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Recent content by FlamingTP

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4k gaming Motherboard and CPU need now mobo dieing

Everything is up and running, couple of concerns: CPU idle is hovering between 30 and 40c which I imagine is not supposed to happen with a water cooler. its about 22c in here. Second is Hardware Monitor is reporting two unmarked motherboard sensors are at a ridiculous 110 to 124c. all seems to...
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- Post #18
- Jul 2, 2015
- Forum: General Hardware
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4k gaming Motherboard and CPU need now mobo dieing

thanks a lot, Hopefully there will still be some in stock when I grab another one.
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- Post #17
- Jun 28, 2015
- Forum: General Hardware
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4k gaming Motherboard and CPU need now mobo dieing

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/vGJv7P here's what I got. 756w, I'm good with one card for now.
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- Post #15
- Jun 28, 2015
- Forum: General Hardware
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4k gaming Motherboard and CPU need now mobo dieing

Uh oh, accordiong to a PSU calculator, I'm going over the 750w limit if I add another 980ti in there. maybe I'll just see how the 750 handles one?
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- Post #14
- Jun 28, 2015
- Forum: General Hardware
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4k gaming Motherboard and CPU need now mobo dieing

yes I have the monitor my 5870 can only get to 2k but it already looks glorious compared to 1080. at double this clarity I'm never going back.
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- Post #13
- Jun 26, 2015
- Forum: General Hardware
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4k gaming Motherboard and CPU need now mobo dieing

Price on the MSI is cheapest on newegg at 669 amazon has the same card for 710. evga is out of stock or more expensive but it's also a factory overclock. I'm good without the overclock. Its a bit over budget but I'm fine to spend that. Total comes to $1,365.95 including shipping thanks for...
- FlamingTP
- Post #11
- Jun 26, 2015
- Forum: General Hardware
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4k gaming Motherboard and CPU need now mobo dieing

Done, I'm going to get what you posted, minus the cooler and a 980TI, brand recommendations on the GPU?
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- Post #9
- Jun 26, 2015
- Forum: General Hardware
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4k gaming Motherboard and CPU need now mobo dieing

alright, you think I can make this new rig last 3-5 years or so with the hardware you recommended? should I grab a GPU now as well since were on the subject?
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- Post #7
- Jun 26, 2015
- Forum: General Hardware
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4k gaming Motherboard and CPU need now mobo dieing

Alright, here's my last round of questions and comments. According to corsair link I already have an h100i so I wont be needing that. It also looks like I can fit a bigger one in there. According to my measuring tape it is a 280mm but it doesn't look like it. For one I know those are 120mm fans...
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- Post #5
- Jun 26, 2015
- Forum: General Hardware
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4k gaming Motherboard and CPU need now mobo dieing

1. an hour or two, more likely two, I am more than happy to make the trip. 2. everything under the sun really, at the moment lets use the upcoming Fallout 4 or Unreal Engine 4 games as my reference points. 3. right now I have $1300 including shipping. Since a CPU/mobo/ram setup is all I need...
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- Post #3
- Jun 25, 2015
- Forum: General Hardware
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4k gaming Motherboard and CPU need now mobo dieing

I had a previous thread about a 4k gaming build that I had to put on hold because the tax man still hasn't paid me my money yet. However I have gathered some money and my motherboard is dieing so I have a month/two at maximum before I have to upgrade. here is the previous thread original post...
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- Thread
- Jun 24, 2015
- Replies: 18
- Forum: General Hardware
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New laptop, (Asus Q551LN-BBI706)requesting benchmark accuracy check/win8 help

Yes, I turned on high performance and I plan on always having it plugged in when gaming. the laptop seems to run everything I throw at it including farcry 4 and battlefield 4. Thing is if I can get an extra 6-700 marks I would like to. could be because of the dual core maybe? really I just want...
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- Post #3
- Feb 18, 2015
- Forum: Mobile Computing
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New laptop, (Asus Q551LN-BBI706)requesting benchmark accuracy check/win8 help

Grabbed an Asus Q551LN-BBI706 laptop at best buy today, need it for work but wanted to game on it as well The only thing I have done on it is download the latest Nvidia drivers, Steam and run 3dmark firestrike at default settings. Score is 1356 but I've been told I should be getting ~2000...
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- Thread
- Feb 17, 2015
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Mobile Computing
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Help me waste my Tax return on a 4K gaming build!

I take care of the severely disabled for a living, the IRS informed me I have been tax exempt the whole time and I'm getting somewhere in the neighborhood of ten grand back. I want as much in savings as possible though so I dont want to pay 2 grand for the video cards, or buy one of those...
- FlamingTP
- Post #4
- Dec 19, 2014
- Forum: General Hardware
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Help me waste my Tax return on a 4K gaming build!

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc 4K gaming on my Samsung 4k monitor 2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? highest quality/lowest price, that can handle Battlefield 4 at 4k resolutions. You tell me and I will buy it, see below for...
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- Thread
- Dec 18, 2014
- Replies: 6
- Forum: General Hardware