id0ntknow Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Hey everybody. I am wanting to upgrade my PC's graphics card and CPU at some point fairly soon, but I don't know much about computer parts and stuff, so any advice would help. Here is what it has now. Link to comment
DailyDi Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Some nice upgrades available for that motherboard. Link to comment
AwakenEvil Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 If your board supports cross fire buy another gpu Link to comment
DailyDi Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 If your board supports cross fire buy another gpu Link to comment
Baby Brian Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 If your board supports cross fire buy another gpu Link to comment
DailyDi Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Never have had a need for dual cards. I just pick carefully my single. That's why I self-build or go custom, as very off-the-shelf computer I have bought has needed a video upgrade out of the box. And after disapointments in the last few years from Dell and HP I don't want a mass produced one anymore Link to comment
id0ntknow Posted September 2, 2014 Author Share Posted September 2, 2014 I'll keep those upgrades in mind DailyDi. I'll need to do some saving before I can do this, so that will take a little time. Link to comment
id0ntknow Posted October 6, 2014 Author Share Posted October 6, 2014 I just ordered this for my computer, and will be looking for the graphics upgrade over the next month or so. Link to comment
id0ntknow Posted October 9, 2014 Author Share Posted October 9, 2014 I got my processor in today. I can't install it yet though, since I don't have any thermal paste (could have sworn I did). This brings me to 2 questions. Link to comment
DailyDi Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 1. Should be enough unless you plan to crazy overclock, which shouldn't be needed. 2. Used price seems to be 70-80. For a friend I'd say ask $60 take 50 Link to comment
Baby Brian Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 Most new heat sinks come with a layer of thermal paste already on them. Check to see if it has any on it. If it does then you're ok. If not, I wouldn't recommend running it at all. I did this once and due to not having any paste, the heat wasn't taken away quickly enough from one small spot on my cpu (even with the fan running). That's all it took to ruin it and really set me back. Link to comment
id0ntknow Posted October 10, 2014 Author Share Posted October 10, 2014 I'm going to buy some paste this weekend, and will probably install it on Sunday. Link to comment
id0ntknow Posted October 11, 2014 Author Share Posted October 11, 2014 I ordered this yesterday before going to work. Link to comment
id0ntknow Posted October 14, 2014 Author Share Posted October 14, 2014 Got my video card in today. plan to try to install by the weekend. Also my friend at work has an Intel PC, so my old CPU won't work with it. I'll just have to try again about selling it. Link to comment
id0ntknow Posted October 16, 2014 Author Share Posted October 16, 2014 I got everything installed the other night, but it was overheating. I took it up to Best Buy, and had Geek Squad install a water cooler for me. Now it appears to be working fine. Link to comment
id0ntknow Posted October 21, 2014 Author Share Posted October 21, 2014 Could anyone here tell me if there is an optimum temperature for a CPU? When I installed the new CPU with my old heatsink and fan, it was trying to run at 147 degrees F, and then at 154 degrees F. Now that I have the water cooler on it, it is running at around 116 degrees F. Is this safe for it, since it still seems a little high to me. Link to comment
Baby Brian Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Most cpu's need to run under 180 degrees, and have a shut off in them if they reach that high- certainly at 200. Generally you want them to run under 160 or they start running slower. It sounds like you were OK before, but even better now. Link to comment
id0ntknow Posted October 22, 2014 Author Share Posted October 22, 2014 Most cpu's need to run under 180 degrees, and have a shut off in them if they reach that high- certainly at 200. Generally you want them to run under 160 or they start running slower. It sounds like you were OK before, but even better now. I'm thinking this one needs to be cooler. It was shutting off when I didn't have the water cooler attached to it. Link to comment
Baby Brian Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Yeah that would be the overheating protection- good thing too. You may have just had an inefficient cooler/fan or not enough silver solution applied to the cpu/fan. 99% of the time a water cooler is not normally needed unless you are doing a LOT of processing. At least you got what you paid for and is working really good. Hope it doesn't leak on you since that's how most end up after a few years. Link to comment
Kodachi96 Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 I might need a new graphics card. I might ask the hubby to get me one for xmas or my bday. I think I am fine for now. All I am running is D3 ROS. Don't think I need much more than I got, it works fine. Link to comment
id0ntknow Posted October 27, 2014 Author Share Posted October 27, 2014 I wasn't really sure where to put this, but since it's my topic anyway, I figure here is fine. I've purchased a Blu-ray optical drive for my computer, and the other day when I went to watch a movie in that drive, it wouldn't play. It plays DVDs fine, but it wouldn't play a Blu-ray disc. I've gone into the properties of the drive, and tried to update the drivers for it, but they were greyed out to where I couldn't click on the button. Looking at the properties, it is listed as, HL-DT-ST BDDVDRW UH12NS30 ATA Device, and shows DVD/CD ROM drives as the type. Does this mean it's not a Blu-ray player at all? Link to comment
Baby Brian Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 The bddvd probably stands for Blu-ray device dvd, or something like that. Chances are you have the wrong driver installed. Try removing the device from you systems, hardware list. Restart you pc and install the driver manually. If you have an install disk and a second drive, install it from there. Or if Windows detects it, be careful to select the correct driver in the list that pops up. If you're still having trouble after trying that, look up the customer support number for your device and give the manufacturer a call. They can walk you through it step by step, and/or confirm if it is a Blu-ray player or not. Link to comment
id0ntknow Posted October 30, 2014 Author Share Posted October 30, 2014 I googled the model number, and found a page on LG's site with software. I downloaded, and installed, but didn't help at all. Link to comment
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