Home Discord Chat
Go Back   ChiefsPlanet > Nzoner's Game Room > Media Center
Reload this Page Computers Help me build a new rig
Register FAQDonate Members List Calendar

Reply
Page 8 of 9 « First 4567 8 9
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 02-14-2015, 06:42 PM  
Fire Me Boy! Fire Me Boy! is offline
Cast Iron Jedi
 
Fire Me Boy!'s Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2004
Casino cash: $9999900
VARSITY
Help me build a new rig
Open to advice as it's been a decade-plus since I built my own desktop.

Here's my needs:
  • Primary use is photo editing in Lightroom, no gaming. So I'm thinking decent on board graphics will suffice?
  • I have a 4K Samsung 28-inch monitor, so nothing needed there.
  • Would like smallish, but that's not a necessity if it's more cost efficient to go with a standard mini tower or something.
  • No DVD ROM needed.
  • Decently hot, semi bare bones system.
  • Would like SSD for system, and at least 1TB for storage.

And go.
Posts: 35,253
Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.
     Reply With Quote
Old 05-30-2015, 04:47 AM   #106
Fire Me Boy! Fire Me Boy! is offline
Cast Iron Jedi
 
Fire Me Boy!'s Avatar
 

Join Date: Nov 2004
Casino cash: $9999900
VARSITY
Quote:
Originally Posted by hometeam View Post
take everything out and assemble it OUTSIDE of the case, can use mobo box to lay it on.

See if it works then.

Always test system outside case before install~

Will do that today or tomorrow before I get the new board.
Posts: 35,253
Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.
     Reply With Quote
Old 05-31-2015, 10:56 AM   #107
Fire Me Boy! Fire Me Boy! is offline
Cast Iron Jedi
 
Fire Me Boy!'s Avatar
 

Join Date: Nov 2004
Casino cash: $9999900
VARSITY
Goddammit!!!

New motherboard, new chip, same ol' story. It's currently plugged in with one stick of memory, the CPU and CPU fan, video into onboard HDMI.
Posts: 35,253
Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.
     Reply With Quote
Old 05-31-2015, 11:34 AM   #108
DaneMcCloud DaneMcCloud is offline
Supporter
 
DaneMcCloud's Avatar
 

Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Hollywood, CA
Casino cash: $10053648
Quote:
Originally Posted by Fire Me Boy! View Post
Goddammit!!!

New motherboard, new chip, same ol' story. It's currently plugged in with one stick of memory, the CPU and CPU fan, video into onboard HDMI.
As long as both power connectors are plugged into the board, it's safe to say that it's the power supply. Silly question but did you turn the PS on?
Posts: 88,960
DaneMcCloud is obviously part of the inner Circle.DaneMcCloud is obviously part of the inner Circle.DaneMcCloud is obviously part of the inner Circle.DaneMcCloud is obviously part of the inner Circle.DaneMcCloud is obviously part of the inner Circle.DaneMcCloud is obviously part of the inner Circle.DaneMcCloud is obviously part of the inner Circle.DaneMcCloud is obviously part of the inner Circle.DaneMcCloud is obviously part of the inner Circle.DaneMcCloud is obviously part of the inner Circle.DaneMcCloud is obviously part of the inner Circle.
     Reply With Quote
Old 05-31-2015, 11:57 AM   #109
Buck Buck is offline
Take a Chill Pill
 
Buck's Avatar
 

Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: South Carolina
Casino cash: $8249900
Quote:
Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud View Post
As long as both power connectors are plugged into the board, it's safe to say that it's the power supply. Silly question but did you turn the PS on?
I was thinking the same, but his comment about the cursor flashing on the monitor led me to believe that he had turned it on.
Posts: 44,564
Buck is obviously part of the inner Circle.Buck is obviously part of the inner Circle.Buck is obviously part of the inner Circle.Buck is obviously part of the inner Circle.Buck is obviously part of the inner Circle.Buck is obviously part of the inner Circle.Buck is obviously part of the inner Circle.Buck is obviously part of the inner Circle.Buck is obviously part of the inner Circle.Buck is obviously part of the inner Circle.Buck is obviously part of the inner Circle.
     Reply With Quote
Old 05-31-2015, 11:58 AM   #110
Buck Buck is offline
Take a Chill Pill
 
Buck's Avatar
 

Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: South Carolina
Casino cash: $8249900
Could be a faulty monitor I guess. Do you have anything else connected to HDMI that you can plug into it?
Posts: 44,564
Buck is obviously part of the inner Circle.Buck is obviously part of the inner Circle.Buck is obviously part of the inner Circle.Buck is obviously part of the inner Circle.Buck is obviously part of the inner Circle.Buck is obviously part of the inner Circle.Buck is obviously part of the inner Circle.Buck is obviously part of the inner Circle.Buck is obviously part of the inner Circle.Buck is obviously part of the inner Circle.Buck is obviously part of the inner Circle.
     Reply With Quote
Old 05-31-2015, 12:28 PM   #111
Fire Me Boy! Fire Me Boy! is offline
Cast Iron Jedi
 
Fire Me Boy!'s Avatar
 

Join Date: Nov 2004
Casino cash: $9999900
VARSITY
I get video out of the monitor - flashing cursor when I turn mono on.

