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1920 x 1080p I have an Acer GD235hz 23.6" monitor and possibly thinking very soon about getting the nVidia 3D vision Kit. I can play every single game I have completely maxed out, however some games will drop below 60FPS and I can notice a slight lag. 100% playable but still i got the...

Hello, I am currently using a GTX 580 and I am very pleased about it, however I've been thinking after checking a few reviews that maybe I should sell this card and get 2 GTX 570's. The 570s in SLI appear to outperform a single 580 considerably, and compete closely with 2 580's in SLI. (very...

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I hate to say it but, if you can't play these games with all your listed components set on their original default speeds than something is faulty.. You have good components they should not have a problem and you should not have to adjust or tweak anything to get stable if not awesome...

I am also running the Sabertooth X58 and i7 950, so far im at 3.8 Ghz with idle temps at the high 30's low 40's... I am using the Corsair H50 liquid cpu cooler, and I really have no idea what I am doing. everything seems stable and the stress tests pass fine. haven't tried 4.0Ghz yet tho.

Since you want to future proof your PC and you are unsure of your power requirements play it safe and get a decent 80+ certified 1000Watt PSU.. Is it over kill? yeah but if you have enough power or not and/or will you have enough power for upgrades will no longer be a concern, your electric...

I had first tried a RAID set up then after a lot of frustration I eventually settled with a 1TB Drive for my OS and applications and a 2nd Drive for storage, it works great. With the RAID setup I found myself constantly fiddling with it, I like to think of it like this. - Its the same as...

Thanks for the reply.. I've decided to drop RAID and go with a single high performance HDD. So far I really can't even tell the difference, although im sure RAIDs benchmarks are faster, at least now I playing games (like I want to) instead of fiddling with my system all day.

From personal experience (and all I do with PCs is game) here are my suggestions: Dont bother with SSDs unless you have an unlimited source of income... The difference for load times in a game is not worth the extra loot. Take Crysis as an example. Instead of waiting 12 seconds for a saved...

Hi, New here, and first time PC builder... I currently have three WD Blue 320gb HDD's in a RAID 5 configuration. I configured the volume thru the BIOS prior to installing the OS. My PC has been up and running for about a week, however I keep having problems with this RAID configuration. The...