Recent content by acktionhank

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    PowerColor Launches R9 290, 290X, PCS+ and LCS

    "PowerColor has a different solution for buyers who can't live with a mere 1050 MHz GPU clock, or for those who don't wish to vent graphics heat into their cases. The LCS R9-290X is clocked to 1060 MHz, which is nearly 1 percent faster than its already overclocked PCS+ model."I've never seen a...
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    Falcon Northwest Turns Tiki to Steam Machine

    The entire idea behind "steam machine" is going to flop unless company's start bringing solid $5-600 dollar machine to market.
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    Parting Out my Baby.

    No I appreciate the feedback, most of those things are 40-50% of new prices. Aside from the Phenom 1100t and RAM only because some are still willing to pay premium pricing for the top Phenom II. I'd be happy to take a bit less for everything, I guess it was listing my initial prices and...
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    WTB: 7950 or 7870 LE GPU

    I have a Powercolor 7870xt. I was thinking $170
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    Parting Out my Baby.

    Hey all, I'm not quite ready to sell as it is my only PC at the moment. I was just going to list my parts and pricing to see if you all thought the pricing was reasonable. I have read the rules and when selling will make a complete post with pictures and all. $100 Sabertooth 990fx Rev.1 $100...
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    Valve Introduces SteamOS

    So they are turning computers into focused gaming machines... I am very interested in this. As soon as enough games support it.
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    HGST Travelstar 7K1000 Review: A 1 TB Notebook Drive At 7200 RPM

    Great review. I can't wait to see a review of one of the newer 5400 RPM Hybrid drives from Seagate as well as the 7200RPM 3.5" Hybrid drives when they arrive. I just installed a 1TB 2.5" "Superspeed" SSHD into my fathers HTPC and it seems to work great. I'm thinking about buying the 2TB 3.5"...
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    Valve Programmer Responds to Steam Greenlight Criticisms

    Am I the only one that really loves Steam?..... Apparently so.
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    Crytek Job Listing Reveals Intent to Bring CryEngine to Linux

    This is great news. Now if we could only get some real support from AMD for their graphics drivers I'd be set.
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    Ask Me Anything - Official Qualcomm Representatives

    I'm curious about this rise of ARM processors in non-traditional laptops such as Google's Chromebooks. Do you believe this push to a laptop form factor is being lead by the various ARM chip manufacturers, or instead Google has simply found a low-cost power efficient chip that suites the needs of...
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    Most silent gpu upgrade

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131500 Paying extra for the 100% silent operation. But you said Silence was priority.
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    XFX ATI Radeon HD 6870 Overheating

    1. Uninstall and Re-install drivers. 2. Take GPU shround off and clean all dust and everything off. If that doesn't work 3. Take the GPU heatsink off and clean and re apply thermal past. I assumed this was no longer under warranty. If It is still absolutely do not reset the GPU heatsink...