Recent content by Cs342

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Hey guys, I'm currently using custom water cooling but am thinking of going back to air cooling for simplicity's sake (going off to college soon so don't want to clean the loop every time I come back for holidays). Since I got into water cooling purely for aesthetics, I am looking for a...

So I've finally decided to get a 7950 and the best deal I can find is the ASUS 7950. However, I'm worried about the triple-slot cooler. Some people say it is too heavy and will damage the motherboard, while others say it is perfectly fine. I use a Cooler Master CM 690 II Advanced and am...

Just a general question - I have a P67 motherboard which only supports PCIE 2. Will the next series of graphics cards from AMD or Nvidia (8000 series/700 series) require PCIE 3 for maximum performance? I know it makes zero difference right now, but if I won't be able to make full use of the new...

Would a 2600K + 7950 be able to last me at least 2 years?

I'm just worried that I'll spend the money on a 7950 and then regret it when the 8000 series comes out

Theoretically the 8870 will outperform the 7950 so should I wait a bit?

Thanks guys! Another thing I'm worried about is having to upgrade my CPU & motherboard. I currently have a water cooled 2600K (took me a year to save up for that) and so I'm concerned that by the time the 8000 series comes up, PCI-e 3.0 will become necessary and I will then have to upgrade my...

I recently started a thread regarding the GTX 660 Ti vs the GTX 670, but have since realized that the 7950 is a much better GPU value-wise that performs better than both of them (and possibly even better than the 680 when OCed). Since there have been many rumors regarding the 8000 series' launch...

As mentioned I have a GTX 460 1GB right now, it plays Crysis 3 on High settings (not Very High) just fine and super smooth, but I have to bump down the AA to 2x SMAA.

I'm either going to get a new card now or wait till I build a new rig, so yeah