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    Cable Routing Suggestions

    Finishing a build and not sure where to route the video card power cords. I may add a fan later in the spot to the right of the bottom mounted power supply. It would be blowing air right where I currently have the video card power cords going. So is it good as is or should I route them above...
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    CPU match for GTX 970

    ARK Survival evolved. Uses the unreal 4 engine. Son's been a dino fan his whole life.
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    CPU match for GTX 970

    I strongly considered sticking with an i3 because in non multicore optimized games there's not enough of an increase for me to spend the extra $. But, the game that's making me upgrade will when optimized. My 3.4 ghz i3 has been phenomenal. Plus, this is somewhat about giving myself one last...
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    CPU match for GTX 970

    It's complicated but it doesn't make sense for me to OC. I'm looking for value and hope to shave money where possible without compromising quality. Would a 550w PS be ok? I figured a 620/650 was the sweet spot for efficiency and noise.
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    CPU match for GTX 970

    Thank you. Good catch on the memory, I had the wrong type listed. I'm using the memory from my old build and it is indeed DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800). Now, I've never OC'd, mostly because I'm intimidated by it, and because if hardware goes awry, its hard to fix it. But if I changed to a z97 board...
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    CPU match for GTX 970

    Sadly, I don't live anywhere near a micro center. I use part picker a lot but usually go to newegg. I have Amazon prime too. A little more info: gaming at 1900x1080 Looking for an Intel cpu $150-220. Us pricing. Current purchased stuff : http://pcpartpicker.com/p/h873GX
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    CPU match for GTX 970

    Just bought a GTX 970 as the first part of an upgrade. What's a good CPU compliment? I'm currently using a i3-4130 (3.4 ghz), but I'm giving it to my son along with my old system so we can play a new game together. I had my eye on the i5 -4590. It's base is slower than my i3 but it has turbo...
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    Telecommuting pc?

    Inspirion 3647. it has vga and HDMI so that should work. Celeron G1820 Proc.
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    Telecommuting pc?

    I do and it has no requirements other than at least windows xp. She's been using my A6 AMD equipped laptop with no problems, but it's been very awkward to have connected on the desk. It's pseudo quad core and less than 2ghz. I prefer not to get refurbished because I don't know of any...
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    Telecommuting pc?

    Wife needs a pc to telecommute from home. She logs into a virtual desktop and needs to use 2 monitors, but other than that, everything is handled by her work. What is the minimum she'd need? Celeron? C2Duo? I'm not used to underbuilding a pc.
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    M500 boot problem

    Well the bios can see it now because the win 8 disk formatted it. I think the mbr got corrupted which of course would cause boot errors. i'm just paranoid now.
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    M500 boot problem

    I turned off my pc last night and this morning it boots to a blue screen that goes by too fast to see the message (win 8.1) and then it tries to repair. After 7 hours of that I decided to check the bios, but the ssd isn't showing. I used the win 8 cd to recover, but it said the disk was...
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    Build suggestions

    Thanks for the input so far. Yes, I'm on a bit of a budget. I chose the i3-4130 because $130 is my budget for a proc and had figured about $110 for a GPU. Maybe there is a lower cost AMD APU or cheaper intel option that would be fine for my needs. Maybe I need my expectations set...
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    Build suggestions

    Greetings! I need to build a pc and need some advice on the best tech to put in it for my intended use and budget. My wife uses it a few times a week to work from home. She logs into a virtual desktop at work and needs 2 monitors. The larger has a resolution of 1920x1080. The other is...
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    BIOSTAR TA880GU3+ and iPad charging

    Does anyone have experience with this board and whether the usb ports will charge an iPad?
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    I'm a PC guy, but the iPad 2 is amazing.

    I sold my ipad2 and went back to the original. I had more hopes for the camera but we'll see what the next crop of tablets bring.
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    Battlefield Bad Company 2 PC version $39.90 +shipping @ Gogamer (B&N dead)

    Same here, plus I got the limited edition of BC2 even though I purchased the standard version. I'm not complaining.
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    Whats on the horizon for netbooks? Anything good?

