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Gehad_JoyRider

does this ram suit a FX8350 asus990fx mobo ?

Monotype

Yes. However, I would usually go for 1.5V RAM as it's less likely to cause problems (i.e., some boards have issues booting with higher voltages). I'd also go for lower heatsinks when possible.

Something like this here.
http://www.hardwareversand.de/en/1600+Low+Voltage/58866/16GB-Kit+Corsair+Vengeance+Low+Profile+schwarz+PC3-12800U+CL10-10-10-27.article

Now, obviously the speed is lower, but that's really the tradeoff - higher frequency comes with bigger heatsinks and higher voltages.

Gehad_JoyRider

Monotype wrote: »

Yes. However, I would usually go for 1.5V RAM as it's less likely to cause problems (i.e., some boards have issues booting with higher voltages). I'd also go for lower heatsinks when possible.

Something like this here.
http://www.hardwareversand.de/en/1600+Low+Voltage/58866/16GB-Kit+Corsair+Vengeance+Low+Profile+schwarz+PC3-12800U+CL10-10-10-27.article

Now, obviously the speed is lower, but that's really the tradeoff - higher frequency comes with bigger heatsinks and higher voltages.

thanks but its for video editing, ive 1866 running and I need faster ram.

frozenfrozen

Gehad_JoyRider wrote: »

thanks but its for video editing, ive 1866 running and I need faster ram.

Are you sure the ram is your bottleneck?

Monotype

Yeah, I'd investigate it further. A big SSD could make a big difference, depending on where you're falling short, if you don't have one already.

Gehad_JoyRider

frozenfrozen wrote: »

Are you sure the ram is your bottleneck?

theres something not right some where is there a test i can do? plus I currently only have 8 gigs of ram...

Headshot

Im a current user of windows 8.1 but will be upgrading the mobo, hence im thinking of going back to windows 7 (I have a spare license) and I dont think I can re use my windows 8 upgrade again

Am I mad to go back?

kearneybobs

Just had a bug crawl across my screen. Tiny thin thing zig zagging half way across my screen.

The only thing is, when I went to pick it off I realised it was inside my screen. Couldn't touch it.
So odd. Anyone ever experienced that before?

Oh god I hope it doesn't hatch anything in there.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otCxO98upnU

EoinHef

Looking for a laptop for a friend that he would like to do a bit of photography on. In no way will it be professional work but hes allocated a decent budget of €600-700,not looking to break the bank but wants something that will be decent

Anyone any suggestions?

Was thinking i5 minimum,8gb ram(what speeds should i be looking at for the ram or will it really matter?),1tb hdd

After that im not sure if theres anything else i should be looking for or missed,so any advice welcome,cheers

Monotype

Gehad_JoyRider wrote: »

theres something not right some where is there a test i can do? plus I currently only have 8 gigs of ram...

Where exactly are you experiencing slowdowns? Are you adding effects/importing large files or what kind of specifics? What software and what are your remaining specs?

kearneybobs wrote: »

So odd. Anyone ever experienced that before?

Well that video is very disturbing, but I did have something like a little creeper go across the inside of the screen. Just keep your desk more dust free. Those little yellow ones seem to be attracted to the heat of the monitor and dusty areas.

Squaredude

Headshot wrote: »

Im a current user of windows 8.1 but will be upgrading the mobo, hence im thinking of going back to windows 7 (I have a spare license) and I dont think I can re use my windows 8 upgrade again

Am I mad to go back?

I did this last week. You just have to change one or two things in the registry once you've installed windows 8 and you're good to go.

Baked.noodle

DARPA taps Lawrence Livermore to develop world's first neural device to restore memory

The Department of Defense's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) up to $2.5 million to develop an implantable neural device with the ability to record and stimulate neurons within the brain to help restore memory, DARPA officials announced this week.

The research builds on the understanding that memory is a process in which neurons in certain regions of the brain encode information, store it and retrieve it. Certain types of illnesses and injuries, including Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Alzheimer's disease and epilepsy, disrupt this process and cause memory loss. TBI, in particular, has affected 270,000 military service members since 2000.

