Cylon Posted May 22, 2015 Member ID: 2447 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 13 Topic Count: 24 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 306 Content Per Day: 0.06 Reputation: 226 Achievement Points: 2172 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/01/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 20, 2023 Birthday: 09/07/1993 Device: Windows Share Posted May 22, 2015 Sorry just need to blow off some steam, first my computer has sucked balls for about 2 years now, but then I was like hey, I have some money now, I'm going to start upgrading again, so I get myself a new case so I can in the future do water cooling because I know I will need it and it's a lot more efficient. Then I get my new motherboard and cpu and ram but as i'm in the middle of buying those upgrades my SATA 7,200 RPM HHD starts acting up, sectors going bad, ECC stops correcting errors my asus pc-68 wireless adapter starts throwing out 4-5 errors a minute in Event Viewer causing even more shit and getting blue screens left and right, so I can't even download or even de-fragment my hhd without bluescreening in the middle of what i'm doing. To the point where if I bluescreen in the middle of a match on CoD4 and then restart my computer I will have to re-install Cod4 just to be able to play on the server I bsod on. Then Razer black widow has finally seen it's demise after 3 years of service everything started to go belly up, and before you start knocking the brand, they are amazing and will never switch to anything else. It only started fucking up because my friend spilled syrup in the fucking keys somehow so that happened, now I'm using a 3.99 keyboard that sucks absolute donkey dick. Then I have to get a new monitor because it's also five years old and while it is a nice Dell ST2010 LCD 20' in it's not nearly where it needs to be for gaming. Then to top it off, I've been waiting since Feb 26 for my god damn tax return because H & R block has been cock suckers and throwing me through hoop after hoop for a fuck up on their part. Other than that I'm pretty happy but since Cod4 is literally the only game I have been able to install before my computer bluescreens it's getting annoying, and to the points I have to write this shit in note pad and save every once and a while just incase it happens USMale and azzkikr 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Cylon Posted May 22, 2015 Member ID: 2447 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 13 Topic Count: 24 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 306 Content Per Day: 0.06 Reputation: 226 Achievement Points: 2172 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/01/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 20, 2023 Birthday: 09/07/1993 Device: Windows Author Share Posted May 22, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
eidolonFIRE Posted May 22, 2015 Member ID: 2759 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 17 Topic Count: 199 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 3496 Content Per Day: 0.76 Reputation: 3021 Achievement Points: 26464 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 08/22/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 16, 2017 Birthday: 07/27/1990 Share Posted May 22, 2015 In my experience... Slowly upgrading an old rig and mixing new with old parts always generates unexpected problems and hardware failures. The best way to build a custom rig is to wait until you can afford the whole thing, buy all the parts at once, build it in one day, and be done with it. Builds have always gone smoother for me when I do that. Anything more than swapping in a more powerful GPU is a high risk for complications. BUDMAN, Mule, Cylon and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cylon Posted May 22, 2015 Member ID: 2447 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 13 Topic Count: 24 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 306 Content Per Day: 0.06 Reputation: 226 Achievement Points: 2172 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/01/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 20, 2023 Birthday: 09/07/1993 Device: Windows Author Share Posted May 22, 2015 Well everything would work great if I switched out my hard drive first lol. I just didn't expect it to start failing so suddenly xD azzkikr and eidolonFIRE 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
J3st3r Posted May 22, 2015 Member ID: 2162 Group: ++ COD4 Admin Followers: 153 Topic Count: 152 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 5083 Content Per Day: 1.05 Reputation: 5009 Achievement Points: 44628 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 22 Joined: 01/25/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: Yesterday at 08:14 AM Birthday: 02/26/1972 Device: Windows Share Posted May 22, 2015 My hdd died a couple of weeks ago,2 days after upgrading the motherboard.The damn thing just completely disappeared in BIOS.That was the 3rd Seagate HDD I had fail in the last 2 years.I'm still pretty pissed I lost around 200 gig of mp3s and a bunch of movies.It gave me Zero warning that it was going to fail. azzkikr 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
eidolonFIRE Posted May 22, 2015 Member ID: 2759 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 17 Topic Count: 199 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 3496 Content Per Day: 0.76 Reputation: 3021 Achievement Points: 26464 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 08/22/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 16, 2017 Birthday: 07/27/1990 Share Posted May 22, 2015 (edited) My hdd died a couple of weeks ago,2 days after upgrading the motherboard.The damn thing just completely disappeared in BIOS.That was the 3rd Seagate HDD I had fail in the last 2 years.I'm still pretty pissed I lost around 200 gig of mp3s and a bunch of movies.It gave me Zero warning that it was going to fail. Seagate has a bad rap for failures atm. WD is still pretty reliable. http://www.extremetech.com/computing/198154-2014-hard-drive-failure-rates-point-to-clear-winners-and-losers-but-is-the-data-good Edited May 22, 2015 by eidolonFIRE L!ckALotAPus and Hoth 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cylon Posted May 22, 2015 Member ID: 2447 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 13 Topic Count: 24 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 306 Content Per Day: 0.06 Reputation: 226 Achievement Points: 2172 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/01/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 20, 2023 Birthday: 09/07/1993 Device: Windows Author Share Posted May 22, 2015 Well, as soon as I can I will be getting an SSD again, Samsung seems to be doing fantastic and intel is making some amazing ones if you guys haven't looked into those yet. Then I will be getting a normal Sata HHD because for a 1TB it's only 49.99 eidolonFIRE 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
