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Check and see if your motherboard has a setting that prompts you which drive to boot into. Otherwise, just make sure you hit that F2/F12/whatever button that lets you select which boot device and you're good. You'd only have to install grub on your Windows drive if you were trying to have Windows and Linux on the same drive.

Anything up to 80°C is fine for 24/7 usage. Up to 85°C is fine for non 24/7 usage. Hell, many macbooks routinely use the 100°C thermal throttling cutoff as a means of temperature control instead of having proper cooling.

That doesn't work. Anything digital (HDMI/Displayport) to analog (VGA) will require an active converter. Dual-link DVI-I can carry analog signals, which is why DVI to VGA exists, but that only works if the DVI is already carrying those analog signals. What you're trying to do here doesn't work.

Anything under 80°C is fine for 24/7 usage, anything under 85°C is fine if it doesn't stay that hot 24/7.

A little bit of knowledge can be a dangerous thing. Speeds other than 2133 require a Z170 chipset because it requires overclocking of the memory bus. A b150 board won't do it. Period. What you posted specifically said as much, that the 2400 MHz memory will be downclocked to 2133 to make it work. This B150 board will run the memory at 2133 MHz. It's the limitation of the chipset. There's no getting around it.

Your board doesn't support memory speeds faster than 2133. Your 3000 MHz memory will only run at 2133.

Get a Logitec F310. It has no vibration, but otherwise can be identified exactly as a wired XBox 360 controller. I have one and 2x regular 360 controllers and swap them out just fine. The build quality isn't nearly as good (left bumper got sticky on mine), but it works just fine.

Never? That probability is zero. Not close to zero, but actually and truly zero. For an arbitrary yet not infinite length of time? Yes, that's possible. It won't be zero, but it'll be damn close.

If you're streaming/recording, then you're going to want a very beefy CPU. Shadowplay is not a good solution and results in lower quality than standard CPU encoding with the same bitrate. As for future proofing, then going NVidia has been a mistake in recent times. Hell, I'm not sure if even Pascal supports Async compute, and so isn't really suited to take advantage of DX12 improvements. Basically, if you're goal is streaming/recording at 1080p, you're better off with an i7-5820k setup on X99 paired with an RX 480 than an i5-6500 paired with a GTX 1080. It'll cost less too, and be a much better setup.

If that's all you're doing, just get the RX 480. The 1080 is overkill and you won't see any benefit from it until you hit 1440p or 4k.

Momentary confusion. I mixed up the two P words. I fixed it.

Honestly, when it comes to actually building systems, as long as benchmarks hold up, the RX 480 will be in everything I suggest unless someone is going for higher than 1080p gaming. The 1070 is much more expensive and the RX 480 is already overkill for 1080p for only $200. The vast majority of people won't be spending $400+ on a GPU, and won't be powering a 1440p or 4K display. Basically, Polaris sets AMD to seize the largest part of the market with ease. Sure it's not competing with Pascal, but conversely Pascal isn't competing with Polaris. Pascal is a much more niche market than Polaris.

Honestly, with most people at 1080p, this card is clearly the winner. Sure the GTX 1070 can do 1440p, but it's over $100 more expensive than the 480, and the 480 still looks to be maxing out games in 1080p. I can't wait for benchmarks.

Gaming chairs make absolutely no sense. They're modeled after car chairs, which need high amounts of lateral support for turns. Office chairs are what you really want.

This is what I'd do: PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($223.99 @ SuperBiiz) Motherboard: ASRock Z97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($74.99 @ Micro Center) Total: $298.98 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-31 01:29 EDT-0400 You already have a cooler, so overclock away. Also, 4x2GB is not a great solution, but I guess we can work with it. When/if you replace it, it would be wise to go for the faster 2133 DR3 stuff available.

Motherboards have no performance features. Just a featureset. In terms of compatability, you need to get the right socket/chipset, and make sure your motherboard has sufficient power delivery for the CPU you plan on using. On Intel, power delivery is a non-issue since all high TDP chips are on a separate socket and all of those boards have beefy power delivery. On AMD, you have to pay attention. After that, it's just featureset. H110 chipset boards only have 2 DIMMs, do not support overclocking, and don't support multi-GPU. There are other things like less SATA3 ports, but they still have enough for an SSD/HDD so it's no problem. H170 has 4 DIMMs, and a few other stuff that doesn't really matter, and Z170 supports overclocking of K series CPUs as well as overclocking of memory (all other chipsets only run at 2133). Basically, once you know the featureset you're going to end up using, any board that has that featureset will be identical in your usage, so you can then choose based upon price, looks, and brand.

