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http://pcpartpicker.com/p/sRFBxr in my opinion you are selling yourself a bit short with a GTX 970 at this budget point, there are a ton of varieties of computer builds you can go with here for such a good sized budget, but I went with what I believe is a good balance. i5 4690k (normally I...

either of those will be fine imo, but take note that neither of them come with a monitor so if your father-in-law's son doesn't already have one it will cost extra

You can always buy parts for around 850 dollars so or and take it to your local computer store/best buy and have it built for you (for a fee) Because otherwise, if you are looking for a pre-built but don't want to buy from companies that sell computers, you are essentially left with 0 new...

I would recommend H87/97 boards over H81 or B85, but if you must choose between those 2 go for an H81, Intel B motherboards have features that regular consumers will most likely never touch so it's not worth getting one if it costs more. H87 has more robust features than H81 such as special...

the newest core i3's are more powerful than core 2 quad processors, because even though i3's are dual cores and core 2 quads are quad core CPUs, i3's benefit from hyperthreading (which makes computers recognize i3's as 4 thread CPUs, so you can run any application that requires 4 cores or...

well anything in crossfire CAN overheat, it just depends on your luck of the draw with the hardware and how you deal with it with your computer build. There is liquid cooling for GPUs if you want to go for that, other than that you'd have to choose a really good case and powerful case fans (some...

Yes I believe it's possible, it's actually a feature of SteamOS I believe, since it's linux based, so when someone wants to play a game that requires windows resources they can stream it from another computer. As for the process itself, I haven't ever streamed a game from a server so I don't...

everything is compatible, decent choices imo

Playing it right now, it really depends on what you enjoy in a game (or in an RPG really) if you enjoyed both DA origins and DA 2 then you will probably enjoy this one as well, it sticks to roughly the same formula with some added goodies like Skyrim inspired focus on exploration and just...

try messing with brightness and contrast values, on the lighting options there should be even more options like color saturation, etc

yes those are compatible

COD AW is a generation newer than BF3, I don't think your AMD APU processor will hold up very well, you might be able to alleviate the problem (but you won't be able to fix it, sorry) if you give your processor a small overclock, but you have to check if your motherboard supports overclocking...

It could be a either the CPU, your HD, your graphics card, or even your RAM really. The first thing I think of when I hear of stuttering gameplay is the CPU but yours is pretty strong, the next time you play try to monitor your hardware through afterburner, HW monitor, etc. check your highest...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118139 there's also this, a cheaper one with (obviously) lower performance, but still pretty decent, I like Zalman's low profile coolers the best TBH, they have a wide selection at a good range of prices