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ED E · 09-05-2016 08:40PM

Redditors NAS had a really bad hair day...

http://imgur.com/a/ETOfy

..Brian.. · 09-05-2016 10:17PM

ED E wrote: »

Redditors NAS had a really bad hair day...

http://imgur.com/a/ETOfy

Wow, the state of the sata cable!

DublinBust · 09-05-2016 11:01PM

ED E wrote: »

Redditors NAS had a really bad hair day...

http://imgur.com/a/ETOfy

Woof. I wonder if his my little pony porn survived. How does a sata cable go up like that anyway? It's not supplying power...

Redfox25 · 10-05-2016 07:48AM

ED E wrote: »

Redditors NAS had a really bad hair day...

http://imgur.com/a/ETOfy

The dust in there is insane. cable management needs some loving too.
Burning caused by psi or loose cables overheating and sparking do you think?

Cuddlesworth · 10-05-2016 09:24AM

Redfox25 wrote: »

The dust in there is insane. cable management needs some loving too.
Burning caused by psi or loose cables overheating and sparking do you think?

Wasn't something I was aware of until the last year, but those Molex to Sata adapters are meant to be really badly made in general if you buy them cheap. If you google it you will see tons of posts over the last decade showing it happening over and over again.

ShadowHearth · 10-05-2016 09:36AM

Guys, what do you think? Could I still get away with card like 1070 or whatever AMD will launch with 2500k z68 wtill on pcie 2.0? I am not looking it to be completely 100% efficient, but surely it would still be miles better then 680 in same pc? I kind of dont want to buy a whole new setup as 2500k is a very trusty horse, would be a shame to bring it behind the barn and shoot it.

Xenoronin · 10-05-2016 09:40AM

Still nothing wrong with the 2500K, as stated many a time here. PCIE 2.0 will probably not bottleneck even these latest gen cards much, though i'd be wanting to test that in a real world benchmark.

ShadowHearth · 10-05-2016 10:06AM

Xenoronin wrote: »

Still nothing wrong with the 2500K, as stated many a time here. PCIE 2.0 will probably not bottleneck even these latest gen cards much, though i'd be wanting to test that in a real world benchmark.

Thats the thing, I know they were still not maxing out pcie 2.0 and I wonder if they are hitting it now? 2500k overclocked to 4.2 at the moment and so far its still stupidly strong considering its over 5 years old now.

Xenoronin · 10-05-2016 10:17AM

It's technically a bottleneck for the current gen on paper... so maybe? Either way, it won't hurt you one bit to get a 1070 and see for yourself. If you do start to see issues, you will still have the graphics card for a new build.

ED E · 10-05-2016 11:26AM

Cuddlesworth wrote: »

Wasn't something I was aware of until the last year, but those Molex to Sata adapters are meant to be really badly made in general if you buy them cheap. If you google it you will see tons of posts over the last decade showing it happening over and over again.

That was the consensus on the OP of that link.

I actually have two in my main box linked up to fans....

Serephucus · 10-05-2016 11:30AM

ED E wrote: »

That was the consensus on the OP of that link.

I actually have two in my main box linked up to fans....

I'm using two in my desktop...

I'm using this yoke in my server though. I figure the built-in caps would be good for preventing **** like the above.

glynf · 10-05-2016 04:45PM

The other day I noticed a chirping sounds from my PSU, it sounds very like a small bird. Its intermittent and a restart stops it for a while. From a quick google, sometimes its usually a fan bearing or dying capacitors causing it. I RMA'ed it and have an advanced replacement on the way. Anyone else have similar, and how long did the PSU last after it started making odd sounds? I am being a bit reckless using the PSU in the meantime? Enjoying the division too damn much atm

Redfox25 · 10-05-2016 05:00PM

glynf wrote: »

The other day I noticed a chirping sounds from my PSU, it sounds very like a small bird. Its intermittent and a restart stops it for a while. From a quick google, sometimes its usually a fan bearing or dying capacitors causing it. I RMA'ed it and have an advanced replacement on the way. Anyone else have similar, and how long did the PSU last after it started making odd sounds? I am being a bit reckless using the PSU in the meantime? Enjoying the division too damn much atm

Did you not check to make sure it wasnt a little bird?

Check the outputs if you can, have you noticed any screen flickering or random power cuts or the likes? If you haven't then you should be ok for the moment.

Redfox25 · 10-05-2016 05:02PM

Serephucus wrote: »

I'm using two in my desktop...

I'm using this yoke in my server though. I figure the built-in caps would be good for preventing **** like the above.

That is a nice find. Must get one.

twinsen · 11-05-2016 11:13AM

Not sure if any of you noticed, but there is huge amount of people flogging of they nvidia graphics cards before new one shows up. There are some 980ti up for grabs for a mere 550. Which was a good price maybe 2 months ago, not now when gtx1070 will be for around 400, and it will be as fast as 980ti.
There are other ones selling gtx970 for 300

They will be worth 150e next week ...

