Which is better as a whole I know the price difference is pretty hefty, but I still see recommendations for the older model and I believe it has a better version of IPS panel is this true? If I was gonna say that I would use this for 50% school+video+CAD and 50% games which would be the better...
People need to remember that I don't have a 30" monitor or an Eyefinity setup right now so for a mix of gaming at 1900X1200 and in college I will be using a lot of CPU/RAM heavy software for my engineering classes, this setup is relatively ideal especially for the available upgrade paths given...
So I can't buy a power supply with future proofing in mind (more and beefier GPUs)?
Also wouldn't the choice of going from graphics cards to CPU in a line rather than to a different radiator to dissipate heat vs having the water get super heated by all the hot components in a row:
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OMFG I just read your entire build log for the past rig and I am waaaaaay excited to see what magical sorcery and space technology goes into your new build!
lol I really didn't expect a picture quality comment to be positive for Jeapordy! What about old reruns of Jeapordy though? I bet they are rage inducingly bad
I had a HD 5770 for a long time performed well in BFBC2 at 1680 X 1050 with settings close to max paired with a Phenom II X4 965BE at 3.4GHz and 8GB of DDR3-1333 CAS 9