3DDude

Looking at the specs, your motherboard does to support any features akin to Asus 'USB Bios Flashback'. So your computer must be able to POST to upgrade the BIOS so that it can POST on your CPU.  It's a Catch-22 situation.  Your board will need a 6th gen CPU temporarily installed to update the BIOS so that it can run a 7th gen CPU.

Contact Gigabyte, they may let you 'trade' the board for one with a newer BIOS flashed on.  It's also possible that a computer store will do it for you.  As an example, I bought a Haswell mobo with a Broadwell CPU at NCIX, while the board SHOULD have been new enough to have the necessary BIOS update from the factory, the staff at NCIX said that if it didn't, I could bring it back and their techs wold flash a newer BIOS on for me. ...Though the BIOS from the factory was sufficient for Broadwell.
 
There are motherboards that can do what you want but you don't have one.  My Asus X79 board could only run Sandy Bridge-E but I bought an Ivy Bridge-E CPU.  Asus 'USB BIOS Flashback' can flash the BIOS without even a CPU or RAM physically installed into the board.  Part of the reason I picked that board, I knew I'd need the feature.

"nVidia didn't launch the 1080Ti at CES! Quick, what's the next big computing event?" "That'd be PAX East, sir." "Ok, Jerry, make an article that says nVidia launches the 1080Ti at PAX East!"

No. Some games hit 11gbs

Intel Core i7 4790 3.6GHz (With cores disabled using the BIOS, so it's as close as possible to an i3, 2 cores and 4 threads being used here, that's what I meant with "Simulated"),
 
 
Note: that the very strong i7 even with cores disabled in bios, is not an i3 ' It's way FASTER than an i3 that's why theres a big performance difference ...

Intel Core i7 4790 3.6GHz (With cores disabled using the BIOS, so it's as close as possible to an i3, 2 cores and 4 threads being used here, that's what I meant with "Simulated"),
 
 
Note: that the very strong i7 even with cores disabled in bios, is not an i3 ' It's way FASTER than an i3 that's why theres a big performance difference ...

Keep it. Clean it and store it. You'll need it for troubleshooting stuff or as a spare for when you need to RMA your current card. It'll be worth it's weight in gold on the day your 380 starts acting up. 

Also keep in mind, that if the US is granted this right to open up any encrypted phone, then why not also the UK or Russia? Or Iran? Or China. I don't trust the US with that info but I want those other countries to have access even less. I don't like Apple but I fully support them in this case 

I only recommend a non MacBook because of the requirements for gaming.  For productivity I prefer MacBook Pros, unless there is a need for Windows specific software.  But then again one could always run Windows via Bootcamp or as a VM inside a MacBook.
 
I have yet to see any Windows laptop in the same price range as a MacBook Pro when it comes to buying a portable workstation for my needs.  The Windows workstations I'd ever consider buying again (mind you I worked with Windows based machines for nearly 20 years before making the switch to OSX) are the HP Elitebooks or Dell Precision laptop workstations with Quadro GPUs that cost more than a MacBook Pro.
 
I find the trackpad on a Mac to be much much better than any available on a non Mac.  OSX runs better than any experience I had with Windows (ranging from 3.1, 95, 98 all the way to Win 10 now).  Software updates, installation, removal does not give me headaches in OSX.

In my opinion the title should be.
7 Gamers, 2 CPU.

Because of the dual sockets linus .... :rolleyes:
 
Awesome build tough, awesome..

In my opinion the title should be.
7 Gamers, 2 CPU.

Because of the dual sockets linus .... :rolleyes:
 
Awesome build tough, awesome..

Heb ik wel een oplossing voor, duurdere monitor kopen
 
Godmiljaar ik heb weer GFX problemen, displaypoort werkt niet naar behoren op mijn 4k scherm )*$#@)^$*#@^)_$*#^)#$@.
Nu dus op HDMI (maar dan dus 30HZ :angry: )
Het is mijn tweede GTX970 Strix alweer gezeik FFUUFUUFUUUU

Fijn weekend iedereen!!!

