Same old same old

wolfeking said:
okay options, options. ASrock is all I am seeing that fits what I want (cheap price and new).

so from options above, just with products instead of words.

1.http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Laptop...ng_Stations&hash=item1c29d972f3#ht_769wt_1037 or http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-port-r...g_Stations&hash=item3cc9b2f594#ht_2553wt_1037 (I am not sure if the big one is the model that uses the media bay components. If it does then good. May get a new D630 later for better battery life).
and of coarse monitor to go with it.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824260067 or http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236175 both are 2ms. Do I need 2ms? Would 5ms be okay? What about a IPS monitor? What do I look for to find a IPS display? I like them, that is what is in my M90 and I love that display.

2. motherboards: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157265 I hate the Z77 version, but this seems to be a better unit. More of the reviews are positive, as little as that means. Plus I like the P67 and the PS/2 and Floppy ports. Does not have IDE, but I could always use a PCI card to get that should I need/want it in the future.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128488R cheaper, better brand. p67, but none of the extra ports of the p67 extreme 4 and the colour is off.

3. Look back a page. It is there. Unless there is something cheaper or better.

4. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146089 Colour, and cable management, but at the cost of a window. I don't like windows.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811352017 no window, worse cable management, and the setup is not the best in my opinion. Cheaper.


5. Would not even know where to start.

6. Idea ditched.

So here it is. But what to do?

EDIT: Just to straiten out my wording, for option 1 my Dell 1366X768 goes to the docking station. The 1080p goes to the desktop.
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I don't mean to off topic in your thread but I want to show you this motherboard. It has legacy port that you want. It would be nice if it is still sold. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157253

I have one question, what do you expect from tower case? No windows and better cable manage?

EDIT: You can try finding motherboard on ebay i shown you.
 
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Jamebonds1 said:
I don't mean to off topic in your thread but I want to show you this motherboard. It has legacy port that you want. It would be nice if it is still sold. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157253

I have one question, what do you expect from tower case? No windows and better cable manage?
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http://www.amazon.com/ASRock-FATAL1...pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1346047536&sr=1-2&keywords=p67 this is the one I originally wanted. But I am not sure I trust it. I mean Amazon's RMA service is not newegg now. So I would be going through ASrock's nonexistent RMA should it not work.

Case, I want something larger than I have, enough space for SLI (I am not sure if I am going SLI 480 or a single 680, as that depends on if I run 1080p or 1440p). I also want amazing wire management and cooling, as well as a external 3.5 bay if possible. And no window. I hate windows.
 
wolfeking said:
http://www.amazon.com/ASRock-FATAL1...pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1346047536&sr=1-2&keywords=p67 this is the one I originally wanted. But I am not sure I trust it. I mean Amazon's RMA service is not newegg now. So I would be going through ASrock's nonexistent RMA should it not work.

Case, I want something larger than I have, enough space for SLI (I am not sure if I am going SLI 480 or a single 680, as that depends on if I run 1080p or 1440p). I also want amazing wire management and cooling, as well as a external 3.5 bay if possible. And no window. I hate windows.
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Neither i trust seller from amazon.com since the seller is in bad positive, good news is i found it in ebay with 99% positive. http://www.ebay.com/itm/ASRock-Fata...010713062?pt=Motherboards&hash=item3cc57369e6

it is rarely to see no windows and better cable manage but i can try find one.
 
That is not the same board. I want the option to SLI. And the extreme 4 has that as does the linked one. And what do you mean bad positive? The store has 94% positive and 2% neutral. That is 96% more than bad has.

Don't worry about trying to find one. The two I linked will be fine. Worst case is that I have to break the window and weld in a metal sheet over it and repaint it.
 
wolfeking said:
That is not the same board. I want the option to SLI. And the extreme 4 has that as does the linked one. And what do you mean bad positive? The store has 94% positive and 2% neutral. That is 96% more than bad has.

Don't worry about trying to find one. The two I linked will be fine. Worst case is that I have to break the window and weld in a metal sheet over it and repaint it.
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My bad. I don't see two PCIe sorry. Anyway I had been shopping and buy from amazon for 5 years. I only trust seller with over 95% or not too high price than normally it should be.

About case with windows, sometime you can remove bolt in order to remove windows. I found tower case that you want but it is 600 dollar :(.
 
well, I have shopped there before, bought a lot of music supplies from them. And that board is brand new from a brittish store and quite a bit less than the same board was at newegg. It was verging on $300 there when they carried it.
 
Jamebonds1 said:
My bad. I don't see two PCIe sorry. Anyway I had been shopping and buy from amazon for 5 years. I only trust seller with over 95% or not too high price than normally it should be.

About case with windows, sometime you can remove bolt in order to remove windows. I found tower case that you want but it is 600 dollar :(.
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no problem. I am going to wait on that for now and just run with what I have I think. So list is going to be:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820139289
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820139292
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220674
and 2 day shipping for 12.48.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/9-CELL-BATT..._Batteries&hash=item2a06a5157b#ht_3459wt_1037 (x2)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-port-r...g_Stations&hash=item3cc9b2f594#ht_2553wt_1037

http://www.imsplus.com/alice-and-mo...4d4c62725b812db5acc0ccef6c3ea&sl=EN&currency=
http://www.imsplus.com/custom-made-...4d4c62725b812db5acc0ccef6c3ea&sl=EN&currency=
http://www.imsplus.com/custom-made-...4d4c62725b812db5acc0ccef6c3ea&sl=EN&currency= (x10)
http://www.imsplus.com/military-bac...4d4c62725b812db5acc0ccef6c3ea&sl=EN&currency=

so that should all work out and leave some extra for crap in the mean time.

unless I missed something I will have 312.32 extra!

may go with a new cooler, a NH-D14 maybe? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835608024 otherwise, not sure what I could do to get better. Not enough for a 480 and a PSU. May do something else. Maybe more RAM?
 
