New Computer - Let's talk about it.

[Caliga]

Interesting.  I have actually been noticing some problems with Chrome in 8 where it seems to take forever to load websites when I know my internet connection is solid.  In fact, it was happening last night and I opened up IE and loaded the same sites with no problem.  Supposedly if you use the Metro version of Chrome, the problem isn't present there (I found this on Google's forums last night), but I'm not sure I want to do that.

I think I figured out what the problem was... when I installed the ASUS software that was designed for my motherboard it added a 'feature' called ASUS Network iControl that's supposed to help prioritize bandwidth... except it seems to want to make everything zero priority.

Uninstalled it, and it made an immediate and huge difference.

[MadBurgerMaker]

  Is it one of the Samsung smart TVs with voice activation, etc?

Oh no, it's the 5000 model that is Canada's Black Friday door crasher everywhere.

In Canada, the price difference between the smart & non-smart model is INSANE. Would be cheaper to just buy an Xbox One.

Yeah the price difference is pretty big here too. While I'm sure it's cool to wave at it and say TV on, it's probably not THAT cool. It's a big improvement from the old one for sure.

[DontSayBanana]

I think I figured out what the problem was... when I installed the ASUS software that was designed for my motherboard it added a 'feature' called ASUS Network iControl that's supposed to help prioritize bandwidth... except it seems to want to make everything zero priority.

Uninstalled it, and it made an immediate and huge difference.

Ugh, yeah.  I got a nasty bite back from iControl, too.  You can tune the profile all you want, but it still won't load the profile on startup and make you save it and select it every time you want your network not to drag.  After looking for ways to work with it, I found out that AISuite II is a known clusterfuck that most system builders just don't even bother installing.  As of now, the only piece of ASUS middleware that I still have on my computer is the Xonar DG Audio Center for my sound card.

[Grey Fox]

Viper will be happy, I bought an AMD FX-6300 for my Girlfriend computer.

CPU:  AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor
Motherboard:  Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard
Memory:  Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Storage:  Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk
Case:  BitFenix Merc Alpha (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case

Final Price of 412$

[Grey Fox]

This sucks, I buy the CPU & Motherboard in a combo deal on NCIX.com

Of course, the motherboard is back ordered. They sent me the CPU.

Yay.

[viper37]

Viper will be happy, I bought an AMD FX-6300 for my Girlfriend computer.

I'm sad the MB is b.o. though

[DontSayBanana]

This sucks, I buy the CPU & Motherboard in a combo deal on NCIX.com

Of course, the motherboard is back ordered. They sent me the CPU.

Yay.

Wait, an M5A97 is backordered?  That's the mobo I have, and it wasn't exactly top of the line when I ordered it. O.o

Of course, I don't think the 6300 or the 8350 were out yet, either, so then again, there wasn't a real compelling reason for an AM3+ motherboard.

[Grey Fox]

It was a good price for the bundle, maybe they sold lots of them.