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I dont see the point when I am pulling less than 400W.

Ok I found the PS. Its a OCZ GameXStream OCZ700GXSSLI 700W I know I need Ivy Bridge for PCI 3. If I decide to upgrade to Ivy Bridge I will be good to go.

Thats why I love Hard forum.. always saving me money. Thx Tsuyoi. New build.... ASUS P8Z68-V $190 i5-2500K $220 G.SKILL 16GB (4 x 4GB) $80 Total $490

Here is my build.... ASUS P8Z68-V $215 i5-2500K $220 G.SKILL 16GB (4 x 4GB) $85 Total $520 Thoughts? Suggestions?

Thx for the input. I think Im going to go with the i5-2500k. I dont know the PSU brand off hand but it is a good one :D The case is a Lian Li PC-A05.

What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc Gaming and Photoshop 2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? $700 including tax and shipping 3) Which country do you live in? If the U.S, please tell us the state and city if possible. Houston TX. I...

Jelly, try it both ways but I think you will get better results with it blowing in.

eurin, here is how I have mine setup. I did a TON of testing to come up with this layout. It may seem weird that the top blows in but tried it both ways and the temp dropped by 2 degrees with it blowing in. I dont think you need the bottom fan. I also cut a hole in the front (i think...

They need to come from HP(or 3rd party that fits HP). Check ebay and make sure they fit a G5(G6 and G7 may not fit). The easiest thing to do would be to call HP and say you need a DL380 G5 rail kit.

My recommendation for a quiet build is Noctua fans. My 4 year old build is still as quiet as the day I built it. With the Noctura fans you will either hear the hard drive (can be very annoying) and/or the video card…To quite them down I recommend putting sound dampening foam inside of the...

Im in the process of building a home server and need some advice on how to use it. Im think of using Windows home server as my OS (Objections)? My wife has Apple products and I have PC products and I want to be able to backup both and stream to both as well as steam to my TV. What is the best...

Im in the process of building a home server (WHS) and want to get a Boxee to stream content to my TV. Has anyone tried this? any alternatives?

Ive been lurking in the display forum for over a week and I am also considering the HP ZR24W IPS. I pretty much have the same needs as you and it sounds like the best choice. I am just concerned about FPS gaming. Does anyone here game with this display?

Thanks Sesquipedal, I came to the same conclusion ...thank for confirming. Right now I am considering the HP ZR24w 24-inch S-IPS LCD Monitor . I would prefer to not go Dell.

I’ve been reading posts the past few days but I’m still undecided (confused) on which monitor I want. Maybe you guys can help me. • Use -Gaming 50% - want fast response and low lag…. 3D might be cool (maybe) -Workstation 50% - I use programs like Photoshop, Illustrator, 3D modeling...