Yes will probably work fine.
Please not that if you buy e.g. 2400MHz ram, it's always backwards compatible with lower speeds.
If your motherboard settings / CPU settings are set for 1600MHz thats fine, it will just run at 1600MHz speeds.
 
Like someone said, QVL is outdated, most dimms work unless you buy a really rare brand..
Corsair is definitly a proper brand, and should work.

Review your employees.
 
Performance Reviews!
 
Mwahahahaa!
 
How fast can Luke benchmark?  Do a benchmark of different employees running benchmarks?  I'm kidding here.

I'm pretty sure I saw som..
 
I could use a new GTX980  

What did you say, you are doing an iPod Nano Giveaway on Linus forums ? Awesome

INTEL 5820K GIVEAWAY DECEMBER 19-26
 
Our friends over at Intel have been generous enough to provide us with 2 Core i7 5820K 6-Core Processors to give away to the community! Think of it as an awesome holiday present from Intel to the community
 
How do I enter?
Leave a comment below to enter the draw. One comment (entry) per user.
 
This is a worldwide giveaway.
 
Also, please mention in your comment what you would do with the processor if you were to win this giveaway! (This will not affect who wins in any way - winners are chosen at random, this is just a way to add a bit of cool community interaction to the contest) Are you a budding streamer or video editor who will use the extra cores for multi-tasking? Would this chip act as the missing piece for a set of workstation components that you've been eyeing?
 
UPDATE 12/27/2014:
 
The winners of this giveaway are:
 
La Jolla Orca
 
and
 
 
elan2468
 
Both of you should have a message from me in your inbox.
 
Congrats to our winners, and thank you all for entering!

uhh an amd, fx6300.. I would say about 500$? + the Razer mouse from linus is + 100$ ok I give you that
 

You'll make it. Get your steel cojones out and kick that cancer and give a middle finger.

WINNERS: 
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EDIT:
 
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Surface Pro 3 - Fedeger
Computer - MyMouseGoesWROOOM
Laptop - antoainb

Damnit, I wanted an upgrade..

Same,
Run guys, run fast.. you're not gonna wanna buy this 30Hz crap panel..

I declare anyone paying that for an 1440P TN PANEL is MAD, MAD I TELL YOU!
 

Turning it off and getting a real job... Don't be lazy

NCIX: n/a
Amazon: http://georiot.co/30oN
 
The G3 from LG is the first phone I've used with a 2560x1440 display. That's a lotta pixels! Not to mention the rest of the top-of-the-range specs!
 


 
Alright, now onto the good stuff. LG is giving us TWENTY FIVE G3's to give away! All you need to do to qualify is post your favourite thing about the G3 from the review above in this thread and you can be selected at random to win one of these phones!
 
Please note that they are retail units (in the video I said pre-production, but this has since been changed) and they are Korean unlocked global units, so you will need to verify if they will work correctly on your carrier! To my knowledge they will work on AT&T or T-Mobile, but I got no data - only get voice and SMS on my carrier (Bell) so YMMV.
 
Either way you can still enter to win one, and you an always use it as a portable gaming device or whatever... I mean, it's a G3 man! The wifi will work! Best of luck to everyone!
 
One entry per household.
 
The giveaway is worldwide and closes July 6th and the winners will be announced on Twitter, so make sure you're following @LinusTech! 
WINNERS:
 
shinta86  thefurryman  bigboco  xollen  Christian B  Muhammad Mokhtar  CH Fung  MoSLegend  DigitalGeometrix    Alex.arvidsson   Crook   L_AyMent    Swedishgodkiller  Sawce  gdemirdas  Xjmhd  storthode  Ober1kenobi  Frankz  Koriander  davidvu396  444Duarte  Jogostar  Tannerschoch  JasonRoGo    UPDATE:   The winners who have been struck through did not respond in the allotted time period, so seven phones have been redrawn.

The new winners of those seven phones are:   Echodamus    sillikony michaeldeve    HaydenMadeEm TechUpdate    lukepwnsall    fahzan007   Please respond to the message from nicklmg to claim your prize