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So a buddy of mine got me a copy of Battlefield 3 for Christmas so we could play together but up until this latest patch it was totally unplayable on my machine (his old gaming rig that he replaced and passed down to me). Trying to pin down the cause of the huge fps drops I was getting (from 30...
Would it be worth it to invest in a third-party HSF in order to increase the life of the CPU and/or quiet the build down? People on Newegg constantly berate Intel's cooling solutions to the point that I'm a little worried about it.
I saw this: CORSAIR Cooling Hydro Series CWCH50-1 120mm High...
So in regards to the RAM, could I just pick up another set of Ripjaws? The motherboard has 4 slots, and since these are 2x4Gb, I could just socket them all and everything should work out? (Dual-channel/Triple-channel RAM stuff just confuses me.)
If I go with the 650TX, would that still be...
1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
I'll be playing games on this thing and editing large (12-40Mb) RAW files with Adobe Lightroom 3.
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
My budget is around $1500 including tax and shipping. While...