Recent content by Tricyclethief

Thanks for all the input guys. ended up picking up the powercolor for $445 with the $150 free games promo and a free power bank so think i scored a pretty good deal.

Any thoughts on Powercolor 290x ? for the bundle and price doesnt seem to bad

Yeah thats not going into the new build. Just looking for a build that will support up to 3 monitors and be used mostly for stock trading, surfing etc. wont be used for gaming but also dont want to go super cheap and effect quality. want this to last my father for few yrs

Thanks for the suggestion the psu im using in the build is actually a corsair HX650 650W gold series. couldnt find it in the list so selected one close. the radeon 7870 is actually my current gpu and im gonna upgrade to probably a r9 290x so giving that one to my dad. Any other suggestions as...

Do you see any issue with the card hanging down instead of the normal horizontal layout. Heres a pic of my case, pretty close to the same setup i have.

Building a new PC for my father and looking for any ideas or tips you guys can add. Disregard the total listed on partpicker as im reusing some of the items. real total is like $845 1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc Stock Trading 2) What's your...

Currently have a powercolor 7870 that im going to be giving to my father for a pc im building for him and looking to upgrade mine. Im looking at the 290x and just wondering what brands seem to be performing better then the rest and also im using a silverstone raven 3 which has the mobo rotated...

Right on, I'm not really worried about performance, the drive is basically just gonna hold all my movies/tv shows that i watch on my pc. no games or anything will be installed on that drive.

Something like this Hitachi 4tb? Anyone ever bought from that company before? 2-4 weeks is a long time but i cant seem to really find any other 4tb drives under like $200

Currently have 128 ss for my os and few games i play, as well as a 250g and 1tb HD i use for misc backup files and my movies. I'm looking to get rid of the 2 extra drives and just get a 3-4tb drive, looking for any suggestions on decent priced drives and quality brands. ive been reading horror...

Thanks for the suggestion, the case I ordered unfortunately doesnt have room to mount a double rad up top, Mobo is 90 degree rotated. I would need a 120mm or i would have to mount it in the 5.25" drive bays and lose them all. Like these pics Top Mount or Bay Mount H80i is like $89 shipped right...

Just ordered a Raven 3 case and looking at getting a water cooler for cpu. Currently have a 212+ cooler and temps are fine but looking to get away from a cpu cooler mostly for space/looks. Have a decent OC right now i5-2500k at 4ghz but looking to go up to around 4.5. Main concern is getting...

So ive read alot about the monitor and looking to take the jump but I have a few questions first if anyone can help me out. I currently have a powercolor 7870 with i5-2500k cpu and just want to make sure my system can handle the monitor while gaming. Mostly just play wow and few other misc...

Hey its been almost 2 weeks since you said you shipped my item and i have yet to receive it or heard back from you confirming shipment or anything. I need you to get ahold of me soon as you can and let me know whats going on or ill be forced to file an investigation with paypal.