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[tijo]

Probably at max, that's all we can say for now.

however there are a few things you should change:
1. There's no point in getting an i5-2500K with a P8H67, get either an i5-2500 to go with it or a P8P67 to go with the 2500K.

2. I hear that particular PSU isn't too good, you should be able to get a better one for the same price.

[Unknownx09]

tijo said:

Probably at max, that's all we can say for now.

however there are a few things you should change:
1. There's no point in getting an i5-2500K with a P8H67, get either an i5-2500 to go with it or a P8P67 to go with the 2500K.

2. I hear that particular PSU isn't too good, you should be able to get a better one for the same price.

Oke than wich one should i choose?
http://azerty.nl/8-2...ocket-1155.html

This one maybe? http://azerty.nl/8-2...moederbord.html

Edited by Unknownx09, 14 August 2011 - 09:15 PM.

[tijo]

This is the one i have and that seems to be recommended quite often here too: http://azerty.nl/8-2...-revision-.html, this motherboard supports both SLI and CF in case you want to add another GPU somewhere down the road.

[The Comfy Chair]

tijo said:

This is the one i have and that seems to be recommended quite often here too: http://azerty.nl/8-2...-revision-.html, this motherboard supports both SLI and CF in case you want to add another GPU somewhere down the road.

I've got the full blown p8p67-pro here :) it's a good board, even if i've had a problem with reliability with sandy bridge so far :p

[tijo]

Yeah, you had quite an adventure with SB didn't you. Anyways, what i like about the P8P67 Pro is the good balance between price and features. Some things could have been better though, but they are minor inconveniences like the diagnostic LEDs that are scattered all over the board instead of being in one place. Those diagnostic LEDs saved me a lot of trouble though so it's a good thing they're there.

[Unknownx09]

tijo said:

Probably at max, that's all we can say for now.

however there are a few things you should change:
1. There's no point in getting an i5-2500K with a P8H67, get either an i5-2500 to go with it or a P8P67 to go with the 2500K.

2. I hear that particular PSU isn't too good, you should be able to get a better one for the same price.

Oke got that whats wrong with te PSU the feedbacks were nice ;O?

[al capowned]

Guys/Girls,

I just updated the main post. I understand that not everyone lives in America or any other native English speaking country. However this board is an English speaking board, so if you would be so kind as to save my Technicians some time and have the websites translated into English via http://translate.google.com that would be very much appreciated.

Thanks
~al

[dhatcher1]

Unknownx09 said:

Oke got that whats wrong with te PSU the feedbacks were nice ;O?

Good feedback from a buying site for a PSU is not a good indicator of much.  If they plug it in and it works it gets good feedback.  They dont/cant tell you that they are rebooting their computer every couple hours and cant figure out why when the reason is their PSU doesnt control the voltage well, which causes their problems.  They just blame windows or video drivers and keep rebooting.

Really bad PSUs have insufficient overload protection and will let power fluctuations in your wall power through to damage parts of your computer or even catch on fire.  Also bad PSUs tend to not output at their rating, especially when hot or heavily loaded.

OCZ modstream is OKish in quality, not good.  Often you can get a good PSU for the same price.

Edited by dhatcher1, 15 August 2011 - 09:05 PM.

[Unknownx09]

dhatcher1 said:

Good feedback from a buying site for a PSU is not a good indicator of much.  If they plug it in and it works it gets good feedback.  They dont/cant tell you that they are rebooting their computer every couple hours and cant figure out why when the reason is their PSU doesnt control the voltage well, which causes their problems.  They just blame windows or video drivers and keep rebooting.

Really bad PSUs have insufficient overload protection and will let power fluctuations in your wall power through to damage parts of your computer or even catch on fire.  Also bad PSUs tend to not output at their rating, especially when hot or heavily loaded.

OCZ modstream is OKish in quality, not good.  Often you can get a good PSU for the same price.

Oke show me a good psu with the same price :D?
http://azerty.nl/8-1073/voedingen.html

[dhatcher1]

Unknownx09 said:

Oke show me a good psu with the same price :D?
http://azerty.nl/8-1073/voedingen.html

Corsair, Antec, XFX, Seasonic are all good brands.

[Gorgonzola]

What of the HP g6-1104eo?

CPU: Intel® Core™ i3-370M Processor/2.4GHz (Dual Core, 3MB L2 Cache)
GPU: Intel HD Graphics (0MB dedicated, 1699MB Shared)
RAM: 4GB DDR3

Thanks.

[Unknownx09]

Can u guys check my build again?
http://azerty.nl/win...oduct[405421]=1

Im gonna order it on tuesday, about the PSU could not find any other PSU with the same price..

EDIT : i changed motherboard too since i hafe 1600mhz ram and it doesnt support that.

Edited by Unknownx09, 17 August 2011 - 02:45 PM.

[tijo]

Gorgonzola said:

What of the HP g6-1104eo?

CPU: Intel® Core™ i3-370M Processor/2.4GHz (Dual Core, 3MB L2 Cache)
GPU: Intel HD Graphics (0MB dedicated, 1699MB Shared)
RAM: 4GB DDR3

Thanks.

Lowest possible if you want any chance of running it and i'm not certain about getting 30fps.

