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[nyknick]

refresh rate is better on the asus, but the dell has a higher resolution

http://www.cnet.com/products/dell-ultrasharp-u2412m/specs/

If those asus are $200 again, I'd seriously consider buying 3 of em. They're good monitors

That 1200p on the dell causes problems in some games cuz of letterboxing, but that is few and far between. it's an atypical resolution. It's 16:10 I think, not 16:9

i personally would go (and have) 2x dell ones, ips panel, less fatiguing on the eyes, better for color. for gaming the asus might be better

Thanks brehs, I went with the Dell.

Now it's time to get a new card. I was thinking about getting a 970 to last me for the next 5 years but after reading @Liquid thread now I'm interested in used cards Never even thought about it before.

 

[Ciggavelli]

Thanks brehs, I went with the Dell.

Now it's time to get a new card. I was thinking about getting a 970 to last me for the next 5 years but after reading @Liquid thread now I'm interested in used cards Never even thought about it before.

Those 970s are a great value though breh. You can get em for like $330 right now on amazon.


shyt, $327 for that zotac

 

[Liquid]

Thanks brehs, I went with the Dell.

Now it's time to get a new card. I was thinking about getting a 970 to last me for the next 5 years but after reading @Liquid thread now I'm interested in used cards Never even thought about it before.

It all depends on your budget. You can get an R9 280X for like $150

 

[Orbital-Fetus]

Yea I copped the 500GB...Just remember to run the firmware update cuz I heard the 840's got some read problems out the box...

i still have not updated my firmware.
i have not had any problems so i'm gonna leave it alone.

 

[daze23]

i still have not updated my firmware.
i have not had any problems so i'm gonna leave it alone.

the fix is pretty painless. without it you're not going to have any 'problems', but your SSD won't be as fast as it could be

 

[Orbital-Fetus]

the fix is pretty painless. without it you're not going to have any 'problems', but your SSD won't be as fast as it could be

do you really need to back up the SSD before you update it?

 

[Ciggavelli]

do you really need to back up the SSD before you update it?

You don't have to, but you should. The fix could erase everything.

I gotta agree, the fix is painless.

 

[daze23]

do you really need to back up the SSD before you update it?

I didn't, but I live on the edge

it is what it is. everything will probably go smooth, but there's a slight chance you could lose all the data on the drive

 

[Orbital-Fetus]

I didn't, but I live on the edge

it is what it is. everything will probably go smooth, but there's a slight chance you could lose all the data on the drive

cool, i'm gonna do it now.

 

[Orbital-Fetus]

i run the data migration first, choose where i'm gonna clone it to and then run the update right?

 

[daze23]

i run the data migration first, choose where i'm gonna clone it to and then run the update right?

nah, go to this page:

http://www.samsung.com/global/business/semiconductor/minisite/SSD/global/html/support/downloads.html

and scroll down to "Samsung SSD 840 EVO Performance Restoration Software". download that. that program will apply the firmware update, and apply the fix to your existing data

 

[Orbital-Fetus]

nah, go to this page:

http://www.samsung.com/global/business/semiconductor/minisite/SSD/global/html/support/downloads.html

and scroll down to "Samsung SSD 840 EVO Performance Restoration Software". download that. that program will apply the firmware update, and apply the fix to your existing data

i already have it, i'm trying to clone my SSD onto my HDD as a backup first with Samsung Data Migration but it's only giving me the option to migrate to another SSD.

 

[daze23]

i already have it, i'm trying to clone my SSD onto my HDD as a backup first with Samsung Data Migration but it's only giving me the option to migrate to another SSD.

yeah the migration tool is basically for cloning your current HDD to a SSD. you can backup your SSD with whatever backup program, or just copy everything the old fashion way

 

[Orbital-Fetus]

yeah the migration tool is basically for cloning your current HDD to a SSD. you can backup your SSD with whatever backup program, or just copy everything the old fashion way

i don't have a windows disk at the moment so if it goes fubar i don't want to be stuck with nothing.

 

[daze23]

i don't have a windows disk at the moment so if it goes fubar i don't want to be stuck with nothing.

I think windows backup has options to create some kind of bootable backup