Computer hardware megathread, or "why does my Pentium 3 get poor FPS"

[juju]

Logitech LS21 speakers? If they are I got the same set :P

That's strange lol, me too

[Jaimswallace]

Make sure your case has positive pressure. If it is negative, then its like a vacuum sucking dust into the case.

uhm waht do you mean ? thats my airflow: air getting in a the front of the case with 2 fans, getting out at the back with 1 fan and at the top with 2 fans like in this random case pic:

[piemaster-p]

Positive pressure is when there is more air coming into the case than leaving it. In your situation, I would turn the top fans to input, and just leave the rear exhaust. That should mean that there is more air pressure inside the case than outside, so it is a sort of reverse ​vacuum.

[metalmuncher]

Positive pressure is when there is more air coming into the case than leaving it. In your situation, I would turn the top fans to input, and just leave the rear exhaust. That should mean that there is more air pressure inside the case than outside, so it is a sort of reverse ​vacuum.

Having the tops as intakes would probably mess up the airflow as the heat will naturally want to rise through those vents, so I'd change the rear fan to intake if you really wanted to, but since he has positive airflow already (I guess the 200mm is pushing more air than a 120) I don't think he needs to do anything. You can't fully get rid of dust. It will get through your filters or drop in through the vents when the PC is turned off.

[Brickman]

Having the tops as intakes would probably mess up the airflow as the heat will naturally want to rise through those vents, so I'd change the rear fan to intake if you really wanted to, but since he has positive airflow already (I guess the 200mm is pushing more air than a 120) I don't think he needs to do anything. You can't fully get rid of dust. It will get through your filters or drop in through the vents when the PC is turned off.

Leave the rear as exhaust. I hear to put it as an intake if you have a radiator and fan there.

My 600t has 2 120mm side panels as intakes. 1 200mm intake in the front. Top 200mm exhaust and 120mm rear exhaust. Also depends on the fans too.
Certain fans like ones with the thin blades create more airflow made for case fans. Ones with the big surface area on the blade creates high pressure, which is good for heatsinks, but draw in more dust.

[piemaster-p]

Having the tops as intakes would probably mess up the airflow as the heat will naturally want to rise through those vents, so I'd change the rear fan to intake if you really wanted to, but since he has positive airflow already (I guess the 200mm is pushing more air than a 120) I don't think he needs to do anything. You can't fully get rid of dust. It will get through your filters or drop in through the vents when the PC is turned off.

Depends where and what type of heatsink he has. You are correct though, I was just suggesting that since he was still complaining about dust.

[Hell_Boy301]

I have been thinking of adding 2 200mm fans on the top of my case.the pic of the case is similar to the one i have

[HEMI]

I have been thinking of adding 2 200mm fans on the top of my case.the pic of the case is similar to the one i have

That case would drive me crazy being able to see absolutely every cable :S

[P0RTALized]

Thats why i have this stupid case:

No cable in sight

[Hell_Boy301]

That case would drive me crazy being able to see absolutely every cable :S

Try replacing the HDD,both sides have to come off just to unscrew it.

[piemaster-p]

Try replacing the HDD,both sides have to come off just to unscrew it.

How often are you replacing hard drives for that to matter? It takes all of 5 seconds to undo two screws and slide a metal panel back.

[Hell_Boy301]

How often are you replacing hard drives for that to matter? It takes all of 5 seconds to undo two screws and slide a metal panel back.

I've gone through 3 Hard Drives and every time i have to remove both side panels to unscrew and remove the Hard Drive.The only thing in the case right now are the 500W PSU and a card reader

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I am debating on if i should get a AMD A10 5800K/AMD 7660D With 8GB DDR3-1866 RAM or get a AMD Phenom II X4 980 with the same RAM/ATI Radeon 6850

[HEMI]

@Muncho, I fixed those fan cables (And replaced the Coolermaster shittleflows with some extra corsair fans I had) and moved the USB 3.0 header to a USB 2.0 header that was out of the way via the adapter which came with the case.
Figured out partially what made my camera's pictures so crummy. Also threw one of said CM fans on my HDD cage to try and move some more air towards my gpu. Which overclocked runs pretty hot at load. Probably will have a good few new parts next month.

[metalmuncher]

@Muncho, I fixed those fan cables (And replaced the Coolermaster shittleflows with some extra corsair fans I had) and moved the USB 3.0 header to a USB 2.0 header that was out of the way via the adapter which came with the case.
Figured out partially what made my camera's pictures so crummy. Also threw one of said CM fans on my HDD cage to try and move some more air towards my gpu. Which overclocked runs pretty hot at load. Probably will have a good few new parts next month.

Ahh, those little extra things really make the build look better, and the lack of the bottom HDD cage should radically reduce the restriction of the bottom fan.

[Hell_Boy301]

How well would ROR run on a amd A10-5800K with the HD Radeon 7660D graphics?

[OMGWTFBBQ]

I have brought an new GPU, It's a Gigabyte GeForce GTX 650 2GB with PhysX and Cuda: http://www.gigabyte.com/products/pro...px?pid=4360#ov

And some RAM, 8 Gigabytes of it, it was very cheap: http://www.komplett.se/k/ki.aspx?sku=578918 (this is the site where I brough it from, best site in Sweden for buying computer parts)

Just waiting for it to come by mail!

[HEMI]

Well, seeing as my 5850 is really having terrible problems with gaming. I've decided to invest in a new GPU.
Stuck between these two:
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...82E16814202003
and
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202006
Either go for better cooling, or the cheaper price.

[SeaDooSnipe]

My rig. I'm sick of my 912, it's hidden in a closet and I puke in the mouth when I see it. Excuse the mess, I'm too lazy to keep anything neat nowadays.

EDIT: And that sickleflow on my graphics card is ehm.. well.. replacing the cheap ass fan that came with the card. I'll tell the story if people want me to, too tired to right now.

[Yoo Jae Suk]

My rig. I'm sick of my 912, it's hidden in a closet and I puke in the mouth when I see it. Excuse the mess, I'm too lazy to keep anything neat nowadays.

EDIT: And that sickleflow on my graphics card is ehm.. well.. replacing the cheap ass fan that came with the card. I'll tell the story if people want me to, too tired to right now.

Well, let's see.

I woke up one day, the fan died.
End of story.

[metalmuncher]

My rig. I'm sick of my 912, it's hidden in a closet and I puke in the mouth when I see it. Excuse the mess, I'm too lazy to keep anything neat nowadays.

EDIT: And that sickleflow on my graphics card is ehm.. well.. replacing the cheap ass fan that came with the card. I'll tell the story if people want me to, too tired to right now.

Is that the one where you broke one of the blades, and because it was off balance the fan destroyed itself? Or am I thinking of something else?