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    Discussion PowerColor RX 7900 XTX Reference Design

    I’m wondering because I have a sample size of one. -.- The temps reported may as well be within the limits of the silicon. After that you can’t then say AMD manufacture defective products when the issue was isolated to the reference design. Thank you for suggesting AIB models but your question...
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    Discussion PowerColor RX 7900 XTX Reference Design

    Thank you. Switching to public.
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    Discussion PowerColor RX 7900 XTX Reference Design

    Hello everyone, I picked up a reference PowerColor RX 7900 XTX from Micro Center, I have 13 days left to return it, I've been trying to make sure my card is not affected by the junction temperature problem. As you can see [Image for reference included below] GPU temps never went above 82 C...
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    Tom's Hardware Member System Gallery

    Put this together recently. AMD Ryzen 3600 @ 4.2ghz 1.4v W/ temps of 47-77 cooled by NZXT X52 Kraken 16gb GSkill Aegis DDR4 3000 running@ 3200mhz Asrock B550 phantom gaming 4 Gigabyte GTX 1070 G1 Ocz 750 ssd 120gb Western digital black 750gb Evga 750 watt Lian li 205 tempered glass Pretty happy...
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    Micro ITX build

    Its actually more expensive to go micro, you can find a cheap atx case with good features for around $49 and a good enough Mobo for around $80, now for a decent Micro ATX we looking at leats 99 for MOBO and $80 for case. Post Back using this format...
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    $500-$850 Budget Gaming Build

    CPU:Intel Core i5 3470 Quad Core Processor LGA1155 3.2GHZ Ivy Bridge 6MB Retail $219.98 CAD Motherboard:MSI Z77A-G45 ATX LGA1155 Z77 $114.99 CAD RAM:Kingston KHX1600C9D3B1K2/8GX 8GB Kit 2X4GB 1600MHz $39.99 CAD GPU:ASUS GeForce GTX 660 OC DirectCU $239.99 CAD Here you got some choices...
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    New Mobo, RAM, and CPU?

    If you have steam it creates folders for every game in your document folder which you contains your saved game data, and dont worry about activating games, any game you purchase through steam can be re- download as many time as you like, i have dual boot ML and Win7 and i have the games on both...
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    Desktop for animation (dell precision?)

    I wouldn't completely ruled out the idea of building yourself, it is a very simple process once you have everything in front of you, and there are ton of guides and video on how to do it. Plz post your question 1 more time using this format...
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    New Mobo, RAM, and CPU?

    You will need to install a clean copy of windows and than transfer your files from a back up. If you bough the upgrade to windows 8 you cant perform a clean install using the same licence you will need an OEM copy. Do you use a platform for gaming such as steam or do you have the Installation...
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    New Mobo, RAM, and CPU?

    If you Swap your Mobo for a new one along with RAM and CPU, it will no longer be the same PC therefor it may not boot into Windows.
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    Upgrade to intel 990X now? or wait till Sandy bridge-E?

    man this threat make no sense to me... let me gather some info: 1st - you own the fallowing components 3x MSI gtx 580 lightning XE edition asus xonar xense 7.1 sound card Corsair AX1200 psu Intel 990X asus rampage iii black edition corsair dominator gt 12GB @2000 2nd- you want...
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    First Time New Gaming Build under $2k

    Nice build mjmjpfaff, the only con i see with your build is that the path for upgrading may be cut off, then again this may not be a problem at all for the op, or other people, aside from that i would recommend gaming at more than 1920x1080 anything less your gonna bottleneck those cards, you...
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    Need help building a gaming rig for under $1000

    as you can see i was able to include a 6950 in my recommendation for less than 1000, mind you that 6950 beats the 460, 6870, 560 and 560 ti
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    Question on Gaming PC