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    Video card upgrade help needed...

    Coworker's 17 year old son has the following generic box from Best Buy, purchased 6/8/13... ASUS CM1745-04 AMD A8/12BG/1T on the receipt. I found the following to show specs (far right PC)...
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    Thermaltake Big Typhoon for i5 4670K?

    Recently purchased an i5 4670K with a Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UH4d motherboard. Case is an Antec 900. First, will the Big Typhoon even fit properly on this board/CPU? Second, will it provide adequate cooling compared to new air coolers, or AIO water cooling systems? The Typhoon was helping my...
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    Star Citizen requirements... opinions needed!

    http://www.game-debate.com/games/index.php?g_id=5490&game=Star+Citizen&p_make=Intel&p_deriv=Core+i5-4670K+3.4GHz&gc_make=Nvidia&gc_deriv=GeForce+GTX+760+WindForce+3X+OC+4GB+Edition&ram=8&checkSubmit=#systemRequirements I have a good chance to get into Star Citizen alpha/beta at some point...
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    CPU to pair with ATi 7850?

    Kid's got a e6600 setup with 3GB RAM, but had bought this earlier in the year... http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009LTUC90/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Gigabyte AMD Radeon HD 7850 1GB What's the cheapest way to match the GPU performance, assuming his case, PSU, etc is all...
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    Kids PC eating video cards?

    This may just be coincidence on older cards, but I gotta ask... Kid's PC: Asus P5G41-M LE Intel E6500 dual core 2GB Micron RAM (not sure exact specs) no sound card Antec Earthwatts 430W So at first I thru him my old 6600GT to start him out. Well, after a time, this failed. Lockups, crashes...
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    Upgrading an E4300 and 8800GTS 640...

    Got my hands on a copy of Win7 64-bit, and was thinking of upgrading before I tried it out. Specs in sig. Was thinking of getting an i3 and overclocking it's ass off, but doubtful the 8800GTS 640 can keep up with the newer games. Should I just install Win7 on the machine in my sig or...
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    Best half-height dual monitor card?

    Wife has a Dell P4 2.8 at work, and wants to run dual 19's at work. Cheapest half-height card for this? Thanks, guys.
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    Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 v1.3 max CPU?

    Looking to upgrade the e4300 if it makes sense price-wise. Gigabyte's site won't list CPU's that work on this board, anyone have a quick link? Thanks!
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    e4300 upgrade?

    Sig has specs, so is it worth it to drop in an e8xxx CPU into my rig to get a little more umph? Thanks.
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    Ultra 500W psu, seems to be fine

    But wanted some other opinions. I have no trouble with it, no crashes, nothing running badly, no curious oddities that are unexplained, etc. Though I am curious how well it's suited to my rig and if it could potentially be an issue that I am not seeing...
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    UT 3 Demo advice/help....

    Okay, I have the demo. I'm primarily a RTS/MMO guy. I can balance a 72 man raid and get all those people moving and coordinated. Yes, I know it's not a big deal :) But damn it if I can't play a FPS for shit! I've got 60+ frames, a cable modem with decent ping, nice laser mouse for...
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    MMO for kids?

    I'm looking for a kid friendly MMO that my 8 year old can play. Webkinz are fun for him but it results in us buying more of that damn stuffed animals. :( Not sure what's out there, but is there there anything like a lemonade stand MMO or any along those lines? He watches me play Dawn of...
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    CPU-Z and voltage reading..

    With my gear in my sig, I upped the BIOS voltage to 1.45v. CPU-z shows it as 1.213 or near. Is this accurate? If so, that's a hell of a vdroop. So can I bump the BIOS to 1.5+ if I am infact losing that much voltage? Trying to get her to 3.5 stable for shits and giggles, if not 3.6...
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    PCI slot fan advice please

    I need to add more/better cooling for my Antec 900, specifically the 8800gts 640. Not sure I want to mess with removing the stock HSF from the 8800, so was looking into PCI slot fan. Also, I have an XtremeGamer, so I am unsure how much room I would even have to add a new video card HSF (at...
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    Intel and the 3GHz barrier....

    Article about why Intel didn't release 3.0GHz CPU's last year... http://scientiasblog.blogspot.com/2007/07/intels-30ghz-barrier.html Not sure of the validity, but a good read. (Sorry if a repost)
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    FS: BFG 6800oc 128MB AGP

    Since I upgraded to the PCI-E setup, time to unload rather than packrat this stuff. Anyway, PM me if interested. $125. Thanks guys, should have checked the rules up front. Appreciate it.
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    Settings for dual moitors?

    Namely, as far as I have set up dual monitors on my system, I have wanted to have an MP3 player and various apps on the 2nd smaller monitor. So I can change songs or surf game info while playing Vanguard or another game. But when I mouse over to the 2nd monitor and click an app, the main...
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