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    Is this a good set up?

    Oh, no when the new ones come out the old ones are expected to drop in price, and to be honest even if you ordered today you wont get it until tuesday at the earliest really.. so its worth waiting. Theres some really good high end fans from noctua...
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    Is this a good set up?

    definitely check out a 7950 or a 7970, or a 670 or 680 instead of two 660s in SLI check out the new FM2 chips from AMD also, and now is a bad time really to choose a CPU, the new intel CPUs are coming out on sunday and AMD are also about to relase the new ones for sale..
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    Help with my first budget PC build

    By the way.. on sunday the new haswell processors come out, with new prices and higher power efficiency.. and also the new FM2 sockets are about to go on sale from AMD .. so you may aswell wait as you are on the very edge of new prices and updates.. all prices are expected to fall even if you...
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    building a Hackingtosh

    www.Amazon.com www.Amazon.co.uk www.Overclockers.co.uk www.newegg.com www.pcpartpicker.com www.maplin.com (expensive really..)
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    Looking for Gaming CPU

    Look round the internet for the specs of a pc that you might want to build, theres plenty of forum threads and reviews of everything. Good web pages are: www.newegg.com/‎ www.amazon.co.uk/ www.overclockers.co.uk/ www.pcpartpicker.com/‎ Check out new reviews on TomsHardware, Overclockers.net...
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    building a Hackingtosh

    If its for gaming and general use an i5 is what your after :) CPU: i5 3570k CPU cooler: closed loop water cooling - H80i Corsair , air cooling - cooler master hyper 212 evo (would reccomend corsair SP or noctua fans here) RAM: 8GB of DDR3 Corsair - low profile if using air cooling - high heat...
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    Upgrading CPU, Motherboard, and RAM

    That ram is fine, i just wanted to check you were opting for 1600 instead of 1333 , since its pretty much the same price for the most significant amount of gain for RAM. Also who is your power supply from? since it may need updating if you plan to spend a considerable amount of money, and have a...
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    How can i lose money on this build without losing too much performance?

    You wont need 16GB of RAM for gaming, 8GB is the maximum you'll need for the considerable future. £50 saving right there. Look for a version of windows 7 or 8 on ebay. You can buy OEM versions of windows 7 for £35. Shop around for the corsair power supply, my 650W CX series only cost me £45...
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    Review my gaming RIG

    That system will run fine, if you arn't planning to build for another month or two though i would say waiting until haswell comes out would be worth it to be honest. Even if you decide not to purchase a haswell processor all other intel chips are expected to have a decrease in price.. since they...
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    Upgrading CPU, Motherboard, and RAM

    If you edit video or render or do anything with large amounts of processing power needed get an i7, if you only plan to do basic multitasking and gaming then get an i5, and if you dont plan to overclock you dont even have to get the unlocked version (this is shown by a k at the end of its...
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    Will these specs be ok?

    Case- nice case. CPU- good for gaming and easy to overclock. Highly reccomended. RAM - whos it made by? what clock speed? Motherboard - good manufacturer and good board. GPU - Ive seen bad responses to the 7850, look at a 7870 HDD - okay, western digital blue maybe? PSU - CX600, fine will run...
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    3770k without overclocking - can i use the stock cooler ?

    Nope, those coolers are designed to work at stock voltages and clocks. It will be perfectly fine. If you do want it to run cooler though (it wont need to) you can purchase an aftermarket cooler, its up to you. Get some Noctua fans, one in the front, (push) on on the top (pull) one on the back...
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    Final Checks on My Gaming PC

    Thats a very nice build, akin to mine at the moment. Any plans on what overclock you plan to reach? and two 7970s in crossfire will be beast. Only improvement i can think of would be an SSD, and although not essential would improve the build. And Bottlenecking, all parts have a bottleneck...
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    My Pc Build. Will it all work out?

    Processor: Intel Core i7 3770k CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V Pro, LGA 1155 Memory: Avexir Core Series DDR3 (BLUE) SSD: Samsung 830 256GB HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB Video Card: Sapphire HD7970 Dual-X 3GB Chassis: NZXT Phantom 410 Power Supply: Corsair TX650M Only...
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    evga sli classified can't detect my plextor m5pro 128gb pls help

    If worst comes to worst just send it back for a new one, by now you could of had a new one in your lap.