Recent content by Blueduck577

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    Dear Anandtech Forums. Please Critique My Setup for GAMING~WORK Rig!

    I'm using a receiver for the audio. Oh, and I'm now going to buy a Tuniq Tower 120 sink/fan instead of the Zalman, as the Tuniq is finally back in stock.
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    Dear Anandtech Forums. Please Critique My Setup for GAMING~WORK Rig!

    Cogman - I was opting for a Tuniq 120 for cooling at first, only to discover that they aren't in stock anywhere. As for the Artic Silver 5, can't I just initially use the thermal grease that most coolers come with, and then only reapply something like AS5 weeks/months later? Also, the network...
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    Dear Anandtech Forums. Please Critique My Setup for GAMING~WORK Rig!

    Work entails various CAD, forecast programming, and other engineering applications, which is not at all the focus of this machine, which will be kept mostly at home anyways. However, I did forget to mention, work may sometimes include a lot of file decompression activities (I don't have a...
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    Dear Anandtech Forums. Please Critique My Setup for GAMING~WORK Rig!

    Hey guys, Here's my preliminary setup for my new comp that will be used for everything from work to gaming (and I would hope to have this be able to run Crysis at high settings @~1280x1024 when it comes out). I'm most likely going to take the convenient option and buy everything off Newegg...