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- Is this a good laptop? (The answer is no.)
- What hardware is my PC compatible with?
- Why is Gary Busey better at servers than me?
In addition, feel free to post news/reviews about PCs or hardware.
Someone give me $1000 so I can finish my server build.
I have an uploaded.net account. Recently installed Cute FTP Pro to assist with uploading. When I upload my rar'd music files, I have no problems. It goes real quick, gets to 100%, and I get a link. I've been trying to upload some movies and running into some issues. I'll add about 5 movies and walk away. When I come back, they are all still uploading. They get to 100%, sit there for a little, and then starts uploading again. I've tried rar'ing the movies first, doing 1 at a time and the same thing happens. I was looking to see if uploaded.net has a feature where it runs file names for piracy issues, but couldn't find anything. When I've been uploading music, I always change the name of the rar'd file, but I've been uploading my movies without doing this. As I was saying I'll try uploading say 5 movies at a time. When I log into my uploaded account, I'll see each movie there about 3 or 4 times (depending on the time). I tried downloading one and it went fine. So it seems they are uploading, but just keep uploading over and over afterwards.
Any ideas? I was thinking the bigger files are getting interupted, but as I said, they download fine. It's a pain in the ass to go through my account and delete all the duplicates. I thought about the file name thing, but I have since got 1 to upload fine. I'm going to try a direct upload via the site and see what happens. Maybe pinpoint it to Cute FTP.
Was planning on buying my first home-built computer after law school. However, the video card on my desktop (now 3 years old) is dying, so the purchase got advanced a bit. Parts should arrive this week, buddy is building it for me this Sunday.
- MSI N660Ti PE 2GD5/OC GeForce GTX 660 Ti 2GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
- Intel Core i7-3770 Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4000 BX80637I73770
- MSI Z77A-G45 Thunderbolt LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS
- CORSAIR TX Series CMPSU-650TX 650W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply
- Thermaltake Chaser A31 VP300A1W2N Black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
- Seagate Barracuda ST31000524AS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive - OEM
- CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10
- LITE-ON DVD Burner - Bulk 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model iHAS124-04 - OEM
- 2x extra Thermaltake AF0032 120mm Blue LED Case cooler (along with the case's base 2 fans)
I really have little need for the i7 advantages over an i5, but my dad is helping me out a bit (since I wasn't suddenly expecting to need to buy a new computer) and he's obsessed with i7's (convinced they're the bee's knees) and has always been uncomfortable with the idea of home-built machines vs. warantees from big companies. It was only like $30 more, so I'll just spend that for the peace of mind, if nothing else.
Thru my wife's employer I just bought Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2013 for $10. I am having a back up CD mailed to the house, but which version should I down load, the 32 bit or 64 bit? Does it really matter?
Are you planning on using any office plugins? My understanding is that there are some that will not work on the 64 bit package.
Not really sure yet. I guess I'll just skip the headache and go 32 bit.Originally Posted by dadaelus
So pretty
Nice work, Stax. First build, eh? How'd everything go? How are the temps on that i7 w/ the stock heatsink?
Nice, Stax. How'd the build go? I'm guessing it was easier than you thought it'd be, and way more rewarding. I built my first PC in college too and still use it as my main desktop. All I had to do was switch out the video card to run Skyrim.
I've finally got time to continue my server build. Put my order in for a 3770k and 32GB of DDR3 1600 RAM. I'm also setting up my office. Trying to keep all the cables tidy. It has a nice size walk-in closet that I plan on turning into my mini datacenter. Essentially, I'll have my modem, router, a gig switch, my server and my old server which I think I'm going to turn into an iSCSI NAS device for another VM datastore. Nothing's final though, got a shit ton of work to do.
I fucked up and didn't realize the 3770k didn't have VT-d. Returning it for the vanilla 3770.
32GB of sexy, sexy RAM.
Damn that looks nice. I'm falling behind the curve with my old i7 920 and 6gb of ram.
Trying to decide what to build next. Probably wait for Haswell and go for an mITX or mATX monster...tired of the huge noisy cases. I have one 7970...either buy a second or cash in the warranty when the next gen comes out.
This will be my new server. My main PC is still the one I built in college with an E6600 and 4GB. The graphics card is the only thing upgraded, it's a 560ti now.
Thanks to the good job by clayJr, I have to repair my laptop. I also don't want to pay the $350 to $500 quotes I have gotten from the apple store, and various computer repair nerds around town. The magsafe dc-in connecter and board were damaged when clayJr dropped the laptop behind the desk. The corner of the laptop impacted the charging adapter that was connected to the wall and pushed the connector in a few millimeters. Just far enough so that the charging cable cannot make contact. I have to pull out the logic board just to get to the damned thing connector board.
Pulling out the board was somewhat of a nightmare, but the biggest nightmare was the goddamned display connection. The cable is this weird metal ribbon with this extremely intricate connection to the logic board. I was so extremely careful and gentle with it, but regardless I clearly have caused a very tiny bend in the gold connector of the board. I hope to god that won't be an issue because it looks like I can still hook the two back up and get a solid connection.
The part arrives tomorrow so we shall see how this goes!!
Pretty dusty inside, will have to remedy that as well.
Spudgers are useful tools. The one pictured is a piece of shit, but the other one I have is awesome.
Be interesting to see if I can successfully reassemble all of this.
All of that work just for this one part. With closer examination the damage was worse than I realized. It appears that the soldered connections to the connector board were compromised (cracked) as well.
See what happens when the part comes in tomorrow.
Are you doing this in a room with a carpet? (pic #2)
Yah. And yes I'm aware of static issues and did my best to alleviate that risk.
I hate carpeting and want to get rid of it.
This is 2013. Carpeting anywhere but bedrooms (where it is an absolute MUST) is stupid.
I concur. But I don't have the cheddar for hardwood. Why don't toss me down some since you burn $800 a week on your girls.
What the fuck does the current year have to do with carpet? Did it go out of style last week or some shit?
Remind me to make a new thread next time I change my tires.
That's a good idea. I was cleaning out the garage yesterday and saw that my lawn tractor has a flat tire.
Thread time! I will post pics and write a heroic narrative starring me.
lol repairing a laptop
What Clay doesn't see is that Clay Jr. was a messenger from God telling him to de-douche and convert to PC's. For the cost of the repair, he could have a new Toshiba laptop. Or two Chromebooks.
Disposable is the new green.
lol clay busted his budget on the station wagon now he has to deal with shitty fuzzy carpeting AND a self refurbished laptop.
hahaha is your diet made up of instant ramen as well??!
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