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restarted by clicking it - yes restarted by clicking through start screen - yes restarted by ignoring the window and mashing the power key - yes restarted by clicking the windows restart later and hard starting - yes restarted by right clicking start menu from desktop - yes

After every boot I get a pop-up asking to restart to apply changes. This is a fresh install. Windows update is set to NOT allow updates. I have manually installed windows updates. I have only installed intel video drivers and realtek hdaudio drivers. Any ideas? Build info so far windows...

Why do I want to use a NAS over just putting more drives in my current rig?

I'm looking at these things also and noticed that this http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007HSKSMI/ref=pe_171560_43915310_em_1p_2_ti just went on sale for 179. I've tried finding some info on refresh rates on that one but I haven't had any luck. I'm assuming that it's 60 and not one of the...

LOL I'm not doing anything illegal or against a EULA. I don't use any third party. Just a nerd playing many toons at once. So what does it come down to then? physical cores or speed or a combo?

ok So for instance, running five instances of game, streaming video to the living room tv and/or the kid's room watching a video on second monitor and or browsing would benefit from the HT because the OS has more available options to it? I'm also a shutterbug. I know it can help with that...

I see a lot of threads explaining how hyperthreading and the i7's arent worth it for gaming. My concern is if it is better if you're running say five instances of the same game. Would it then be beneficial to purchase the more expensive LGA2011 CPU's that support more threads?

Some mmos that I play are EQ, EQ2, EVE, Defiance, PS2, Fallen Earth Some offlines that I play are Fallout 3 New Vegas, Skyrim, Metro, Need for Speed, GTA, Dark Souls, Crysis 1 2 3, Mass effect 123, Dragons age, Assassin's Creed. In general games with gripping storylines and extreme graphics...

Is there a list anywhere that shows what cards games prefer? Is there an easy way to tell from reading the game boxes? I've noticed that just because it has a nVidia splash screen that it doesn't always play well with the nVidia.