Off-Topic Thread

Anyone know the thermal limit for FX 6300? is it about 61 under load, hovering about 51 at load at the moment with my 212 EVO installed and OC to 4.4GHZ

ShadowHearth wrote: »

So far, it's the best April fools bit today. A bit disappointing this year. Even gaming world has feck all cool stuff.

Oculus rift was bought by facebook!

What happens if I have a GPU in the PCI slot but no power connected to it from the PSU?

One card I had just notified me at the desktop that the cable wasn't plugged in and iirc, it underclocked itself to keep it in a lower power window.

MRTULES wrote: »

Thanks guys. Finished my first build. The cx600m is missing two of the modular cables so I can't hook up the graphics card. Google reckons I could use 4pin molex to 6pin PCI for the GPU. Some places suggesting this might be a bad idea because of the different wattage they are for. Anyone able to shed some light on this or even a handy place to get cables to fit the corsair PSU?
Thanks again everone.

Strange that it's missing cables. Or have you used them all? What do you need for your GPU?

MRTULES wrote: »

Sorry I should have said, I got it 2nd hand.
Although I presumed it had all cables.

Ah I see, so you ust need on PCI-E 6 pin cable? Have a look on adverts for anyone selling one also PC world.

I may have a spare one that you could have. Wont know until later though

Why not take the opportunity to buy some lovely sleeved cables and do some prettying up inside your case

Anyone have any info about the NZXT Hue together with the Fractal Design Define R4 case?
Does it really got in the way of the door closing? I dont mind it pushing into the foam on the back of the door but would hate it if the door wouldn't close properly?

Doing a build for my brother soon and he just rang to tell me he tried to order from the Hardwareversdand.de site earlier and had a problem. Apparently he selected the PayPal option and couldn't proceed any further because it wasn't allowed. So I thought I'd run this past some of you regulars here.

He said the order was for around €1900 ish, first time he said he's ever had a problem using his PayPal account online. So is there a limit to first time orders from this site and should he keep under it? I've never used them myself because of their infamous customer service. So I suggested he forgets about them, breaks the order up and just orders from a couple of different sites.

papu wrote: »

Nothing wrong with the customer service once you get a hold of them.

Whenever I myself am buying, I usually get my kit from OCer's UK, Kustompcs or Computeruniverse.net and have never used the Hardwareversand site.

papu wrote: »

Ring them , and just say you'll do a bank transfer. ez pz

Cheers, I told him already about the bank transfer option but I can't see him doing that. He thinks there might be a certain € limit on ordering via PayPal with them for the first time. So I thought I'd run that past some wise heads in here who might know.

I'll just leave this here.

Clicky.

EoinHef wrote: »

The bank transfer option is quite handy really,first time i had to do it i brought all the details to the bank in person and they filled out the relevant documents and made the payment. Since then ive done it online myself which is so handy. Avoids the 3% paypal charge as well.

Another thing is hwvs are on a price comparison site in germany,geizhals.de,and on a build with a budget as high as yours theres decent savings to be made by putting all the parts through it.Worth the extra bit of hassle to go with hardwareversand imo

Cheers, I told him about that 3% PayPal charge before but he seems adamant to go with PayPal for some reason. Feel free to PM those bank transfers details if you wish and I'll pass them along.

EoinHef wrote: »

Can you not contact the seller? Maybe it was an oversight,id definitely looking for some comeback on that,if the cables were not included its not as advertised,might be worth a shot

I did contact him. He thought they were all there. Said he would have a look for them and would email corsair to see about a replacement.
Said I could use molex to Pci-e connectors to hook it up for now but tbh I'm not even sure what I need.
Sapphire say "2X75 Watt 6-pin PCI Express power connector is required".
I only have 2 modular cables (out of what seems like it should have been 8) one has all Sata connections the other has a few molex. Everything is up and running now nicely with the build but Im pretty annoyed I have no GPU ready to go :mad:

Microsoft is giving away free licenses to manufacturers of devices under 9''.

http://vr-zone.com/articles/microsoft-giving-away-windows-free-devices-9-inches-start-menu-making-way-windows-8-1/75250.html

We'll be seeing more 8'' Windows tablets now I imagine. With bay trail, they're fairly powerful and run the bulk of programs not needing traditional input devices. I'd take one over android and apple any day. Some stiff competition edging in here.