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Post your computer's Specs, and discuss improvements.
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flag debonis
Posted: Mar 23, 2018 at 22:37 Quote
So, My MoBo has an M.2 Slot (E-Key) for a Wifi+BT card. I've settled on a Intel Dualband (AC) adapter Model: 3160NGW

Going this way, eliminates taking up a PCI slot...and I wanna utilize the slot on the board made for this module. My IO sheild also has holes prefit onto the MoBo for said antennas/RP-SMA connectors to screw into.

Now, I'm on the hunt for a pair of antennas for it as it doesn't come with any...and from some research it seems M.2 cards use a MHF4 connector instead of the regular WiFi connector of u.fl/IPEX...and I can't find anywhere other than China to order said antennas from that will have a RP-SMA connector on them so I can mount some proper external antennas on.....and also be relatively cheap..
flag Charge262
Posted: Mar 24, 2018 at 3:59 Quote
It doesn't need Antennas.

Its the same as a WiFi chip in a Laptop.
flag LindLTaylor
Posted: Mar 24, 2018 at 11:45 Quote
If it's going to be close to your router with a good line of sight, you'll be fine without.

In other news, I spent probably two hours last night redoing all the cable management in my Node 202 build. I do love the tiny-ness of this computer, but damn do I hate any sort of maintenance on it.

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Long story short, I bought an RX 580 as an upgrade from the RX 560 I previously had in my wife's build. Dropped it in and fired it up, "yay it works", and thought nothing of it until my rig would just shut off five minutes into literally any game.

Pulled it all apart, rechecked connections, put it all back together. Same deal. Out of curiosity, I physically touched the backplate and nearly burned my fingertips. Checked to see if the fans could spin freely- they had gotten tangled in some loose cabling.

Finally finished it up at like 11 last night and started testing it. Runs quiet under load and pushes 120-180 fps @ ultra in all of my games, more in eSports titles (was getting 250 if I uncapped it in Rocket League).
flag debonis
Posted: Mar 24, 2018 at 11:57 Quote
My router is downstairs...and my tower is under my desk, wood on each side.
flag luke2012
Posted: Dec 26, 2018 at 12:25 Quote
Clueless with my new PC, can anyone help? Just bought a new all in one Acer Pc, it has the newer I5 processor, 8gb ram...I have not downloaded anything onto it except for adobe premier pro...

now, this computer will run premier pro seamlessly, however trying to do the most basic of things, open chrome...open a blank excel page, get into ''my documents'' it struggles with... takes such a long time to do so.

Now, we have two accounts on the computer, but nothing is active on the other account and there is more than enough space available, not using a usb or external harddrive or cloud storage, but it seems to be struggling with pulling information, any idea what can be done to improve this? we bought it so my partner can use premier pro, but i am now using it for work, and simple tasks are taking ridiculous amounts of time to be completed.
flag ratcat
Posted: Dec 26, 2018 at 15:09 Quote
The standard hard drive in that machine is absolute wank to be honest. 5400rpm is a disgustingly slow drive for a new pc, it was considered a slow drive in the XP days. That is what’s slowing the work load down. If you can spare the cash right now look into getting an M.2 hard drive, even if it’s only low memory such as 64gb, you can use it for your commonly accessed work files and use the current hard drive as long term storage.

Aside from that drive it’s a pretty good looking machine for the price, honestly confused as to what possessed them to put that drive in, it’s like putting mechanical Tektro brakes as standard on a 2019 carbon enduro bike.
flag debonis
Posted: Dec 28, 2018 at 1:35 Quote
ratcat wrote:
The standard hard drive in that machine is absolute wank to be honest. 5400rpm is a disgustingly slow drive for a new pc, it was considered a slow drive in the XP days. That is what’s slowing the work load down. If you can spare the cash right now look into getting an M.2 hard drive, even if it’s only low memory such as 64gb, you can use it for your commonly accessed work files and use the current hard drive as long term storage.

Aside from that drive it’s a pretty good looking machine for the price, honestly confused as to what possessed them to put that drive in, it’s like putting mechanical Tektro brakes as standard on a 2019 carbon enduro bike.

That's even if it has M.2 slots....

