Posts by Jamie Price

I suppose I truly deserve this, after all, you only live once.

What would be a fair price for this setup? Includes an HP monitor + Logitech speakers



I suppose the equipment is a bit older, maybe just under three years old now.

I would describe myself as a centrist moderate with a social libertarian leaning.
Left: 0.89, Libertarian: 2.98

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This is just incredibly foolish. I suppose they really should have accounted for the rain.

northernpilot2 said:Look, it’s going to be restored. Please stop trolling with posts claiming the feature is gone for good; there's really no need to spread misinformation.
The option was disabled because there is a legitimate reason behind it, and frankly, the administration isn't obligated to disclose exactly what that reason is. Once the issue is resolved, the feature will be brought back, and you'll all be notified. It's as simple as that.

To be honest, the forum has actually been running much more smoothly since you guys took the search function offline.

I imagine it was probably putting quite a heavy load on the servers.

Haha, what a bunch of absolute fools, I suppose.

The concept of the region seems to be something only Republicans and Democrats obsess over—everyone else just doesn't really care about it much, I suppose.
It’s much like how Republicans might get worked up over certain niche interests while Democrats focus on their own specific fixations,

He really does want to pick up a new graphics card from the store. I guess he just can't help himself.

Power Supply Unit

http://www.newegg.com/Power-Supply-Units/XFX-XFX-Power-Supply-Unit/p/N1E2

crimsonstag84 said:The integrated graphics on that Intel chip might actually be slightly more capable than the HD 5450 😬

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Timothy Kim60 said:Yeah. I suppose the issue is that all these newer cards up to $133 are just an absolute disaster, and they don't really offer much more than that
Anything up to $133 seems to be many times weaker than the old HD7770

I think I'll head over to his place tomorrow morning, so I should be able to get a clear look at which power supply he's using.

The issue here is that he isn't interested in anything used. He actually bought the computer by walking straight into a big-box retailer—something like a Best Buy or a Walmart—and just pointing at a display model and asking for it right then and there.
It’s not exactly an ancient machine, though; I believe the processor is some kind of Pentium 2020m and it’s running with 4 GB of RAM. His old graphics card, which I think was a 5450 or something along those lines, finally gave up the ghost, and that’s what he was using to play things like Half-Life 2. So, at this point, he's really looking for $133 to get something slightly more capable than what he had before.

I suppose it should still be capable of running some lighter titles, shouldn't it?

Where might I go to check on its current availability?
https://www.amazon.com/item-details

I was wondering if anyone could recommend a budget-friendly graphics card $133 that might be available in Miami as early as tomorrow—perhaps at a place like Best Buy or Micro Center, since he really needs it immediately. He’s working with a generic, unbranded power supply rated at 420W, so I suppose we should probably look for something with very low power consumption to avoid overloading the unit.

Christian Ross2 said:This is a strange issue. Your easiest fix is probably just disabling sleep mode entirely.
Control Panel > System and Security > Power Options
You likely have "Balanced" selected right now. Go ahead and click "Change plan settings," then set "Put the computer to sleep" to "Never."

Alternatively, if you feel like digging deeper, head into your network sharing settings. Click on your active connection—it will likely be labeled "Local Area Connection"—then hit Properties and then Configure.
Once there, go to Power Management and uncheck everything related to saving power.

This actually worked for me. Although I don't think I described my original problem quite right, what was actually happening was that it would kick me back to the login screen every single time the computer woke up from sleep mode.
Thanks

A new issue has surfaced.

It seems that whenever I step away from my computer for a while, the machine eventually powers down—specifically, it enters sleep mode. The trouble starts when I try to wake it up; simply moving the mouse isn't enough to get me back online. I find myself unable to connect to the internet entirely. When I attempt to run the network troubleshooter, the system insists that either the Ethernet cable isn't plugged in or that the connection itself is broken.
A full system restart seems to resolve the connectivity issue, though I suppose it is quite inconvenient that this doesn't work consistently every single time.

What should my next steps be?

Everything seems to be working perfectly now. Thank you so much.

It isn't actually giving me the option to perform a partial initialization; instead, it seems to be insisting on this full initialization... should I go ahead and proceed with that?



And while I'm at it, what am I supposed to make of these various conflicts showing up in my Device Manager?

Why on earth isn't my HD showing up? And why does it seem like nothing was installed quite right to begin with? It shows up perfectly fine when I check the Device Manager, yet for some reason, it's nowhere to be found under My Computer.

Ryan Hayes82 5500 + 1500 monitor

When I mentioned that it shouldn't be any weaker than my old setup, I was referring to my previous Intel Core i5-4460 @ 2.67GHz

So, I suppose an AMD processor would also work, provided it outperforms that specific model.

And, I must say, I really find myself missing having decent speakers included in these recent builds I've put together.

crimsonstag84, how much of a difference am I actually going to see in games between this first card and the second one? I noticed this one mentions being an OC model, though I don't really have any intention of overclocking or messing with the settings too much. My general plan is to run this setup for maybe three or four years before eventually selling it off to upgrade to something newer; that’s usually how I handle my hardware cycles.
I think I would lean toward the option with the more powerful processor—since I've mostly been using an i5 up until now, I wouldn't want to step down to something inferior. Honestly, I don't mind spending a little extra if it makes sense.