It’s a bit of a misconception that stores actually keep all that massive inventory sitting right there on the shelves. In reality, most of those warehouses aren't even located near the retail spots where you'd actually want them to be, much to the frustration of many shoppers. For instance, I've found that if I place an order with Time Magazine before noon, they almost always manage to get the goods delivered to my door by that very same afternoon.
Gregory Hayes87 said:The CPU maxes out at 65°C while the GPU is busy spinning its wheels at 3415MHz and hitting 60fps, but the second I minimize that window, the GPU clock speed plummets to somewhere between 800 and 1000MHz and my frame rate drops to a pathetic 15 or 20.
🤔 That’s actually a decent GPU performance profile; if mine behaved like that, I’d finally be happy with 😁
I went ahead and applied those steps to the entire partition—essentially the whole drive—and yet, wouldn't you know it, I'm still stuck with the exact same issue... To make matters even more ridiculous, the specific file itself doesn't even show as "read-only" anymore, but the parent folder containing it does. Who can say? Perhaps it was always like that and I simply failed to notice until now... regardless, the bottom line remains that I am still unable to make any changes to my files.
I actually tried the same thing on my end since I just finished reinstalling Windows. As far as I can tell, it shows the folders as being read-only, yet I can modify the files inside them perfectly fine because the individual files themselves aren't flagged as read-only.
Try right-clicking the file or folder -> properties -> security -> Edit then under Group or user names, select everything one by one and set them all to enable The full Control.
Timothy Kim60 said:From what I've observed, the GTX 960 actually holds its own quite well against the R9 280 or HD 7950 in several recent releases. Is it perhaps because so many titles lean heavily on Nvidia GameWorks features, or maybe just because we see more frequent driver updates tailored to specific games? Regardless, it isn't as if 2GB is some insurmountable barrier, especially if you aren't a hardcore enthusiast.
Well, it’s likely the GameWorks factor at play here; take, for instance, the Hairworks tech in The Witcher or those specific graphical flourishes in Project Cars—they technically run on Radeon cards, but you'll suffer a massive performance hit because there is virtually zero optimization or support for them. Isn't that exactly why Radeon users get so frustrated? Unlike the tools available to everyone in the AMD / ATI ecosystem, Nvidia seems to love keeping their proprietary GameWorks tech all to themselves.
George Sanders37 said:List out exactly which components you currently have or plan to reuse—specifically include models and brands, since dimensions are our biggest hurdle here. For any new gear you're looking to pick up, let me know what kind of budget we're working with.
Z68 E3 G3 motherboard (roughly 12 x 9.5 inches) i5 2500k 7850HD (I’d probably ditch this just to escape that unbearable coil whine) XFX 550 w (I'm also considering swapping this for something quieter and more efficient, perhaps a Be Quiet! unit, if I opt for a less power-hungry GPU) 8gb ram
Budget: Honestly, whatever it takes. This isn't some hobby where I'll be swapping parts out every three months, is it?😁
Does anyone have any solid recommendations for a Home Theater PC case? My main priorities are pure elegance and dead silence; I’m looking for that classic horizontal layout that can actually accommodate an ATX motherboard. I wouldn't rule out smaller form factors entirely, but since I already have a specific set of components sitting right here on my desk, I’d love to see if I can somehow make them work together in a cohesive build. I assume I'll need to pick up a dedicated graphics card as well, though the real dealbreaker will be avoiding any obnoxious coil whine while ensuring it can reliably pass through high-end surround sound formats via HDMI.
Bose and Sonos both churn out wireless speakers, though naturally, each one will set you back a few hundred bucks if you're looking at the premium stuff. If you aren't exactly itching to empty your savings account, there are plenty of much more affordable solutions out there—honestly, why not just take a stroll through a Target or a Best Buy and see what catches your eye? Besides, most decent options these days come with AirPlay and DLNA support right out of the box anyway.
Timothy Kim60 said:That’s not actually what I meant; I was referring to the specific model. I mean, come on, you've got everything from those budget Cooler Master knock-offs to their high-end premium cases.
🤣 Look, in my metric system, "cm" stands for centimeters, not Cooler Master. But honestly, does it even matter? This case is total junk anyway—it just sits there collecting dust. If I end up selling everything as a bundle, I'll probably just throw it in for free.
