devilhunter

Haswell should be out in June/July 2013 if I remember correctly. Depends what do you plan to use the computer for. For games, it's probably a much better idea to go with stuff like Titan, but that also depends what resolution you're using, whether you have or want to have a multi-monitor setup etc.

2 months from now and new mobos, is rather to wait a bit I guess.

Yes! I also suggest considering doing it yourself... it's kind of fun too.

Well, its no fun when you fry something along the way ^^"

Well, the X79 chipset is not compatible with Ivy Bridge. You'll need a mobo with a Z77 chipset in order to run a 3770k, or you get a X79 motherboard with a Sandy Bridge-E CPU, e.g. an i7 3930k.

As for the SSD... it's not a requirement, but it's so much faster it would be a shame to run a X79 board without an SSD.

Also don't buy your PC from a site... for 2400 bucks you can get an insanely powerful PC if you build it yourself, really.

I went to local stores and tried to build a pc, the price however is higher compared to online stores, I have no idea what is the best available motherboard from Asus, as for the gpu, I'm not sure evga is the best available brand. Thank you again.

You will run into serious issues while trying to run a 3770k on a X79 board...

So much for the main issue here.

In addition to this a H60 is seriously under-powered for a K edition CPU, and what's more is that you really should get an SSD for at least the OS and the most important programs.

First, I would like to thank you for your efforts and reply. I never thought of it, anyways, Could you please suggest a better mobo, and a cooling equipment? and Why would I need a ssd drive for the os?

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Yeah what ^^^ he said. The configuration isn't bad, just add a 3930K CPU to it and an H100i or preferably real water cooling loop.

There is no need to for a 3930K cpu to run video games ^^ and for water cooling, Im very limited with choices here, Im buying my pc from a site, and Im not sure whether I can include the link of it or not.

Thank you for your reply.

Hello, Im willing to buy a pc with the following specs for about 2400$, is it worth the price? and is it a better idea to wait for a next gen hardware?

- Cooler Master Cosmos II

- 850W Corsair TX850 V2 Power Supply Unit (Dual SLI Compatible)

- ASUS Rampage Extrene X79

- Intel® Core i7-3770K (3.50-3.90GHz) (22nm, 8MB cache) (Quad-Core CPU)

- SINGLE - NVIDIA® GeForce GTX 680 (EVGA) (2GB) GDDR5 (Includes PhysX)

- 1,000GB (1TB) 7200RPM Western Digital Caviar (Black Edition)

- Blu-Ray Player/DVD Writer (Play Blu-Ray and Burn DVDs)

- H20: (Stage 1) Corsair H60 Liquid CPU Cooler (High-Performance Edition)

- 8GB DDR3 2000MHz (4GBx2 SODIMMS) GTX-8 XOTIC PC Certified

Perhaps try cleaning the vents if it's overheating but honestly we need more info.

you have to replace the old pate if it shuts down while playing/watching high def videos, it is probably fried by now, Id recommend getting either Artic silver 5 or IC diamond 7, make sure to place the paste probably. best wishes.

I managed to fix the bitch, however, Im going to sell the card, maybe for 200$ or less. It was a nice experience, and thanks to you Sv17 for trying to help. I found that I fried the screen connector of the mobo =.=" and the connector itself. Im using my laptop as my desktop for now! Epic fail.

If you get a picture on the second monitor then let me know what vbios is actually on that card.

I dont get a pic sadly, I have no idea why batch file doesnt work when I put 660m I can send the card for you if you in fact need it for whatever reason....

backlight of my screen is damaged ! what a lucky day for me....

I guess Im going to sell this laptop for parts unless a good progress happens....

the system does post with GTX 660m, but I cant flash it for whatever reason, BUT I can blind flash my old card....

I already did, it does post, but somehow I cant flash the card, I keep pressing y or entering yes, I put my old card, the system is posting now, but the screen brightness is always 0! I have to connect the laptop to an external monitor WHY?!

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This is probably the most super natural fucked up luck day in my life, everything is breaking apart!.

Did you flash the vbios which I provided for the G73? Also did you flash the card before or after installing it?

any thoughts?

