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I'm not sure when it happened, as I don't frequent the main page all too often but...what has happened to TR? Am I the only one that thinks the new frontpage is a huge step backwards? All of the shortbread news is buried in a separate link (or it was...you can only see them in the old page, and they...

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if at all possible, try it out first before buying. they do sell chairs at staples / office max / office depot if you're in the states, but i found them to be lackluster for the most part.

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this is why i won't ever buy samsung monitors again...although i guess it doesn't matter. crappy components in everything, probably. i had to replace the cheapo caps in my samsung monitor as well. that was several years ago, and it's doing just fine today. hopefully you got quality caps that will ac...

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mostly star citizen and starcraft 2 these days, with a bit of ftl thrown in every now and then. i usedto play minecraft, but i forgot the damn username / password (again!).

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something that's supposed to be coffee...

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in short, yes, it will be fine. this is a very easy question to answer for yourself, though. simply find a video card review that tests power consumption at load (most reviews do that these days). more often than not, these reviews will use a high-end cpu to minimize cpu bottlenecks, so you don't ne...

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i'd like to, but they're not making it easy. occasionally you see the 8gb model at the $240 price point, but it's not typical. it's hard to justify $260-$270 480 8gb cards vs $250 nvidia 1060 6gb cards.

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i have an older kingston v100+ drive (different controller). it works fine (and has for a couple of years i've had it), and was a huge step up from a mechanical hard drive.

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Dizzytaz00 wrote:
I have Phenom II 955 X4 (C2 Version) that was my gaming system back in the day.

hell, it's my gaming system right now! although i do have an fx8320e that's been sitting. just been too lazy to install it (watercooled...kind of a pain).

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jesus, look at you all. they get acquired and suddenly the product is crap? give it some time, then decide.

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well, my desktop is watercooled so i don't have to worry about this. i think throttling is fine though, but in certain situations. for instance, if your cpu / gpu reaches a "max" temp threshold, throttling down to prevent damage would be better than not throttling and causing hard locks / ...

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lol damn, this thread needs to rest in peace.

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PSU shopping is simple. Look for a review of your card here on TR and go to the power results ( here's one ). See what the full load is, then double that and that's the wattage you should get for your PSU. So for your system, you could go with a 400-450w PSU no problem. However, you should me mindfu...

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ha, i did that myself. i went from a 4890 to a 7870. cyber monday deals, man...best time to buy stuff. nice performance boost, and i paid less for the 7870 than i did for the 4890. it's amazing what you can get today for relatively little cash compared to what you could get just two years ago.

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some people overclock for the sake of overclocking; you do it because you can. it's a hobby of sorts. anyway, i looked at the results for farcry 3 and crysis 3 (since that engine is most relevant to me). they didn't really do the testing justice. they showed the data for the lowest quality (oc made ...

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same; new search sucks. old search worked FINE, bring it back please.

also, i sent them an e-mail. i hope they fire the person that made this change.

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true enough. i wish google would stop screwing around with youtube. i already have a damn youtube account; i'm tired of being hassled whenever i want to post a comment whether or not i want to use one login name or whatever. **** OFF GOOGLE! STOP SCREWING WITH ****! LOL!!

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what looks great? do they have a product to show? instead of spamming, maybe wait until there's an actual product that you have personal experience with and / or a website reviewed it.

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if you look at tr's 7850 review, you'll see it top out at 182 watts (for the xfx version) under load (they used a core i5-750, 4 gig ram). a power supply is typically most efficient at 50% load, so your 450 watter should be fine. i can't help you with your other concerns.

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i've heard good things about dx racer chairs. the next time i'm in columbus i'll have to swing by and try them out for myself. my chair is older than yours, so it's past due for replacement.

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meh, i gave up on at&t years ago, and haven't regretted it. while their old dsl service was fine (ameritech dsl), their newer uVerse service sucked big time with frequent drops (i guess they're moving all their dsl stuff over to uVerse now). had no fewer than three different techs come out, chec...

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wow, so many recommendations for arctic silver...there are better pastes now for the money. penguin, how can you recommend the stuff when the very website you cited (which is very good), basically tested the stuff to be rather low performance in comparison to other (and sometimes much cheaper) paste...

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Spyder22446688 wrote:
I just purchased a 256GB Samsung 840 Pro on NewEgg for $240 w/ coupon code. It is one of the fastest, if not *the* fastest, SSD around.

except that's it's not, and has shown worse performance than the 830 series, but go on...

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Alright people, we are at the final 24 hours of this campaign! We currently stand at 4.75 MILLION dollars pledged, with 5+ million in our sights. If anyone wants to pledge, but hasn't done so yet, you can use a friend's referral link ( here's mine ) to get an extra 250 credits and a chance to win so...

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Alright, we're coming down to the final few days! Here's a goofy video from Chris Roberts to get you amped up (rofl). Here's the latest rundown: ⋅ we're at 3.68 million dollars raised, with 1.26 million coming from kickstarter ⋅ star systems revealed: Odin , Tyrol , Kellog , Goss...

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try 10-10-10-30 @ 1.6v (i'll assume you know what all those settings are?). if it still has problems with those relaxed timings and high voltage, get new ram. newegg has ram on sale all the time (i can post links to their promotions if you want). you can get 8gigs for $35. if it's fine, you can star...

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well, it's due date is in 2-3 years...a lot can change by then. maybe you'll find you'll have some time for it after all? i guess you'll know in two years right?

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alright: ⋅ we broke 2.5 million last night at 8pm et, so the game will launch with an additional ship: the anvil aerospace gladiator (it's a bomber). ten lucky backers will get one for free. ⋅ we've broken the 750,000 stretch goal on kickstarter long ago, so now everyone who has ...

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time for another update i think. ⋅ we've passed the 2.3 million dollar mark! ⋅ expanded stretch goals listed on the rsi website and a separate one for kickstarter ⋅ stretch goals apply for everyone, regardless of where you pledged ⋅ more info about the stretch...

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alright, lots of updates tonight! ⋅ we've passed $1.95 million and should reach the $2 million goal in nine hours or so ⋅ you can now upgrade your pledge at the rsi website (click on "you account" at the top) ⋅ there are more pledge tiers added, and more benef...

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