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    Need advice for a new primary computer

    I bought a corsair tx750m, currently using a corsair hx620
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    Need advice for a new primary computer

    Hi again. Got all the parts and built the machine this weekend, but ran into a problem: The entire system would randomly power down with no warning. After such a powerdown, I'd need to unplug the power supply and let it sit for perhaps 10 minutes before it would power up at all again. I...
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    Need advice for a new primary computer

    Thank you for that explanation, it cleared things up. I'll go with the 1333 ram you linked, so my final parts list will be: processor: intel core i5 3570k 189.99 http://www.microcenter.com/product/388577/Core_i5_3570K_34GHz_LGA_1155_Processor motherboard: asus p8z77-v lk 144.99...
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    Need advice for a new primary computer

    Ok, so i've been searching for cas9, ddr3 1866, low profile and i've found http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231551 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233328 Are either of these good choices?
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    Need advice for a new primary computer

    I'm honestly a little clueless as to how memory relates to system bottlenecks in current generation machines. When i was building my last machine in the old days, it basically was impossible for memory to be a bottleneck (or at least that was my understanding of the situation). So, would...
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    Need advice for a new primary computer

    revised part list after your feedback: processor: intel core i5 3570k 189.99 http://www.microcenter.com/product/388577/Core_i5_3570K_34GHz_LGA_1155_Processor motherboard: asus p8z77-v lk 144.99 http://www.microcenter.com/product/393422/P8Z77-V_LK_LGA_1155_Z77_ATX_Intel_Motherboard cooler: hyper...
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    Need advice for a new primary computer

    Alright, air cooling it is. I read up a bit more on 670 vs 680, and i have to say that a 680 sounds awfully tempting right now. Would a msi gtx 680 lightning http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127693&Tpk=msi%20gtx%20680%20lightning be a good choice?
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    Need advice for a new primary computer

    Closed loop is only for cpu cooling, right? I'd be getting liquid cooling to reduce noise and dust inside the case, so i suppose it'd have to be custom to include the video card and ram.
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    Need advice for a new primary computer

    1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc Office tasks (word processing, spreadsheets, etc), gaming(borderlands 2, guild wars 2), web browsing. 2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? 1500, but i'm willing to go up to 2000 if significant...
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    Motherboard fried, need help picking replacement

    I was under the impression that the either the bios general screen or the windows my computer/properties screen would show current processor speed (it did for my old q9450), but this apparently isn't true anymore. Loaded up cpuz and coretemp and they both show the processor running at 4.2ghz...
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    Motherboard fried, need help picking replacement

    It's showing the 3.4 speed in bios, though. Would it still throttle there? edit:disabled all speedstep options i could find, no change. Tried running something in the background and checking processor speed, it's always 3.4ghz.
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    Motherboard fried, need help picking replacement

    Hello again. I recently read up on overclocking i5's and figured I'd see what this rebuilt system could do, but ran into a problem quickly: even if i change the cpu multiplier in bios options, it doesn't actually stick. In the AI Tweaker bios page, target cpu speed correctly shows as 4200 when...
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    Motherboard fried, need help picking replacement

    Skillz, i went with the ram that Danny Bui linked. And thanks runs2far, got both devices installed and my device manager is now error free.
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    Motherboard fried, need help picking replacement

    Just finished building the machine, running through updates right now. Only hitch I've encountered so far is that there are two nodes with uninstalled drivers in my device manager - labeled "pci simple connections controller" and "universal serial bus controller". Note that I've installed...
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    Motherboard fried, need help picking replacement

    I can drive to two of the microcenter locations, so my parts list is currently as follows: http://www.microcenter.com/product/388577/Core_i5_3570K_34GHz_LGA_1155_Processor http://www.microcenter.com/product/393422/P8Z77-V_LK_LGA_1155_Z77_ATX_Intel_Motherboard...
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