a question about drivers
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coleisme
July 2, 2014 7:20:50 PM
Andrew Buck
July 2, 2014 7:26:19 PM
coleisme
July 2, 2014 8:04:24 PM
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coleisme said:
Hi do I need to update the drivers on a pre built pc? Or is it already done? Im getting a pre built system from newegg.Yes you do.
Prebuilt PCs are little more than regular PC components in a branded case. Many OEMs tack their own software on as well, and systems that have OEM specific features (such as the lights on Alienware laptops) require OEM provided drivers for those components.
OEMs are responsible for providing drivers for their products but there's rarely anything special about these drivers.
Most of the time they're the standard manufacturer drivers served from the OEMs website, sometimes they're the standard manufacturer drivers with an OEM branded installer (Dell and Asus both do this).
Rarely do the OEM drivers have anything fancy in them. This is the case by default with Intel's Management Engine drivers (the OEM specific component of the chipset) as these drivers are supposed to be distributed by the OEM with the OEM's modifications rather than by Intel. This is also the case with some funky mobile GPU configurations; most of the time the manufacturer's drivers work just fine, but some features such as switchable graphics may not work properly.
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Andrew Buck
July 2, 2014 8:08:59 PM
coleisme
July 2, 2014 8:29:11 PM
coleisme said:
Ok im trying to build a system on newgg just had one question will ram that is lga 1155 fit in a socket that is 1150? Cause I cant find ram that has the lga 1150 socketPC RAM uses a DIMM socket, not a CPU socket. DDR3 on the PC uses a DDR3 DIMM form factor, these are long and narrow slots located near the CPU.
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coleisme
July 2, 2014 8:46:52 PM
coleisme
July 2, 2014 8:48:35 PM
coleisme
July 2, 2014 8:57:41 PM
coleisme
July 2, 2014 9:02:58 PM
coleisme
July 2, 2014 9:07:57 PM
Actually il just put out my entire build for you and you tell me if it will all work and stuff
ASUS 24X DVD Burner - Bulk 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS - OEM
Corsair Obsidian Series 450D Black ATX Mid Tower Gaming Computer Case
Western Digital WD Blue WD10EZEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive - OEM
SILVERSTONE Strider Gold S Series ST75F-GS 750W ATX 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Full Modular Active PFC Power Supply
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-1600C9D-16GXM
MSI Z97-G45 Gaming LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
Intel Core i5-4670K Haswell Quad-Core 3.4GHz LGA 1150 84W Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics BX80646I54670K
SAMSUNG 840 EVO MZ-7TE250BW 2.5" 250GB SATA 6Gb/s TLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
EVGA 03G-P4-2782-KR GeForce GTX 780 3GB 384-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 SLI Support Video Card w/ EVGA ACX Cooler
Ands thats all besides the heatsink
ASUS 24X DVD Burner - Bulk 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS - OEM
Corsair Obsidian Series 450D Black ATX Mid Tower Gaming Computer Case
Western Digital WD Blue WD10EZEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive - OEM
SILVERSTONE Strider Gold S Series ST75F-GS 750W ATX 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Full Modular Active PFC Power Supply
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-1600C9D-16GXM
MSI Z97-G45 Gaming LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
Intel Core i5-4670K Haswell Quad-Core 3.4GHz LGA 1150 84W Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics BX80646I54670K
SAMSUNG 840 EVO MZ-7TE250BW 2.5" 250GB SATA 6Gb/s TLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
EVGA 03G-P4-2782-KR GeForce GTX 780 3GB 384-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 SLI Support Video Card w/ EVGA ACX Cooler
Ands thats all besides the heatsink
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July 2, 2014 9:33:46 PM
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July 3, 2014 6:02:47 AM
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