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    Is 500W enough?

    Going off of Mfenn's recommended build: i5 3570K + ASRock Z77 Extreme4 + Corsair DDR3 1600 8GB + Crucial DDR3 1600 8GB combo $323 AR PowerColor 7970 3GB $360 AR Samsung 840 120GB $100 WD Blue 1TB $65 Lite-ON DVD Burner $18 AP Rosewill HIVE 650W $50 AR AP NZXT Source 220 $50 Total: $966 AR AP...
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    3 year Update - Gaming

    Hey all, Trying to figure out how to upgrade my current PC: 8800GT C2D E4500 OC'd to 3.0GHZ DDR2800 4gb G.Skill I snagged an Asus GTX470 for $210 AR and put it in my rig. Severely bottlenecked by the CPU so I'm looking to upgrade CPU/Mobo/RAM. Ran 3DMarkVantage on trial and only got 10k GPU...
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    555BE or 955BE Recommendations

    Hey all, Its been about 2-3 years since I last built a rig and I'm starting to see some slowing/choppiness in my gaming so I figure its time to upgrade. Current: E4500 OC'd to 3.0ghz Tuniq 120 4gb DDR2800 500gb Seasonic Nvidia 8800GT Corsair Modular 520HX Main Use: Gaming (SC2, WoW, FFXIV...
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    Mobo Deal - Need Advice

    Looking to build a good comp for around ~$600 for a friend. He wants to play Starcraft 2 and next gen games in general. I saw this build (albeit some changes I made) AMD Phenom II X4 955 BE 3.2GHz GIGABYTE GA-870A-UD3 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3 1333 (no heatspreader)...