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I really don't see playing it any other way than U2312 or 24 looking at other options. Great reviews, height, pivot, swivel, tilt which is something i pretty much require and basically nothing in the 120-180 offers. IPS. Ultra's last forever - have had my ultrasharp for 6 years now. I don't want a cheap $130 non IPS monitor I have to mount and wonder if pixels are dead when they show up then hassle with shipping back etc etc.

Wolfen_sl said:

Asus N66U. Amazing signal strength. I thought my previous router was good, but this one is on another level. The built in VPN works well, too.

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The router just arrived today, love it. Much stronger signal and setup was just ridiculously easy.

Also bought this UPS:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16842102082

Great UPS so far, simple and effective monitoring software, just plug the UPS into your PC via USB, even a handy little windows widget to give you real-time watt usage. Interesting to see my PC + dual 28" monitor setup idle at about 240watts (each monitor is 70w apiece when turned off/on), then seeing it ramp up to about 430 when stress-testing it with benchmark software that taxes my 660Ti video card. Plenty of room for growth with the 600W UPS.

Good to hear, all of the CyberPower UPSs had stellar reviews online, seems like a solid company.

Ive got a Ultrasharp U2312 and love it. A+++++++ recomendation.

I do wish i would have got the 2412 now that i have a bit more desktop space though.

I can't remember if it's been mentioned before or not, but Monoprice has one of those Catleap-type monitors for $390. The bummer is that it's out of stock until late March. They have a 5 bad pixel policy.

http://www.monoprice.com/products/pr...seq=1&format=2

Dell Ultrasharp 2312hm for 219.99, free shipping @ Newegg

Ends tonight

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16824260055

Short answer, no. Grab the 2500k. For the motherboard I really like the features/performance/price of the Asrock Z77 extreme.

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Short answer, no. Grab the 2500k. For the motherboard I really like the features/performance/price of the Asrock Z77 extreme.

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I know that graphic cards can't truely be compared perse, but can you guys give me a clue as to which GeForce card is comparable to aRadeon 7870 2GB?

That's what I'm currently running on this new custom built system (it's all on anMSI MSI Z77A-GD55). Was planning on getting another 7870 (same exact board) and Xfireing them with a bit of OCing.

All those plans are now falling through since the 13.1 Catalyst drivers all of a sudden cause 3D Studio Max 8 (yes I'm stuck with 8 do to some tools/exporters I can't get anymore). 12.11 Beta 2 drivers work fine, but for some reason the new 13.1-13.2 and all betas of them cause max to crash. Already reported to ATI/AMD but I doubt they'd give a shit since Autodesk only suports the latest versions of Max (2013) and that's probably who they'd point the fault to.

So I'm thinking, fuck AMD, and was planning on switching back (after 6 years) to NVidia.

I was thinking the 670.

Thanks for the help; and if anyone has any clue about my 3DS Max 8 situation (I'm using Service Pack 3 from autodesk), I'd be forever grateful. Tried using RadeonPro to trick it into using the older 12.11 drivers, but that didn't work. So right now stuck at 12.11, and I'm sure eventually games and stuff I play will want me to upgrade it to 13.1 or higher

GTX 660 (non Ti) is comparable to the 7870, if a bit faster in some areas. I have an EVGA 660 that I got for $195. Good, cheap card.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/660?vs=548

In your spot I'd rather make an effort now and grab a 670/680 than go for sli later.

So I'm set on this;http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814127685

What sucks is that since it's past 30 days (ordered most of everything back early January) Newegg won't do a refund.

Wasn't sure where to post this but it's cool as fuck. Bunch of people in the countryside got fed up of waiting to be connected up to broadband, so they made their own fibre network and now get 1GBS symmetrical.

B4RN BBC News

I dunno what it's like in America, but in the UK one company had the rights to pretty much every PSTN telephone exchange for decades, so we got bent over by them when broadband came in.

What PSU?

Need quick help again pros!

Ok so I got:MSI GTX 670 OC 2GBon order.

Currently running anAntec 650 watt power supply
MB is anMSI Z77A-GD55.
16 GB DDR3 Ram (1 8GB Stick, 2x 4GB sticks)
2TB Seagate Baraccuda HDD
2TB WD "Green" HDD
External SSD 256GB which I rarely use currently.
i7 3770 3.4 Ghz Standard.
Zalman 310 Liquid cooler (pump + 1 fan)
3 120mm LED Fans.

I need another power supply for another gaming PC. That other PC won't be OCed or anything, it's all pretty much stock. So I thought I may as well get a Modular PSU for the above PC, and use the Antec on the other stock gaming PC. Thing is I'm wondering if 650watt should be enough for the PC I list above?
I was looking at this:Rosewill HIVE Series 650w modular PSU.

I've been OCing using the stock OC Genie II. It OCs the CPU from 3.4 to 4.10 ghz, I know it also OCs the GPU but I'm not sure what the specs are.

I punched all those numbers into theeXtreme Power Supply Calculatorand it tells me wattage usage is 368w but recomends 418w.

I'm planning on putting in another GTX 670.

Already running out of cash for this (do to having to buy the 670) so I'm running out of room. I could get a higher wattage I suppose, but I'm told that my current setup (including if I get the second 670 to SLI it) is more than enough with a 650 watt power supply. Will the Rosewill 650watt be good enough? What do you guys recommend?

I like the modular because the current Antec left me with a bunch of extra cables, case is a bit small,Cooler Master 431 Plus

Thumbs up for the PCP&C. I have a 750W quad silencer edition that just won't die. I ran 3 x o/ced 6970 (full load 24/7 for bitcoin mining) on it for 6 months without a problem when a 800W Silverstone went poof in a few weeks with the same load.