your doing it wrongOriginally Posted by zk1MPLS
^ Man, that's a great deal. Got the same Corsair Vengeance 1600... but only 8GB for that price. Good pickup, sir.
Good to see Ivy Bridge prices are not that bad... My friend's looking to upgrade soon. Still overclocking my 2600K bit-by-bit. Been running it at 4.0GHz for the past 3 weeks. Will set it to 4.2GHz by the weekend.
Heads-up to the NVIDIA dudes on here: new NVIDIA Drivers just came out today. Looks like it's mostly for Skyrim, but I've been reading it helps with Battlefield 3 as well.
Link to the Windows 7 64-bit download: http://www.geforce.com/Drivers/Results/40607
your doing it wrongOriginally Posted by zk1MPLS
^ Man, that's a great deal. Got the same Corsair Vengeance 1600... but only 8GB for that price. Good pickup, sir.
Good to see Ivy Bridge prices are not that bad... My friend's looking to upgrade soon. Still overclocking my 2600K bit-by-bit. Been running it at 4.0GHz for the past 3 weeks. Will set it to 4.2GHz by the weekend.
Heads-up to the NVIDIA dudes on here: new NVIDIA Drivers just came out today. Looks like it's mostly for Skyrim, but I've been reading it helps with Battlefield 3 as well.
Link to the Windows 7 64-bit download: http://www.geforce.com/Drivers/Results/40607
Make sure your laptop still has the product activation key on the bottom
Make sure your laptop still has the product activation key on the bottom
Yeah, I know. Just taking the slow route.Originally Posted by sladewilson
your doing it wrongOriginally Posted by zk1MPLS
^ Man, that's a great deal. Got the same Corsair Vengeance 1600... but only 8GB for that price. Good pickup, sir.
Good to see Ivy Bridge prices are not that bad... My friend's looking to upgrade soon. Still overclocking my 2600K bit-by-bit. Been running it at 4.0GHz for the past 3 weeks. Will set it to 4.2GHz by the weekend.
Heads-up to the NVIDIA dudes on here: new NVIDIA Drivers just came out today. Looks like it's mostly for Skyrim, but I've been reading it helps with Battlefield 3 as well.
Link to the Windows 7 64-bit download: http://www.geforce.com/Drivers/Results/40607you should be at least 4.8
Yeah, I know. Just taking the slow route.Originally Posted by sladewilson
your doing it wrongOriginally Posted by zk1MPLS
^ Man, that's a great deal. Got the same Corsair Vengeance 1600... but only 8GB for that price. Good pickup, sir.
Good to see Ivy Bridge prices are not that bad... My friend's looking to upgrade soon. Still overclocking my 2600K bit-by-bit. Been running it at 4.0GHz for the past 3 weeks. Will set it to 4.2GHz by the weekend.
Heads-up to the NVIDIA dudes on here: new NVIDIA Drivers just came out today. Looks like it's mostly for Skyrim, but I've been reading it helps with Battlefield 3 as well.
Link to the Windows 7 64-bit download: http://www.geforce.com/Drivers/Results/40607you should be at least 4.8
Damn. Keyboard elitist is right!Originally Posted by CWrite78
thought it's post a pic of my pc and mac set ups.
mac side:
custom wood wrist rest. 60% Poker X keyboard with 2 sets of keycaps and custom anodized aluminum red shell. CST L-Trac X trackball (finally got one!)
my gaming rig set up:
Griffin PowerMate controller (for volume, track skipping and so on). Filco Tenkeyless w/ MX Blue (clicky) switches, black doubleshot keycaps with certain keys in white (they spell out demik fk90, demik = gaming name, fk90 = clan, which is an inside joke). and finally, my logitech G9x on a rocketfish dual sided hard mousepad.
just waiting on my wrist rest for that keyboard and headphone stand for my ath ad700 headphones (both custom made to same woods as my smaller keyboard wrist rest)
this is where my money goes now, instead of sneakers. input devices
Damn. Keyboard elitist is right!Originally Posted by CWrite78
thought it's post a pic of my pc and mac set ups.
mac side:
custom wood wrist rest. 60% Poker X keyboard with 2 sets of keycaps and custom anodized aluminum red shell. CST L-Trac X trackball (finally got one!)
my gaming rig set up:
Griffin PowerMate controller (for volume, track skipping and so on). Filco Tenkeyless w/ MX Blue (clicky) switches, black doubleshot keycaps with certain keys in white (they spell out demik fk90, demik = gaming name, fk90 = clan, which is an inside joke). and finally, my logitech G9x on a rocketfish dual sided hard mousepad.
