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Been out of the loop for a bit (divorce, new house, etc. ugggg) . Everything lining out now, but I need a bit of help. I want to give my son a new video card for his (my pc actually in sig) gaming rig. As noted in the subject, it's an R9 290. I have $500 to spend for his graduation gift, so...is...

CPU is a 4670 typically running at 4.2ghz. 16gb ram. I have an 850w power supply as well.

...at Best Buy in Sugarland, it was on the website for 129.00, I took it to counter and they had a sale on it for 99.00, and I had a rewards card 25.00 credit, so I ended up paying 80 bucks and some change for it out the door. Replaced my old Thermaltake TR2 600w...this one has modular cables...

OK, let me rant a little, and get opinions. In a TDM game, there is always "that player" that is obsessed with the highest kill count, so he can "win" the round. So you get a guy that spams/runs/suicides around, gets 150 frags/120 deaths...call it +30 for the team. ...another guy gets only...

After all the discussion about some backplate issues on the H series coolers...here is where I am at. The cpu is NOT delidded. Case is the Fractal R4 with (1) 140mm top exhaust, (1) 140mm front intake, (1) 120mm bottom intake. The H80i is set as intake from outside case air, then it gets sucked...

So, I need a new FPS. I love games like CoD4, etc. The latest CoD kind of turns me off with so many customizations and streak gimmicks. I want a solid gameplay FPS that is not overburdened with too much crap...or am I just daydreaming about good gameplay.

Well, as my sig states, I am at 4.5ghz @1.26v. Temps are OK, low 80's under Prime95. My setup is quiet and I want to keep it that way. If I delid my 4670k, what expectation could I have of the temp drop under load? It seems my chip is a decent overclocker, and if delidding would let me...

Well, after finally building a new rig, I went home to Intel with the express intention of a nice overclock. Sooooo....after a day spent reading up and learning how to overclock these new (to me) Intel chips, I am headed in a very good direction. My water cooler is not here yet, so I have been...

Well, I have been scarce lately around here, namely due to kidney cancer...recovery...Ironman training....and now...I have taken on and completed my first two triathlons, a 70.3 (half distance Ironman) and then the full deal 140.6 Ironman Texas in April and May 2014 respectively...but I digress...

Seriously, I realize it is a BETA, but are you kidding me? I cannot BIND any controls to my MOUSE other than the defaults? I use the mouse buttons to run, shoot, cycle weapons.... This stinks. I can't even play the beta after DL'ing 3 gigs of pure shit.

Like it says, AM2+ or AM3 socket cpu...I just want a cheap drop in for my 12yr old son's rig, his AMD 5000+ dual core is long in the tooth.

What good does a dual bios do, if the damn AMD driver won't let it boot after a custom bios is loaded, due to driver and bios version matching....there has got to be a way around this, without having to load a fresh copy of windows every time you want to flash a new bios.... I don't want to...

My X4 965BE has found a new OC, 4000mhz (250x16) needing to really work it hard a bit, but so far it is holding up great after 4+ hours of F@H (4 instances). Getting this with an actual 1.424v of input power, HT Link at 2500 and bus at 250. Gaming tests to come this evening. AMD says TCase...

As noted in the pic, both cards are outfitted with the Arctic Cooling Accelero S1 coolers. This cooler: http://www.amazon.com/Arctic-Cooling-Accelero-Passive-GeForce/dp/B0014HSPEQ The 8800GT 256mb and the 8800GTS 512mb were parted out of rigs a couple weeks ago. Perfect working order...

Considering this cooler is over 5 years old, I got a new mounting bracket and popped it onto my 965Be @3.9ghz, and it dropped load temps from 64c to 55c as reported by coretemp. I only have the speed adjustable fan at 2000rpm so it's nice and quiet too. I was using an Arctic Cooling Freezer 7...

I want a faster video card...but I need it to work in my current power supply scheme, which is a 550w Thermaltake, using two 6 pin PCI power connectors.... I play at 1920x1080 on a 37" display, I do not want dual vid cards nor a $500 single card, my budget is ~250 bucks....is there ANYTHING out...

Well...time to part this old beast out...it has served me well for 3 years. Like the title says....stock is dual 2.66ghz, the cpu runs overclocked at 3.2ghz @54c with a small voltage bump to 1.4 (1.35 stock), reliable like brick...it will run 3.4ghz but I never liked running any more voltage...

What an addicting game! And quite challenging in the higher levels. Some of the "Bigger" levels are very hard. Having a ton of fun playing it, and I totally love the orbital levels. Oh yeah, the ambient soundtrack is just plain kickass. I got it on Steam the other day...

I don't have them, but my two kids do. I need something SIMPLE, EASY, to just drag and drop mp3's onto these iPod Touches I just gave them for Christmas. itunes sucks, and that is that, so don't try and change my mind on that one :D So what software will allow me to use these things like a...

I have been holding onto the same cpu/mobo for a couple years now, a dual core running at 3200mhz, and I have 8gm ram (see the sig). I play games at 1920x1080 with either no AA or 2x AA. Cod4, Cod WAW, a couple other minor games that are not graphic intensive (Q1, Q2, Q3). Would it be ANY...

