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1. The white reminds of a much simpler time of Snow and Bearded men. 2. The way the 1000 reminds me of dressings in a bottle. 3. The way the i reminds me I have two. 4. The fact my 550w continues to strain and wait for that sweet low power bliss of a pentium 5. Candy 6. The magic that will once aga...

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Good idea, unfortunately I have a low end motherboard with a 4+1 power phase so overclocking is limited. I tried to do some mild overclocking but the motherboard seems to ramp down the speed if I go any higher then stock. When running Prime95 with all cores maxed out it will frequently drop the vol...

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Still playing games typically doesn't max my FX-6350 so the 970 should show some improvement over my 660. If I can catch a better motherboard on sale I might give it a try. Try recording some fps values with your current card and then with the 970. I believe you may be pleasantly surprised. I'm als...

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As everyone else is suggesting, get the 970 (It looks like a great card), then overclock that FX processor to help it along. Your processor uses the same Vishera family as mine, and it overclocked pretty well. I saw some pretty decent frame rate returns in game's where the CPU is more important (be...

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I'd put it this way: Will the GTX 970 run games better on your rig than the GTX 660? Yes. Are there situations where your CPU will limit the systrm before the GTX 970 would max out? Also yes. Hey Thank you everyone for the responses. I see no reason why I shouldn't get the 970 then. I still imagine...

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I have read several reviews on the Geforce 970 and I have got to say the performance is spectacular for the price!! I am planning on ordering one in the next couple of weeks as long as they are back in stock. However I have been seriously wondering if I should just save some money and wait for the G...

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I typically don't buy a new CPU until the old one starts feeling "long in the tooth" on day to day tasks. My last major upgrade was going from my Core 2 Duo E8400 to my current AMD FX 6350. The choice was mostly do to my budget when my Socket 775 motherboard went out and I decided it was t...

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http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/displa ... ealed.html

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You might find this article useful. It shows testing on some semi-modern games with a Phenom II x4 970 using a HD 7970.

http://www.ocaholic.ch/modules/smartsec ... itemid=828

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Thank you everyone for the help and suggestions. I just ordered the M-Audio BX5 D2 speakers this morning. I was Really tempted by the Audioengine A5+ but went with the BX5's because of price. http://www.amazon.com/M-Audio-BX5-Studio-Monitors-Standard/dp/B0064RD6PO/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1358185...

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A friend of mine at work has the Audioengine A2's. They sound good to me and have a small footprint. I have pretty much ruled out everything but the Audioengine A2's, A5+, M-Audio BX5, and I am seriously considering the SIESTA BS1 for the price. I have Creative X-FI Xtreme music in my desktop and Cr...

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Everyone has different tastes but I'm very fond of using powered studio monitors for 2.0 PC sound. The Audioengine A2 are very good monitors for their size, although they are a little small for my tastes. They are the speakers I would chose from your list, but only because your list doesn't include...

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My speakers recently quite working. I had a 2.1 setup in the form of Creative I-Trigue L3800. I have had them since early 2006 and have loved them. However I have decided to simply go with a 2.0 setup under $200. I have looked at several options but I haven't had a chance to hear any of them with th...

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Why not try another 11inch monster like the Origin EON11-S? I like the 11inch form factor personally. It is small enough I can carry it anywhere as in my own m11x r3. http://www.originpc.com/Laptops/Gaming/EON11-S/?TAB=FEATURES&ACTIVE=TRUE&SYSTEMID=5 It is only 3.9lbs has an 11.6 inch screen...

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Well I know personally I have a friend who recently upgraded from his M11x r1 to this: http://www.amazon.com/Acer-TimelineU-M5-481TG-6814-14-Inch-Ultrabook/dp/B0085H65VS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1344532897&sr=8-1&keywords=acer+timelineu Acer TimelineU 2.6 GHz Core i5-3317U 4gb ram NVIDIA G...

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Well the one thing I can say is for me I have been waiting to upgrade for Ivy Bridge and Keplar before I upgrade again. I used to upgrade and re-build every year and a half, but I changed jobs and moved around the time I would of upgraded from my Core 2 duo and Geforce 260. My last all in PC was pro...

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Some time ago I moved to a new city and changed careers. I have always been a PC gamer and always will be. I have built several gaming rigs and comps over the years only to find with all of my changes needing something more mobile. I bought a cheap netbook to use for internet and to carry to meeting...

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I had a 3dfx Voodoo 3 3000 16mb. I bought it when it came out. It was an upgrade to my integrated S3 Virge 4mb.

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Well unfortunately I am selling my desktop and purchasing a Laptop that will hopefully play a few games and give me the mobility I need. My new job requires a lot of traveling and it leaves me with little time to play games. But I definitely would like the option to continue to play Starcraft 2, COD...

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Not surprising at all, RV770 and GT2xx architectures are still quite potent. That is quite true as I am still rocking along just nicely with my GTX 260 Core 216. I still use it to power through games to this day. Although I am currently looking for an upgrade, my 260 still runs games like Crysis 2 ...

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Well I finally tried out the demo and love it. It runs about 30-35fps for me on Hardcore mode at 1900x1200. My setup is listed in my signature below.

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Has anyone played Crysis 2 or the Demo? Does it perform well on your PC? I am downloading it now to see how it runs.

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I have been happy with my Creative X-Fi Xtreme Music since I bought it a couple of years ago. It has been a great sound card for me. I have heard many good things about the Xonar DX2.

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Ok sounds good I think I will have to go ahead and get one!! I typically play games like SC2, BC2, and Bioshock 2 at the moment. It sounds like it will play all of those just fine. Thanks

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It is sad but true. The last report I saw said that WW2 vets are passing away at a rate of almost 2000 per day. That was a count for all over the world.

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my acer timelineX 3820TG (core i5 480m, HD6550M) costed me $720 CDN, and can easily handle mass effect 2 and BC2. played the DA2 demo with the DX9 shader path easily as well. the big thing here is the display resolution. at $750, it's actually better to go with the rather common 1366x768 than anyth...

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My first was actually a TNT2 M64 I bought it to put in my pentium 1 to run Starfleet Command and Elite Force.

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Thats one of my favorite things about my netbook is that it's small and portable.

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I am curious of what peoples opinions of netbooks are. I personally own a netbook, an Acer Aspire One 721 with the Athlon II Neo k125 (1.7ghz) and Radeon 4225, 11.6 inch screen. I also have a normal desktop computer. I saw no need to spend more money on a full fledged laptop because I have a good ga...

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