Some users have recently had their accounts hijacked. It seems that the now defunct EVGA forums might have compromised your password there and seems many are using the same PW here. We would suggest you UPDATE YOUR PASSWORD and TURN ON 2FA for your account here to further secure it. None of the compromised accounts had 2FA turned on.
Once you have enabled 2FA, your account will be updated soon to show a badge, letting other members know that you use 2FA to protect your account. This should be beneficial for everyone that uses FSFT.
I7 3770K has been $229 (retail box with heat sync) at Micro Center for as long as I can remember. They don't carry the GA-Z77X-UP5, but they do have the GA-Z77X-UP4 for $185 (don't really know what the difference is between the two). Hope this helps.
I looked for a long time to find an upgrade to my ATI x1950 PRO card for around $50, but just couldn't find anything suitable. My budget was a bit higher than yours, but if you do want to get a significant boost from your current setup, you might want to aim for a budget around $100. In that...
Anyone know if the Z77 chipset with the built-in Lucid MPV hybrid graphics booster offer significant performance increases for Physx games? <-- maybe a bit off on wording here, but I think you folks get what I'm aiming for...
Already purchased the FX 8350, 16GB ram and Gigabyte mb from MicroCenter this weekend. Just waiting for someone to buy my old Q6600 rig from Craigslist (if I can somehow get through all the initial Nigerian scammers).
I am excited about going from four to eight cores as I do a lot of x264 AVC...