Did you flash the vbios which I provided for the G73? Also did you flash the card before or after installing it?

Yes, I asked the supplier to flash it and he did (vbios from G73JW guide), after that, I tried to flash it again (blind flash) and stills no screen, when I insert my usb flash and my old card; the blind flash process seems to be 100% correct, I have no idea why its not working.

Im really sorry sv17 for troubling you.

this is the command line in my bat file

nvflash -b filename.rom

nvflash --save filename2.rom

nvflash -5 -6 -A BIOS.rom

I found something fishy, when I i put my original card, it nvflash makes a backup file (filename.rom); but it doesnt when I put the new card!.

Im sorry to say that the system doesnt post!. my laptop has built in speakers, I could hear bios intro sound, I kept waiting for few mins to hear windows start up tune, but I didnt!, after that, I hit alt+ctr + del and the system rebooted immediately; which means that the card is either not working or bios is fucking around.

This seems like a pointless thread to many users; however, I bought a dell GTX 660m 1gb, and I decided to flash it and install it on a G53JW ( young brother of G73JW), after being in lot of troubles, the card was flashed and the screen stays black, I have no idea why it wouldnt work, and my diagnosis is the card is self-aware and refuse to work.

I Can confirm that this doesnt work ON G53JW MODEL I REPEAT IT DOESNT WORK, I FLASHED IT PROBABLY, PLEASE HELP!

Would you mind to share me the related link I searched but can't find it maybe wrong keywords:adore:

ehh I think this thread might help you out.

http://forum.techinferno.com/tech%7Cinferno-vbios-patcher/1770-vbios-patcher-instructions.html

also there are tons of threads made by sv17 in the following link.

http://forum.techinferno.com/search.php?searchid=227416

I cant find it, could be my imagination...

Mind to share me the link I searched but can't find it maybe wrong keywords:adore:[/QUOT]

I have a technical issue ans I can't use my pc atm, but I'm using my phone, going to use my job's spare pc tomorrow, please be patient, btw I think the guide is in Dell alien ware forum.

yes i have the bios backup and usb blind flash ready.

Hello, sv17 made a guide on how to make/build custom vroms, you can grab tools he loaded in the guide, and then edit the vbios in the first page and change rams value to 2gb, this is my theory and to be honest, I highly doubt this will work. Anyways thank you and I'm sorry if my posts/ideas don't help you.

Maybe the 2G work with G75 original 2G 660M bios (also 80.07.2C.00.12)

Anyone G75 owner here can send me the vbios to try on my dell 2G board ?

You are probably going to brick the card, make sure you know how to blind flash or any other method to unbrick it.

I thought this is a dell card not a clevo's one!, dell card is identical in look (blue card), while clevo one doesnt even exist.

I bought this one.

ALIENWARE M15x/M17x/M18x VGA Graphics Video Card GTX 660M 1GB GDDR5 MXM 3.0b | eBay

The G53JW should use the same connector, also with the G73 and 53 the problem isn't the connector itself, there are many more things when it comes to MXM, software interfaces, which are missing.

Hmm, do you mean software in nand/bios? I know that my question is very retarded, and honestly, I read many threads made by you, and I know how knowledgeable you are.

Regards and thank you very much for contributing.

Can I ask why was my post removed from this thread 1 month later it was been approved?

The whole thread was made two days ago.....

Highly unlikely due to the vbios. The 660m only works due to a special vbios.

ehh what do you mean?

Weird.. maybe try writing kris.verbeeck AT mxm-upgrade DOT com

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Hmm since 660m gtx is kinda outdated, s it possible to flash g73jh bios to g73jw mobo?

by the way, thank you.

sw model has a built in chip, you can't upgrade. You can return it.

Are you sure that it is G73JW and not its predecesor G73JH?

Does it have to be g73jw? I heard that w stands for nvidia card and h for AMD cards

Hello, I found that clevo cards work on g73jw if flashed probably. I wonder if this is going to work on g53 model. They both have the same sink sesign, but different mobos. I couldn't find any trial or a success /fail story on the internet,Im aware that I need a g53jh model, and Im thinking of a possible way to flash a g53jh bios into a g53jw mobo. please help. Thank you all.