Recent content by Katalysis

Thanks for the input. I checked out those MSI boards and they actually led me to the MSI Gaming Pro Carbon (it's not in the PC Hound database yet apparently). Looks like it has everything I need, minus some of the on-board reset and debug leds, and I love the styling.

My wife wants her own desktop, so I'm building a new one and giving her my 2500k machine. I haven't built a new machine since I built the 2500k when it launched, so I'm out of the loop. The only parts I am salvaging from my 2500k machine is a 980 Ti (the wife will get by with a 7970) so ignore...

I didn't use it because it is incredibly short and would not reach, but I'm going to test it after work and see.

Both cables claimed to be DP 1.2 certified, but when I went back to look at my purchase order for them, I found some reviews having similar issues at high resolutions and refresh rates and did not appear on the displayport website, so I'm going to buy a new cable and test it out. I hope that's...

Well, think I spoke too soon about mine being perfect, because I am having a very annoying problem. My monitor, seemingly randomly, will lose the video signal for a split second, then recover the screen with the displayport logo, in games. This flicker on and off will happen repeatedly, and...

Got mine from Amazon last week (sold by Amazon, not a third party). Have not checked the build date. Either I won the panel lottery or they are making improvements, because I have not noticed anything as severe as people have been showing or saying. No noticeable backlight bleed, no noticeable...

I failed to mention side by side. I have a dual arm, side by side, setup right now, but I'm just assuming the x34 is too wide to use both arms. Maybe I'm wrong and what I have now will work.

Amazon got a handful in this afternoon and I managed to grab one (and max out the 10% cash back on my Chase card with it). I'm coming from dual 23" 1080p monitors, so this is quite the jump up for me. I've got a single G1 980 Ti that's currently running at stock, so I'll probably have to bump...

My advice: wait. I just requested a refund and will wait to see . Game runs like absolute ass on a 7970 / 4.7ghz 2500k. FPS spiking up and down from 60fps to 8 fps. Lots of crashing, soft locks, etc. Yes, it's an alpha, that will happen, but for $60 for a F2P game, it's not worth your time to...

I have played bass for a long time and have a high-quality one (an American Standard Fender Jazz), but I have picked up Rocksmith mostly for screwing around on guitar. So, for everyone who is just getting into this, let me just say that musical instruments are something where you get what you...

I'm returning mine today. It has a ton of light bleeding at the edges, and I didn't find out until after I got the thing home that Microsoft has no CalDAV support and Google killed off EAS, which is a deal breaker for me.

The un-upgradable ram and SSD pretty much seal the deal, I guess. The only problem now is finding one. Nobody near me has any of them and the Microsoft store is quoting shipment next month.

How much of a difference is there in performance on the 8 gig versions versus the 4 gig versions? I am going back and forth, thinking that I don't really need to jump up to the 8 gig version, but the extra storage space is a huge plus and the extra ram would probably help out the on-board video...

Looking for some suggestions on the best way to set up this network. Short version: I have Cat5e wired through the house to the basement where the lines terminate. Can/should I install an unmanaged switch in the basement and put a four-port router/switch elsewhere in the network for the rooms...

I have three extra Dead Island Riptide cards to trade. I already have: Dead Island Kerbal Chivalry Torchlight Reus So, I'll trade my Dead Island ones for any I don't have. http://steamcommunity.com/id/katalysis1