Building my own PC - Page 10

KingPhoenix · 24-03-2005, 19:57

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Originally Posted by Electrolyte

The one is just the standard 4 pin molex, but shielded and covered in rubber on it's own, and the same for the PCI-E one. The PCI-E one has 6-pins, shield and rubbered just like the 4-pin one.

I bet it is a new revision, because the connector to the motherboard has a "slider" to slide an extra 4-pin connector so it will plug into most server boards.

A 6 pin for PCI-E

The Gefocre 6800 Ultrat PCI-E 256Mb have 4 pins..... my current Geforce FX5900 Ultra AGP has a 4pin...... you sure the 6pin is to provide power to a GFX card???? (im just trying to picture in my head) Didnt the old AT boards have 2 x 6 pin plugs???

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Originally Posted by Ramrod

Iddris?........pm me her number plz

Iddris.........don't they make 'Old Jamaica Ginger Ale'?

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Thats what I assumed, tnx

Sending now

24-03-2005, 19:59

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Originally Posted by KingPhoenix

A 6 pin for PCI-E

The Gefocre 6800 Ultrat PCI-E 256Mb have 4 pins..... my current Geforce FX5900 Ultra AGP has a 4pin...... you sure the 6pin is to provide power to a GFX card???? (im just trying to picture in my head) Didnt the old AT boards have 2 x 6 pin plugs???

Well it's classed as a GFX card power connector on the front of the box and in the manual, so I'm not mistaken

Ramrod · 24-03-2005, 20:05

Another question............
I am going to connect to the internet via a wireless router. Will there be any difference in my data transfer speed between the PC and router using the mobo's inbuilt LAN versus the mobo's inbuilt wifi connection (IEEE 802.11g 54Mbts/sec)

KingPhoenix · 24-03-2005, 20:06

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Originally Posted by Electrolyte

Well it's classed as a GFX card power connector on the front of the box and in the manual, so I'm not mistaken

Weird, any chance you could take a snap of it, or scan the manual or anything, eager to see which plug it is....... as i am HIGHLY confused

24-03-2005, 20:09

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Originally Posted by KingPhoenix

Weird, any chance you could take a snap of it, or scan the manual or anything, eager to see which plug it is....... as i am HIGHLY confused

Blasted camera won't work, will see if I can find an image on the net

KingPhoenix · 24-03-2005, 20:09

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Originally Posted by Ramrod

Another question............
I am going to connect to the internet via a wireless router. Will there be any difference in my data transfer speed between the PC and router using the mobo's inbuilt LAN versus the mobo's inbuilt wifi connection (IEEE 802.11g 54Mbts/sec)

Well the LAN i think is 1Gb connection, (will depend on if you have a 1gb port router, probably not - probably only 100mb) so your Lan connection will be 100Mb connection, but your wireless connection is only 54Mb so half the time, but your NTL connection is maximum 3mb, so even if you were pulling all of the NTL line, you wouldnt get anywhere near either. The other thing to bear in mind is how far away your wireless router goes (signal weakens with distance) and will cause a slow down of speed. Caspar's entire network is wireless i believe, and he has no issues at all, my PC is the only one connected to my router by cable, the rest of my systems (xbox, PS2, 2 x laptops, iPaq) connect via wireless with little problems, but sometimes when the missus goes on her laptop, the wireless connection lags my ethernet connection

(so i just tell her to get off whilst im gaming

)

24-03-2005, 20:12

http://www.gamepc.com/labs/view_cont...ookie%5Ftest=1

Bottom image.

KingPhoenix · 24-03-2005, 20:14

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Originally Posted by Electrolyte

http://www.gamepc.com/labs/view_cont...ookie%5Ftest=1

Bottom image.

ooooh..... thats kinda weird :S it takes 2 x 4pins to create that, jeeeeeezus that must suck some juice

24-03-2005, 20:19

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Originally Posted by KingPhoenix

ooooh..... thats kinda weird :S it takes 2 x 4pins to create that, jeeeeeezus that must suck some juice

What ever it is, my PSU is up for the job

EDIT: And the Asus V9999GT 256MB DDR3 which I am getting in a couple of months time uses 2x 4-pin connectors

dilli-theclaw · 24-03-2005, 20:21

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Originally Posted by KingPhoenix

ooooh..... thats kinda weird :S it takes 2 x 4pins to create that, jeeeeeezus that must suck some juice

Probably like having a built in radiator

Ramrod · 24-03-2005, 20:23

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Originally Posted by KingPhoenix

Well the LAN i think is 1Gb connection, (will depend on if you have a 1gb port router, probably not - probably only 100mb) so your Lan connection will be 100Mb connection, but your wireless connection is only 54Mb so half the time, but your NTL connection is maximum 3mb, so even if you were pulling all of the NTL line, you wouldnt get anywhere near either. The other thing to bear in mind is how far away your wireless router goes (signal weakens with distance) and will cause a slow down of speed. Caspar's entire network is wireless i believe, and he has no issues at all, my PC is the only one connected to my router by cable, the rest of my systems (xbox, PS2, 2 x laptops, iPaq) connect via wireless with little problems, but sometimes when the missus goes on her laptop, the wireless connection lags my ethernet connection

(so i just tell her to get off whilst im gaming

)

Exactly the same setup and problem here

KingPhoenix · 24-03-2005, 20:35

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Originally Posted by Ramrod

Exactly the same setup and problem here

lol... the really annoying part is, Caspar doesnt suffer these issues

What kit do you run???

I have (linksys) WRT54g router, connected to a D-Link Modem, the card in my HP is a built in one (not sure of make) and the card on gemmas laptop is a WPC54g (linksys), the 2 adapters for the consoles are Linksys 54g bridge thingies (cant remember their model number, and cant be arsed to google

) and the iPaq is built in too.... I have 2 wirelees range expanders too, but i had the issues without them aswell.... I bought a new all in one linksys adsl modem, router and wap, but made no difference, seemed to cause the network to slow down, so contemplating a change of brand..... not sure....

Ramrod · 24-03-2005, 22:38

I have a Netgear WGR614 wireless router connected to my PC via an ethernet to usb adaptor. The laptop is connected via a pcmcia card made by Corega (cheap and nasty)

Ramrod · 24-03-2005, 22:57

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Originally Posted by KingPhoenix

hmmmm i was gonna try a netgear setup, but if it suffers from same problem

i dont think ill bother, will take a look at a 3com setup i think

Only really notice a problem if the au-pair is streaming video

Richard M · 25-03-2005, 02:59

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Originally Posted by Ramrod

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Originally Posted by KingPhoenix

hmmmm i was gonna try a netgear setup, but if it suffers from same problem

i dont think ill bother, will take a look at a 3com setup i think

Only really notice a problem if the au-pair is streaming video

You must have a crap router then.
My router "routes" traffic based on demand so my Linux box can be downloading updates while I am playing UO online - no probs here.