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Posted on 3/16/16 at 8:19 pm to LSU Coyote
That hurts.
Posted on 3/17/16 at 7:10 am to ILikeLSUToo
So big question, I'm planning to build a 1440p pc early to mid summer. It would be easier on finances if I bought some of the parts intermittently till then such as i5 6600k, EVO SSD (I'm thinking 500gb) a 1TB HDD, 16gb of RAM. Would I be okay getting those between now and the summer as I see deals or do you think they'll be a good price drop between now and then?
I won't get motherboard, gpu (planning on a Polaris), free sync monitor, (those 2 will be most of the money anyway) case and probably power supply till summer whenever the mid or high end Polaris releases.
Thanks for advice.
I won't get motherboard, gpu (planning on a Polaris), free sync monitor, (those 2 will be most of the money anyway) case and probably power supply till summer whenever the mid or high end Polaris releases.
Thanks for advice.
This post was edited on 3/17/16 at 7:15 am
Posted on 3/17/16 at 1:48 pm to fouldeliverer
CPU price drops are rare and minor. I think you're safe getting basically everything incrementally except the GPU.
Posted on 3/17/16 at 6:22 pm to ILikeLSUToo
Good deal thanks. May wait for ssd too, I'm thinking those prices may drop by summer but if I see a EVO on sale I'll get it.
I'm trading in my wii u and games to Amazon for $285 that should offset things.
Power
I bought this. Since I'm not interested in sli or crossfire I don't see why I need 650 or 750 watt. I played around with pc part picker. With i5 6600k, a cooler, two fans and R9 390x (getting Polaris which will most likely require less watts but added this to see) I was still under 500.
I'm trading in my wii u and games to Amazon for $285 that should offset things.
Power
I bought this. Since I'm not interested in sli or crossfire I don't see why I need 650 or 750 watt. I played around with pc part picker. With i5 6600k, a cooler, two fans and R9 390x (getting Polaris which will most likely require less watts but added this to see) I was still under 500.
Posted on 3/17/16 at 9:35 pm to fouldeliverer
Windows 10 giving anyone else with parked cores being "stuck"? My 6C12T is limited to 2 cores at the moment.
Has anyone else encountered? This was an issue in Windows 7 for most, but was fixed by the launch of Windows 8.
Has anyone else encountered? This was an issue in Windows 7 for most, but was fixed by the launch of Windows 8.
Posted on 3/18/16 at 10:52 am to LSU Coyote
I wonder if this estimate from Amazon is legit? Went ahead and preordered that LG 4K monitor and it gave me a pretty specific estimate...
Posted on 3/18/16 at 12:56 pm to UltimateHog
Could be, but I've ordered things that weren't in stock before, and Amazon gave me a similar window of time. When it didn't arrive, Amazon simply revised the window of time to a later date, and after that passed, Amazon just canceled the order and said "we don't know when we're going to get it, if ever." This was for a sheet music book though, rather than not-yet-released electronics.
They did something similar when I tried to order a Kindle Kids edition in November. Obviously they were having stock issues during the sale. Thought I'd ordered mine before the rush, but it didn't arrive a week after its estimated date, so I canceled it myself.
They did something similar when I tried to order a Kindle Kids edition in November. Obviously they were having stock issues during the sale. Thought I'd ordered mine before the rush, but it didn't arrive a week after its estimated date, so I canceled it myself.
Posted on 3/18/16 at 1:07 pm to ILikeLSUToo
Yeah, only reason it may be legit is because last years releases were Late April and May for the new monitors. Worst case early summer.
Posted on 3/18/16 at 1:47 pm to UltimateHog
I love how Amazon handles pre-orders. If it doesn't ship in the initial window they will send you an email stating the revised later window and ask if you would like a refund or keep the order.
Posted on 3/18/16 at 8:54 pm to LSU Coyote
Has anyone had a CPU die on them before? This might be my first. I thought it was a core parking issue with Windows 10 but as I dead fresh OS install and flashed new MOBO BIOS, but nothing helped. My logical cores are not even showing up now.
This sucks.. CPU/MOBO upgrades are boring.
This sucks.. CPU/MOBO upgrades are boring.
Posted on 3/19/16 at 11:31 am to LSU Coyote
Damn that sucks. Yeah I was going to say that I checked last night and all of my cores were working.
Only time I've had a CPU die on me was from me physically damaging one. Accidentally broke off a pin from an Athlon XP.
You tried lowering clocks and/or raising voltage to see if it's degradation?
Only time I've had a CPU die on me was from me physically damaging one. Accidentally broke off a pin from an Athlon XP.
You tried lowering clocks and/or raising voltage to see if it's degradation?
Posted on 3/19/16 at 11:58 am to ILikeLSUToo
One of my contractors walked into a repossessed "grow house" on Long Island this morning. I will upload some photos later to share. These dudes had their basement tricked out with irrigation, air filtration, etc. Pretty crazy. We looked it up and the people got arrested a year or so back. There are still plant stems, pots, and a bag of old mary jane there, though.
Posted on 3/19/16 at 12:02 pm to stout
Just one bag, sure 
Posted on 3/19/16 at 12:07 pm to ILikeLSUToo
The bag was old stems and shite. Nothing that could be used for anything. No buds or anything. Plus, the shite has been sitting in the open for a year drying out and rotting. It wouldn't be good for anything.
Grow House
Grow House
Posted on 3/19/16 at 12:08 pm to stout
Does it go bad? This isn't my area.
Posted on 3/19/16 at 12:10 pm to Mr Gardoki
Mine either but I would imagine if there was anything worth a crap the Feds would have taken it when they busted the people a year ago.
Posted on 3/19/16 at 12:24 pm to stout
It looks pretty well ransacked. If that black bag is that bag you're talking about, looks pretty gross. I imagine it would get moldy and/or break down like any plant matter would, stored in the open.
Posted on 3/19/16 at 12:26 pm to ILikeLSUToo
Yea that's the bag and that's why I said it wasn't any good.
Posted on 3/19/16 at 1:37 pm to LSU Coyote
Never had that happen.
My old PC had a Pentium 4 3.2 Ghz with HT and I only had the stock cooler on that with Artic Silver. Constantly overheated and reached 100 C a few times, but never died on me.
My old PC had a Pentium 4 3.2 Ghz with HT and I only had the stock cooler on that with Artic Silver. Constantly overheated and reached 100 C a few times, but never died on me.
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