[dafishies]

tijo said:

Lowest possible if you want any chance of running it and i'm not certain about getting 30fps.

I'm running a similar laptop except with the i5 430m. I'm just hoping for it to be playable at lowest settings....hopefully...

[dhatcher1]

Unknownx09 said:

Can u guys check my build again?
http://azerty.nl/win...oduct[405421]=1

I dont see any problems.

[Alot]

Could one of you computer overlords check if this build is okay?

[Elder III]

Alot said:

Could one of you computer overlords check if this build is okay?

Other than maybe getting a 2500K for future overclocking potential it looks very nice... I think you will be pretty happy with that.

[Alot]

Elder III said:

Other than maybe getting a 2500K for future overclocking potential it looks very nice... I think you will be pretty happy with that.

Well, I heard that overclocking is quite capable of reducing your PC's life expectancy.

[dhatcher1]

Alot said:

Well, I heard that overclocking is quite capable of reducing your PC's life expectancy.

From whom?  By how much?  What CPU?

Almost all the new core i CPUs overclock substantially without boosting the voltage or heat, which is what people claimed would reduce the lifespan of a CPU. In the past 3 years of trolling tech forums I have not seen anyone say they wore out a CPU prematurely because they overclocked it.  I've seen damaged CPUs because of overvolting too high or CPU cooler problems, but never from premature wear.

[Alot]

dhatcher1 said:

From whom?  By how much?  What CPU?

Almost all the new core i CPUs overclock substantially without boosting the voltage or heat, which is what people claimed would reduce the lifespan of a CPU. In the past 3 years of trolling tech forums I have not seen anyone say they wore out a CPU prematurely because they overclocked it.  I've seen damaged CPUs because of overvolting too high or CPU cooler problems, but never from premature wear.

So overclocking an i5-2500k while using a cooler like Scythe Mugen 2 Rev.b shouldn't really lower life expectancy for a PC? Although I must admit he was talking about OC'ing by 50%.

[Elder III]

As long as you don't raise the voltage over the recommended range based on the manufacturer specifications, you aren't going to decrease the average life expectancy by enough to notice.  A good cooler and good airflow in your case are what will keep it running for years and years, OCing any current generation CPU is pretty safe if you don't get crazy with it. ;)

[tijo]

I haven't had problems with overclocking so far and i've pushed laptop hardware to it's limits which is way more dangerous than pushing desktop hardware. A CPU with unlocked multis is probably the safest thing you can overclock since you're certain you won't affect other things like RAM. I don't think you can OC via the PLL on sandy bridge CPUs anyways.

[Infhernus]

Hello people! This is my first post and english isn't my native language so... don't hate me. :)

I'd like to know if Guild Wars 2 would run on my Alienware M11x R2, specced:

CPU: i7-640UM 2.4GHz
RAM: 4GB DDR 1066
GPU: Nvidia 335GT 540Clock/1080Shader/891Memory

Waiting for your opinions. :)

[tijo]

Yes it will run for certain. You can expect medium to high settings at your native resolution too.

[Blixcoe]

This is the pc I get to 4th september (by confirmation) I don't know if you understand the text or not maybe it's in Norwegian, but look at the parts and tell me if I can run full everything smoothly (We don't know graphic requirements but I think I can run full)

http://www.komplett....A8-3429BA4E5136

[dhatcher1]

Blixcoe said:

This is the pc I get to 4th september (by confirmation) I don't know if you understand the text or not maybe it's in Norwegian, but look at the parts and tell me if I can run full everything smoothly (We don't know graphic requirements but I think I can run full)

http://www.komplett....A8-3429BA4E5136

That should easily max out GW2 on a 1080p monitor.

[Blixcoe]

Then, GW2 will be even more epic! ;D haha I'm so excited!

[raphae1]

I have no knowledge of Computers whatsoever, so sorry i'm too vague :
I'm going to buy a laptop soon and I want it to be able to run guild wars 2 smoothly on medium or mediumish high settings, so currently i've got my eye on this laptop...
Can you tell me if its suitable?

Toshiba P750​/​02J 15.6" Notebook

Features
2.0Ghz 2nd Gen Intel Core i7-2630QM processor
4GB DDR3 Ram
750GB Hard drive
1GB Dedicated nVIDIA GT540M Graphics Card with Optimus
TV Tuner Ana/Dig DVB-T

Specifications
2.0GHz Intel Core i7-2630QM processor
4GB DDR3 Ram
750GB Hard drive
nVIDIA GT540M 1GB(DDR3) w/Optimus
TV Tuner Ana/Dig DVB-T
802.11(b/g/n)
Windows 7 32/64 bit Home Premium
Premium harman kardon speakers
Webcam 1.3M/Mic
DVD SuperMulti + R DL
15.6" HD 200 CSV LD
RGB/HDMI
Metallic Urban Black

[Elecc]

I want to run GW2 on max at 1920x1080. Is this going to be enough?

AMD Phenom II X4 955 (OC @3.6GHz)
Sapphire Radeon HD 6950 1GB
4GB DDR3 RAM 1600MHz CL9

[tijo]

@ raphae1 Provided the resolution is lower than 1920x1080, yes.