New PSU, same story.
Posts: 35,253
Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.
     Reply With Quote
Old 05-31-2015, 12:30 PM   #112
Fire Me Boy! Fire Me Boy! is offline
Cast Iron Jedi
 
Fire Me Boy!'s Avatar
 

Join Date: Nov 2004
Casino cash: $9999900
VARSITY
and yes, psu is on. Lights on mobo, cpu fan spins up.
Posts: 35,253
Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.
     Reply With Quote
Old 05-31-2015, 12:43 PM   #113
Fire Me Boy! Fire Me Boy! is offline
Cast Iron Jedi
 
Fire Me Boy!'s Avatar
 

Join Date: Nov 2004
Casino cash: $9999900
VARSITY
Just verified the monitor with my laptop, all's good there.

Here was my setup with the new mobo and PSU. I took the case totally out of the equation, left PSU out, put mobo on cardboard on my table; using onboard power buttons to turn on and off. Only thing attached is memory and HDMI video. PSU cables (both the long one and the 8-pin one) connected, fully seated. Memory, fully seated. Video is onboard. I have a separate SATA power port available if I'm running a heavy GPU, I tried that on and off. Memory is fully seated, tried one stick, two sticks, no sticks. I found the clear CMOS jumper, set to open, like it should be according to the manual.

LED code is "A9," which means "BIOS Setup is Started." But just a flashing cursor.
Posts: 35,253
Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.
     Reply With Quote
Old 05-31-2015, 05:13 PM   #114
Fire Me Boy! Fire Me Boy! is offline
Cast Iron Jedi
 
Fire Me Boy!'s Avatar
 

Join Date: Nov 2004
Casino cash: $9999900
VARSITY
This is weird. I'm up and running, though I'm having trouble getting my two 1TB drives connected.

Turned out something is wrong with the ONBOARD video. The LED on the motherboard was giving codes t hat seemed to indicate everything was working A-OK, so my brother and I started talking about video. On a whim, I put the video card back in the machine and swapped from HDMI on board to HDMI on the graphics card... boom everything worked.

So I'm installing Windows updates, but so far so good. I'm just having trouble getting the two storage HDDs recognized.
Posts: 35,253
Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.
     Reply With Quote
Old 05-31-2015, 05:27 PM   #115
DaneMcCloud DaneMcCloud is offline
Supporter
 
DaneMcCloud's Avatar
 

Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Hollywood, CA
Casino cash: $10053648
Quote:
Originally Posted by Fire Me Boy! View Post
This is weird. I'm up and running, though I'm having trouble getting my two 1TB drives connected.

Turned out something is wrong with the ONBOARD video. The LED on the motherboard was giving codes t hat seemed to indicate everything was working A-OK, so my brother and I started talking about video. On a whim, I put the video card back in the machine and swapped from HDMI on board to HDMI on the graphics card... boom everything worked.

So I'm installing Windows updates, but so far so good. I'm just having trouble getting the two storage HDDs recognized.
Wow, it sounds like another faulty motherboard, IMO. It doesn't make any sense that the onboard video would be faulty along with additional SATA drives.
Posts: 88,960
DaneMcCloud is obviously part of the inner Circle.DaneMcCloud is obviously part of the inner Circle.DaneMcCloud is obviously part of the inner Circle.DaneMcCloud is obviously part of the inner Circle.DaneMcCloud is obviously part of the inner Circle.DaneMcCloud is obviously part of the inner Circle.DaneMcCloud is obviously part of the inner Circle.DaneMcCloud is obviously part of the inner Circle.DaneMcCloud is obviously part of the inner Circle.DaneMcCloud is obviously part of the inner Circle.DaneMcCloud is obviously part of the inner Circle.
     Reply With Quote
Old 06-05-2015, 07:11 AM   #116
kcxiv kcxiv is offline
In Search of a Life
 

Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Central Valley, Cali
Casino cash: $8807996
For the hard drives u just have to assign them a letter manually. That shit happens to my 1 tb drive as well.
Posts: 29,110
kcxiv is too fat/Omaha.kcxiv is too fat/Omaha.kcxiv is too fat/Omaha.kcxiv is too fat/Omaha.kcxiv is too fat/Omaha.kcxiv is too fat/Omaha.kcxiv is too fat/Omaha.kcxiv is too fat/Omaha.kcxiv is too fat/Omaha.kcxiv is too fat/Omaha.kcxiv is too fat/Omaha.
     Reply With Quote
Old 06-05-2015, 07:24 AM   #117
Fire Me Boy! Fire Me Boy! is offline
Cast Iron Jedi
 
Fire Me Boy!'s Avatar
 

Join Date: Nov 2004
Casino cash: $9999900
VARSITY
Quote:
Originally Posted by kcxiv View Post
For the hard drives u just have to assign them a letter manually. That shit happens to my 1 tb drive as well.
It wouldn't even see them to create a partition.

