i was reading up on these connectors and it is said that it is better to get a psu with the right connectors. (some thing to do with the rails) am i right
You really do not need 1000W
Its a waste of money, also, i think you should buy all the parts from one place, saves alot of confusion, unless you cant get a part you want from that one place.
do hiper make good psu http://www.ebuyer.com/product/134072
what has an 8 pin and is says Modular power cord think that just the coed that plugs into the wall (European model only)
Its cheap for a reason liam, come on xfire, i cant install steam on this computer but xfire is installing now.
Get the coolermaster one http://www.ebuyer.com/product/132289
my dad owes me 150 pounds so i bought the coolermaster 850w and a 500gb hdd:D
i need to test the psu with the pc i have a the moment, but mine has a 20 pin port. The PSU motherboard connector is a single chunk of 24 pins can i just leave the last 4 hanging over the edge?
found the answer
If you have an ATX power supply with a 24 pin main cable, it's okay to plug it into a motherboard with a 20 pin connector. It was designed to work that way. You can see an example in the picture above. The extra 4 pins on the cable just hang over the end of the motherboard connector. The 24 pin cable only fits into a 20 pin socket at one end so you can't plug it in incorrectly. The extra 4 pins were added to the 24 pin version of the cable to provide one extra wire for ground, 3.3, 5, and 12 volts. But it's okay to leave those 4 pins disconnected because a motherboard with a 20 pin connector doesn't need them. The only problem you can bump into (literally) is if there is something blocking the spot where the 24 pin cable hangs over the end. Or sometimes the end of the 20 pin motherboard connector is too thick to fit between the pins of the 24 pin cable. You can solve that problem by carefully shaving down one end of the 20 pin motherboard connector. It's just plastic. You won't miss it. If you can't get them to fit together then you can get an adapter cable which will make it work. The 24 pin cable plugs into one end of the adapter and then the adapter plugs into the 20 pin motherboard. But you should avoid using that kind of adapter if you can because the extra wire and connector are just more things which can go wrong. Adapters also slightly increase the voltage drop which is something worth avoiding. It's better to first see if you can get a 24 pin cable to fit into a 20 pin motherboard before resorting to an adapter.
I had the 3850. They told me, and I quote. "Due to the high temperatures experienced by the new line of our cards, warranties will not be given to those that reach in excess of 120 degrees centigrade."
if warranties were given with the 3850 it should of said it the book and most things now all have 1 year warranties i think they should of replaced it.
Well I have mad cooling too, and the ambient temperature was around 70F. I have a 250mm fan servicing the expantion area of my case, and I do not screw around when it comes to air channels or dust. I knew what I was doing and wasn't afraiding of anything.
FINISHED, Me and Liam both finished building the computer today. To our delight, it booted up strait away, off his old harddrive onto XP. We then formatted it and installed Vista 64 bit. Its a super fast computer, can't wait to see how it plays crysis. Got it cable managed very nicely and neatly, prehaps liam will take some pictures if he knows how to upload them.
Cpu temps are around 30-35 idle so the passive cooler is working well, he might put a fan on it when he overclocks it to 3.0 ghz.
It was Liams first pc build and im glad nothing went wrong, as he did seem to be parraniod for around a month before :P
Well, i say no problems, there is one... The screen is blurry. Not very blurry, well, very blurry on 1920 x 1200. It deffinatly is a hd tv and supports that resolution.
I can't work out why it is blurry, if you lower the resolution its not as bad but still blurry.
Its going through HDMI. Liam says it is fine in games, not blurry, but blurry in windows.
Why is this and how can he fix it.
Also, how does he get HDMI sound to work?
HDMI sound. Go into the windows sound manager and select the HDMI sound driver provided by ATI. I can't remember what it's called, but it should have ATI somewhere in the name.
Check the Catalyst Control Center for Image Sharpening on Color Correction. If it'd be anywhere, it'd be there.
