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The article on the revised $2,000 build states that Tom's was looking for "a super-stable board with two PCIe x16 slots that were at least three spaces apart. Unfortunately, we couldn’t find any within our budget. Giving up our three-slot spacing desires, Gigabyte’s X58A-UD3R was the default...

The article states they were looking for "a super-stable board with two PCIe x16 slots that were at least three spaces apart. Unfortunately, we couldn’t find any within our budget. Giving up our three-slot spacing desires, Gigabyte’s X58A-UD3R was the default choice." So what's an example of a...

The "Best Graphics Cards For The Money" article said "We already know that AMD has an end-of-year answer to Nvidia's recent activity. Perhaps it'll wait until then to pounce." Where can I find info about the upcoming release? Thanks

"We already know that AMD has an end-of-year answer to Nvidia's recent activity. Perhaps it'll wait until then to pounce." We do? What is it? Where can I find info on AMD's planned release?

Ok tburns, put your money where you mouth is. Call up your 401(k) manager and tell them to sell your shares of any company that is "mean" or whatever, regardless of how profitable it is or beneficial to your retirement fund. Tell them to put pressure on any CEO who is "mean" despite how much...

The anti-Hurd posters clearly have little business knowledge. Hurd is widely credited, and properly so, for returning HP to relevance. He nearly tripled the stock price during his tenure and managed several key acquisitions that substantially improved HP's competitiveness in key sectors. Did...

Monitor is a LG W3000-BN, drivers are up to date, cables appear to be connected properly. Computer and monitor are brand new.

My 30" monitor occassionally flickers horizontal lines in low resolutions, and flickers on and off and is unusable at higher resolutions. This is true both in games and the desktop. Any ideas?

Great, thanks. Any thoughts on the HDD? Is there any reason to go the 6 gb/s route? Is there a real benefit from the asus premium mobo compared to the gigabyte udr3?

Anyone else have any thoughts? Different parts? Different vendor? Thanks!

I completely agree. However, I have limited time and would prefer spending a few hundred extra bucks to have it assembled for me.

I'm strongly considering Cyberpower for the build below. I intend to play on my new 30" monitor in 2560 x 1600 in as many games as possible. I'm looking for advice on how to tweak the build to either improve performance or drop the price slightly by trimming unnecessary parts. For example...

League of Legends is BY FAR the best commercial Dota game.

Maybe I should just go for the gold and get 2 GTX 480s in SLI. Then it's just a question of managing the heat and noise. I'm planning on using Cyberpower to build the computer, and would pick the Coolermaster Storm Sniper case. Methinks, with proper air cooling, the case should be tolerably...

Excellent, thanks for the tips. I'm also considering GTX 480s in SLI, but I don't think the cost increase justifies the performance boost. I've got some money to burn, but not THAT much...