eidolonFIRE Posted May 22, 2015 Member ID: 2759 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 17 Topic Count: 199 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 3496 Content Per Day: 0.76 Reputation: 3021 Achievement Points: 26464 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 08/22/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 16, 2017 Birthday: 07/27/1990 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Well, as soon as I can I will be getting an SSD again, Samsung seems to be doing fantastic and intel is making some amazing ones if you guys haven't looked into those yet. Then I will be getting a normal Sata HHD because for a 1TB it's only 49.99 I have a 512GB evo 840 that I'm running win8.1 on. I'm waiting for a good deal atm to get the 250gb evo 850 to dual boot linux on. It was my first SSD and I'm never looking back. They are simply incredible. The low latency and fast boots are just amazing. (it's also VERY nice to not have to listen to the wine of a rotating disk anymore.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azzkikr Posted May 22, 2015 Member ID: 20697 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 24 Topic Count: 11 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 253 Content Per Day: 0.07 Reputation: 238 Achievement Points: 2731 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/18/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 21 Device: Windows Share Posted May 22, 2015 Seagate (about two to three years old) are reporting a lot of problems. The issue was the devastating flood in Thailand. It crippled WD's production (as most of WD's production was in Thailand) and Seagate took advantage in that time frame. However majority of parts production was also in Thailand and got impacted as well. So Seagate ended up using marginal parts which is now resulting in failures and returns. Having worked in disk drive industry, my advice would be to never but the top of the line in terms of space. Try to get the family which does not go all the way to the top in terms of space. They squeeze out space by essentially increasing TPI (Tracks per Inch). Not much revolutions happening in the HDD industry so you have to think that TPI increase will have a cost (Reliability). eidolonFIRE 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Sammy Posted May 22, 2015 Member ID: 3036 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 31 Topic Count: 219 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 9419 Content Per Day: 2.08 Reputation: 7515 Achievement Points: 62539 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 21 Joined: 11/29/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 30, 2023 Birthday: 04/26/2008 Device: Windows Share Posted May 22, 2015 I do have to say that I am quite happy with the ssd I got for the main drive. A samsung evo or some such. I would have liked a bigger one but didnt have the funds for it. Maybe next time I get one the prices will be better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
eidolonFIRE Posted May 22, 2015 Member ID: 2759 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 17 Topic Count: 199 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 3496 Content Per Day: 0.76 Reputation: 3021 Achievement Points: 26464 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 08/22/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 16, 2017 Birthday: 07/27/1990 Share Posted May 22, 2015 I do have to say that I am quite happy with the ssd I got for the main drive. A samsung evo or some such. I would have liked a bigger one but didnt have the funds for it. Maybe next time I get one the prices will be better. the prices for SSD's are dropping like they did for usb thumb drives and sd cards. Imagine that? lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cylon Posted May 22, 2015 Member ID: 2447 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 13 Topic Count: 24 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 306 Content Per Day: 0.06 Reputation: 226 Achievement Points: 2172 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/01/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 20, 2023 Birthday: 09/07/1993 Device: Windows Author Share Posted May 22, 2015 lol yea, 250GB ssd samsung pro is less than 100 dollars where I work, so I will be getting that when I can eidolonFIRE 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Sammy Posted May 22, 2015 Member ID: 3036 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 31 Topic Count: 219 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 9419 Content Per Day: 2.08 Reputation: 7515 Achievement Points: 62539 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 21 Joined: 11/29/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 30, 2023 Birthday: 04/26/2008 Device: Windows Share Posted May 22, 2015 I remember when 250gb was considered massive. Now, the first thought that comes to mind is that its too small. Oh how times change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
