Posts by fadedorca66

And why is it taking longer? Is there anything showing up on the screen? Maybe try resetting your BIOS to the factory defaults

Harold Jones5 said:I need an AGP card to give my PC a little boost up to $67, used is fine.
Right now I've got an NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 in there, but my macOS graphics score is sitting at 3.4. I'd like something a bit better if possible that supports Metal and Vulkan... plus I don't want the desktop effects to crawl.

http://www.craigslist.com/video-cards-listing-10684611

Maybe something like this, though I wouldn't expect any miracles from old AGP cards... honestly, you might be better off just saving up for something modern.

I'm on board with this suggestion. With an integrated GPU, you might actually be able to play a few games, though I guess my only tip would be to grab 2GB x 2 RAM sticks, since dual channel probably makes better use of the graphics.

What kind of temps are you seeing? Maybe check them with HWMonitor or something.

Signature, honestly? Just forget about CF and grab a beefier GPU instead. You'll get less heat, less noise, and way fewer headaches. Plus, most games don't even support CF anymore, or if they do, they don't handle it that well...

Do you really want a slow burner? For just a little more, you could grab a 6-core processor and a 1TB drive:

1 x DDR3 4GB (1x4GB) Kingston, 1600MHz, CL9, HyperX, KHX1600C9D3B1/
1 x Sapphire R7 260X 1GB GDDR5 OC, 1GB GDDR5 128bit, 28nm
1 x HDD Seagate BarraCuda 1TB, Caviar Blue 10EZEX, 1000 GB, SATA3,64 MB, 3,5", 24mj
1 x EVGA Core Edition 80+ 450W PSU - EasyRail technology
1 x Intel Core i7-2600K 3.5GHz,14MB,95W,LGA 1155, FD6300WMHK
1 x Gigabyte 970A-DS3P, AM3+, AMD 970 SB950, 4x DDR3 2000(O.C.)/1866
1 x EVC 6018 • ATX Case • Front Control Panel in Black color

$1162

Maybe try moving it to a different room just to test things out there?

What is this, a wishlist for some game? Just tell us what you actually plan on doing or playing on this rig, what your budget looks like, and what parts you're aiming for

You don't actually know what you're doing, so you might as well be guessing. This build is pretty much useless; you're basically just throwing money down the drain.

Why are you getting hung up on those marketing gimmicks? Those boards are just $100-$200 more expensive $100 purely because of the branding and aesthetics; honestly, you're better off grabbing a standard board.

Anyway, one uses socket 1150 while the other is FM2+. On 1150, you're basically capped at an $333 i3, and for FM2+, maybe a 760k, but if I were you, I'd just skip both and go with an FX6300 paired with something like a Gigabyte 970 A-DS3P, an ASRock 970 Extreme3 R2, or an ASUS M5A97 R2. Those are actual reliable motherboards, not just some flashy ad campaign.

You'll need to make sure the processor uses the same 1150 socket. Maybe just toss in an i3, like an i3-4130.

Honestly, if you haven't bought that board yet, don't. It's basically just some well-marketed, nicely packaged garbage where you're mostly paying for the fatal1ty branding.

Usually, whenever I've swapped these out, the negative side was clearly marked. In this case, you've got the white side on the tile and the blue one on the capacitor... unless they changed things up and totally messed it up 😬

How much did you actually pay for that? There’s a massive difference between what you got and what you were supposed to get, man—you're looking at DDR2 memory here 🤣

Just return it to the guy and make him eat it

How are both of those even on the fan? Some idiot must've put this together 🤣

Maybe

It could even be an issue with the wiring...

The GeForce GT 730 is a solid pick, and the CPU should be able to handle it just fine...

I'm just not convinced the GPU is actually the culprit here. Have you tried swapping in a different card yet?

Which light are you flipping when you turn things on or off?

I mean, did you even plug it into the power supply? 🤷 send a pic

Yeah, I guess you'll have to ditch these and grab some new ones. Honestly, it doesn't matter much which ones you pick—just go for whatever's cheapest with the longest warranty. If you think you might jump to 16GB eventually, maybe just grab a single 8GB stick for now.