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    Are You Jumping Ship?

    Yet another 7xxx AMD series card to Nvidia convert here. Passing my trusty 7950 on to a family member and movin' on up to the Asus Strix GTX 1070 which is scheduled for delivery on Tuesday. It just felt like the right time with the significant jump in performance. I'm not particularly loyal to...
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    Purchased an LG 24GM77-B - Your thoughts?

    This thread is a few months old but I have some relevant information to add. I also recently purchased the LG 24GM77-B and I'm having the same issues with brightness. If I disable the auto-brightness feature, the screen becomes very dark, even at a maximum setting of 100 brightness. If I leave...
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    $600 Gaming Rig, have some hardware already

    Wow, can't thank you all enough for the insight and advice. I come here from time to time over the years whenever pc issues inevitably arise and this place never disappoints. Thanks guys for taking the time to respond.
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    $600 Gaming Rig, have some hardware already

    I appreciate the quick response Danny. I will definitely pick up the power supply as well. A couple quick follow up questions before I buy please: 1) The cpu linked doesn't seem to come with a fan. Do I need one? Although I've installed several pc parts over the years I've never built a...
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    $600 Gaming Rig, have some hardware already

    My current pc died tonight. Ah well, I was thinking about upgrading anyway. I just want to say I greatly appreciate any advice you can give me on what components to buy. I will make sure to use this site's links when purchasing to help support this excellent site. 1) What will you be doing...
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    Dell HD Failed: First Time Replacing HD

    Thanks for the info. Normally I'd go with the drive you recommended but I'm able to get Saturday delivery through Amazon for $8.99. I'm hoping to get my pc up and running asap because this is a Guild Wars 2 beta weekend. This couldn't have happened at a more inopportune time lol. On a...
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    Dell HD Failed: First Time Replacing HD

    My Dell XPS 8100 pc has been freezing up intermittently for the last few days and now I can't even load windows. I did a pre-boot assessment and was given an error code that means hard drive failure. My system takes a 3.5" SATA HD and physically switching out the HD shouldn't be a problem for...
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    5770 worth it?

    Glad to hear she ordered you the 5850. I upgraded to the 5850 from a 5770 and I haven't regretted it.
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    Lost half my system ram when I installed 5850, need help please

    64 bit
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    Lost half my system ram when I installed 5850, need help please

    You're right, Windows 7 Home Premium.
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    Lost half my system ram when I installed 5850, need help please

    jiminator, I can't thank enough you man. I went back and checked the ram and it wasn't seated all the way down. I noticed when I tried to seat the 5850 back ago in just a few minutes it hit one of the ram clips and caused it to unseat (which I believe is what caused it to register as 4gb of...
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    Lost half my system ram when I installed 5850, need help please

    Thanks, I'll give the different ram configs a shot. I don't have much hooked to the brand new power supply, 1 dvd drive, 1 hard drive. The 5850 was working great for the 30 minutes or so I had it in. I was playing Crysis on high/very high settings with a very noticeable improvement in frame...
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    Lost half my system ram when I installed 5850, need help please

    I believe it's a Intel H57 Express chipset (based on a CNET review I found). It's a Dell XPS 8100 system. I'm not sure if who made the motherboard, I really don't know much about motherboards.
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    Lost half my system ram when I installed 5850, need help please

    I just installed an ATI 5850 in my system and when I booted it up somehow my system went from 8gb of ram pre-installation to 4gb of ram after I put in the 5850. It's been a while since I've dealt with ram but I decided to power the system down and re-seat the memory to see if I could get it...
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    new pc advice

    I second BodyBagz Dell recommendation. They've been dependable for me and I generally like their prices. It's ironic to see the Dell xps 8100 being recommended because I actually ordered a similar model w/o the monitor the other day from the Dell outlet. It was a scratch and dent model and...
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