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    Question about GTX 970 non reference models

    Hi guys, So I'm currently looking at purchasing either the Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 gaming or the ASUS Strix GTX 970. Here are the links below to each: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-684-_-Product http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-899-_-Product The ASUS is $30 cheaper and...
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    Laptop screen dark after startup

    Hey guys, So I have this 2012 VAIO laptop that uses integrated Intel video and a GTX 240M video card (optimus tech.) The problem is that sometimes, especially after a restart for updates or whatnot, if I flip the lid open and click a button to bring the laptop back from sleep, everything...
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    30" monitor vs 27" monitor

    Hey guys, I have a chance to get either a brand new LG 27EA83R for $700, or a used but in excellent condition Dell U3011 for $700 as well. The LG is a 27" monitor @ 2560 x 1440. The Dell is a 30" monitor @ 2560 x 1600. I'd just like to hear what people think would be the better choice...
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    Need a new monitor

    Hi guys, I'm looking to upgrade from my 24" Benq G2410 monitor. I'm looking for something in the 27" - 30" range (higher res: 2560 x 1440 or 2560 x 1600) and great for both gaming, general usage, and watching movies. Although I've been intrigued by 120 Hz panels, I'm not a hardcore gamer...
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    LG 27EA83 Monitor

    Hi guys, I'm looking to upgrade my existing 24" TN panel to the LG 27EA83. I've read up a bit on it and it seems that there are two versions, the 27EA83, which uses a 10-bit color gamut, and the LG 27EA83R, which uses an 8-bit display. I'm in Canada and it seems like no online retailer...
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    GTX 680 Question

    Hi guys, So I have a chance to purchase a used GTX 680 for $350. It's the stock EVGA model and I was wondering your thoughts in terms of price/performance at that value. Would I be better off purchasing something else brand new or should I pull the trigger? Thanks. Rest of the system...
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    Dual channel question

    Hey everyone, So I just purchased a VAIO laptop with one 4GB stick soldered in and I'm looking to upgrade the remaining slot with either a 4 or a 8GB one. So my question is this - if I choose the 8GB option, will I forego dual channel capability on account of the sticks not matching size...
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    Concentrated mass

    Kind of a ridiculous question (I'd rather not go into detail why I'm asking it) but I figure if any collection of bright minds can give some reasonable answers, it would be here. In a purely hypothetical sense, if you took something the size of a tennis ball and it weighed roughly 6x10^18kg...
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    How do you disable country specific URL redirect?

    Hey guys, So I'm trying to take a look at newegg.com but it keeps auto redirecting me to newegg.ca no matter what I type in the URL box. Sometimes this happens for other sites too like MSN.ca vs MSN.com. I'm using Google Chrome. Is there a way to disable this so I can manually determine the...
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    10 Year Old Girl Made to Lick Her Own Urine

    Sounds pretty messed up right? It is. You can't make this stuff up. http://www.ibtimes.co.in/articles/361333/20120710/girl-forced-lick-urine-quit-school-s.htm "The 10-year-old girl, who was made to lick her own urine by a school warden, has decided to quit her school. The warden, Uma...
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    GTX 480 question

    Hi, So I have the opportunity to purchase a GTX 480 from someone for $180. I'd be upgrading from a GTX 260, which has been having trouble playing Witcher 2. I'm familiar with the 480's heat and noise issues but are they really that bad or is a lot of the criticism hyperbole? What do you...
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    SSD install problem

    Hey guys, I just bought a crucial m4 64GB SSD for an OS drive and I'm having a little trouble installing it. So the PC I'm putting it in is an old school Core 2 system running on an ASUS P5NSLI motherboard. Now this motherboard doesn't support AHCI so I figured the SSD would be running off...
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    What if there was no sunlight

    Hey guys, I don't know if this is the right forum but with all the scientific minds circulating about, I thought I'd give it a shot. A young nephew asked me this and it left me baffled (kind of embarrassed to admit it): What would happen to the planet over time if sunlight was blocked...
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    Radeon 5850 vs 6870

    Hey guys, Got a little decision to make, nothing big. I've just been offered an upgrade from my GTX 260 to either a 5850 for $100 or a 6870 for $120. I looked at benchmarks which seem to indicate marginal superior performance from the 6870 but overall, the results seem to be inconsistent and...
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    Question about adding extra hard drives

    Hey guys, So I've currently got 6 internal SATA2 ports on my Gigabyte P55A-UD3P motherboard and all 6 are used up with 4 spindle drives, 1 DVD-RW and 1 connector to the case. Now I'm looking at purchasing an SSD and keeping everything else, which would move me up to 7 SATA2 connections...
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    Hard drives taking long time to seek.

