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    NVMe heatsink really necessary?

    I recently aquired my first ever NVMe drive (Samsung 980 pro) and I'm not sure if its required to have a heatsink installed. I will have my OS and games installed on it and not sure how hot these things will get. I read some sites that say you need one and other sites that say you don't so...
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    steam client install location

    Just a quick one, currently I got one 2.5in ssd that has both my OS and games installed. Just got a new samsung nvme ssd that I plan to do a clean install of windows 10 on and move all my games to the 2.5in ssd. Is it better to install my steam client on the same drive as my games, on the...
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    Looking to build a new system

    My current system is an i5 2500k with an nvidia gtx 980 and 8gigs of ram all played on a 1080 monitor. Been running this setup for a long time and decided it was time to upgrade since I'd like to play the new cyberpunk 2077 game maxed out when it comes out this November. I understand the...
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    displayport question, first time user

    May be a stupid question to a lot of you however I just picked up an RTX 2080 ti. Its replacing my old GTX 980. I also replaced my old 24 inch monitor with an Asus PG27UQ 4k. Mainly going to play some of my older games that were released a few years back so 4k at 120hz shouldn't be a problem...
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    Any 32 in. 4k HDR G-sync 120+ hz monitors coming out?

    Been using this 1080p 27in. monitor for the past 15 years or so years and it finally took a dive on me. Currently using my old 23in. for backup. Looking to upgrade to something a little bigger than the 27in I have since the one I use at work is 32in and I love the size. I wish both acer and...
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    Adding more storage but which one?

    https://www.newegg.com/Product/Productcompare.aspx?CompareItemList=14%7C22%2D232%2D560%5E22%2D232%2D560%2C22%2D234%2D354%5E22%2D234%2D354 Currently I have one Western Digital 6TB internal 7200rpm drive for storing music, movies, and photos from my Nikon P900 and need to upgrade very soon. I'm...
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    Looking for a new 4k IPS monitor but have a couple of questions.

    Currently I'm on a 27in. 1080p monitor which I use for work and gaming sometimes not in that order. I just finished building a new beefy computer and would like to upgrade my monitor to 4k as the current 1080p I have is over 10 years old and is starting to have issues. I got myself a new...
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    New video card or build new system?

    Would like your guy's input on upgrading my system. My current system: 1080p resolution @ 120hz monitor Windows 8.1 64-bit 16gig G.SKILL Ripjaws X SeriesSDRAM DDR3 1600 GIGABYTE GA-P67A-UD4-B3 motherboard Intel Core i5-2500K overclocked to 4gigs on air Silverstone 1500watt PSU Radeon...
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    Assassin's creed unity

    So I got the game for Christmas and have not opened it yet. Im currently playing through black flag and having a blast. I've heard Unity when it first came out was full of bugs and was not fun to play. Has the game been patched or is it still full of bugs and glitches? I have an option of...
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    hd 6990 crossfire question

    Current build, I got an i5 2500k oc'ed to 4.0 gigs. Also have 2 hd 6990 cards and will crossfire both of them once I get a motherboard. Currently I only have one monitor at 1920x1200 but will eventually add 2 more and go eyefinity. So my question for the pci express slots, I've noticed that...
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    the Witcher 2 problems?

    My system specs: Amd Phenom II 965 x4 black edition oc'ed to 3.8ghz Radeon hd6990 oc'ed using bios switch and further oc'ed the memory to 1375mhz in msi afterburner. I'm also using the latest 11.10 version 3 preview driver Windows 7 64-bit sp1 8gigs of ram So I just got the witcher...
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    Question on current PS and future graphics card purchase

    Hello everyone, my current system is as follows: AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core overclocked to 3.8 gigs. 8 gigs (4x2gigs) of ddr3 dual channel ram 1 10k raptor hhd 1 blueray internal dvd player 1 soundblaster x-fi xtremegamer sound card 1 x 120mm fan...
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    Euclideon Island Demo 2011

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00gAbgBu8R4 I seriously can't wait till this technology is released to game devs all over. Imaging the detail in graphics without all the system resource hogging going on.
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    New Deus Ex: Human Revolution trailer

    New trailer from Tokyo Game Show 2010. Looks pretty good I'd say. http://tgs.gamespot.com/video/6276250/?tag=gumballs;img;1#toggle_video
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    Need help

    My current system. AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Prolimatech Megahalems Rev B ASUS Crosshair III Formula AM3 AMD 790FX ATX G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Dual Channel 750 watt pc power and cooling power supply 150 gig raptor hard drive...
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    Sapphire hd5870 Vapor-X deactivated on newegg?

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102861 A few days ago they had it listed as out of stock and an estimated instock date of around Jan. 12th. Now they have it listed as deactivated.. :confused: I take it newegg won't be carrying this anymore, if so does anyone know...
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    HD 5870 question

    My current system: Asus P5K Deluxe Q6600 oced to 3.4 gigs, 4 gigs of ram, PC Power and Cooling 750watt Power supply 150gig raptor I game at 1920x1200, and would like to know if I were to get an HD5870, if my system would hinder or bottleneck the graphics card in reaching its max...
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    x-fi titanium and ps3

    Hey guys I just got a PS3 for Christmas and I'm loving it so far. Anyways I have the PS3 connected to my monitor using an hdmi cable. The video is looking very nice and the sound isn't all that great, but not bad either since its using the monitors built-in speakers. Well being a pc gamer all...
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    PS3 and sound through headphones

    Hey guys I just got a PS3 for Christmas and I'm loving it so far. Anyways I have the PS3 connected to my monitor using an hdmi cable. The video is looking very nice and the sound isn't all that great, but not bad either since its using the monitors built-in speakers. Well being a pc gamer all...
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    Question for those who have a Roccat Kone mouse.

