Steve0Kinev0

So what is the true response time of the monitor on the "Fast" setting?

Come on guys... There was no talk of prices/specs at the end of the video? Also, what was the deal with the benchmarking scenario? No test settings appeared to be validated (as shown with tomb raider). Correct me if I'm wrong, but couldn't either team have easily cheated by lowering the settings to get a tad higher fps in gaming benchmarks? This was easily the most polished and entertaining scrapyard wars to watch, but I was just bummed at the end. There was so much cheating/rule bending and fighting for the win/loss rather than having fun at the end.

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I'd say if you're going to get a new Mobo you'd be better off getting a new CPU. A modern cheap $55 pentium + $45 mobo will blow the overclocked core 2 out of the water. Coupled with a cheap 4GB stick of RAM should put the build at about the same price, Take off the SSD and you have another 4 gigs of RAM with an HD 7950 as i posted above WITH a new PSU... Correct me if I'm wrong in totaling this all up. *Edit: the 8GB of RAM would put the budget over too much I do like the idea of sneaking in an SSD and reusing that old CPU as it should still pair with a 6970 decently, not to mention ditching that dated PSU in the original system.

I realize the submission deadline is already over but this is what I would have done for $305. I actually just found out about this after scrapyard wars so I participated in the vote but wanted to share what I would have done Let me know what you all think. PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($94.99 @ SuperBiiz) Motherboard: MSI 760GM-P23 (FX) Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($44.99 @ SuperBiiz) Memory: Team Elite 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($25.99 @ Newegg) Other: HIS IceQ HD 7950 - $10 off with promo TODAY ($139.00) (as of 2pm march 4th 2015) Total: $304.97 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-04 15:12 EST-0500

This build will work perfectly fine with a GTX 660. If you wanna order parts though, I'd be happy to put a build together for you and get you the best value within your budget.

I don't understand how linus picked his parts. He did explain it, but the parts list I came up with under his SAME guidelines/specs I managed to save around $35 dollars from his build AND managed to get a refurbed 7950 from GPU shack... If I got a cheap $100 GPU I would have saved around $80 off of his build. Can somebody shed some light on this for me? Did he have some other motive to pick parts that are much more expensive? How come he didn't get a locked i5 with a good H97 motherboard? The motherboard he addressed in this video, but he also showed how cheapo z97 boards don't OC much different than super expensive ones! So why spend the extra $50 on a board on a "budget" build. Here my variant of the build following his same guidelines. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/nD3PhM

Nope, I just tried to buff it out with the alcohol soaked paper towel. Performance of this card is solid as a rock, it's more of an OCD aesthetic thing. If there's no way to clean it, or if it's going to cost me a bunch of $$ then it's no bother. I figured there would be some guide to follow somewhere that I haven't found via da google

Attached are 2 images of my Sapphire Tri-X OC R9 290 and the heat sink is discolored to this bronzie color. Any idea how to get rid of it? I've tried isopropyl 90% rubbing alcohol with a paper towel and that didn't do anything.

4/10 Laptop is getting dated, though it still has decent CPU performance and adequate RAM capacity! The SSD and external peripherals are decent and scored some extra bonus points! CPU: Intel Core i5 4670k CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO (With corsair SP120 PWM replacement fan) (used with GELID GC Extreme thermal compound) MoBo: Asrock OC Formula Z87m motherboard Memory: Crucial Ballistix Tactical LP 8GB 2x4GB 1.35v kit Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB SSD Western Digital Black 1TB Video Card: Sapphire Tri-x OC AMD R9 290 Power Supply: Seasonic X-850KM3 (Silverstone black&gold sleeved power extension cables) OS: Windows 8.1 Pro x64 Case: NZXT Vulcan Black (With all 120mm case fans replaced to Corsair AF120 Performance Edition fans) (Front LEDs are also replaced to white LEDs) (Feet are also replaced with a set of Silverstone case feet) (Accessory tray installed in one of the 5.25" bays) (3.5" front panel dual usb 3.0 panel installed (which holds the SSD as well)) (HDD Cage removed and HDD moved to one of the upper 3.5" bays) Display: HP ZR24w Headphones: Audio Tehnica ATH-AD700 Mouse: Zowie EC2 EVO Mouse Pad: Zowie Spawn Speed edition Keyboard: Ducky Shine 2 (with cherry mx ergo-clears and ghetto-greens) Speakers: Pair of Overnight Sensation MTMs (powered by Harman Kardon HK 3390) Other: Arduino with neopixel 60 1m LED strip to program and customize the lighting in my case however I wish