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The GTX 650 has always been inferior to the HD 7770. Since the R7 250X is a rebranded HD 7770, the R7 250X is still, after this many years, the superior card. The GT 740 is also clocked lower than the GTX 650. EVGA's superclocked model would only bring it up to par and a bit higher than the GTX...

This board's price is ridiculous. ASRock has two Micro-ATX boards, both of which have PCIe 3.0 x4 M.2. This board has neither Sata Express nor M.2 SSD capability (1 slot, but only big enough for a wifi card), and retails for that insane price. This thing might cling tight to the EVGA reputation...

Anyone who is in the slightest knowledgeable about the internal build quality of PSUs will understand that Corsair's RM series are to be avoided unless one desperately wants the passive fan profile and full modularity. The 450W is understandable because most systems will hit considerable load...

^ go with the X4 760K. Not sure if 2133 memory is necessary, this is not an APU. 1866 C9 should be fine. The 760K also is very hot at its 100W TDP, might want to invest in a good air cooler or a cheap AIO like the H60. Anyways you'll be overclocking to take advantage of the 760K and beat the...

I feel like RM550 and TS550 are going to be similar in quality. I ordered the Core Edition but it looks like they've been wholly replaced by TS, which I'm guessing is still based on S12II. No, the Antec high current gamer is based on the the same S12II platform and isn't really worth it unless...

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Hello all, So my new-ish build looms on the horizon, but I have one last question about Windows 8.1. I will be installing from a bootable USB (obviously not in Windows 7 HP that I have right now because I will be upgrading my motherboard among other parts), but I'm not sure what will be of my...

Looks good. The PSU is a bit much for a 780 methinks; I think you could easily run it off a 650W Seasonic X or Corsair AX760. @Fewshin he made a good choice on the Case + PSU. The R4 is great; all new AX psus are great. Aside from the Hadron, there are no psu-bundled cases that come with decent...

Yes, if it isn't already in AHCI mode, then yes change it. Don't worry about the memory, just make sure your BIOS displays it as running at the frequency and latency it's supposed to be running. For example, if you have an XMS3 kit of 1600, some people have reported that it will default to 1333...

Oh. Durr...excuse my stupidity. Of course you wouldn't be OC-ing with a 4670. In that case, are you sure you need a 212 EVO? The stock cooler should do just fine. For most mobos you should be fine with letting the settings run as "Auto", just let the board handle things. As I said, you may have...

Yeah, I picked the G series for the new platform, chemi-con caps, semi-modularity and 80+ gold. I'm finding that it's the only one of its kind in terms of performance to price, but I could be wrong. Eh...F@H runs CPU at 100% all the time, and although I technically have the intel stock cooler...

I don't think so. Unless your memory has issues with timings, or you wanna OC right off the bat, etc. Just go on the web and get all the drivers you need. I have a GT 640 so I would go and get a recent driver off geforce.com, get Intel RST (rapid storage technology) for my Intel SSD and maybe...