Single-player: Kerbal Space Program AntiChamber Cities:Skylines (or Banished) Skyrim Portal (1&2) Half Life series Emulators and old classic games: Chrono Trigger Pretty much any Zelda/Pokemon game Mario games Multiplayer: Rocket League CS:GO Planetside 2 (haven't played in a long time, but it was fun when I did)

This is what I'd do: PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($233.99 @ SuperBiiz) CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($24.89 @ OutletPC) Motherboard: ASRock Z170 Extreme3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($101.98 @ Newegg) Memory: G.Skill NT Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($31.98 @ Newegg) Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($57.10 @ NCIX US) Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.95 @ Amazon) Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 390X 8GB Double Dissipation Video Card ($339.99 @ Newegg) Case: NZXT S340 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case ($64.99 @ Micro Center) Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ Newegg) Monitor: Asus MG279Q 144Hz 27.0" Monitor ($499.99 @ Micro Center) Monitor: Asus VC239H 60Hz 23.0" Monitor ($120.98 @ Newegg) Total: $1605.83 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-23 22:02 EDT-0400 Two monitors isn't for gaming, so I got one great monitor for gaming, and a second regular (but still IPS) monitor for work stuff. The main monitor is a 1440p IPS 144hz with freesync. Since this is a gaming rig, I stuck with the i5-6600k. The R9 390X is okay here, but really waiting for the next generation would be ideal for 1440p high framerate gaming. That being said, the R9 390x can still demolish CS:GO at 1440p. You mentioning CS:GO is why I went with such a great high framerate gaming monitor in the first place.

That makes things way easier/better. Get this: PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($110.99 @ SuperBiiz) Motherboard: MSI H110M Pro-VD Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($47.98 @ Newegg) Memory: Kingston 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($26.99 @ SuperBiiz) Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.49 @ OutletPC) Case: Fractal Design Core 2300 ATX Mid Tower Case ($42.99 @ NCIX US) Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($29.99 @ NCIX US) Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($83.89 @ OutletPC) Total: $390.32 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-23 00:50 EDT-0400

This is about the cheapest I could get if you must include all peripherals and OS, without them being complete shit: PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Pentium G4400 3.3GHz Dual-Core Processor ($58.99 @ SuperBiiz) Motherboard: MSI H110M Pro-VD Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($47.98 @ Newegg) Memory: Kingston 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($26.99 @ SuperBiiz) Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.49 @ OutletPC) Case: Fractal Design Core 2300 ATX Mid Tower Case ($42.99 @ NCIX US) Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($29.99 @ NCIX US) Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($83.89 @ OutletPC) Monitor: AOC E2260SWDN 60Hz 21.5" Monitor ($84.99 @ B&H) Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse ($19.99 @ Newegg) Total: $443.30 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-23 00:47 EDT-0400 Including peripherals and OS in a budget of $400 makes things incredibly difficult.

Depends on the board. Open slots trumps the small gains from memory bandwidth. If it's a board with only 2 slots, a single 8GB stick is superior. If it's a board with 4 slots, then dual 4GB sticks are superior due to the increased bandwidth. Basically, yes dual sticks have better performance, but it's not a huge impact in the tasks you'll be doing. The ability to add on memory in the future is the most important factor in my opinion.

Unless this has split screen multiplayer, my living room PC will be disappointed.

Two R9 295x2 is a bad idea. That's 4 GPUs in crossfire. On release, the 1080 will be the performance king, but I don't think it's going to last as long as your two 7970s since it lacks async compute and so isn't really geared towards DX12. However, there is no alternative unless you want to wait a long time for Vega, and there is no guarantee that Vega will even beat what is likely to be the 1080ti, so you might just be stuck in a perpetual waiting cycle and/or be waiting for the wrong product.

Cheaper ones will eventually be available, but release dates have only been announced for reference cards. Right now, it's very possible that you will not be able to find a GTX 1070 or 1080 for MSRP and will have to pay the $100 premium at launch, plus any extras retailers want to tack on.

Porsche Cayman S It's something I could actually use as a daily driver, and still be absolutely fun as hell. For now, my Miata will have to do.