Recent content by Derek Adamson

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    News $15 DIY Mod Reduces M2 MacBook Air's Overheating Issues

    In the US this would not void your warranty. Stop trying to scare people away from servicing their devices.
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    Upgrade to Haswell-E or wait for new AMD chips?

    I was talking about whether or not I should upgrade to Haswell-E in the form of a 5820K or wait to see what AMD does with their next set of processors. I said nothing about rumored AMD CPU's. The GPU upgrade is pertinent because it directly affects my CPU choice in that I want to eliminate any...
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    Upgrade to Haswell-E or wait for new AMD chips?

    First of I didn't say anything about rumored AMD processors. I was talking about the rumored GPU's from AMD that are suppose to introduce 20nm to GPU's and high density memory. Also I'd love to know on a price to performance scale how the 2600k can even begin to challenge current FX processors...
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    Upgrade to Haswell-E or wait for new AMD chips?

    I currently have an AMD FX-6300 and don't have any real issues with it at all, but I am planning an upgrade in a couple months which I know is a long time off and things could change, but I want to know what you guys think. I'd love to just upgrade my GPU which currently is an AMD 7950 to the R9...
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    Should I upgrade a build a new rig?

    I really don't care for Intel. The gains in going to Intel do not justify the massive price increase in both the cpu and motherboard. And for the maybe $250 bucks it would cost me to upgrade to a higher AMD setup I can't even get something comparable from Intel let alone better. And why do you...
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    Should I upgrade a build a new rig?

    I currently have a pretty decent gaming rig. It has an AMD FX 6100, MSI G43 board, 8GB Vengeance 1600 RAM, SanDisk Extreme 128 GB SSD, 1 500 GB and 1 1TB Western Digital 7200 RPM drives, Antec 750 watt 80+ Bronze PSU, Cooler Master Evo 212 CPU Cooler, Zalman Z11 Plus case, and a Gigabyte...
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    Nvidia vs amd - no fanyboyism

    Were you saying you paid $360 for your 770? Or is that what you want for yyour other 7950? I might be very interested in your other 7950.
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    2x GTX 660 Ti vs 2x GTX 760?

    Should be more then plenty as long as it's not a cheapo generic PSU.
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    GPU/DDR for X-Plane build June 2013

    Seems like a great build what's your budget like though?
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    ASUS M5A88 V EVO : is it possible to use 32 GB RAM

    Like I said, as long as your OS is a 64 bit version, you should have no issues running 32 GB or RAM. The real question here though is why do you feel you need so much RAM?
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    Is This A Good Build?

    Also is Mini-ITX the only form factor you want? Because you can't find equally inexpensive cases in the Mid-Tower size and give yourself some more room for better cooling and larger graphics cards.
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    Is This A Good Build?

    You may be able to save yourself a chunk of money if you go with a cheaper CPU cooler like the Cooler Master 212 Evo (make sure its not to large for your case though as it's a really large cooler. Also you could save money going the AMD route with your processor and motherboard freeing up some...
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    ASUS M5A88 V EVO : is it possible to use 32 GB RAM

    As long as your running 64 bit Windows 7 or 8, then yes 32 should be possible. I have a feeling that the specs for that board were released before 8 GB sticks were really a viable option.
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    2x GTX 660 Ti vs 2x GTX 760?

    Definitely 760's! More power for less money.
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    Harddrive in new build not detected

    Yeah, it's a bummer to get everything thrown together and you boot it to find that your brand new drive is dead. I thought my buddy was going to boot the whole machine out the window he was so mad lol. But give it a shot and if you still have problems PM me and maybe I can help you some more.