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Blue Waters PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor ($389.99 @ Newegg) CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer 120 74.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($57.98 @ Amazon) Motherboard: ASRock X99M Extreme4 Micro ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard...

Playhorse PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($257.98 @ Newegg) Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($82.98 @ Newegg) Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($61.99 @...

Now and Then explanation: Ready for gaming today, good 'bones', including Z170, fast RAM and PSU/Case from a reputable brand, for a possible GPU upgrade down the line. PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($117.99 @ Amazon)...

If we're allowed to submit multiple builds: Parallel MK. 2 PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($184.99 @ Amazon) Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85-HD3-A (rev. 1.0) ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($76.99 @ Amazon) Memory: Kingston...

Sky Island PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($125.99 @ Amazon) Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B150M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($85.00 @ Amazon) Memory: Patriot Viper 4 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($52.99 @ Amazon)...

Parallel PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($184.28 @ Amazon) Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-HD3 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($78.50 @ Amazon) Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($34.99 @...

(Posting this on behalf of someone else) Ok so I'm looking to get a new laptop, and I already told my parents that it would make a good Christmas gift. I want a compact laptop because my current one (15 inches or so) is too heavy to lug around on 20 minute walks. I want a good laptop, probably...

Hello. I have an asrock z77 extreme3 motherboard. I recently installed it and until recently it was doing fine. After I installed and aftermarket CPU cooler and a sandisk 128 gb extreme ii ssd, the bios stopped working. To clarify, the computer still boots up and works fine, but when I press f2...

I recently acquired to Geforce GTX 670 GPUs to run in SLI. I was running one with no problems for a while. I got a new one today and tried to install it. I may have made some error because when I turned on the computer, the fans on both cards went up to 100% for some reason. My monitor would not...

Well, one of them does not max out because it has to slow itself down to match the slower one. The 7850 maxes out while the 7870 only goes up to about 80%, which I think is correct.

I updated the drivers to the current ones and reduced the quality to high. The results are unimpressive:

My mobo is the ASRock extreme3 A77. It has a 3.0 @x16 and a 3.0 @x8, which should be fine from what I've heard.

(custom = extreme + full screen) My setup is as follows: 7870 2gb (@ 3.0 x16) - I think in crossfire it only runs at x8 though, am I right? 7850 2gb (basically 7850 crossfire) (@3.0 x8) i5 3570k (@4.2 GHz) Corsair TX 750 Sandisk 32GB SSD I'm told the proper FPS should be around 54...