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    New question about planned AMD to Intel upgrade

    light cpu loads, you wont need to upgrade again anytime soon so no meed to worry if a socket wont be used in the future. in this day and age, its prob rare to just upgrade cpu only due to slow progression. ie five to ten percent improvement gen to gen.
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    $600 Computer Build.

    PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1s8zB Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1s8zB/by_merchant/ Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1s8zB/benchmarks/ CPU: Intel Core i5-3330 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ Newegg) Motherboard: ASRock H61M-DGS Micro...
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    T-Mobile acquires Metro PCS. What now?

    if you've got an gsm phone. maybe check out straight talk. i think ting requires u to buy a phone from them if you have a cdma phone esp vzw, try page plus.
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    Intel Question

    i'd keep it as is.
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    GTX 460 Power Source

    yes. each 6pin connector uses up to 75W. being powered from a 12V rail, 75W requires 6.5A. so 2 requires 13A. W = V * A
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    Current gen games on Wolfdale?

    you might have some trouble with crysis 3 since even modern systems will reportedly choke, but the other should be fine.
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    Best place to find ATI 5800 and 6800 series video cards

    yeah those cards might be hard to find since they're also popular for bt mining, used sales, classifieds are your best bet. but why not buy a new current gen card?
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    i7 860 lost 2 out of 4 cores??

    u know what. you should go back to msconfig, boot, advanced and UNCHECK the number of processors.
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    i7 860 lost 2 out of 4 cores??

    you are using an engineering sample?
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    Is there any reason to go super high end motherboard, WITHOUT going 3/4 way SLI?

    i don't over clock and i don't need all the fancy stuff like raid, a bajillion usb/sata ports, more than one pcie x16, so i just buy the cheapest mobos usually around 50-70 dollars, usually matx. i've been doing this for years and never had any mobos fail even after 3+ years... so i don't...
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    Computer Crashing... need advice

    what does the bsod error code say? in computer panel, system, advanced, start up and recovery settings, uncheck the auto restart. or find out where the log is saved.
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    Question on XEON processor

    looks like it should be fine. no reason to go for i7, if no overclocking or gpu needed
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    XFX AMD Radeon™ HD 7950 Graphics Card Lucky Draw

    memememememmemem
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    GPU power: why 2x 6-pins instead of 1x 8-pins

    you're right, according to wikipedia ATX12V v2.1 This is a minor revision from March 2005. The power was slightly increased on all rails. Efficiency requirements changed. Added 6-pin connector for PCIe graphics cards that aids the PCIe slot in the motherboard, delivering 75 watts. ATX12V...
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    Ivy Bridge i3 Processor Specs

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivy_Bridge_(microarchitecture)#List_of_Ivy_Bridge_processors the ones in bold have hd 4000
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    4TB Deskstar 7200 RPM Drive vs 3TB Deskstar 7200 RPM Drive

    assuming both are from the 7k4000 family, the only difference is the # of platters. 5 for the 4TB and 4 for the 3TB most likely.
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    Can Ivy actually do 4k?

    4k resolution or 4ghz o/c?
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    Mips, Mops and Flops

    3.4GHZ/8MHZ. that's how much faster =P. pentium d is the first chip with two cores.
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    Confused..

    yeah, it'll work. sandybridge = 2nd gen.
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    Best CPU and MotherBoad Combo for $300

    if no overclocking i5-3570k for ~200 then any motherboard around ~100 ie http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138357 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128540 fyi, doesn't sound like you need a gtx680 for what you're doing.
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    How much bandwidth does a 7970 use?

    what traffic goes from pci-e bus to gfx card and vice versa? one of course is the render target (eg what you see) so screen resolution * bits per pixel * frames per second? eg. 1920x1080 * 32bpp * 100 fps = .77 GB/s i dunno. just a guess. you shouldn't really worry too much about...
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    Will PCI-E x1 fit in PCI-E x16?

    this was all just a hypothetical discussion anyways.
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    Will PCI-E x1 fit in PCI-E x16?

    who said anything about putting the gfx into a non x16 slot? or who said anything about even using a x16 gfx card? anyways, you put a x1 card into a non x1 slot b/c your mobo has no x1 slots. of course it's not using the full bw potential of the slot but it doesn't matter. and gfx using...
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    Will PCI-E x1 fit in PCI-E x16?

    because, what if you're using integated gfx. and only have one pci-e slot?
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    Will PCI-E x1 fit in PCI-E x16?

    or the image is just rotated. anyways, look on a real motherboard and you'll see.
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    Will PCI-E x1 fit in PCI-E x16?

    yes, but your picture for the x4 x8 x16 slots are wrong. the notch is on the wrong side.
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    have a bunch of questions about my current pc

    what weird errors? probally a slow hdd causing your slow load times. probally a ssd would be good for you. 1. the ps is more than enough for your hardware. there's nothing to indicate the ps as an issue here... 2. what do you mean it died off? just stopped working completely? 3. you need...
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    Hardware upgrade

    what are you looking to get out of an upgrade? i'm assuming you don't have stability issues and your current psu can handle everything okay. ssd is always a good upgrade from tradational hdd there's not much really else that will give significant performance benefits, unless you want to...
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    IB mobo & RAM suggestions?

    cpu - get the i7-3770K if you don't mind spending an extra $100. otherwise get the i-5-3570K. it's like a i7-2600k vs i5-2500k in terms of performance difference. mobo - you need sli i'm guessing, any other requirements? z75/77 if you want to overclock. if not, then you can probally be...
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    Server Recognizing empty drive as full

    used for pagefile?
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    Your CPU progression

    1. PowerPC 603e @ 160 MHz 2. Pentium II 266mhz 3. Celeron 400 mhz 4. Duron 600 5. Athlon XP 2100+ 6. Athlon XP 2200+ mobile version 7. Intel QX9650 8. i7-2600k
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    LGA775 with SATA3?

    sorry, sata 3.0 6gb does not exist for lga 775. but sata 3.0 v 6.0 shouldn't make much of a diff in real world usage scenarios.
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    Server Recognizing empty drive as full

    check the partitioning on the drive.
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    looking for silent PSU 650-760W range

    what's your average load? most of the 80PLUS gold/silver/bronze etc, are pretty quiet. but if you're hitting 70% or more load, you'll start to hear fan noise. so if you have a high load and still want to keep quiet, then aim for a PSU with a higher wattage rating.
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    ivy dual core with hd4000 graphics?

    i assume you mean desktop cpu. it looks like the core i3 3225 will have HD 4000, but won't be out till june.
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    Crossfire/SLI on a mATX board?

    same thing happens in 3/4 way sli/xfire right?
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    Need a very small ~400W Powersupply for an mITX-Build

    this ? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817338081
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    Strange problem after cloning image to a new drive

    go into device manager and see what type of drive it's showing?
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    Getting BSOD, is it my GPU?

    if gpu is overheating you should see artifacts long before bsod. maybe cpu is overheating. get hwmon and see what temps are at load.
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