Recent content by Dirtybird

I would wait until later in your warranty and RMA several things at once, exactly what I did with my 3830TG.

Used 660 (non-TI) can be had for around $150.

http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1750685

I believe you can here and fleaBay

I would get out of that 775 rig while you can still get some decent money for it. You can get a nice IB setup that will run every game just as well and save you some power/heat.

get a 2600k, seem to be in the low 200 resale range lately, then sell your 2400 or throw it in a cheap h61 board

z77

nice board

agreed

Nice looking card

Cool adapter, but $24 for it :eek: You could also notch the back of a 1x slot and insert a 16x card like so http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/249291-30-card

I would jump to Ivy Bridge to go along with your Keplar gpu. Reduced heat, power consumption, and increased ipc make it a worthwhile upgrade imo.

Are you running a chip with on die graphics/memory controller such as sandy bridge? If so, don't forget that it can act as a 'heatsink' of sorts for the 2 nearest cores. In theory, increasing their respective surface areas...

That makes it a no-brainer for sure!

I agree completely, the SSD is an 'ok' price at best for Retail Edge especially considering the huge drop in prices of late. I have like all the $99 cpu's of past and really expected this deal to be a $99 IB k series, but that will have to wait until Holiday Deal. A dream deal would have been...