Recent content by -Terminus-

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    New build, been a while...

    Heh... It has been years since I used it. Is it not good? Heh! Everything I have now is Corsair, so I guess I was sticking to what I am used to...
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    New build, been a while...

    Also, do you know if that memory is any good? I don't know anything about G.Skill ... I've only really used Corsair or OCZ and both have been very solid for me. Is it pretty much memory is memory?
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    New build, been a while...

    I thought it did, based on things I was reading like: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-460-sli-geforce-gtx-480,2694-11.html The conclusion was that it make MUCH more sense to SLI 2 460's as opposed to a single 480. Not sure how true that is, but that's one of the places I was...
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    New build, been a while...

    I know I said originally that I wouldn't want to wait a few months, but I'm wondering what the honest opinion out there on waiting... Is it completely silly to build right now? Should I piece together something to make things work until we see what's coming down? I really don't know much...
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    New build, been a while...

    I thought that two 460's would out-perform a single 480 (by a lot), based on charts and so on... Real world, I guess I have no idea how that would affect me. The parts suggested to me were: Intel Core i5 760 169.99 http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0341729...
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    New build, been a while...

    I'm not sure I need $500 worth of GPU right now. Maybe that is overkill... I probably don't NEED both. I just remember I used to like being able to burn disc-to-disc. The DVD-ROM was only $18... I wasn't counting the LCD, yet. I figured I could always buy that in a month or two, once I...
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    New build, been a while...

    The difference in the i5 760 build I was suggested was only $84.00 less. $1451.90 vs. $1367.90 ... And I'd only have 4GBs of RAM, instead of 6GBs on the i7. Seems like not that much savings, really... Any other thoughts?
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    New build, been a while...

    It's been suggested that there's no need for a i7, when for this type of system an i5 760 makes much more sense. I've also been linked to charts that show 16x / 16x for SLI isn't a huge improvement over 8x / 8x ... Any suggestions or comments there? Would it make a lot more sense to go i5...
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    New build, been a while...

    Been in use since 1/18/2010, I think. It was a replacement for another older power supply that died. I think the power has been pretty stable here... No blackouts or anything like that, if that's what you mean...
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    New build, been a while...

    It's been a while since I've built a system. It seems (since I haven't been keeping up with things) that everything is so different. I've been doing some research trying to get up to speed on things... First, I'll answer the requisite questions: 1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means...