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my video cards temps were around 45C idle and around 60 when playing shogun 2 i think lord exodia is right and i am going to RMA soon. thank you for all your help my motherboard does not have onboard video and i dont think think gigabyte does cross ships for RMA, so any cheap video card...

going to do driver reinstall then i will try that, thank you

i bought shogun 2 limited edition from newegg installed it on saturday and upgraded catalyst and got this http://i.imgur.com/CZPhB.jpg its now constantly flickering, even in other games i tried uninstalling catalyst and newer drivers and using older versions of catalyst but no change...

i've been buying seasonic made products since 2005 so i am familiar with their quality and performance it'd be nice to get a unit so i can help my brother build his rig

Windows included in the budget? no but i can add on How heavy of a photoshop user are you? fairly light 4-5 hours a week How often do you upgrade? well first new comp in 5 years and i didnt upgrade last computer at all What games do you play? starcraft 2, total war Yes...

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc gaming, photoshop, web browsing, listening to music, watching movies 2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? 1500, but its a soft cap so i can go higher or lower if convinced 3) Where do you...

this is a great guide

thanks for all the responses to answer your question chombo, we're not exactly conversant with performance comparisons but we will read up on it from your responses, i gather its a pretty good idea to wait. is there anything we can buy within the next 2-3 months? if not then i will tell...

my friend is building a rig for the first time and i havent been keeping up recently. so i'll put his list up for you guys. please be gentle he'd like an all around good gaming machine that can play upcoming games like spore and starcraft 2 also play city of heroes/villains on highest...

yes sir it does

back to the psu question: any recommendations based on what i said in the first post?

thats an excellent question to which i dont have answer to and he probably doesnt either. i guess this means a trip to the videocard area

my friends current PSU is the one that came with his coolermaster centurion case. its roughly 350w. he'd like a powersupply that can run his current system, is efficient, and be able to run 8800gt in the future. he doesnt plan to run SLI in the future though. his budget is around 100. edit: he...

thanks for the quick response

i have a mge xg 450w power supply that i have laying around and not being used its UL number is E178768 i was looking over this list http://webhelp.org/jonnyguru/ratethebrands.html and wondering if this would be a decent power supply if i build a low end system thanks in advance