my new toy

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Adzey

Bronze Level Poster
posted in general discussion by mistake but just ordered this so would appreciate any ideas to change whist still can.

i doubt i will overclock so note vanthus reply in my other thread...

Case COOLERMASTER CM STORM ENFORCER - GAMING ENTHUSIAST CASE
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-3570 (3.4GHz) 6MB Cache
Motherboard ASUS® P8Z77-V: PCI-E 3.0 READY, WIFI, SLI, CROSSFIREX
Memory (RAM) 8GB KINGSTON HYPERX GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1866MHz X.M.P(2 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card 2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 670 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
2nd Graphics Card NONE
3rd Graphics Card NONE
Memory - 1st Hard Disk 1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
2nd Hard Disk NONE
RAID NONE
SSD CACHE DRIVE NONE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 12x BLU-RAY ROM DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW
2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive NONE
Memory Card Reader INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply CORSAIR 750W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX750 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£86)
Processor Cooling COOLIT ECO II A.L.C ADVANCED LIQUID COOLER (£59)
Fan Controller NONE
Sound Card ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options 6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Modem NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND
Floppy Disk Drive NONE
Firewire NONE
TV Card NONE
Operating System Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software FREE Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 (Limited functionality Word & Excel)
Anti-Virus NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Monitor IIYAMA E2273HDS 22" LED WIDESCREEN, HDMI/DVI-D 1920x1080 (£119)
2nd Monitor NONE
DVI-D & HDMI Monitor Cables NONE
Eyefinity / GeForce 3D Vision NONE
Keyboard & Mouse LOGITECH® MK520 WIRELESS KEYBOARD & MOUSE COMBO (£39)
Mouse NONE
Speakers NONE
Webcam NONE
Headsets (VOIP) NONE
Surge Protection NONE
Cable Tidy NONE
Printer HP PHOTOSMART WIRELESS ALL-IN-ONE PRINTER - B110a (£72)
External Hard Drive NONE
Warranty 3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Home Installation NONE
Data Recovery NONE
Delivery STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time Standard Build - Approximately 9 to 11 working days
 
vanthus

vanthus

Member Resting in Peace
Overclocking the CPU will be of little benefit if any far as gaming goes.
You should be able to amend the order when you log into your account (customer login) I think.
 
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Grimezy

Grimezy

Prolific Poster
You've gone for the same build as me pretty much except I went for the Coolermaster CM690 II Advanced and I stuck with the standard disk drive.

Oh! And you've gone for liquid cooling and a higher PSU. Looks good though mate :)
 
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Adzey

Bronze Level Poster
its landed its fantastic thanks pcs

other than using free avg what other free programs would you recommend me to add? whether it be for security or for updating drivers etc

thanks
 
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Adzey

Bronze Level Poster
i dont watch films on pc. i have just bought a 42" panasonic plasma st50 for this purpose.

well i stream films from pc to xbox so tversity was a must but its not free now

is the quality of films better when streamed direct from pc or a usb rather than through the 360
 
steaky360

steaky360

Moderator
Moderator
I'm not sure, but I would imagine so, they are probably compressed to use tversity (although I have not used it and am unfamiliar with it). I guess they wouldn't have to be compressed though (given the available bandwidth on most home networks). Nice tv btw.
 
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Adzey

Bronze Level Poster
mate the tv is qwality it makes the 360 games look pretty good given age of console

what about spyware programs etc any good ones to download to back up the free avg?
 
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Adzey

Bronze Level Poster
ok have upgraded to windows 8, trying to upload a file to a sharing site i use and i keep getting a system crash and this message;

DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION

help?!?
 
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Adzey

Bronze Level Poster
apparently it may be something to do with my ssd and windows 8 not liking each other???
 
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pobishere

Member
You'll need to give us the make/model of your SSD (t's not listed in the spec in this thread) - that way if anyone else has the same SSD they might be able to help you more.

Also, you might get more joy if you put your issue in the Technical Support Forum.

However, if it's a driver issue, first thing to try is to go to the website of your SSD manufacturer and install the latest driver from there.
 
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Adzey

Bronze Level Poster
ooops sorry

i have this as my 1st drive 120GB INTEL® 330 SERIES SSD,

i have downloaded the intel ssd toolbox but when i run the firmware update it says

unhandled exception has occurred in your application, if you click continue the application will ignore this error and attempt to continue.

the details of the report state;

************** Exception Text **************
System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception (0x80004005): Class not registered
at System.Diagnostics.Process.StartWithShellExecuteEx(ProcessStartInfo startInfo)
at System.Diagnostics.Process.Start()
at System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(ProcessStartInfo startInfo)
at gui.FirmwarePanel.button_link_Clicked(ImageButton button)
at controls.ImageButton.raise_Clicked(ImageButton value0)
at controls.ImageButton.ImageButton_MouseClick(Object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnMouseClick(MouseEventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mevent)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)


************** Loaded Assemblies **************
mscorlib
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.18010 built by: FX45RTMGDR
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v4.0.30319/mscorlib.dll
----------------------------------------
Intel SSD Toolbox
Assembly Version: 3.1.2.400
Win32 Version: 3.1.2.400
CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Intel/Intel(R)%20SSD%20Toolbox/Intel%20SSD%20Toolbox.exe
----------------------------------------
msvcm90
Assembly Version: 9.0.30729.6871
Win32 Version: 9.00.30729.6871
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/WinSxS/x86_microsoft.vc90.crt_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_9.0.30729.6871_none_50944e7cbcb706e5/msvcm90.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Windows.Forms
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.17929 built by: FX45RTMREL
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Drawing
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.17929 built by: FX45RTMREL
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll
----------------------------------------
System
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.18016 built by: FX45RTMGDR
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll
----------------------------------------
controls
Assembly Version: 1.0.0.0
Win32 Version:
CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Intel/Intel(R)%20SSD%20Toolbox/controls.DLL
----------------------------------------
msvcm90
Assembly Version: 9.0.21022.8
Win32 Version: 9.00.21022.8
CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Intel/Intel(R)%20SSD%20Toolbox/msvcm90.DLL
----------------------------------------
System.Xml
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.17929 built by: FX45RTMREL
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Xml/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Xml.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Management
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.17929 built by: FX45RTMREL
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Management/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Management.dll
----------------------------------------

************** JIT Debugging **************
To enable just-in-time (JIT) debugging, the .config file for this
application or computer (machine.config) must have the
jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.
The application must also be compiled with debugging
enabled.

For example:

<configuration>
<system.windows.forms jitDebugging="true" />
</configuration>

When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception
will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the computer
rather than be handled by this dialog box.
 
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pobishere

Member
I don't have the same computer as you, nor do I have an SSD drive and have never installed one. But here are a couple more suggestions to make sure where you're starting from.

Does Windows recognise your SSD at all? Look in Device Manager and see if its there. If it's not, then check your BIOS to see it recognises it.

If you have swapped your HDD to the secondary bay and have tried to install your own SSD as your primary drive, then you might have to configure your SSD via BIOS. If that's the case then you'll need to find someone else to help you as I have no experience of doing this. However, there are guides on the internet which might be of help.
 
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