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    New System for son's 16th Birthday

    He had his older system for a long time and took good care of it ... it was a AMD 5600 dual core with Sapphire 4850 1 GB card. Man that thing ran hot ... anyway this is my reward to him for his patience.
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    New System for son's 16th Birthday

    Thanks For the cooler I was going to use rather the Corsair H100 or the Noctua NH-D14 For Hard Drive the Samsung 830 or 840 SSD 240 GB w/ seperate 1TB mechanical drive And for MB yes the Sabertooth 990FX was my top choice Case : Rather a HAF 922 or 932 w/extra 220mm fans Power Supply...
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    New System for son's 16th Birthday

    Those cards are great for current games but his last system lasted him 5 years so I want to future proof as much as possible I want to be able to have a card that will play well even if Crossfire does not work for say a new game so hopefully the 7950 can hold him over until CF would work And...
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    New System for son's 16th Birthday

    It's just that my preferred budget allows roughly $500 for video .... the CF 7950 allow me to do that but the 7970 CF would put me at the same cost of the 7990 and I only want to allow the extra money for that if the performance is a lot better than the 7950's. So if the CF 7950 is 90% to 95%...
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    New System for son's 16th Birthday

    I'm ready to plan out my next build and wanted to know if he games on a single 1920x1080 27" monitor which setup would be best if I start with the following: AMD 8350 (Hoping to OC to 4.5) - Do not suggest Intel please High end 990FX motherboard (Suggestion appreciated) Crossfire 7950 Boost...
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    Microsoft to charge for Updates

    MS can't handle business like Apple; I'm quite sure Apple has a patent for that somewhere:roll:
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    Microsoft Releases Office 365 Home Premium

    A lot of workplaces offer a very nice Home Use Package, like mine has the 2013 Professional Plus for $10 (retail $399) but only can purchase one time per my work email (nice to have good co-workers ... lol) When Office 2003 and 2010 came out I did the same and I had no issues I wish my...
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    Your favourite game in 2012?

    What about Assassins Creed 3? I'll be getting FC3 this weekend .... it sound like fun
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    Far Cry 3 - Island Survival Guide

    Saw this solution on another site - hope this works Go to your file where the game is saved, example Computer/C; program files (x86)/ Ubisoft/ Farcry3/ bin and find the file FC3Updater, right click it and go to properties>Compatibility tab and towards the bottom you will see a check box for...
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    Kaspersky Internet Security 2013

    Yes, good fine but if you keep a look out at Fry's they have the MIR that normally make it a real steal like this one http://www.frys.com/product/6829916?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG Kaspersky 5 device - 1 year for $.01 (after MIR)
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    Windows 8, full or upgrade required?

    For Windows 7 I had the family pack which is the upgrade disk with 3 installs. I would do a quick format on a new hard drive and install Windows without the internet cable connected. Let it do a full install without activating. Then reinstall Windows over itself (it sees your 1st install as your...
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    Question about Sandy Bridge vs Ivy Bridge, k version, overclocking and cooling

    Well only one thing is missing from this equation (guess which one - Google or common sense :laugh:)
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    [US] Going to Microcenter on Weds...

    But the 2700k is in store only ..... it wont let you add to cart ... and when I called before I left they just checked the computer and said yes we have it without physically putting their hands on one.
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    How do I delete my account?

    I bet the same OP has no problem having an account on Facebook or any other social media ...
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    [US] Going to Microcenter on Weds...

    I love their prices but for some reason stock is never correct at the local Houston store... I went there yesterday to pick up a i7 2700K for $199 (6 showed in stock) but no one at the store could find them. I then asked if I could pay for it in the store and have one of the other stores ship it...
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