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For an OS drive I would stick with SSDs as opposed to a hdd raid config.

No it won't. You will be fine.

mostly satified, I think mine could be a little bit quieter.

It's the lower frequencies also known as 'bass' that cause the majority of the vibrations you can feel, those waveforms also tend to go further and deeper through walls and other objects... A simple solution would be to use vibration dampening matterial, or simply lower the volume, or cut down some of the bass through an EQ.

I believe in the same thing.

I think your friend will be able to run the game, but depending on the resolution and frame rate they want, they may need to turn down some of the graphics settings to achieve that.

At 1080p with that system you should be able to max out pretty much everything and top 60FPS with most titles. Some people believe that card is overkill for 1080p gaming, so no worries there.

I would take a deep look in the settings, you should be able to adjust left/right balance, if not look for a software feature, plug-in or extension that allows you do to that. If you prefer a hardware solution you can always use a left right audio splitter such as this one...

I wonder if they have Rockstar's permission? Will there be any issues regarding intellectual property? Oh and other thing... out of all the awesome video game locations, why pick Michael's house from GTA V? You can build much greater things!

This song about robots invading earth... https://soundcloud.com/feedme/feed-me-death-by-robot

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Hi Jacob, Don't worry, you can play your game, you won't damage your CPU. Your CPU has built in mechanisms to protect itself from overheating and damage. If you are interested you can also monitor system temperatures including CPU temps using free software like Real Temp and HW monitor.

Best advice I can give is to look at what price other people are selling it for. Try shopping for a PS2... search on websites like ebay, etc.

You know you are techie when you fulfil it's definition... techie ˈtɛki/ nouninformal noun: techie; plural noun: techies; noun: techy a person who is expert in or enthusiastic about technology, especially computing.

It should be a similar process. Do a google search for you laptop's brand and model + clear cmos. See if you get any useful instructions or tips. You could also try finding the manual and other documentation on the manufactures website... search through those, you should be able to find clear cmos instructions for your specific notebook.

clear cmos. You will have to open up the laptop and see if you can locate a clear cmos switch or jumper, or just pull the little battery out.

In the very simplest terms... shorting out anything is basically creating a shorter path than intended for the electricity to flow through bypassing things, going where it's not supposed to etc.... this can potentially lead to damaged components and smoke and all sorts of bad things. edit: I'd like to add that 'shorting' isn't always a bad thing, sometimes you do it on purpose, for example when you short curtain pins on the motherboard using a jumper to clear cmos for example, or when you short the power pins to start the system.

Usually two... A sata data cable A sata power cable (comes bundled with your power supply) Any sata cable should do, even a cheap one. You might already have some... since they typically include them in the same box with your motherboard.

Edison as in intel's module, and perhaps also a reference to Thomas Edison with the light bulbs on the dress? I'm guessing...

Hi there, I always recommend you download the latest drivers directly from the manufactures website... Drivers for the USB, AUDIO, LAN, Chipset and other stuff can be found on the motherboard's manufactures website. You don't need CPU drivers, but you can find drivers for the intergrated graphics as well as stuff like quicksync and other Intel technologies from Intel's website if you have an Intel CPU. If you have an AMD APU, then go to AMD's website. The disk drive and other stuff is mostly plug and play and doesn't require you to manually install drivers.

Have you checked the wire?

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I'm still using an ivybridge CPU more specifically the Intel Core i7 3770K.

I'm personally not too concerned about the required specs, I'm more concerned about how well it's optimized... if it's going to have high system requirements then I expect it to look amazing. To be honest I hope it does have high system requirements, and I hope it genuinely makes good use of them.

this is interesting, assuming it's not just a rumour. I wonder why FXAA and MSAA are listed as two separate options that can be turned on and off, you would normally expect to see them as a selectable option under AA. Do they expect some people to run both FXAA and MSAA simultaneously?