitors had gone. Tested the PC with my 600W PSU which I've had for 7 years now and the PC was fine. Got new PSU and the PC is 100% again.
Along with my 7 year old PSU, pretty much all the tech in my PC comes from about the same time except the 8800gt which was given to me as broken when in fact it was just overheating from masses amounts of dust build up. And about once a year my PC would also just restart at random. Then I just take it apart, clean out all the dust, put it back together and it runs fine again for about a year. Now I just clean it out when summer starts as the old AMD socket 939 X2 CPU's can easily run up to 100c under load if there's a lot of dust. Mine did 114c last month :mmm:
When it comes to PC's, dust isn't is just dust.
PS: I've haven't upgraded in so long 'cos I don't really play games anymore. Don't need the latest tech for mp3 and avi files :mmm: That said I was VERY impressed with the performance increase we got when we unlocked the dormant cores on my brother's AMD Phenom X2 Black Edition CPU turning it into a X4.
Along with my 7 year old PSU, pretty much all the tech in my PC comes from about the same time except the 8800gt which was given to me as broken when in fact it was just overheating from masses amounts of dust build up. And about once a year my PC would also just restart at random. Then I just take it apart, clean out all the dust, put it back together and it runs fine again for about a year. Now I just clean it out when summer starts as the old AMD socket 939 X2 CPU's can easily run up to 100c under load if there's a lot of dust. Mine did 114c last month :mmm:
When it comes to PC's, dust isn't is just dust.
PS: I've haven't upgraded in so long 'cos I don't really play games anymore. Don't need the latest tech for mp3 and avi files :mmm: That said I was VERY impressed with the performance increase we got when we unlocked the dormant cores on my brother's AMD Phenom X2 Black Edition CPU turning it into a X4.
Dax
Active member
petrivanzyl said:
take a look
http://www.evetech.co.za/Gaming-PC/Core-i7-Sandy-Bridge-E-PCs.aspx
i would dump the i5 and you would be paying too much for the graphics card check
this: http://www.evetech.co.za/PC-Hardwar...orce-gtx-670-oc-2048mb-graphics-card-112.aspx.
rather get a GTX 680 4gig.
Dax
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petrivanzyl
Guest
Dax said:
You say I'm paying too much for the graphics and then recommend a GTX 680 which is more expensive?:thinking:
I like this one, and its R4.8k:
MSI 670GTX Power edition OC
Dax
Active member
petrivanzyl said:Dax said:
You say I'm paying too much for the graphics and then recommend a GTX 680 which is more expensive?:thinking:
I like this one, and its R4.8k:
MSI 670GTX Power edition OC
I am saying you will be paying too much for the GTX 670 and if you want a decent card get the GTX 680 4 gig much better performance.
but it all depends what the main fucnction of the PC will be.
I run the following
I7 980 oc to 4.2
GTX 480 oc
24 gig Corsair Gt dominator ram @ 1600mhz
600 gig WD raptor 10000 rpm OS
8 x 1 TB Samsung F3 (Raid 0 on a Intel Rbl2080 raid card)+- 1000mb read and write
Antec P190 with 1200w Neolink psu
Water cooler
2 x Samsung T260 monitors
media one active studio monitors
1 x 32" Sony Full HD TV
Blackmagic Studio Pro breakout box (to connect speakers and TV)
and this thing rocks for what I use it for.
Dax
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petrivanzyl
Guest
I kinda decided on the following:
R4.8k MSI 670GTX Power edition OC
R2.3k Intel Ivy Bridge i5 3570K
R2.9k Asus P8Z77-V Pro Intel Z77 chipset m/b
R4.8k MSI 670GTX Power edition OC
R2.3k Intel Ivy Bridge i5 3570K
R2.9k Asus P8Z77-V Pro Intel Z77 chipset m/b
Nic_s
///Member
You can have a look at the link below to compare performance and cost.
http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/2012-vga-gpgpu/benchmarks,135.html
Are you going to sell the old parts?
http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/2012-vga-gpgpu/benchmarks,135.html
Are you going to sell the old parts?
Hay Man,
Just a few notes: If your gonna spend R20k don't go i5, rather go i7. Also get a SSD for primary and normal HDD for secondary.
If you do go SSD - NEVER DO A DEFRAG! :bangdesk:
Asus and MSI are good brands, love them to bits (Foxconn is king). on HDD go Seagate or WD. Stay away from Epox, Maxtor, Samsung HDD's)
Also if your gonna load 8GB ram or more get 64bit OS 32bit isn't gonna read it.
Get Windows 7 Home Premium, don't go Pro, Enterprise or Ultimate (They only come with stuff you won't use unless your connected to a Server in a corporate environment)
If you want you can PM me I have a IT company in Centurion still can help you get parts at cost
Just a few notes: If your gonna spend R20k don't go i5, rather go i7. Also get a SSD for primary and normal HDD for secondary.
If you do go SSD - NEVER DO A DEFRAG! :bangdesk:
Asus and MSI are good brands, love them to bits (Foxconn is king). on HDD go Seagate or WD. Stay away from Epox, Maxtor, Samsung HDD's)
Also if your gonna load 8GB ram or more get 64bit OS 32bit isn't gonna read it.
Get Windows 7 Home Premium, don't go Pro, Enterprise or Ultimate (They only come with stuff you won't use unless your connected to a Server in a corporate environment)
If you want you can PM me I have a IT company in Centurion still can help you get parts at cost