    Hey guys, I've been dealing with this "issue" for the past two months and ignored it until now. My system contains 2 1TB hard drives and 2 500GB drives. One 1TB is used as the primary drive, while the other three are all for storage. The issue is that when I click on either secondary...
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    ATI Radeon Cards: So Easy A Monkey Can Do It

    Apparently, Louie the monkey has more technical computer prowess than several people I work with. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DPQW0e9ufM http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=17409
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    Asus ul30jt

    I know that Anandtech has looked at the UL80VT just a short while back and recommended it as the lightweight laptop to get. With the UL30VT acting as its miniaturized brother, this seems like another winner. It appears now that in light of the continuing praise and acclaim towards the UL30VT-X1...
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    Are my i7 950 temps reasonable?

    Hello there, the following system was just assembled: Coolermaster HAF 932 Core i7 950 EVGA X58 SLI LE 3 x 2 GB G.Skill DDR3 - 1600 MHZ GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Corsair 750TX 3 x 1 TB HD's I'm using the Xigmatek S1283 with a mounting kit I purchased to convert it to 1366 and have...
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    "The Saboteur" Not Working On ATI Cards

    Here is the link: http://www.bit-tech.net/news/gaming/2009/12/11/saboteur-pc-doesn-t-work-with-ati/1 Apparently, users are reporting that the game "The Saboteur" is only working on Nvidia cards, and no ATI hardware at all. Also worthy of mention is that the title is supported by Nvidia's...
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    Looking for an X58 board

    Long story short, I was handed a used i7 950 for free (don't ask how or why please) and after contemplating it for a while, decided to keep it and build a system around it. So now I'm looking at motherboards and have taken note of the following: ASRock X58 Extreme - $225 MSI X58 PRO-E -...
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    Being offered a Core i7 950

    I met someone who's willing to sell me only his i7 950 CPU for $380. It doesn't come with the heatsink or fans. Should I take the deal? Thanks in advance.
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    Formatting a hard drive with an OS on it

    Hey there, I'm a bit baffled as to what to exactly do here. Here's the situation. I had a Samsung 1TB hard drive being used as an OS which also contained lots of data on it. I just recently purchased a Caviar Black 1TB and installed Windows 7 on it, effectively making it my primary drive...
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    Blue screen during gaming

    Specs off the bat: E8500 @ 3.8GHz Gigabyte UD3P Corsair 750W PSU 4x1GB GB DDR2-800MHz at 4-4-4-12 GTX 260 Core 216 1000TB Samsung Spinpoint F1 HAF 932 Blue screen seems to occur during heavy gaming or after long periods of gaming. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling nVidia drivers...
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    Video card problem?

    I purchased a BFG GTX 260 Core 216 a couple of weeks ago and am running the Nvidia 181.20 WHQL drivers with it. Just earlier today, while playing Crysis Warhead, during an intense scene, the computer blue screened and started dumping memory then restarted. It then happened again during a...
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    Going from P5K-E to GA-EP45-UD3P

    Is this a decent upgrade? I wasn't all too satisfied with my P5K-E (non wifi edition), due to relatively weak overclocks. Should I expect better things from the UD3P? What else would anyone recommend? Any other good boards to consider?
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    No GTX 270/290

    http://forums.vr-zone.com/showthread.php?t=353991 Apparently, the 270 and 290 aren't happening any time soon as some were expecting. Perhaps it was a combination of several factors but I'm somewhat confused as to why Nvidia would opt to transition existing cards to 55nm, as opposed to...
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    Raid for 1TB and 500GB hard drive

    Can I do this, and if so, is it a good idea? Or should I stick to two 500GB drives? I currently have a 500GB drive and am in the market for extra space but I'm interested in something a little bigger than what I currently have, for my second drive.
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    Experiencing a stuttering issue

    So my rig consists of: Intel E8400 ASUS P5K-E Motherbaord Corsair 750W PSU 1x4 GB DDR2 800 Mhz Mushkin Ram Nvidia 8800GT Video Card 500GB SATA II hard drive Now on to the problem. The system seems fine enough, but whenever I overclock the processor from stock at 3.0 ghz to something...
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    Monitor going black and PC restarting

    First off, let me list my PC specs: Intel E8400 Corsair 750TX Asus P5K-E 4GB Mushkin DDR2-800 Nvidia 8800GT 500GB Seagate SATA II Benq G2400W Windows Vista 64bit Ultimate Long story short: A couple of days ago, I swapped the 8800GT which I had been "borrowing" for some time from a...
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    Got an interesting problem with an E8400, need help

    First, my specs, in case anyone needs the lowdown as to what I'm using to help them out: Intel E8400 Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro ASUS P5K-E Corsair 750TX PSU 1X2GB Mushkin 996576, 1X2GB Mushkin 996603, both DDR2-800 GeForce 8800GT OC Seagate 500GB SATA II LITE DVD (IDE) So now, on...