Recent content by Jake Thorn

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    BattleField 4 Crysis 3 1080p @60fps (and higher) PC $950 and under

    http://pcpartpicker.com/p/nRvt99 There you go, and well under budget
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    b85 vs z77 chipsets

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    Power supply minimum wattage

    Do you know if that is seasonic? Or that level of quality?
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    Power supply minimum wattage

    So a brief intro: I recently bought an ASUS P287Q based off reviews from Tom's hardware and I already have one R9 290x but I am planning to get another one to get better frame rates at higher settings in games. My current Power supply is a Rosewill Capstone 650 watt PSU and it won't be enough...
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    Does Crossfire increase VRam ?

    Still 2gb. They need to mirror the information.
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    High i5 Temps?

    What is the setup like inside your case? Does the graphics card fan point towards the CPU? And what application are you using to measure temperature in your game? A picture or two would help.
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    High i5 Temps?

    I use IntelBurnTest, run at maximum load for 10 tries and that seems to work, takes less time too. I would recommend installing that instead of using Prime95, it's more demanding as well so you can be more confident that you are safe with your CPU temps. The few times I have run prime95 have...
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    High i5 Temps?

    Those temps are fine, if you can stay at 70C on prime95 you don't need to worry.
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    GTX 770 or GTX 780? (only one monitor, probably 720-1080P)

    770 is more than sufficient.
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    2 Gtx 780's without sli

    Removing them from SLI would make them function nearly independently. The Performance would be the same as using just one card. The SLI scaling is to blame, but don't worry too much about it.