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That monitor is worth the wait, it's gonna blow your mind and make your vga beg for mercy.
 
Gravel

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McCheese_sl said:
I picked up my mobo and cpu (the ones from my previous post) at Microcenter today and found that they fit into my super old case, so that saved me 50 - 70 dollars.

I decided to go with a basic 7200rpm HD instead of a SSD. While I'd love a SSD, it is a luxury and I'm really, really limited in the amount of money I can spend, so I can't afford to spring for luxuries. Since I've never used one I won't miss it.

Thanks for the inputs, everyone. Now I cross my fingers that nothing arrives DOA.
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I feel like an SSD is a requirement for an OS at this point. It's really a completely different world with one. I would definitely consider saving up and getting one in the near future.
 
Zodiac

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Elurin_sl said:
I feel like an SSD is a requirement for an OS at this point. It's really a completely different world with one. I would definitely consider saving up and getting one in the near future.
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this x1000

you can take an old machine, put it on an ssd and it's a night and day difference

best upgrade per $ spent period
 
mkopec

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^^Totally agreed. Since the storage seek/write times are like the last bottleneck in a modern PC you would be a fool not to upgrade to one for $100 if you have not already.
 
Joeboo

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4K monitor review has some interesting info:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/7157/a...monitor-review

Basically, we all know that HDMI 1.4(current standard) is limited to 30hz refresh rates at 4K resolutions, but it looks like there are a couple ways around that as we wait for HDMI 2.0...

If you are going to use the ASUS PQ321Q, you?re going to want DisplayPort 1.2 support. HDMI will work, but it?ll be choppy with its 30Hz refresh rate. If you have a video card with dual HDMI 1.4 outputs, you can use both of them to drive it at 60Hz if your video driver supports it. DisplayPort 1.2 allows for Multi-Stream Transport (MST) support, letting you drive two displays with a single DP cable. But why does that matter if the ASUS is your only monitor? Because to get the full 60Hz refresh rate out of it, DisplayPort needs to see it as a pair of 1920x2160 monitors that each get their own signal.

The ASUS has MST mode disabled by default. With my NVIDIA GTX 660 Ti I had to manually enable it in the monitor for it to turn on. I?ve been told that with ATI or Intel GPUs over DisplayPort 1.2 it is automatic, but I don?t have those to test with. Once enabled, it quickly went from 30 Hz to 60 Hz while staying at 3840x2160 resolution.
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And the review conclusion:
Coming into this review, I wasn?t totally sure what to expect from the ASUS PQ321Q, or any monitor with this high of a resolution. I love the screen on my iPhone 5 and my retina iPad, but I hold those really close to my face. Since I sit a couple feet away from a monitor, was I really going to notice the difference? Yes, yes I did.

Even coming into the office right after a standard 30?, 2560x1600 display, the difference is huge
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Joeboo

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mkopec_sl said:
Price= $3500.

No thanks.

Call me when that shit is like $300.
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I'll buy one in probably 3-4 years when they are down to a reasonable price(under a grand, hopefully under $500) and by that point I might have a machine/video card that can game smoothly at that resolution. Right now, I'd be pulling single-digit FPS in most games at that resolution. I guess if you figure that it's roughly 4x the resolution of 1080p, take your current FPS in any game and cut it in 1/4, basically.
 
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So here is a possibly stupid question. Well, first a comment. I am shocked at how tiny this SSD is. I knew they were small, but holy shit this thing is tiny. The problem I have is there is no mounting adapter that came with the SSD. It is just the chip itself, no cables or anything. Am I totally being a noob here, or am I missing pieces?

EDIT: Added a picture of what I got
 
Intrinsic

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That's an mSSD, not sure which motherboard you got but need to check where it is (if it is). Oh, saw the last page, you got the DH87RL? The slot that is right next to your PCI-E interface. You should just slide it in there and use a screw (included? maybe with MB hardware) to mount it down. At least I'm assuming that is for a screw and not a capacitor on the picture. That is how it was installed on the NUC.
 
Ameraves

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Ah, I see now, thanks for the info. Too bad there is no hardware to hold the thing in place! The thumb screw that is included on the motherboard is too short to hold it in place, and none of the other screws have a small enough thread to fit.

EDIT: Oh, I see. Gah damn I am retarded. It has only been about 5 years since my last build, and I feel lost!
 
Intrinsic

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You should be able to use it as regular storage, at least my mSATA SSD is used like regular storage on my NUC. Honestly not familiar at all with a caching SSD or how that slot operates on a desktop. Mist could be 100% correct.

Would still give it a shot, you just may have to first boot in to BIOS and make sure that it is selected in the boot order.
 
Ameraves

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No, it is a regular drive. It is just the new Intel 525 series that they made a mSATA. The problem was the thumb screw also had a tiny screw in the top of it that you had to take out, and I couldn't even see that it was there. It is in there all snug now. Thanks again!
 
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So I'm starting to think about building a new comp.. been about 5 years now. I plan to keep my case and fans.. Just can't decide if I should get a new Power supply or hang onto it since it still works. Pretty sure it's a 600w PC Power and Cooling. I havent read up much on the new tech but is that still serviceable? I doubt I'll OC or anything.
 
Intrinsic

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Glancing at my UPS output power, it is currently sitting at 220 W while idle (idle being three monitors, one with twitch, one web browser, one blank [and not on UPS]).

Don't really have anything installed atm to stress the video card, but with Transformers: Fall of Cybertron in a fire fight it jumps up to 350 W.

i5 2500K
GTX 670 SLI
2x Samsung SSD
1x 2TB Drive
something, something

Anyways, would think a 600 W would be fine.

*edit: That number didn't sound quite right, and sure enough damn SLI was disabled once again on start up. Anyways, loaded up Deadpool (only other thing I could think of that is installed) and it peaked at about 390 W. Need to install a benchmark tool and see how much power I can draw.
 
Joeboo

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Power supplies do slowly degrade over time. After 4 or 5 years, you probably cant get a max of 600w from that power supply anymore. Now, who knows how much it has degraded as that depends on the quality of the capacitors and other parts. If you are doing a build that only needs like 400-450w, you're probably fine, but I'd probably err on the side of caution and not put any build that needs over 500w on that power supply anymore.
 
Eomer

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Intrinsic_sl said:
*edit: That number didn't sound quite right, and sure enough damn SLI was disabled once again on start up. Anyways, loaded up Deadpool (only other thing I could think of that is installed) and it peaked at about 390 W. Need to install a benchmark tool and see how much power I can draw.
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Just use Prime95 and Furmark to max everything out.
 
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