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Right for cameras if you can't justify the cost of a D-SLR get a bridge camera, one like mine will be fine (Fuji S4000) or maybe something like a Canon PowerShot SX-45 (I think?), or the Panasonic DMC-FZ range of bridge cameras.

The NH-D14 is one of the best air coolers out there, but it is huge don't forget. Could go with an H50 or an H60 perhaps?
 
wolfeking said:
no problem. I am going to wait on that for now and just run with what I have I think. So list is going to be:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820139289
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820139292
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220674
and 2 day shipping for 12.48.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/9-CELL-BATT..._Batteries&hash=item2a06a5157b#ht_3459wt_1037 (x2)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-port-r...g_Stations&hash=item3cc9b2f594#ht_2553wt_1037

http://www.imsplus.com/alice-and-mo...4d4c62725b812db5acc0ccef6c3ea&sl=EN&currency=
http://www.imsplus.com/custom-made-...4d4c62725b812db5acc0ccef6c3ea&sl=EN&currency=
http://www.imsplus.com/custom-made-...4d4c62725b812db5acc0ccef6c3ea&sl=EN&currency= (x10)
http://www.imsplus.com/military-bac...4d4c62725b812db5acc0ccef6c3ea&sl=EN&currency=

so that should all work out and leave some extra for crap in the mean time.

unless I missed something I will have 312.32 extra!

may go with a new cooler, a NH-D14 maybe? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835608024 otherwise, not sure what I could do to get better. Not enough for a 480 and a PSU. May do something else. Maybe more RAM?
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I'm curious. what happened to your old desktop? ASrock Z77 Extreme?
 
What do you mean what happened to the desktop? It is up and running just fine, on the backup board (H61DE/S3). The extreme 4 is acting up something bad and just BSODing at pure stock settings on everything. I think it is a chipset issue.

It is big, and it will not leak on my computer. And hopefully it's best is better than the "best budget cooler" that the 212+ EVO was. I really don't want water at this point because it is kind of a risk. If it leaks then there goes the system. And with my luck here, you know it will leak.

I am not sure on the camera. I think I am just going to stick with my GE camera for now.
 
wolfeking said:
It is big, and it will not leak on my computer. And hopefully it's best is better than the "best budget cooler" that the 212+ EVO was. I really don't want water at this point because it is kind of a risk. If it leaks then there goes the system. And with my luck here, you know it will leak.
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Ah yeah sorry to say it but you haven't had the best of luck lately regarding computers. ;)

Anyway, the Noctua is great - I know Nevakonaza has a Phanteks cooler which is also massive and cools well, you may want to speak him about it if you're interested.
 
But at this point it is pointless to get a cooler as at stock I am under 55* right now and its not going to get much cooler at stock unless there is a way to force unlock voltage control on a H61 board.

So to get a cooler means a board. A board means the endless dance between what I want and what is available.
 
Yeah I've seen all the choices. Is it absolutely essential you have all that legacy stuff? Could you possibly live without it?
 
I can do without PS/2 as I can work around with the PS/2 on the d dock. Really want to play round with Floppy and IDE, but that limits the choices to one of a few verities of ASrock motherboard.
So I guess I can go PCI and USB there. or if I can get a expressbay floppy drive for the Ddock then all I need is a PCI IDE card in the future.
 
Some of those PCI IDE/SATA controllers you get can be dodgy, I had one which made Windows hang when it booted (Vista), so I'd recommend getting a well branded one and reading reviews before you buy one of those.

If you did go that route you could get a newer board and probably be happier. USB floppy drive - I know we've discussed it before, but I think unless you have a real shortage of space on your desk that's what you should get. Just put it on top of the your case, sit it on top. It'll be fine.
 
well, without going to Z77, what do you suggest? I prefer P67, but Z68 is fine too. I definately am not going to spend money on features I can not use again. (USB3 and PCIe 3 require Ivybridge).
 
Z68 is a great chipset, my Z68 board is pretty good. If you're looking to buy from the previous generation P67 or Z68 is what you want. Gigabyte made some good Z68 boards, GA-Z68X series springs to mind.
 
wolfeking said:
What do you mean what happened to the desktop? It is up and running just fine, on the backup board (H61DE/S3). The extreme 4 is acting up something bad and just BSODing at pure stock settings on everything. I think it is a chipset issue.

It is big, and it will not leak on my computer. And hopefully it's best is better than the "best budget cooler" that the 212+ EVO was. I really don't want water at this point because it is kind of a risk. If it leaks then there goes the system. And with my luck here, you know it will leak.

I am not sure on the camera. I think I am just going to stick with my GE camera for now.
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You can read BSOD error reason? Or it is too fast to read error?
 
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Jamebonds1 said:
You can read BSOD error reason? Or it is too fast to read error?
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I can not read the error, but it it was not the motherboard it would still be having the error.

spirit said:
Wolfe, if you want board suggestions, something like this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128498&Tpk=ga-z68x would be good, or my board, which is http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131790 that's a good board, not had any issues with mine.
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I am actually looking at a couple of P67 boards.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131700
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188082
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131714

but what is teh best option? I like the idea of tri or quad SLI and all of these are capable.
 
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