    Just got the mouse this week and so far is awesome!! Anyways I've been messing around with the 5 different profiles and so far I've set the first one (Default0) as my basic windows settings. The next four I have set to each of the game executables since I have different mouse settings for each...
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    Modern Warfare 2 PC release starts with DVD Errors !!

    http://www.mapmodnews.com/article.php/Modern-Warfare-2-PC-release-start-errors
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    Aliens vs. Predator dedicated servers!

    EDIT: Game will have dedicated servers now!!! http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/dedicated-servers-for-aliens-vs-predator btw can a mod edit my thread title. Thanks.
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    BFG GTX285 underclocked???

    I just got a BFG GTX285 OCX from newegg. I guess its supposed to be overclocked from the manufacturer: Core Clock.........702MHz Memory Clock....2664MHz Shader Clock......1584MHz But anyways, I installed rivatuner v2.24 and check the system settings where it shows the current cards...
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    Which new video card?

    I've been away from video cards for almost 2 years now and have no idea which card (nvidia) out now is the best bang for the buck. I see they have the gts 250 all the way up to the gtx 295. Currently I have an 8800 gts that I got when it first came out. I'd like to know which card out now for...
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    The Space Game - Space RTS

    http://www.candystand.com/play.do?id=18546 You start out with a solar station which produces power. You then have to build miners around asteroids to mine minerals. With these minerals, you use them to build more miners, power storage stations, lasers and rockets. You can upgrade each...
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    Whats in the case? Fear 2??

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNv0zY9fPhA this guy makes daily news videos but got this thing for fear2...kinda interesting this guy got it too, http://kotaku.com/5099774/what-the-hell-is-inside-this-case
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    Avast Vista 64bit

    I just downloaded Avast got it installed and wanted to schedule a boot scan but it was grayed out. Did a little research and found out that option isn't available for 64-bit operating systems. So does anyone know of any other anti-virus that lets me scan my system before it loads into windows...
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    hd question

    I'm in the market to buy a new 24-inch hd monitor. The other day I went to my local circuit city and checked out some of their 1080p hd tv's. They had some hd movie playing that look really nice and sharp, lifelike . I'd like to know if I go out and get myself a 24-inch 1920x1200 monitor...
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    What should I do?

    I got me an evga 8800 gt on Nov. 19th. Singed up for the step-up program, found out it ends Feb. 19th. I also found out that the new high end 9 series cards (speculation) won't be out till after Feb. 19th. I game at 1680x1050 so I'd like to know if I were to step up, which card would I be...
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    buy 8800gt now or wait for new gts?

    I haven't seen any performance numbers on the new gts thats coming out next month, so I don't know how much better it will be than the gt. But if it is better, will the price/performance be better than the gt?
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    8800gt pci express 2.0 question

    I have an ASUS P5K Deluxe mb and its only got pci express 1.0 slots. Will my mb run the video card in 1.0 or will it not run it at all?
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    Half Life 2 Portal!!!!!

    http://www.primotechnology.com/2007/10/17/half-life-2-portal/ God this is going to be sweet! Only thing though is its basically importing all of the HL2 maps into portal, not importing portal into HL2 so you have to load each map manually thru the console. Maybe later down the road...
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    Can't decide on these two brands

    I'm building a new system this month and I'm planning to go with a q6600 oc'd to 3.6gigs, asus pk5 deluxe. Got my ram narrowed down to either of these two but I'm still undecided on which to get. Is the difference really just the price...
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    ok im stuck on 2 boards which is better?

    First off, im getting a g0 stepping q6600 that I want to oc to 3.6gigs. Im also going to get 4 gigs of ram. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231122 So my question... I have two friends who know their stuff about computers and the first one I told him what kind of cpu...
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    disabling and enable hard drives in bios?

    My new computer will have two hard drives one for work and the other for games/internet surfing. Because the data on my work hard drive is very important I need to have it virus/spam free. I will have both sata hard drvies set up and connected at the same time, but I'd like to know, in the...
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    narrowed it down to two 22-inch lcd's. Which is better?

    I'm going to use it mostly for fast gaming and watching hd movies. Here are the two choices: LG L226WTQBF or Samsung 226BW If anyone has owned both, please let me know which has less ghosting and better image quality with minimal back lighting issues. Thanks. I've read about...
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    NZXT Zero

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146029 I'm looking at buying this case but I'd like to know for those who have purchased this case, how do you like it? How loud is the case with 8 fans running? Also with the 4 fans on the side how well does the case cool your...
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    Better PSU for me?

    Hey I'm wondering, will either of these two power supplies have enough power to run a quad core system, with two hard drives, dvd-rom drive, 4gigs of ram, a high end 8800 vista card and a case which comes with 8 fans? Antec 650 or Corsair 620 Or would I have to go with something with...
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