The goal of LLNL's work -- driven by LLNL's Neural Technology group and undertaken in collaboration with the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and Medtronic -- is to develop a device that uses real-time recording and closed-loop stimulation of neural tissues to bridge gaps in the injured brain and restore individuals' ability to form new memories and access previously formed ones.

..Brian..

YUS!!

http://failblog.cheezburger.com/share/62665217

..Brian..

YUS!!

http://failblog.cheezburger.com/share/62665217

glynf

AOC have officially announced their 3440 x 1440 34" monitor, its out in September and priced at £499 Sterling, pretty damn impressive as the LG model goes for £839.99 and it uses the same panel...Now if they could only produce one with G-sync/FreeSync.

ShadowHearth

glynf wrote: »

AOC have officially announced their 3440 x 1440 34" monitor, its out in September and priced at £499 Sterling, pretty damn impressive as the LG model goes for £839.99 and it uses the same panel...Now if they could only produce one with G-sync/FreeSync.

OH GOD YES!!! Finally!

first of all though I am getting New GPU, which will be able to run this bad boy, then I am all over this monitor like a fly on ****!

glynf

ShadowHearth wrote: »

OH GOD YES!!! Finally!

first of all though I am getting New GPU, which will be able to run this bad boy, then I am all over this monitor like a fly on ****!

Lol thought you'd be happy with that, always thought 21:9 would be brilliant for games since I saw a Philips telly years ago.

Think I'll hold off until a g-sync or 120hz (doubt that will happen, seems all these monitors are IPS) one lands.

ShadowHearth

glynf wrote: »

Lol thought you'd be happy with that, always thought 21:9 would be brilliant for games since I saw a Philips telly years ago.

Think I'll hold off until a g-sync or 120hz (doubt that will happen, seems all these monitors are IPS) one lands.

well, G-sync is over ratted in my opinion. Plus I would better chop my balls off then sign myself to Nvidia GPUs only. I dont trust them not to bend me over and have a romantic evening with my anus.

120hz is nice, but I would be happy to push out stable 60hz at that resolution. I am not super competitive gamer and I will take IPS panel over 120hz.

game4it70

Geez to early to read that shadow :eek::eek::eek:
:P

Lu Tze

game4it70 wrote: »

Geez to early to read that shadow :eek::eek::eek:
:P

He is like a modern Yeats, powerful imagery!

glynf

ShadowHearth wrote: »

well, G-sync is over ratted in my opinion. Plus I would better chop my balls off then sign myself to Nvidia GPUs only. I dont trust them not to bend me over and have a romantic evening with my anus.

120hz is nice, but I would be happy to push out stable 60hz at that resolution. I am not super competitive gamer and I will take IPS panel over 120hz.

Yea, Nvidia don't even give you a peck on the cheek before f**klng you:D

It will be interesting to see if monitor manufacturers go with G-sync, Free-sync or Adaptive sync (the VESA apporved one already inc. on DisplayPort).

I've been running 120hz of buttery smoothness for nearly 2 years now, no way am I going back to a 60hz monitor unless it has some form of frame sync tech. included.

G-sync does not support surround properly yet either.

McSasquatch II

I went straight from a decent CRT to a 120Hz TN panel. Big drop in colour accuracy, but I really couldn't get used to 60Hz. Even for a gorgeous 21:9 IPS panel, I'd find the transition to the lower refresh rate hard. We need QLED (or whatever other tech is currently being touted as the future of monitors) to get a bleedin' move on!

glynf

So true, I had a 20" Dell Back in the day, so sorry I got rid. I have three of these, and find the colours great for a TN. More than good enough for gaming, which is my main use for them.

Ezio have a 240hz VA monitor out, the 240hz bit of a gimmick/sales bull, but it is a proper 120hz panel and its VA. Its a step in the right direction though.

Baked.noodle

80s Computer Hacking: A Supercut

EoinHef

Anybody point me in the direction of a program to convert .mp4 to .mov?

College my friend is in requires video files to be in .mov,awkward b*****ds

Wossack

I used to use a program called FormatFactory years back for doing things like that

Handbrake is considerably better, but might need a bit of work to get it to work nicely

cherryghost

Jaysus haven't used Handbrake in a long time. That was a great program!

