iCrap

Enermax isn't really around anymore but their stuff is pretty good.
Antec Earthwattts is still around but they don't make high wattage stuff.
XFX I think only has one model with is the same as the SeaSonic... the 750w i think.

MC MiYoung3269

ooooOOOoooo Computer talk! Here's my shitbox with 32GB of ram!
Corsair PSU's ftw~ I leave my PC on all the time. I only shut it down if it decides to fuck up on me and needs a restart which isn't very often

xtcnrice

32GB ram must be boss with lightroom etc.

ssjoeboe9

Hahaha I want thaaa booost

It's such a pain in the ass re-installing the OS. Then you gotta waste so much time re-installing all of your programs too

And I have to redownload all of my torrented programs too haha

So I thought you would be more concerned with RAM/Video graphics card when editing pics and vids rather than HDD??

MC MiYoung3269

Pretty much the reason I got so much lol. If I didn't do photo/video editing I'd probably settle with 8GB


I still don't have a GPU.....

xtcnrice

RAM and graphics are a must for photo/video editing, but often times the HDD is the bottleneck. It really depends what operations you're performing.

Times for starting applications, opening files, startup/shutdown should all improve with an SSD. They all involve reading files from disk (and sometimes writing files to disk) which is a very slow operation (hence why we have memory). Rendering of photos/videos typically go directly to the GPU for processing, which is why it's nice to have a good graphics card. Not having enough RAM is a different story. Having more RAM prevents memory from getting full as quickly. However, when that does occur, allocation of new memory requires saving/swapping active memory regions onto disk to make room for the new allocations of memory, which as you could imagine, is slow. What makes things worse is, if that region of memory that got swapped onto disk is now required, the OS will have to load it back up from disk and swap it back into memory with something else. Usually you run into this scenario by having too many applications opened.

iCrap

All you need to do is install it on your new SSD and leave your HDD as - is, then copy stuff over that you need to the SSD.

bruh get on my level

^^ That's my old one

This is my current one


I only have 16gb though

MC MiYoung3269

Ignore the dust....

iCrap

dat mugen motherboard

ssjoeboe9

And then in BIOS just tell it to boot from SSD rather than HDD.

Im new to "multi drive" style of living. But I think I could really see myself enjoying it.

iCrap

Yeah just set primary boot device to the SSD.

multiple drives are the best... I have 2 for boot (SSDs) 2 for data and 2 for backup. Speed and redundancy.

MC MiYoung3269

Yes.... my PC has vtec

xtcnrice

damn, like a shaved engine bay Simon haha

iCrap

It needs some wire management lol.

urbanstereo

yea overall less "strain" on the drives. don't want to use 1 drive for everything

ssjoeboe9

welp fuck!

Came home today... and no power again. Not sure if this shit happened over night or what. I can't even remember if I shut it down :0

What the hell is going on with my PSU all of a sudden. I always have all of my computer shit plugged into my back up battery/surge protector?? What could be causing this?? I have an overhead light on my desk that turns off with a normal switch and it makes my audio pop, and sometimes my monitors flicker but never had any problem with computer tower itself. And why would this new one break in less than 24hrs when the other one lasted 5 months under the same conditions??

ssjoeboe9

so took the new PSU apart and it looked flawless...

Moved my entire computer to another location without surge protection, and only hooked up 20+4 pin connecter to mother board and the shit turns on.

WTF?! I hate electricity. What's going on here?!

iCrap

That's weird... you have the PC plugged into a UPS right?

ssjoeboe9

Ehhhhh??

What you talking about Willis?

urbanstereo

try rebooting your UPS?

also how long have you had it?

rawger

I solved the problem! Your power is getting lost in the Bermuda Triangle...or Illuminati.

iCrap

lol... uninterrupted power supply... so like your battery back up and surge protector if you have one.

The science here is undeniable, you must be right!

MC MiYoung3269

Hey! That's the best that I could manage it without breaking out my ghetto tactics....

iCrap

lol your PM box is full.

Mercedes>BMW

MC how many miles on your car now? what about TSXkid? Mine just reached 100k, no warranty now.

iCrap

Anybody have a car mount for their gopro? I want to get one but the official one is $40 wtf? Any 3rd party ones that are good?

xtcnrice

omg bmw>mercedes is back! just kidding how are things?

MC MiYoung3269

102xx and slowly climbing

I have 2 cause friend dun fucked up when I let him borrow my gopro and he scratched the shit out of mine so he got me another one lol. They used to be $30. I rarely use it nowadays.

And oops.... just cleared my inbox

ssjoeboe9

I use double sided tape and the flat mount that they use in the display box when you buy it new. It actually works really well. I would show you guys but all my edited gopro video is in a project file on my stupid computer that's down...

Yeah I had it plugged into that shit when it started acting weird. But, I have had it plugged into that thing for like 5 months now with no problems, and the other devices that are plugged into it don't seem to be having a problem. (The UPS as you call it is 6 years old now).

Today, Im gunna hook everything up internally to the PSU and try to power on the computer again and see if it starts the computer and not just the motherboard. If that works Im, going to swap back to my old PSU and try to boot up again still plugged directly into the wall without a surge protector. Then hopefully that means something fiiiiiiiissssshhhhyyyy is going on with my surge protector, limiting power to my PC!

iCrap

Double side sticky tape to the paint of the car though? or on a window?

And yea if your UPS is 6 years old that may be a problem also. they don't really last that long.

dood you should totally send me one

ssjoeboe9

I did it directly on my paint, but never left it for more than a few hours.. The tape never really "hardens" and adheres completely in that short of time... I really just don't trust suction cups, especially highway driving. I've thought about maybe tying some fishing line and attaching it to my door handle for extra security haha, but I never did it.

iCrap

What kind of tape? I have 3M double side tape but that stuff is so hard to take off once you stick it on.. would get stuck to the car forever for sure.

xtcnrice

that automotive adhesive is very strong.. I wouldn't recommend it if you care about your paint or the body work in general if you're going to be doing this often

robpp

iTrader: (2)

ummmm NO

all your emblems are held on with 3m 2 sided tape.

ts made to be safe and removable forever/

now YES they do make about 800 kinds of 2 sided tape but ANY of the 3M automotive tapes are made to be removed safely.

ssjoeboe9

This guy!! ^^

xtcnrice

Granted if you want to heat gun, remove, and polish the residue off each time, then by all means! There's only so much clearcoat your car has with each polish. Notice in my post I mentioned if you do this often

iCrap

Is this what you used?

This is the stuff I have
3M Scotch Extreme Mounting Double Sided Tape Holds 20 lbs Pounds Heavy Objects | eBay
pretty sure that would would never come off.


I dunno about taping it on there... I have heard the gopro suction mount is so strong that people use it to pull out dents. And when I was at the track people had them mounted to their cars while going 150-170mph and no GoPros were lost.

ssjoeboe9

Yeah that first one is the one I have used with no problem.

To each their own, suction cups scare me.. but thats me. I don't see any residue with the tape and it comes off fairly easily with some floss and no heat.

I was just tellin you what I use. I think you can see a pic on instagram. click on it under my username!

MC MiYoung3269

I've never had my suction mount fall off. If you properly mount it by cleaning off the area in which you're mounting it to, you should have no problems. Now if you're like the friend of mine that I let borrow and just put it on the car without cleaning the area, it'll just fall off. He was only exiting the parking lot and it fell off before he even got out lol

iCrap

Oh yeah i see it on there. I'll try that. better than $40 on that damn mount lol.