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    Logitech G502 Proteus Core @ bestbuy.com - $49.99 + FS

    Love this mouse. Got it at Best Buy during Black Friday 2014, where it was $79.99 bundled with a $50 Steam Wallet Card. Effectively making the mouse $29.99 since I can always use Steam credit. Have yet to see a deal that matches that.
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    Steam Winter Sale

    Could be they just don't want stir the nest again. Arkham Knight PC is still broken in many ways.
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    Playstation Plus membership

    Can usually find cheaper on black friday. Two years ago every big retailer had a year of PS+ for $29.
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    EVGA 980Ti GTX $589.99 No Rebate

    Thanks for the link, ordered one from Newegg with the Amex $25 and 1% from ebates. Had been planning to wait until Pascal but my 680 is starting to show its age and I can still sell it for a decent return. Hard to pass up this 980ti for this price.
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    Samsung 950PRO, when?

    Pre-orders are up on Newegg. 512: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147467&cm_re=samsung_950_pro-_-20-147-467-_-Product 256: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147466&cm_re=samsung_950_pro-_-20-147-466-_-Product
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    What Z170 Board do you plan to use?

    The Gigabyte Z170 Gaming 7 and Gaming GT are pretty much identical in construction. The GT has more phases and a better power system, but I'd imagine most people would never even notice. It has a slightly nicer box and braided cables. Not sure if the problem I had was a faulty CPU or a bad...
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    What Z170 Board do you plan to use?

    FWIW, I originally ordered the Gigabyte Z170 Gaming 7 and it kept crashing on me. Random freezes. Sent it and the 6700K back to Newegg as it was a combo. Since the 6700K was out of stock when they processed the exchange the system automatically refunded me the full amount. So I had a choice ...
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    Bad Memory on Z170/Skylake build?

    As an update to this sad upgrade, I got a pair of G.Skill 3200 sticks to try out tonight, and the freezing issue persisted. Installed them, cleared CMOS, booted into bios, and was just changing a setting when the board froze again. Booted into Windows, froze within five minutes. Boxed both the...
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    Bad Memory on Z170/Skylake build?

    I just enabled XMP as a troubleshooting measure. Figured why not push the memory to see if it fails faster, given that the system seems to freeze randomly otherwise. And with XMP enabled it wouldn't boot, even with dram voltage at 1.35 to spec, and system agent and VCCIO at the recommended bumps...
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    Bad Memory on Z170/Skylake build?

    Thanks for the suggestion ... I did try clearing the CMOS but the problem persists. Experienced my first freeze in the BIOS screen late last night and again today. And now, no matter what dram/system agent/VCCIO voltage I set, my system will eventually freeze. Might take 10 minutes or 3 hours...
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    GIGABYTE's Heroes of the Storm Sweepstakes

    Hah, I tried to register my Z170 Gaming 7, and the form won't accept my "Check Number" ... I put it in, and it keeps asking me for a four digit number. I type ANY four digit number, and it won't accept it. Seriously guys, don't start a contest where your entry form is broken. Kind of sums up my...
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    Bad Memory on Z170/Skylake build?

    I tried running each stick of the Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3000C15R kit individually, and while occasionally they can run ~two hours at stock voltages and speeds before freezing Windows, sometimes my system freezes within a minute of booting. This specific ram is listed as compatible on the...
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    Bad Memory on Z170/Skylake build?

    Ran Memtest from USB, and my system froze in the middle of the first test. Didn't get an error, just a full freeze. Hopefully the new G.Skill ram arriving Monday will solve all this.
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    Bad Memory on Z170/Skylake build?

    Actually, I wasn't fine even before using XMP. The Corsair kit is unstable at stock clocks and stock volts, no overclocking at all, that's the second line in my post. When I activate the XMP profile the ram fails on boot. When I run at stock, it freezes intermittently anywhere from 2-10 minutes...
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    Bad Memory on Z170/Skylake build?

    I don't mind ram being slightly lower than their rated overclock, it's when the ram can't even run stably at stock speed and voltage (looking at these Corsairs) that I start to worry.
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