Recent content by WiL11o6

I would definitely get the 7850 and OC that sucker. Your CPU is getting pretty old, but still capable for less CPU intensive games.

I've been on my 23" Dell U2311H for some time now. I use it 50% gaming (Dota2 and BF4 atm) and 50% web browsing. I don't do any video/photo editing but I do like the colors and viewing angles of the IPS panel. I've always been fine with my Dell, until I bought a 27" 1080p Acer glossy IPS that...

I would only get the 290x once 3rd party coolers come out. My old 7970s were hot and loud, and these 290x are hotter and louder. Unlike a lot of people, I don't put on headphones or have my computer in another room. The noise would bother me so even if both cards were $499, I'd rather get the...

Thanks guys, in the process of cleaning it right now. How long do I need to let it sit and dry with 99% isopropyl alcohol.

haha, yeah I cleaned it up after. I suppose I should take it apart and wait for more thermal paste.

I'm afraid I might do more damage is the main reason. Even though everyone says it's fine, me putting dabs and dabs of alcohol on a Q-tip on the same spot trying get the stickiness off feels like I'm putting too much liquid onto the motherboard. Unless it's really okay to put a lot of it without...

That's what it looks like. If someone says it's fine, I don't want to take apart everything! I don't have extra thermal paste so I would need to wait. I already tried cleaning up the back, but I would need to remove the whole damn thing.

edited: I have 99% Isopropyl alcohol. Would that short the circuits? Q-Tip and alcohol to tab is fine?

I accidentally spilled coffee (with creamer) on my table and I couldn't stop it in time for it to leak off my table and have a couple drips land into the side of my case. My PC kept running fine, no sparks or anything. I didn't even notice it leaked into my case so I took my time turning...

I suppose I could live without OCing. I don't plan to do max OC on CPU and GPU, just moderately over since it's basically free performance (assuming I get an unlocked CPU). I am playing Dota2 a lot at the moment, but I do enjoy graphically intense games like Crysis 3, BF3/4..etc. I have a main...

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc Gaming and web browsing for LAN so will need a small case, so either mini atx or itx. 2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? $750 tax and shipping included. 3) Which country do you live in? If the...

Just wait for AMD to announce their new line up in a couple days. There will be price drops and or better performing cards for the same price as they are now.

After 4 hours of Dota2, the max temp this card reached was 43c. That is truly amazing from an air cooler, granted the GPU was only around 600-800mhz most of the time @ 60fps.

lol, I guess in that sense, I would too. But if it was a blind test and you were in each car, both accelerating at same speed.

Imagine this analogy: The CF 7970 is a Ferrari and the 780 is a Civic. The Ferrari's top speed is 180mph and the Civic is 120mph. They need to get from point A to point B and the freeway's speed limit is only 60mph. As of right now, before we get new drivers, the Ferrari driver while at 60mph...