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    Radeon R9 290X Review: AMD's Back In Ultra-High-End Gaming

    you keep saying the 290x is $100 cheaper then a 780. i thought that was really impressive until i realized you're wrong. how is it $100 cheaper? what prices are you using? right now on newegg you can get 780's for $500. not to mention they aren't crappy reference cards either. so unless there...
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    Core i7-4770K: Haswell's Performance, Previewed

    so all Broadwell cpu's will be BGA-only even desktop cpu's? i thought that was just a rumor. has intel confirmed that?
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    Oculus Rift: Changing The VR Landscape At CES 2013

    i know its been reported that ms has been working on augmented reality glasses for the next xbox.
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    How good is this gaming build? (Ordering soon and would like help)

    a 3220 is better for gaming the a 6300 because of the single threaded performance. cheaper better memory. samsung hdd are made by seagate now anyway. and a much better video card. PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks CPU: Intel Core i3-3220 3.3GHz Dual-Core...
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    Checking build

    you shouldn't have a problem. the list is just of memory asrock has physically tested themselves. there are so many different models it would be impossible to check them all.
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    New Build For my Girlfriend - Advice?

    i'd save some money and get a better ssd and video card. PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks CPU: Intel Core i3-3220 3.3GHz Dual-Core Processor ($118.94 @ DirectCanada) Motherboard: ASRock H77M Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($69.99 @ Newegg Canada) Memory...
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    Help with first computer

    country budget? fill the info in the link below. http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/288241-31-buyer-guides-troubleshooting-tips
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    Building first gaming pc

    i would take those times with a grain of salt. lg is pretty much the only company that makes ips panels so just about all ips monitors have lg panels. samsung just recently started make some.
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    Dell XPS 420 cheap upgrades

    i tried reading some of it but i got lost. the only thing to really upgrade so you get better performance is cpu or gpu. to upgrade the cpu you probably also need a new motherboard.
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    Blue screen.

    do you have another psu you can try?
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    Building first gaming pc

    viewsonic makes good monitors. there is a good chance all three use the same lg panels.
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    Blue screen.

    reset the cmos. you had to change the cpu voltages to get it to boot into windows?
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    $1000 gaming pc build

    that psu is enough. i personally would get a smaller sealed water cooler and save some money. the price also comes out to $1069.47 when i click it. the samsung 840 is sold out at $90 and i would rather have a non TLC ssd for the same price. i would also look at a non reference 670 but i didn't...
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    Building first gaming pc

    gives you better viewing angles and better colors. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWXcNlh85Ps