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    Installing graphics driver leads to black screen and forces windows restart. Bad card?

    I just did an upgrade on a friends pc for him and gave him my old gtx 770 4gb windforce. I did the driver installation yesterday and the computer ran flawlessly. However this morning we have come to multiple issues. Windows would not boot up without safe mode, after driver fiddling I found that...
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    How important is the EMI protection from an I/O shield on a motherboard?

    I have recently built a computer for a friend, and forgot his I/O plate. I understand it protects from EMI, dust, and other minuscule things. Another friend who is taking a CIS class swears up and down that it is literally the equivalent of life or death and shorting is so unbelievably common...
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    Should I upgrade a gtx 770 into a 780ti for high end gaming?

    Normally I wouldn't bother, but here is the deal, my buddy wants to buy my 770 for 225 dollars, I can get a 780ti for 320-400 dollars if I look in the right places. Now that the deal is out of the way, my GPU is a GTX 770 Windforce x3 OC 4gb edition. Games that are coming out are starting to...