    Hp Mini 311 has DDR3 and you can easily unlock the ION LE to the full ION with a simple edit.
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    Seasonic S12 II 500 and Seasonic S12 550HT

    Thanks for the reply. The only other thing I could find is that the S12II is rated aat 85% and the other says 88% efficient.
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    Seasonic S12 II 500 and Seasonic S12 550HT

    I was reading reviews for this PSU and saw another very similar version on Newegg. Trying to figure out the difference. Right now it's a $24 difference and 50w as far as I can tell. It will be for a C2D e8500 single gpu type PC so I figure either would be fine. I don't overclock, but I do like...
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    The life of 775

    So do we know what the new socket is going to be or when it will be announced?
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    Odd black tiger stripes on my Dell LCD

    A week ago I started seeing 3 black verticle smudges/stripes about a cm. wide and 4" long on my display, about 3" apart. At first I thought it was fingerprint smudges, but after a good cleaning they were still there. It's most noticeable when I'm in some sort of game but not so much when I...
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    Heat building up around Chipset

    Thanks theplaidfad. I got it yesterday and put it in today. It lowered my chipset by a degree C. and 6C under load. My video card also is also staying cooler. I couldn't convert files to divx and play a game at the same time and now I can. I don't know exactly what my GPU temps were before but...
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    Heat building up around Chipset

    That's very kind of you, thanks.
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    Heat building up around Chipset

    You have no idea how much i appreciate that suggestion. huge smile right now.
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    Heat building up around Chipset

    My motherboard is a MSI KN8 Neo4-f. I've had it for over 3 years and the chipset fan went out and was replaced by MSI. The replacement didn't cool near as well as the original and today didn't work for one boot up. Assuming it was a fluke I want to deal with the overheating I have durring the...
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    939 x2 question

    I went for the x2 3800. Ewiz.com has a x2 4200 939 ($129ish) and Tigerdirect has a x2 4400 939 ($179ish). Both very tempting. I thought about going am2 but I just didn't feel like messing with exchanging everything out. I am disabled and this kinda stuff is harder for me. It's my quarterly...
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    939 x2 question

    I dont suppose you have a link for it? I can never find stuff on frys.com Thing with computers for me is like this. I can afford to upgrade my processor. But I end up updating to the newest socket, and then I need ram. So i overblow my budget by double : (. It is very hard seeing am2 so...
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    939 x2 question

    I have been > < this close to hitting the buy button on a x2 3800/4200 3 times this week but I keep thinking I should wait till after the 22nd because the am2 prices will push the 939 down. From your folks experience, what do you think will happen? Buy now or then?
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    Can't correct my e-mail address in my Profile

    Thanks, I feel dumb now.
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    What would you do?

    i was just assuming after reading: http://www.madshrimps.be/?action=getarticle&number=9&artpage=1656&articID=406 If not I will just grab one from ebay. I've seen them for around 7-15 bucks and they seem like an ok cooler for that price.
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    What would you do?

    Yeah, I think I am going to go with the PIB. It should have the 4 heat pipe cooler on it and will cool just fine for my purposes. The OEM comes with a 6 month warranty but even after shipping the difference is negligible.
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    Biostar TForce P965 Deluxe

    Thank you very much!
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    What would you do?

    I have the option open to me to get an X2 4200 939 OEM or for $30 more I can get the retail PIB version. The OEM is from ewiz and the other from a local shop where I live. Decisions decisions!!!!
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    Can't correct my e-mail address in my Profile

    I log in and go to "Profile" and try and correct my e-mail address, which is incorrect. When I click on "Update Profile" I get an error window that says: Error: You do no have permission to access this forum. Error Code: 578 Then it logs me out of the forums. Any suggestions?
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    Biostar TForce P965 Deluxe

    I've been looking for the MB and the p965PT but can't find either. They are bothe reviewd favorably but no one sells them.
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    Do I want an Opteron if I can't find a regular 939 x2?

    Well I narrowed it down to: Opteron 170 or the x2 3800 The 3800 plus a fan will be about $115 and the Opteron retail is $188. I don't know yet if I am going to OC it or not. At stock speeds is the Opteron, for $70 more, worth it? Can't find any benchmarks. Speaking of OC'ing, I don't...
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    Do I want an Opteron if I can't find a regular 939 x2?

    Thanks for the replys. I guess it's time to start searching through Anandtech for info on Opterons and a "OC'ing for chickens" article.
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    Do I want an Opteron if I can't find a regular 939 x2?

    No, I don't OC. I know I missing out on untapped potential from my PC but where I live it's very hard to keep my home cool let alone my PC and I just get too chicken. I also have 2g of DDR ram that wouldn't work in a AM2 motherboard I think. What should I look for? Is there one core that is...
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    Do I want an Opteron if I can't find a regular 939 x2?

    I am trying to stretch a little more life out of my PC and am going to upgrade the proc and video card. Right now I have a socket 939 Athlon 64 3000+ Venice and started looking for something faster but it seems that socket 939 x2 4200-4600 Athlons are starting to dry up and/or go up in...