My son wants to take on some 3rd person action on his pc, I was thinking of Metal Gear solid or Battlefield 2.....or something else? Give me some ideas...he likes the CoD series, Crysis, etc., stuff like that, but wants a true third person style to try....ideas?

Are there any out there besides Forza 2 ? I don't care for the arcade racers with gimmicky turbo boost and powerup bullshit.... I love FM2, but it's getting kind of boring with lack of tracks and no new cars....

80 bucks. <<<BUMP>>> lower price $80 shipped UPS to continental USA, remember, this card has the best aftermarket cooling on it, plus the original cooler and box contents. As the title says this is the Gigabyte 512mb 8800GT, I have replaced the stock cooler with the Arctic Cooling heatpipe...

What's the current desktop big screen people are using? I am in the market for another one, the venerable Westy is still holding on, but it has a small nagging issue for me, not a big deal breaker, but it is going to be replaced sometime in then next year or less....I might even go to the hassle...

Preferably a newer faster one of it's kind....actually, I am not too picky, even one of the last Semprons would be ok I suppose....it's just going into a Shuttle for a web browsing/cd recording rig/music playing....I would pay via paypal most likely.... Good heat, and good [H] reps are...

I am looking for one guy to get some traffic going to a CoD4 server. If you play the game and have some players that would like to have access to a good server, and want to have admin access to change maps, game types, etc., we can get something going. Of course I would expect that the admin...

Looking for a good CoD4 server for me and a couple pals to rent. 12-16 players, dedicated, and in Texas, so our pings will be great. I have found some, looking for opinions....

LOVE IT!!! I was tired of having 4 remotes to control my dvd player, 51" hdtv, cable box/dvr, and stereo receiver.... Took about 30 minutes to get all my functions setup, but man, now hit one button and boom! Everything turns on for that particular function, and to boot, the remote is...

Opinions and thoughts on a GOOD air cooler for a quad core, yes, I will be overclocking of course. Hoping to get the stock 2.66ghz to a nice 3200mhz or a bit better.... I don't think my Big Typhoon will handle the additional heat of an overclocked quad? It has served me well for years on a...

I have 4gb (2gbx2) in there right now, and since the same stuff is so cheap still, I was going to max out the board. System specs in my sig. The only games I truly play are a bit of single player Crysis (yeah I know) and CoD4 online..... Is it worth the extra 85 bucks to get 4gb MORE of ram...

OK, I start my game up, it says it has a problem reading my profile, and that it has been RESET:confused:....well that SUCKS, I had just reached level 53, had some nice class setups/guns, and it's GONE???????!!!!! My profile folder is still there....I see the "corrupt" profile and the new one...

Just like it says. PM me with a price or post here.... EDIT: I NEED THE DVD please......and the key :p

Based on the hardware in my sig...this chip really seems to NOT want to do over 3470mhz...even at that speed I have to give it 1.46 vcore...but at just 1.42v I can still get a rock solid 3416. Ram is not the problem, the ram I have does a bit over 1000 at stock timings, and I am under that at...

I just bit on a newegg special, this stuff, DDR2 1000, 4gb for an EASY 79.99 shipped FREE to my door..... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231145&nm_mc=EMC-IGNEMEMO050208&cm_mmc=EMC-IGNEMEMO050208-_-DesktopMemory-_-L0A-_-20231145 This will replace my current 4gb...

After installing my first AC S1 onto my son's 8800GT and seeing 20c drop in load temps, I got one for my 8800GTS (G92) and man, another huge 20c drop in load temps.....these things are awesome. Even overclocked this card now loads at the same temp that the stocker IDLED at....wow. Following...

...I shipped it out last friday, and I got it back yesterday...cool. But man, it's alot noisier now...the fan speed has increased by quite a bit. And you can hear the fan speed change up and down as the cpu is loaded when doing stuff. I guess it's a small price to pay if it helps the thing...

Go figure..I was on the waiting list to get one as soon as they came in stock (AC Accelero S1) and when they did, I grabbed that and the turbo module, for my 8yr old's 8800GT....24.99 for the cooler....this was just a couple days ago. So I was so impressed, just a few mins ago I figured to...

I am in need of a good spam blocker for Outlook 2003 in a company environment...of course we are behind a hardware firewall....and I know how to use Outlook to filter, but we want something that will already have a set of rules/known spam sites in place, that we can "train" from there...

Idle temps dropped 19c alone, from ~57c to 38c, and load temps, well, even bigger improvement!!! Used to load ~77c and now at full load, anything I toss at it, it runs ~52c, thats a huge 25c drop in load temps!!!....this is on a moderately overclocked 8800GT in a quite case that uses a single...

Well, my 1st box lasted less than 3 mos. before the RROD, the 2nd one made it just shy of ten months. Again, RROD, but this time, the dvd drive made a nasty screech and scratched the shit out of my 2 month old MX. vs. ATV Untamed.....grrrrrr....... MS has my shipping box on the way....I...