Serephucus

I used it for ripping all of Stargate on DVD back in the day. Took like two weeks. :P Great program though, lots of options.

Wossack

yea i had great results with it alright

eventually just stopped bothering reencoding stuff, and now just rip 1:1 with makemkv

Icyseanfitz

anyplace online that i can buy a nice workstation desk? id love a big desk for both my pc and my tv

cherryghost

Icyseanfitz wrote: »

anyplace online that i can buy a nice workstation desk? id love a big desk for both my pc and my tv

Got mine from Ikea, love it to bits.

Icyseanfitz

live in kerry though and i dont think ikea let you buy online

Burgo

Icyseanfitz wrote: »

live in kerry though and i dont think ikea let you buy online

Can you ring and order from them?

Gumbi

3 4790ks just arrived in the post. If anyone is interested in one give me a shout, will offer a good price on them vs retail prices! Now I gotta test these bad boys out.

game4it70

Gumbi wrote: »

3 4790ks just arrived in the post. If anyone is interested in one give me a shout, will offer a good price on them vs retail prices! Now I gotta test these bad boys out.

Nice!! :eek:
Enjoy the speed binning

ShadowHearth

Just got these today. I bought them locally for 74eu though. I was getting like 78kb/s speed in the room with wireless on my ps4... Now I am getting solid 14.8mbit with that yoke wireless. I will try with ethernet cable later.

this little yoke gets 2 thumbs up from me lads. If you need to extend your internet further, then these do a great job.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00DHB2T44/ref=s9_simh_gw_p147_d0_i1?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=1YP991FM9Y1PFZ8Z8ANR&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=455344027&pf_rd_i=468294

Sarz91

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Just got these today. I bought them locally for 74eu though. I was getting like 78kb/s speed in the room with wireless on my ps4... Now I am getting solid 14.8mbit with that yoke wireless. I will try with ethernet cable later.

this little yoke gets 2 thumbs up from me lads. If you need to extend your internet further, then these do a great job.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00DHB2T44/ref=s9_simh_gw_p147_d0_i1?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=1YP991FM9Y1PFZ8Z8ANR&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=455344027&pf_rd_i=468294

Been using mine for years. They tend to go after about a year or so of constant use though. I've found the capacitor in them tends to be the problem. If they stop working open one up and if you see something like this;


you'll know the capacitors gone. Easy fix but just thought I'd let you know.

ShadowHearth

Sarz91 wrote: »

Been using mine for years. They tend to go after about a year or so of constant use though. I've found the capacitor in them tends to be the problem. If they stop working open one up and if you see something like this;


you'll know the capacitors gone. Easy fix but just thought I'd let you know.

Easy fix for you maybe. I dont know what I am looking at lol. I presume just to buy new ones and solder them back in?

Sarz91

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Easy fix for you maybe. I dont know what I am looking at lol. I presume just to buy new ones and solder them back in?

Yeah pretty much. I'm still on the first set I bought about 3-4 years ago so the design may have improved and I may be better off just buying a new set when these go on the blink again.

On another topic, how are you finding the PS4? Is it worth picking one up for Destiny alone?

ShadowHearth

Sarz91 wrote: »

Yeah pretty much. I'm still on the first set I bought about 3-4 years ago so the design may have improved and I may be better off just buying a new set when these go on the blink again.

On another topic, how are you finding the PS4? Is it worth picking one up for Destiny alone?

He he, I would be the worst person to ask. Since I got wii U I have not turned on my PS4. I still love PS4, but even now I can play all the stuff on PC, that I could be playing on PS4. Plus why should I pay 70eu per game, that I can get for 20eu on PC.
As for Destiny, I am not really excited about it m8. I was never fan of Halo games, so Bungie is not some sort off Icon of boners. It looks okay and I might pick it up at some point, but I doubt I will bother on launch.
If you are interested in Destiny, then next gen is the only way to go. Look at this comparising video and PS4 just looks plainly better.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjrVH9yuPYU

Solitaire

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