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    5.1 vs 2.1

    wow you know what the funny thing is I showed the Z-2300 as an example because it was $90 shipped, now overnight it turned into over $120 shipped.
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    5.1 vs 2.1

    Hi guys I think its time for some new speakers. I do alot of gaming with my pc, and its also how I listen to music in my room, and I listen to a decent amount of music. I've been told that sometimes 2.1 is better for music and 5.1 is better for gaming. Ive been looking at: Logitech Z-2300...
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    8500 upgrade to 8600?

    well im not necessarily happy with the picture when im playing video games, but I dont know if its all the videocards fault or partly my monitor. What Im asking is are the specs on my monitor acceptable? Is it worth putting money out for one? Its more then a couple years old.
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    8500 upgrade to 8600?

    should i upgrade my monitor aswell as the video card or is it good enough and not make a difference?
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    8500 upgrade to 8600?

    450 watt xion powersupply that was built into my case http://www.microcenter.com/sin...tml?product_id=0255735 Do you guys think I should upgrade my monitor aswell? Its more then a couple years old and uses vga not dvi, and ive noticed while adjusting brightness in source games it gives the...
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    8500 upgrade to 8600?

    Hi guys I just built my first box, I use it for casual gaming and I put a 8500gt asus silent video card in it to save on money. It has no fan and only a heatsink and idles at 67c and when I play cod4 it gets up to 90c according to everest. Right now im mainly playing source games and I get a...
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    video card cooling help

    interesting thanks buddy, hope everything works out, I figure thats how they designed it so im sure it could take some punishment but 76c seems extremely hot to me. In retrospect i should of put down the few extra bucks and got the 8600 :)
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    video card cooling help

    I have a spot for a 80mm fan on the side of the case, but it doesn't blow on the video card, higher up next to the cpu and such. So zip ties will work better then tape? Should i just zip tie completely around the card, also should it blow air onto or away from the card, i assume onto since intel...
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    video card cooling help

    Hi guys I just built a budget gaming computer with a ASUS EN8500GT SILENT MAGIC its been running at 76c idling just on the desktop, which seems to be really hot, the card is just a heatsink and no fan, and just within a minute of turning the computer on an idling its to hot to touch and its at...