Shamu Posted March 11, 2013 Member ID: 715 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 8 Topic Count: 418 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 2178 Content Per Day: 0.38 Reputation: 1183 Achievement Points: 16606 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 11/09/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 2, 2023 Birthday: 11/04/1943 Posted March 11, 2013 (edited) I have given up with my crashes and the many attempts to find and fix the problem. My PC is a little over 3 yrs. old, reason enough for a replacement. Anyway I have on order with Cyberpower with multiple upgrades from the stock Fang III Viper. http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/Fang_III_-_Viper/ I have added multiple upgrades to include a 256 gig SSD drive, break downs is as follows: Cyber Power Fang III Viper PC CAS: * Cooler Master HAF-XM Mid-Tower Gaming Case w/ 2x200mm fan, Front USB 3.0 & X-Dock HDD HotSwap [+9] CD: LG 12X Internal Blu-ray Drive & DVDRW, 3DPlayback Combo Drive (BLACK COLOR) CD2: LG 12X Internal Blu-ray Drive & DVDRW, 3DPlayback Combo Drive [+61] (BLACK COLOR) COOLANT: Standard Coolant CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-3770K 3.50 GHz 8MB Intel SmartCache LGA1155 (All Venom OC Certified) CS_FAN: Default case fans FAN: CyberPower Xtreme Hydro Liquid Cooling Kit 360MMw/ XSPC Rasa 750 RS360, Triple Fan(CPU & GPU Liquid Cool Capable,Extreme Overclocking Performance + Extreme Silent at 18dBA)(All Venom OCCertified) [+30] HDD: 256 GB OCZ Agility 4 SATA-III 6.0Gb/s SSD -420MB/s Read & 410MB/s Write [+170] (Single Drive) HDD2: 1TB Western Digital Caviar Blue SATA-III 6.0Gb/s7200 RPM HDD [+94] (Single Drive) IUSB: Built-in USB 2.0 Ports KEYBOARD: AZZA Multimedia USB Gaming Keyboard MEMORY: 16GB (8GBx2) DDR3/1333MHz Dual Channel Memory[+49] (Corsair or Major Brand) MOTHERBOARD: * [CrossFireX/SLI] ASUS P8Z77-V LK IntelZ77 Chipset DDR3 ATX Mainboard w/ IRST, Lucid Virtu MVP, 7.1 HD Audio,GbLAN, 3x PCIe x16 (2 Gen3, 1 Gen2), 2 PCie x1 & 2 PCI (Extreme OCCertified) [+33] MOUSE: AZZA Optical 1600dpi Gaming Mouse with WeightAdjustable Cartridge NETWORK: Onboard Gigabit LAN Network OS: Microsoft® Windows 7 Home Premium [+0] (64-bitEdition) OVERCLOCK: Pro OC (Performance Overclock 10% or more) POWERSUPPLY: 850 Watts - Thermaltake Smart SeriesSP-850M 80 Plus Bronze Modular Power Supply [+65] SERVICE: STANDARD WARRANTY: 3-YEAR LIMITED WARRANTYPLUS LIFE-TIME TECHNICAL SUPPORT SOFT1: Microsoft® Office® 2013 Home and Student (Word,Excel, PowerPoint + OneNote) [+119] SOUND: * ASUS Xonar DSX 7.1 Channels 24-bit 192KHz PCIeSound Card [+67] USB: External USB 3.0 4-Port Hub [+29] VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti 2GB 16X PCIe 3.0 VideoCard [+80] (Major Brand Powered by NVIDIA) Edited March 11, 2013 by Shamu coolmd 1
Sonovabich Posted March 11, 2013 Member ID: 82 Group: ** Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1535 Topics Per Day: 0.27 Content Count: 5022 Content Per Day: 0.87 Reputation: 5198 Achievement Points: 131537 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 116 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 9 Device: Windows Posted March 11, 2013 Good luck with your new PC Shamu but ain't it a shame that we have to change them when only 3 years old. coolmd 1
Shamu Posted March 11, 2013 Member ID: 715 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 8 Topic Count: 418 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 2178 Content Per Day: 0.38 Reputation: 1183 Achievement Points: 16606 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 11/09/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 2, 2023 Birthday: 11/04/1943 Author Posted March 11, 2013 Good luck with your new PC Shamu but ain't it a shame that we have to change them when only 3 years old. Glad you said "we", helps me not feel as bad. I have to call them a and delete MS Home and Office, I already have the CD's. coolmd 1
Hunter1948 Posted March 11, 2013 Member ID: 1850 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 98 Topic Count: 328 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 8620 Content Per Day: 1.60 Reputation: 4222 Achievement Points: 55994 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 5 Joined: 09/29/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 29, 2023 Birthday: 06/19/1948 Posted March 11, 2013 Congrats Shamu on your new pc we have to treat ourselves once in awhile and maybe we will see more of you now. You should see a nice difference playing the game. Awards
KaptCrunch Posted March 11, 2013 Member ID: 389 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 48 Topic Count: 345 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 5087 Content Per Day: 0.88 Reputation: 4350 Achievement Points: 41018 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 65 Joined: 09/14/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 1 hour ago Birthday: 01/01/1970 Device: Windows Posted March 11, 2013 Shamu the water kit you choose isn't the best due to the pump, better with the D5 Laing pump CyberPowerPC Xtreme Hydro II Liquid Cooling Kit 240MM w/ XSPC RayStorm CPU Block, D5 Pump & Reservoir,AX240 Radiator w/ Dual Fan(CPU & GPU Liquid Cooling, Extreme Overclocking Performance + Extreme Silence at 18dBA)(All Venom OC Certified)(All Venom OC Certified) Awards