Calvin · 11-05-2016 12:12PM

Any ideas on a rough price of the 1070? I only just got my 970 there at Christmas :pac:

Xenoronin · 11-05-2016 12:46PM

Around the €350-450 mark depending on make and model.

I don't think the 970 will drop that severely. It's still an excellent card though I'd expect them to be selling ~€250 and below now depending on warranty. If you have a 970, there isn't really a massive reason to be getting worked up about upgrading, unless you are looking at VR very seriously.

TerrorFirmer · 11-05-2016 01:17PM

People say this every generation. The 980Ti and GTX970 aren't going to drop to those levels...notwithstanding the fact that we don't even have benches for the cards yet either.

Gehad_JoyRider · 11-05-2016 02:17PM

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

People say this every generation. The 980Ti and GTX970 aren't going to drop to those levels...notwithstanding the fact that we don't even have benches for the cards yet either.

Unless nvidia decide to, you know magically make older cards run slower..... :pac::D

ED E · 11-05-2016 03:52PM

Gotta love patch tuesday.

23 patches for 2008R2 mostly RCEs and a patch for W10 that kills bluetooth drivers. Awesome.

Redfox25 · 11-05-2016 04:11PM

Gehad_JoyRider wrote: »

Unless nvidia decide to, you know magically make older cards run slower..... :pac::D

Come on AMD and release your cards now and lets have a nice fun little price war

Anyone got any update on when the AMD cards are due to launch?

Gehad_JoyRider · 11-05-2016 04:50PM

Redfox25 wrote: »

Come on AMD and release your cards now and lets have a nice fun little price war

Anyone got any update on when the AMD cards are due to launch?

I'm looking forward to the new cards, I'm waiting for them to release and then... I'l make a decision, apposed just going for the first release I'm really hoping amd can meet the 1080, I think it would make gaming interesting!

Redfox25 · 11-05-2016 05:12PM

Gehad_JoyRider wrote: »

I'm looking forward to the new cards, I'm waiting for them to release and then... I'l make a decision, apposed just going for the first release I'm really hoping amd can meet the 1080, I think it would make gaming interesting!

I hope they do too, or at least release a card that is 90% as good but is only 80% of the 1080 card price.
Hopefully interesting times ahead.

Itching to return my 390x for its coil whine or coil whinge in its case and pick up a new card.

Dair76 · 11-05-2016 06:39PM

Redfox25 wrote: »

Come on AMD and release your cards now and lets have a nice fun little price war

Anyone got any update on when the AMD cards are due to launch?

Rumours they'll say something at Computex (three weeks ish). Also rumours they're bringing Vega forward to October. Huge dose of salt required etc, but would love it to be true.

Blackgator · 11-05-2016 10:47PM

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12-05-2016 11:37AM

I'm hugely curious to see if the new cards will finally make my 2500k a bottleneck after all these years.

When I bought it, I never thought it would last this long or have "new motherboard support" be the strongest reason for considering an upgrade 5 years on.

MarkAnthony · 12-05-2016 12:33PM

L wrote: »

I'm hugely curious to see if the new cards will finally make my 2500k a bottleneck after all these years.

When I bought it, I never thought it would last this long or have "new motherboard support" be the strongest reason for considering an upgrade 5 years on.

It won't. The CPU overhead on GPUs is minimal, kinda being the point. The CPU may cause a bottleneck in some games but that's the game not the GPU.

As for AMD's launch I'm not hopeful. This launch has always been about their midrange and efficient cards. I actually think we're going to see nVidia be allowed a year of walking away with the 1080 being to dog bollocks until Polaris 11 launches. AMD will compete in the 1070 arena and below at cheaper cost.

When Polaris 11 launches they'll take back the performance crown and then nVidia will compete in the midrange as their fab process will be fully on stream with higher yields.

The cynical among us do wonder if this isn't a little too convenient...

12-05-2016 03:16PM

MarkAnthony wrote: »

It won't. The CPU overhead on GPUs is minimal, kinda being the point. The CPU may cause a bottleneck in some games but that's the game not the GPU.

Tomayto-Tomahto. If an averagely optimized game gives basically the same fps at minimum resolution low graphics and 1440p Ultra, then it's probably time to consider a CPU update. Point taken though.

Digital Solitude · 12-05-2016 03:27PM

L wrote: »

Tomayto-Tomahto. If an averagely optimized game gives basically the same fps at minimum resolution low graphics and 1440p Ultra, then it's probably time to consider a CPU update. Point taken though.

That wouldn't be an averagely optimized game unless it was easy on the gpu inherently

12-05-2016 04:11PM

Digital Solitude wrote: »

That wouldn't be an averagely optimized game unless it was easy on the gpu inherently

I didn't expect that example to be taken literally DS.

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