Well, i say no problems, there is one... The screen is blurry. Not very blurry, well, very blurry on 1920 x 1200. It deffinatly is a hd tv and supports that resolution.
I can't work out why it is blurry, if you lower the resolution its not as bad but still blurry.
Its going through HDMI. Liam says it is fine in games, not blurry, but blurry in windows.
Why is this and how can he fix it.
Also, how does he get HDMI sound to work?
Thats no where near as bad as it was, infact, thats fine. you need to take a screen shot of it at a much higher res, thats when it gets stupidly blurry,
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how about the antec quattro 1000w
http://www.saverstore.com/productinfo/product.aspx?catalog_name=Savastore&product_id=20021768&pid=10&tid=52
and if i buy the hdd from there aswell. the psu/hdd will cost 152 pounds that is ok but i don't know what the p&p will be
X2 does come with a 8-pin adapter
Its a waste of money, also, i think you should buy all the parts from one place, saves alot of confusion, unless you cant get a part you want from that one place.
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/129282
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/132289
Wattage is not everything with a power supply. In fact, it's one of the least important main specifications for a PSU.
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/134072
what has an 8 pin and is says Modular power cord think that just the coed that plugs into the wall (European model only)
Get the coolermaster one
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/132289
i need to test the psu with the pc i have a the moment, but mine has a 20 pin port. The PSU motherboard connector is a single chunk of 24 pins can i just leave the last 4 hanging over the edge?
If you have an ATX power supply with a 24 pin main cable, it's okay to plug it into a motherboard with a 20 pin connector. It was designed to work that way. You can see an example in the picture above. The extra 4 pins on the cable just hang over the end of the motherboard connector. The 24 pin cable only fits into a 20 pin socket at one end so you can't plug it in incorrectly. The extra 4 pins were added to the 24 pin version of the cable to provide one extra wire for ground, 3.3, 5, and 12 volts. But it's okay to leave those 4 pins disconnected because a motherboard with a 20 pin connector doesn't need them. The only problem you can bump into (literally) is if there is something blocking the spot where the 24 pin cable hangs over the end. Or sometimes the end of the 20 pin motherboard connector is too thick to fit between the pins of the 24 pin cable. You can solve that problem by carefully shaving down one end of the 20 pin motherboard connector. It's just plastic. You won't miss it. If you can't get them to fit together then you can get an adapter cable which will make it work. The 24 pin cable plugs into one end of the adapter and then the adapter plugs into the 20 pin motherboard. But you should avoid using that kind of adapter if you can because the extra wire and connector are just more things which can go wrong. Adapters also slightly increase the voltage drop which is something worth avoiding. It's better to first see if you can get a 24 pin cable to fit into a 20 pin motherboard before resorting to an adapter.
there if someone else wanted to know.
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maybe you just got a bad card or maybe there was a bad line of cards.
well i hope it will be fine.
BS or not, I was out 200 bucks.
if warranties were given with the 3850 it should of said it the book and most things now all have 1 year warranties i think they should of replaced it.
They still stiffed me.
Cpu temps are around 30-35 idle so the passive cooler is working well, he might put a fan on it when he overclocks it to 3.0 ghz.
It was Liams first pc build and im glad nothing went wrong, as he did seem to be parraniod for around a month before :P
I can't work out why it is blurry, if you lower the resolution its not as bad but still blurry.
Its going through HDMI. Liam says it is fine in games, not blurry, but blurry in windows.
Why is this and how can he fix it.
Also, how does he get HDMI sound to work?
Thanks.
HDMI sound. Go into the windows sound manager and select the HDMI sound driver provided by ATI. I can't remember what it's called, but it should have ATI somewhere in the name.
Check the Catalyst Control Center for Image Sharpening on Color Correction. If it'd be anywhere, it'd be there.
Screenshot, pls.
Seriously, if it's blurry at 1920x1080 or whatever resolutions you're running it at, check the monitor's settings, or try a different cable.