Otherwise, I'd just go for a standard SSD, you'll notice a huge improvement over a 5400rpm mech drive.
flag ratcat
Posted: Dec 28, 2018 at 2:54 Quote
Yes it does, it specifies in the link he provided. I suggested going M.2 as I’m assuming he probably needs 1tb storage in an ideal world and I’m also assuming it doesn’t have an additional 2.5” bay spare and 1tb 2.5” SSD’s are still damn expensive. Though it is an option.
flag Tier1
Posted: Dec 28, 2018 at 11:06 Quote
ratcat wrote:
Yes it does, it specifies in the link he provided. I suggested going M.2 as I’m assuming he probably needs 1tb storage in an ideal world and I’m also assuming it doesn’t have an additional 2.5” bay spare and 1tb 2.5” SSD’s are still damn expensive. Though it is an option.

Can you even take those things apart? I thought that in general those AIO PC's are hell to upgrade and purposely built to make it hard to take apart (if he's going to go for a 2.5" SSD to replace the original crappy 5400rpm one).

That said it does say it has expansion slots BUT it doesn't specify if those M2 slots are PCI-e or SATA so.... Also I'm not sure if it'll allow you to select which drive to boot from so that you can select the faster one.

GP poster should look into Sandisk or Kingston SSD drives which are my go to.

Alternatively if he can get it MyDigitalSSD SBX or their newer SBXe are good drives. I have the SBX in my Xiaomi MiBook Pro and it's a beast.
flag luke2012
Posted: Jan 1, 2019 at 11:33 Quote
Thanks for the advice all, i'll look into upgrading the hard drive, from the people in store, all they are saying is that the memory can be upgraded but they are unsure if other components can be, which is worrying...
flag Tier1
Posted: Jan 1, 2019 at 12:30 Quote
luke2012 wrote:
Thanks for the advice all, i'll look into upgrading the hard drive, from the people in store, all they are saying is that the memory can be upgraded but they are unsure if other components can be, which is worrying...

I found this video for you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_erHSgKXXc

Not the exact same model but seems that it's from the same series/generation. It looks really shitty to take apart might as well grab another 8GB stick of RAM while you're at it so that you have 16GB.

Pick up this drive and it'll make your computer rip: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/kingston-a400-480gb-sata-6gb-s-2.5-solid-state-hard-drive-sa400s37-480g-hd-107-ks.html
flag lenbata
Posted: Jan 2, 2019 at 12:46 Quote
Intel Core i7-7820X @ 4.8 GHz | 1.275 V
Corsair H115i PRO cooler
Asus Strix X299-E Gaming motherboard
G.Skill Trident Z RGB 64GB memory
Asus Strix GTX 1080 Ti OC edition
512GB Samsung M.2 for OS
2 x 1 TB Samsung 970 M.2 for storage and games
EVGA SuperNOVA G3 850 watts power supply
Corsair 540 case
flag luke2012
Posted: Jan 9, 2019 at 11:23 Quote
Tier1 wrote:
luke2012 wrote:
Thanks for the advice all, i'll look into upgrading the hard drive, from the people in store, all they are saying is that the memory can be upgraded but they are unsure if other components can be, which is worrying...

I found this video for you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_erHSgKXXc

Not the exact same model but seems that it's from the same series/generation. It looks really shitty to take apart might as well grab another 8GB stick of RAM while you're at it so that you have 16GB.

Pick up this drive and it'll make your computer rip: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/kingston-a400-480gb-sata-6gb-s-2.5-solid-state-hard-drive-sa400s37-480g-hd-107-ks.html

Brilliant, thank you for your help!
flag Tier1
Posted: Jan 9, 2019 at 19:02 Quote
luke2012 wrote:
Tier1 wrote:
I found this video for you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_erHSgKXXc

Not the exact same model but seems that it's from the same series/generation. It looks really shitty to take apart might as well grab another 8GB stick of RAM while you're at it so that you have 16GB.

Pick up this drive and it'll make your computer rip: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/kingston-a400-480gb-sata-6gb-s-2.5-solid-state-hard-drive-sa400s37-480g-hd-107-ks.html

Brilliant, thank you for your help!

Oh. One other thing I forgot to mention. There's lots of tools out there for cloning your drive. One of the popular ones I've been hearing about is Macrium Reflect. Though I used Acronis True Image back in the day since it was bundled with my Crucial drive (I think it's offered with the Kingston SSD's as well).

Lots of guides out there for how to use it to clone.

 


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