This is the specific model I'm talking about. It’s easily the cheapest one I’ve stumbled upon on eBay, so if you factor in $850, then toss in an extra 25% for customs duties and maybe $100-$$50 for shipping, you're looking at roughly $1100 for a brand-new unit. When I went out to hunt one down myself, I ended up paying closer to $333 because, frankly, I was being picky and demanding a pixel-perfect display. (Though, to be fair, the dollar wasn't nearly as weak back then, and the price tag itself was several hundred dollars higher 😁).
EDIT: @Timothy Kim60/">@@Timothy Kim60, just so you know, the case stands 16.5 inches tall and 19 inches deep.
Is there anything more legendary than the Intel Core i5-2500K? Honestly, looking back at that processor, one has to wonder if we ever actually experienced a golden age of computing, or if we were all just living in a collective fever dream fueled by overclocking potential. It was the kind of chip that didn't just run software; it practically demanded you respect its boundaries while simultaneously inviting you to push it right to the edge. Does anyone else miss that era of hardware where a single CPU felt like the undisputed heart of a machine, rather than just one small cog in an endless sea of multicore madness? Is there anything more frustrating than staring at an HD 7850HD and wondering where it all went wrong? Is there anything more nostalgic than the Z68 extreme3 Gen3? I find myself staring at this setup lately and wondering if we ever truly appreciated the sheer engineering ambition of that era, or if we were all just too distracted by the constant cycle of incremental upgrades to notice? It’s one of those pieces of hardware that feels like a relic from a much more optimistic time in PC building. So, we’re looking at the XFX 550W 80+ Bronze unit now? Honestly, one has to wonder if anyone actually expects much more from a power supply in this specific tier, or if we're all just collectively pretending that "bronze" isn't essentially code for "just enough to keep the lights on." Is it reliable? Well, that depends entirely on what kind of heavy lifting you're asking it to do. If you're trying to juice up a high-end rig, you might find yourself staring at a black screen faster than you can say "power surge," but for a standard, mid-range build, does it really need to be anything else? Is it really too much to ask for just eight gigs of RAM? I’ve been staring at this Cooler Master case, and honestly, I’m starting to wonder if they actually tested the front panel before shipping it out to the masses. Is it too much to ask for basic functionality? The headphone jack is already acting like it’s permanently stuck, and don't even get me started on the USB ports—you barely touch them and you can practically feel the internal connections snapping under the pressure. It’s truly a masterpiece of poor engineering, isn't it? So, I find myself staring at this Dell UltraSharp 2560 x1440 monitor, wondering if anyone else feels that peculiar sense of existential dread when looking at such high resolution? Is it just me, or does having this much screen real estate suddenly make every single one of my desktop icons look like they’re judging my productivity levels? One moment you're enjoying the crispness, and the next, you're questioning why you ever settled for anything less than this level of clarity.
Robert Rodriguez2 said:Let me just pull out my crystal ball so I can figure out what kind of setup you’re running at both houses...
Could you perhaps have had the decency to actually list the configurations for both locations?
There’s really no need for a crystal ball, is there? Just strip away all the plastic components and fuse the iron parts together. Crank up the power. 🙂
So, let me get this straight: you have a laptop with a 15" screen at 1920x1080, paired with a 23" external monitor that shares that exact same resolution, and your brilliant plan is to actually lower the resolution on the larger screen? And now you're wondering how the game is going to look? Well, it’s pretty simple... it’s going to look terrible. 😁 That said, I can tell you from experience that it won't be quite as disastrous as if you were messing with the aspect ratio—say, trying to force a 16:10 image onto a 16:9 monitor while simultaneously dropping the resolution. And of course, everything is going to look incredibly blurry if you downscale from 1920x1080 to 1600x900 and then try to upscale it; effectively, every single pixel becomes 1.2 times larger, leaving you with a jagged, blocky mess that looks like you've completely disabled anti-aliasing. If you drop it any further, you might as well just turn the whole thing into Minecraft.
Beyond that, looking at the graphics card you mentioned, Call of Duty 4 is averaging about 27 frames per second at 1920x1080 on high settings... if you just kill off a few of those demanding graphical options by switching to medium or low, you should be able to play without any real trouble.