Shamu Posted March 11, 2013 Member ID: 715 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 8 Topic Count: 418 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 2178 Content Per Day: 0.38 Reputation: 1183 Achievement Points: 16606 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 11/09/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 2, 2023 Birthday: 11/04/1943 Author Posted March 11, 2013 (edited) Shamu the water kit you choose isn't the best due to the pump, better with the D5 Laing pump CyberPowerPC Xtreme Hydro II Liquid Cooling Kit 240MM w/ XSPC RayStorm CPU Block, D5 Pump & Reservoir,AX240 Radiator w/ Dual Fan(CPU & GPU Liquid Cooling, Extreme Overclocking Performance + Extreme Silence at 18dBA)(All Venom OC Certified)(All Venom OC Certified) I will look into it. Changed to: CyberPowerPC Xtreme Hydro II Liquid Cooling Kit 240MM w/ XSPC RayStorm CPU Block, D5 Pump & Reservoir,AX240 Radiator w/ Dual Fan(CPU & GPU Liquid Cooling, Extreme Overclocking Performance + Extreme Silence at 18dBA)(All Venom OC Certified)(All Venom OC Certified) Edited March 11, 2013 by Shamu
KaptCrunch Posted March 11, 2013 Member ID: 389 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 48 Topic Count: 345 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 5087 Content Per Day: 0.88 Reputation: 4350 Achievement Points: 41018 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 65 Joined: 09/14/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 1 hour ago Birthday: 01/01/1970 Device: Windows Posted March 11, 2013 Shamu i just noticed the the D5 kit is dual pump ......is overkill when your not cooling the GPU try the corsair kit H110 save 300 Awards
Shamu Posted March 11, 2013 Member ID: 715 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 8 Topic Count: 418 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 2178 Content Per Day: 0.38 Reputation: 1183 Achievement Points: 16606 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 11/09/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 2, 2023 Birthday: 11/04/1943 Author Posted March 11, 2013 Too late, it also required a larger case +$61.00 No matter, as long as what I have is not a negative I am done making changes or I will drive them nuts. coolmd 1
Evil-Monkey Posted March 11, 2013 Member ID: 221 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 11 Topic Count: 85 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1865 Content Per Day: 0.32 Reputation: 751 Achievement Points: 12313 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 17 Birthday: 06/10/1967 Device: iPhone Posted March 11, 2013 sounds like a nice build . Awards
JACKO:) Posted March 12, 2013 Member ID: 4474 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 25 Topic Count: 162 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 1065 Content Per Day: 0.23 Reputation: 374 Achievement Points: 7622 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/24/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 3, 2014 Birthday: 09/30/1975 Posted March 12, 2013 Congrats Shamu,enjoy it.
djMot Posted March 13, 2013 Member ID: 3189 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 98 Topic Count: 357 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 5257 Content Per Day: 1.08 Reputation: 11146 Achievement Points: 48948 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 114 Joined: 02/11/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: 21 hours ago Birthday: 12/24/1957 Device: Windows Posted March 13, 2013 memtest86 just sayin'... Awards
Belted Posted March 13, 2013 Member ID: 1620 Group: ++ COD5 Admin Followers: 90 Topic Count: 161 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 1430 Content Per Day: 0.26 Reputation: 928 Achievement Points: 11072 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 07/28/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 3, 2024 Birthday: 03/24/1962 Device: Windows Posted March 13, 2013 Well done Shamu, sounds great! Take care... Awards
Shamu Posted March 13, 2013 Member ID: 715 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 8 Topic Count: 418 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 2178 Content Per Day: 0.38 Reputation: 1183 Achievement Points: 16606 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 11/09/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 2, 2023 Birthday: 11/04/1943 Author Posted March 13, 2013 memtest86 just sayin'... I did look at Memtest but it far exceeded my ability to understand. In the right hands it would probably be useful but I am not sure relative to my current PC problems.
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