Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X 3GB RAM very light gaming looking for $165
p5q Pro Turbo Motherboard + q6600 + 4 sticks of 1GB Mushkin Silver DDR2 Ram (prefer these to go together but might be persuaded otherwise) $40 Sold
Antec CP-1000 1000W power supply that runs very quiet. Unfortunately it is...
Is there anyway to voltage unlock this card?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125490
getting a bit frustrated by it atm as reviews say its unlocked but it comes locked
1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
Home File/Backup Server, ability to transcode video files while serving them using ps3 media server. Run several python based services, torrent client etc. and potentially more as I mess around with everything
2)...
Comes with Console, 2x Wireless controllers Controllers, Composite Video cords, Alan Wake, Gears of War, Power Brick
$165 - Like new, I've played it for 25 hours max. This version has HDMI support on the back and the powered kinect port.
The hard drive I have installed is 250GB, its not...
So here's my computer:
Rampage IV Extreme
Seasonic 1000W Platinum
Intel i7 3930K Overclocked to 4.6GHz
4x4GB (16GB Total) Samsung 30 nm
Corsair Performance Pro
Recently GTX 680 eVGA
H100 Cooler
1 TB WD Black
1.5TB WD Green
Windows 7 Pro
(if you need anymore info just ask)
So heres the issue...
So i hadn't heard of this memory til today, its made on the 30nm process and I was wondering if anyone knows of its performance on an x79 system. I'm thinking about going these over Corsair Dominators/Vengeance and I've heard that the timings are really loose on them to start with. Anyone know...
http://vr-zone.com/articles/asus-p9x79ws-makes-a-brief-appearance-ahead-of-launch/13946.html
for those interested, looks like it can handle 3 or 4 way sli, two gigabit ports, 6x usb2, 2x usb3, 8x sata, 8x ram slots
Do later steppings always bring better overclocking or stability or do they sometimes just bring stuff like vt-d support? I'm wondering if its worth it to wait for the C3 stepping on SB-E since the C2 stepping is rumored to be the first retail availability. I've waited a long time to build a new...
Do they announce their release dates basically on the day that they ship. 4-5 days? a week? a month? I'm getting anxious since i plan for my next build to have Sandy Bridge-Ex or Bulldozer (depending on performance and price) and i haven't built a machine since my q6600 + 8800 GTS 512 (92).
I'm thinking around $200 will go up a bit but not too much, want to keep it sane. I will use this for music, gaming and movies. I do want something with a sub-woofer a.k.a. no 2.0 systems. Hope you guys can help :D