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Trying to order this but don't have a promo code and frys isn't sending me one. Do you happen to have one in your email? I will love you long time
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Trying to order this but don't have a promo code and frys isn't sending me one. Do you happen to have one in your email? I will love you long time
Crone
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Fuck ASRock and their piece of shit piles of silicon boards that they try and call motherboards, but instead are just instruments intended to brick peoples computers for weeks as you try and work through their ass backwards system to get it fixed.
Jimmies rustled AF BROS!!
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Crone
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Ha, funny, not funny. According to their forums, they never updated the latest BIOS that is recommended for my motherboard to work with Windows 10. And then the ass backwards system they have to fix it for some users that weren't lucky enough to be able to system restore back to Windows 8, was to mail them a paper check, because they couldn't take any other kind of payment, and then they ship you a new BIOS chip with an older version of BIOS which will allow your motherboard/computer to work again.
This was all posted in the Computer Issues thread back on the old forums. I got lucky and was able to restore back to Windows 8, but after that experience, and seeing their response on the forums, I won't buy their junk anymore. Their response? Sorry, there are too many combinations of motherboards to be able to get them all ready for Windows 10.
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I think the dell is a TN panel. I'd avoid those. Get an IPS panel if possible. What type of games do you play? The dell 34" ultra wide can be had for $699-799. Its curved and IPS but only 60hz.
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Not sure if it was in this thread, or elsewhere, but someone made a comment along the lines of "if your GPU can maintain 60 fps, you don't need G-Sync" recently. Whoever said that doesn't understand how G-Sync works, and is wrong. Even if your GPU is pushing 100 fps or whatever, G-Sync will still provide a smoother, less laggy gaming experience. If you are a gamer, you absolutely should be using a G-Sync or Free-Sync monitor.
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Big Phoenix
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http://www.tomshardware.com/news/pcie-4.0-power-speed-express,32525.html
300 watts from pcie port, aka no more power cords running to video cards except for 2 in 1 cards.
300 watts from pcie port, aka no more power cords running to video cards except for 2 in 1 cards.
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brekk
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Just be aware all you will get is their warranty. Most builders use the same models as personal bought stuff, but they have OEM serials on parts. This means no manufacturer warranty. Most PC components if purchased individually will have a 3-5 year manufacturer warranty, and outside of obvious water damage its usually a no questions asked RMA.
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I will concur 100% with this. I love my g-sync monitor. in WoW with the invasions, i've had my settings up a bit higher to play with it. I'll drop to 35 FPS at times and it's still smoother than my old monitor by FAR when it dipped that low.
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So, I got the new Origin PC today. And I've spent the last two hours trying to get it booted up.
The first time I tried to boot, it never actually got to the Windows screen and all of the LED's were flashing (they're still flashing two hours later; kill me) bright white.
So, I call support and he walks me through like 4 different methods of trying to fix the issue (he never actually told me what the issue was), none of which worked. Although, we did get it to the Windows screen if I took off the SLI and plugged the monitor into the second GPU. However, the flashing lights remained.
One of the steps he wanted me to follow was going to a program in my Start Menu called "Recover Sentinal", which I guess is their windows recovery software or something?
The only problem being that when I tried to restart the computer, after he got off the gd call knowing the issue wasn't fixed, I'm now stuck in an infinite loop where the PC is trying to fix itself. It attempts to boot, fails, tries again, goes to a blue Automatic Repair screen. If I try to restart from this screen, it tries to "Diagnose" the issue and then fails, resetting the loop and starting over.
FUCK!
Tmac
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I...I didn't build this computer.
Also, I've built computers before, as discussed in previous posts.
So...your link...what's it doing here?
Joeboo
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Just to throw some more gas on the fire...got my new office computer built and it works great. Put the whole thing together from unboxing the parts to complete windows install in the time it took me to watch 1 preseason football game on Sunday.
i5 6500, 500GB Samsung 850 Evo, 16gb DDR4 2400, and 3 of these :
Dell U2415 Black 24.1" 6ms (GTG) Dual HDMI Widescreen LCD Monitor IPS 300 cd/m2 DCR 2,000,000:1 (1000:1), height & Pivot adjustable, Built in USB 3.0 Hub-Newegg.com (got them for $110 apiece refurbished a while back)
Damn fine looking monitors, and tiny, tiny bezels, great for a 3-monitor setup.
Only thing I can't decide is whether or not to actually put a dedicated GPU in it. It will literally never, ever, be playing games of any kind. Just spreadsheets, web browsing, maybe some light media usage(music, videos, etc) Don't know if it would be worth it or not over just relying on the integrated graphics.
i5 6500, 500GB Samsung 850 Evo, 16gb DDR4 2400, and 3 of these :
Dell U2415 Black 24.1" 6ms (GTG) Dual HDMI Widescreen LCD Monitor IPS 300 cd/m2 DCR 2,000,000:1 (1000:1), height & Pivot adjustable, Built in USB 3.0 Hub-Newegg.com (got them for $110 apiece refurbished a while back)
Damn fine looking monitors, and tiny, tiny bezels, great for a 3-monitor setup.
Only thing I can't decide is whether or not to actually put a dedicated GPU in it. It will literally never, ever, be playing games of any kind. Just spreadsheets, web browsing, maybe some light media usage(music, videos, etc) Don't know if it would be worth it or not over just relying on the integrated graphics.
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The Dauntless One
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Gsync/Freesync also eliminates tearing issues you get with Vsync. Everything just looks smooth as butter especially in FPS. Once you play FPS at 144hz with Gsync, you can never go back.