I wonder why he had to use a capture board instead of just soldering straight to the motherboard
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09-30-2014, 10:46 AM
(This post was last modified: 09-30-2014, 10:47 AM by Xtreme2damax.)
These voltages good or safe for my 4Ghz overclock?
1.30000v QPI 1.25000v Vcore 1.65v Dram All other voltages auto. Seems stable although my bios sometimes glitches with an oc failed error. Specs: i7 950 @ 4Ghz Asus Sabertooth X58 Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 Corsair CM750 psu 09-30-2014, 11:47 AM
Quick question..
How come the msrp for new hardware never goes down even when said hardware becomes obsolete? 09-30-2014, 01:40 PM
Cause:
1. Production costs don't go down just because it's obsolete. Yet the consumer value immediately goes down significantly. 2. Lowering costs of old products would make people less likely to buy the newer products and would lower the revenue streams that they so desperately need 3. In many cases people will continue purchasing older cpus to upgrade older systems even if they don't lower the price simply because it saves them from buying a new motherboard. Intel usually just stops production once they're obsolete or starts selling them to third world countries for a few years. Retailers and OEMs stop buying them once they're seen as obsolete and Intel could be using those same facilities to produce newer chips that will sell like hotcakes at a high price. They have very little reason to keep making the old chips and selling them at a much lower value.
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I would think they'd want to quickly clear old stock. I was shocked I would've had to pay the same price out of pocket to replace this five year old motherboard as I did back when it was current gen. I could just go with a Sandy/Ivy bridge and a GTX 680/780 if the msrp would go down rather than pay out the nose.
I guess going ebay or Amazon for used hardware is the way to go to save cash. I hate buying hardware used unless I could get it super cheap. 10-01-2014, 02:06 PM
(09-30-2014, 02:09 PM)Xtreme2damax Wrote: I would think they'd want to quickly clear old stock. I was shocked I would've had to pay the same price out of pocket to replace this five year old motherboard as I did back when it was current gen. I could just go with a Sandy/Ivy bridge and a GTX 680/780 if the msrp would go down rather than pay out the nose.>680/780 You mean 970? Unless you mean used? 10-02-2014, 12:35 AM
(This post was last modified: 10-02-2014, 12:39 AM by Xtreme2damax.)
No. I was saying if the msrp would go down on now outdated hardware I could upgrade to a Sandy/Ivy Bridge with a GTX 580/680/780. That way I'd have enough horsepower for Dolphin and pc games I want to play. Rather than taking the risk with used hardware to save a bit of cash. Upgrading my system is going to cost a lot of money I can't afford to spend if I purchase everything new. I can't justify spending a lot on hardware with my rapidly declining interest in gaming. Games that interest me are few and far between.
Greeeaaaat, the epic craptop's fan is growling and moaning for the first time ever, apparently the ball bearings are going bad. It is the WORST computer that meets Dolphin's minimum specs! It is hilarious! So yea, it sucks, but I don't want her to die.
Sure it's a crappy old laptop, but hey, it's good enough for what I use it for: downloading stuff off GOG and Steam on highspeed every now and then, and as my internet access here at home. Plus... I'm not exactly in a position to replace it yet, so I was hoping to milk another year or two out of it. So uh, does anyone know where to get parts for 5 year old craptops? Intel Xeon w7-3465X OC | Asus Pro WS W790-E Sage SE | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 FE | 8x16GiB G-Skill Zeta R5 DDR5-6000 | Windows 11 23H2 | (details)
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