Something was screwy with those two drives; I couldn't see them in the BIOS, either. I got replacements from Amazon and they both worked flawlessly on the first try.

Now looking for a decent sync program. I didn't end up setting them up as a RAID1.
Posts: 35,253
Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.
     Reply With Quote
Old 06-05-2015, 09:10 AM   #118
DaneMcCloud DaneMcCloud is offline
Supporter
 
DaneMcCloud's Avatar
 

Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Hollywood, CA
Casino cash: $10053648
Quote:
Originally Posted by Fire Me Boy! View Post
It wouldn't even see them to create a partition.

Something was screwy with those two drives; I couldn't see them in the BIOS, either. I got replacements from Amazon and they both worked flawlessly on the first try.

Now looking for a decent sync program. I didn't end up setting them up as a RAID1.
Wow, so two bad hard drives caused the problem? Crazy!

Glad you're up and running.
Posts: 88,960
DaneMcCloud is obviously part of the inner Circle.DaneMcCloud is obviously part of the inner Circle.DaneMcCloud is obviously part of the inner Circle.DaneMcCloud is obviously part of the inner Circle.DaneMcCloud is obviously part of the inner Circle.DaneMcCloud is obviously part of the inner Circle.DaneMcCloud is obviously part of the inner Circle.DaneMcCloud is obviously part of the inner Circle.DaneMcCloud is obviously part of the inner Circle.DaneMcCloud is obviously part of the inner Circle.DaneMcCloud is obviously part of the inner Circle.
     Reply With Quote
Old 06-05-2015, 09:14 AM   #119
Fire Me Boy! Fire Me Boy! is offline
Cast Iron Jedi
 
Fire Me Boy!'s Avatar
 

Join Date: Nov 2004
Casino cash: $9999900
VARSITY
Quote:
Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud View Post
Wow, so two bad hard drives caused the problem? Crazy!

Glad you're up and running.
There was a short in one of them, but I couldn't figure out which. I couldn't get either to come up by themselves, and together the power would flicker and then shut down.

I ordered both at the same time - good drives, too; WD Blacks - so I'm guessing something was wrong with that batch.

But yeah, totally up and running. Going through Gigabyte's CS to see if ID what's wrong with the on board video, but I don't much care, honestly. I wanted to run on a separate GPU anyway.
Posts: 35,253
Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.Fire Me Boy! is obviously part of the inner Circle.
     Reply With Quote
Old 06-05-2015, 10:35 AM   #120
DaneMcCloud DaneMcCloud is offline
Supporter
 
DaneMcCloud's Avatar
 

Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Hollywood, CA
Casino cash: $10053648
Quote:
Originally Posted by Fire Me Boy! View Post
But yeah, totally up and running. Going through Gigabyte's CS to see if ID what's wrong with the on board video, but I don't much care, honestly. I wanted to run on a separate GPU anyway.
Is it disabled in the BIOS?

I don't care for their new BIOS because it's difficult to find certain options so I always use Classic view. I have to disable C States (which is a power saving feature that will cause jitter and other audio issues) and EIST. Both were impossible to find without the Classic view.
Posts: 88,960
DaneMcCloud is obviously part of the inner Circle.DaneMcCloud is obviously part of the inner Circle.DaneMcCloud is obviously part of the inner Circle.DaneMcCloud is obviously part of the inner Circle.DaneMcCloud is obviously part of the inner Circle.DaneMcCloud is obviously part of the inner Circle.DaneMcCloud is obviously part of the inner Circle.DaneMcCloud is obviously part of the inner Circle.DaneMcCloud is obviously part of the inner Circle.DaneMcCloud is obviously part of the inner Circle.DaneMcCloud is obviously part of the inner Circle.
     Reply With Quote
Reply
Page 8 of 9 « First 4567 8 9

« Previous Thread | > Nzoner's Game Room > Media Center < | Next Thread »

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On
Forum Jump




All times are GMT -6. The time now is 03:26 PM.

Contact Us - ChiefsPlanet - Archive - Top

This is a test for a client's site.
Fort Worth Texas Process Servers
Covering Arlington, Fort Worth, Grand Prairie and surrounding communities.
Tarrant County, Texas and Johnson County, Texas.
Advertise with us!
Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.8
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.