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Recent content by Texanman

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    Recommended PS Wattage for new build

    Because when you cheap out it breaks... and when it breaks theres a chance it takes your system out with it... and if it takes your stuff out with it it costs you more money
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    Recommended PS Wattage for new build

    An Antec Eco 620w should do you just fine. Its got a nice and large single 12v rail and is 80 plus certified. If you were to buy one right now they have a nice 600w Corsair builder series on sale http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139028&cm_sp=DailyDeal-_-17-139-028-_-Homepage
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    FX-8350 Benchmarks and review

    This was a some what large event in Austin ~500-600 people. They gave away about 10 in various raffles. They also gave the first 200 people to sign up a A8-5600k, a nice Gigabyte motherboard and 2x 2gb kingston 1600 sticks. Everyone else got an A8-5600k. Gigabyte and Sapphire were also giving...
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    AMD quits

    who owns most of the market in 2nd and 3rd world counties?
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    FX-8350 Benchmarks and review

    Nah I was just going to fast then derped when I should have herped
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    AMD quits

    Way to steal what someone else said..... With no credits in the original author
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    AMD quits

    How is restructuring = quitting??
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    FX-8350 Benchmarks and review

    Take that site with a gain of salt. They were known to produce fake benchmark results in the past.
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    FX-8350 Benchmarks and review

    Just took a look at my kill-a-watt while I was playing xcom a little while ago. 295w was the peak it reached during my game play which might not be the most demanding game it sure isn't the least.
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    FX-8350 Benchmarks and review

    Ill update my gaming power usage tonight. I always forget to look down at the kill-a-watt in the heat of battle :D I have my idle temps in the first post. (for comparison the same setup i have Just with my older 965 the system was ~135-145w idle but I was not overclocked. that 160w i have in the...
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    FX-8350 Benchmarks and review

    No bios mods needed. I am running the latest version (1.80) on my asrock board
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    Why aren't there any high end AMD CPUs?

    AMD is a much smaller company compared to intel in the cpu game. Intel has the ability to market products in a much better fashion then the other cpu companys thus giving them an edge. Another factor is that since intel is the bigger company software manufactorers tend to optimize their code for...
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    FX-8350 Benchmarks and review

    This is true. For me I just do not want to go into the high risk of something failing. I have a limited budget being a student and can not afford replacements if something were to break on me.
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    FX-8350 Benchmarks and review

    4.5 is stable. I just never raised the voltage the first time around since i was trying to do soo much with it I just rushed through it and forgot to check other things.
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