eidolonFIRE Posted May 22, 2015 Member ID: 2759 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 17 Topic Count: 199 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 3496 Content Per Day: 0.76 Reputation: 3021 Achievement Points: 26464 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 08/22/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 16, 2017 Birthday: 07/27/1990 Share Posted May 22, 2015 I remember when 250gb was considered massive. Now, the first thought that comes to mind is that its too small. Oh how times change. yep! You miss the days of the 2lb 2GB gyroscope drives? lol. I don't. 500GB is pretty much a minimum for a gaming rig. It's enough for a little lossless music, a few games, and some editing programs. 250GB should be fine for my linux development platform though. My projects don't take up that much space. At work I'm using the ubunu-gnome distro but replaced the wm with Awesome. I plan on replicating the setup at home. Awesome really is awesome btw. It's so much better than i3 imho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cylon Posted May 22, 2015 Member ID: 2447 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 13 Topic Count: 24 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 306 Content Per Day: 0.06 Reputation: 226 Achievement Points: 2172 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/01/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 20, 2023 Birthday: 09/07/1993 Device: Windows Author Share Posted May 22, 2015 I just plan on having my OS and a couple programs and a game or two on it to maximize the speed SSD are so great but they only have to many re-writes before they start losing storage space, which is a long time but still Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
eidolonFIRE Posted May 22, 2015 Member ID: 2759 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 17 Topic Count: 199 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 3496 Content Per Day: 0.76 Reputation: 3021 Achievement Points: 26464 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 08/22/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 16, 2017 Birthday: 07/27/1990 Share Posted May 22, 2015 I just plan on having my OS and a couple programs and a game or two on it to maximize the speed SSD are so great but they only have to many re-writes before they start losing storage space, which is a long time but still lets face it... you will have upgraded your ssd's for for double the space before they start to fail from too many accesses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammy Posted May 22, 2015 Member ID: 3036 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 31 Topic Count: 219 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 9419 Content Per Day: 2.08 Reputation: 7515 Achievement Points: 62539 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 21 Joined: 11/29/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 30, 2023 Birthday: 04/26/2008 Device: Windows Share Posted May 22, 2015 Only thing that would bug me for that is the page file. Earlier I set it so my page file was on a secondary hdd but it caused boot problems several times. So right now I just let it do its thing automatically. Fortunately I was able to put cod4 on the hdd so as not to take up 50gb or more on the ssd. Lot of maps certainly but development needs a great deal of space also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
L!ckALotAPus Posted May 22, 2015 Member ID: 21216 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 20 Topic Count: 33 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1695 Content Per Day: 0.48 Reputation: 1732 Achievement Points: 15803 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/15/14 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 8, 2020 Birthday: 02/09/1966 Share Posted May 22, 2015 I have an old vertex 3 has 0 errors and over 16,000 hours on it now.SSD the only way to fly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fireurza Posted May 23, 2015 Member ID: 677 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 19 Topic Count: 172 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 1457 Content Per Day: 0.28 Reputation: 791 Achievement Points: 9890 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 5 Joined: 11/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 16 Birthday: 02/20/1986 Device: Windows Share Posted May 23, 2015 I have had my samsung ssd for 2 years now.... never turn of my pc cuz I am too lazy (wife hates that it takes as much power as the a/c). did a health check on it last week and it is still running at optimal. no errors on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Cylon Posted May 24, 2015 Member ID: 2447 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 13 Topic Count: 24 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 306 Content Per Day: 0.06 Reputation: 226 Achievement Points: 2172 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/01/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 20, 2023 Birthday: 09/07/1993 Device: Windows Author Share Posted May 24, 2015 Ok, so I solved my Wireless chip set problem, I had to go into the registry and change the hex value to 4 instead of 3 and disable bluetooth now i'm not getting 15+ errors in event viewer a minute now I just have to find out why I'm getting bsod. I think it may be my graphics card but I don't know. IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL is what i'm getting. I've re-seated it just in case it was something stupid but now it's the waiting game. It took hours to fix the other problem, I think it's time for bed lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
MrBubbles Posted May 24, 2015 Member ID: 349 Group: Fallen Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 30 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 821 Content Per Day: 0.15 Reputation: 541 Achievement Points: 5195 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/10/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 5, 2017 Birthday: 01/27/1971 Share Posted May 24, 2015 (edited) Cylon, did that new system components come with an Intel 7265 wifi/ bluetooth module of sorts? If so, they are known for having the issues you're experiencing! Edited May 24, 2015 by MrBubbles Cylon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cylon Posted May 25, 2015 Member ID: 2447 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 13 Topic Count: 24 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 306 Content Per Day: 0.06 Reputation: 226 Achievement Points: 2172 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/01/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 20, 2023 Birthday: 09/07/1993 Device: Windows Author Share Posted May 25, 2015 Cylon, did that new system components come with an Intel 7265 wifi/ bluetooth module of sorts? If so, they are known for having the issues you're experiencing! I built everything from the ground up I just have onboard lan with my mobo and I'm using asus wireless PCE-AC68, I fixed it a lot of people were getting the same error, due to their shit drivers and they never ended up fixing it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
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