just waiting on my wrist rest for that keyboard and headphone stand for my ath ad700 headphones (both custom made to same woods as my smaller keyboard wrist rest)
this is where my money goes now, instead of sneakers. input devices
Intel launches warranty to replace your blown, overclocked CPUs
Comment | Print | Email to a Friend | Font Size: A ABy: Anthony Garreffa (more) | CPU, APU & Chipsets News | Posted: 6 hours, 8 mins ago
Overclocking kills chips, we all know it does. It's never happened to me, because I'm l337, y0. But, it can happen and if it does, under Intel's new protection plan, you'll actually be covered. Intel already have a standard three-year warranty on its processors, but are now launching a new initiative aimed at protecting those who feel the need, the need for speed.
Intel call it the Performance Tuning Protection Plan, which gives you a free replacement CPU if you burn or blow yours up. It has started at four resellers today: CyberPower, Scan Computers, Altech Computers as well as Canada Computers and Electronics. The service is offered exclusively for K, X, and LGA2011-socketed boxed processors, with prices varying dependant on the chip.
For the i5-2500K, i7-2600K, i7-2700K, i7-3920K, and i7-3960X, it will cost you $20, $25, $25, $35, and $35, respectively. Not bad considering those chips are worth either hundreds, or over $1000 (in some countries). There are conditions, though. Intel only cover the chip for one replacement, and the failure must happen within its standard three-year warranty. You cannot rebuy the plan for the replacement chip, and you cannot buy several plans for a new processor.
This is just a "pilot" program launched by Intel, and runs for six months. Intel could choose to continue it afterwards, or cut it. Intel have said:
The enthusiast community is a critical market segment for Intel and, as such, when the opportunity arises to try out a service or otherwise address the community's particular needs, we endeavor to do so where practicable. If [your chip] fails under normal usage, we will replace it under the standard warranty; if it fails while running outside of Intel's specifications, we will replace it under the Performance Tuning Protection Plan. So what we are saying is this: Go ahead and push it, we've got your back.
That's some pretty damn amazing service from Intel, I must say.
Thanks: NEWS SOURCE #1
Intel launches warranty to replace your blown, overclocked CPUs
Comment | Print | Email to a Friend | Font Size: A ABy: Anthony Garreffa (more) | CPU, APU & Chipsets News | Posted: 6 hours, 8 mins ago
Overclocking kills chips, we all know it does. It's never happened to me, because I'm l337, y0. But, it can happen and if it does, under Intel's new protection plan, you'll actually be covered. Intel already have a standard three-year warranty on its processors, but are now launching a new initiative aimed at protecting those who feel the need, the need for speed.
Intel call it the Performance Tuning Protection Plan, which gives you a free replacement CPU if you burn or blow yours up. It has started at four resellers today: CyberPower, Scan Computers, Altech Computers as well as Canada Computers and Electronics. The service is offered exclusively for K, X, and LGA2011-socketed boxed processors, with prices varying dependant on the chip.
For the i5-2500K, i7-2600K, i7-2700K, i7-3920K, and i7-3960X, it will cost you $20, $25, $25, $35, and $35, respectively. Not bad considering those chips are worth either hundreds, or over $1000 (in some countries). There are conditions, though. Intel only cover the chip for one replacement, and the failure must happen within its standard three-year warranty. You cannot rebuy the plan for the replacement chip, and you cannot buy several plans for a new processor.
This is just a "pilot" program launched by Intel, and runs for six months. Intel could choose to continue it afterwards, or cut it. Intel have said:
The enthusiast community is a critical market segment for Intel and, as such, when the opportunity arises to try out a service or otherwise address the community's particular needs, we endeavor to do so where practicable. If [your chip] fails under normal usage, we will replace it under the standard warranty; if it fails while running outside of Intel's specifications, we will replace it under the Performance Tuning Protection Plan. So what we are saying is this: Go ahead and push it, we've got your back.
That's some pretty damn amazing service from Intel, I must say.
Thanks: NEWS SOURCE #1
What games do you play?Originally Posted by zk1MPLS
That free mouse pad I got with the CM Storm Sentinel mouse isn't really holding up that nice now. Which one to get: a hard or soft mousepad?
What games do you play?Originally Posted by zk1MPLS
That free mouse pad I got with the CM Storm Sentinel mouse isn't really holding up that nice now. Which one to get: a hard or soft mousepad?
Damn. Keyboard elitist is right! Nice trackball mouse, too.
i just dropped 4 bills on a custom keyboard that im not suppose to have
modded switches, full aluminum body, hard to come by keycap set.
so much win. but my pockets are hurting
