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  1. fluffy_ninja
    So my friend pretty much offered to get me anything for under $40 for my computer and I have no clue what to spend it on. I'm thinking a decent headset maybe, but I'm definitely not limited to that. Anyway, anyone know of good headsets or other peripherals that I can get for around $40? Thanks
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    https://www.nzxt.com/product/detail/141-fn-v2-performance-case-fan.html ^^These are awesome
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    Honestly, I've never had any problems with CX power supplies. Maybe I'm just lucky, but they've always worked great for me.
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    It won't effect the lifespan, but if you OC the card and it's not getting enough voltage you're gonna get errors and programs will crash. You can always just try overclocking it and stress test the graphics card and if anything happens give it more voltage. 20MHz isn't gonna do anything though, if you want performance increase start at 100MHz at least.
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    Honestly, I've never noticed much of a difference between AMD's and nvidia's same-tier GPUs. I actually borrowed a friend's 390 about a week ago and tried it in my rig and the graphics benchmarks were pretty much identical; depending on the test sometimes one card did marginally better then the other but that's about it.
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    Interesting. Well I'll mess around a bit more and see what I can do. Thanks
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    Right, so that makes sense with adaptive, but if I just have 1.225v with a negative offset why is the voltage higher under load? So what's the real difference between adaptive and offset? (Probably a stupid question, but I'm kinda new to overclocking)
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    I'd get rid of one of the hard drives (probably one of the 2tb hdds) and get a 970 instead of a 960. My video editing rig has a 970 and you'll want more than the 2gb of vram that the 960 has.
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    So I set the voltage to 1.225v with a -0.005v offset, and now the voltage drops at idle but under load it seems to max out at 1.266. Shouldn't a negative offset lower the voltage under load?
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    I think you might be right, I'll double check the settings but I think the voltage automatically resets to auto when I switch to offset mode. Thanks
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    What's the benefit to offset and manual voltages when overclocking? Right now, my system has an i7-4790k with a stable overclock of 4.6GHz at 1.225v (static voltage, 1.225v even at idle). Temps are fine, 65 degrees max under full load and around 38 at idle. Here's the thing - if I have the voltage set to offset, my temps drop about 7-8 degrees and voltage drops to about 1.08v at idle, but when stress testing they hit 75-80 degrees and 1.35v. I know that 75 degrees is a safe temperature, I'm more uncomfortable with the 1.35v. Sometimes the voltage will jump that high even under 50% load. Also, I could get a higher overclock with if the voltage is set to manual 1.225 or if I raise it to 1.23. Also, this isn't just my gaming rig, I use it for video editing and 3d rendering, so the computer is usually running at 100% for at least 45 minutes every day (I don't know how significant that is, but I figured it's worth mentioning). So should I stick with manual voltage or is it better to use offset?
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    Heart of Gold, because Hitchhikers is awesome. (My OS drive is the infinite improbability drive and my data drive is the hyperspace drive)
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    What's the disadvantage to raid? Or the advantage to keeping it as two separate drives?
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    I currently have a 120Gb ssd that I'm using for my OS, but it's starting to run low on space. I want to get another 120Gb ssd and be able to combine it to my existing drive without having to format anything. I know that I would probably be able to do it with a RAID array, but I don't know too much about them. So here's my question: If I use RAID, what type of array should I use? Also, is there a better way to do this without a RAID array? Thanks.
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    nah, just a hiccup. Usually nothing to worry about.
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    If you have the money, get an i7-4790k. Better cost-to-performance than the i5-4690k, but only if budget isn't the biggest concern right now. Also you can save some money by getting the z97-e mobo instead of the z97-a.
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    You shouldn't sli 2 950s. For that price, you can get a GTX 970 and you'll get much, much, MUCH better performance. Also, people tend to run into issues with sli configurations. I would definitely just get a 970.
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    Definitely upgrade the PSU. If the system is going to require 303W, get a 500W power supply or more. Chances are, the 300W you have now can't deliver a full 300 watts anyway.
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    You could find the i2367fh for about another $15, and its another inch and a half of screen space (The i2267fw isn't really 22", its a little less than 21.5"). If you don't really care, than the one you have now is still a good monitor, but an inch and a half can be more than it seems
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    For cable management and noise levels, the h440. For airflow and (imo) design, Phantom. And honestly the Phantom has pretty good cable management, its just that the h440 has outstanding cable management.
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    My 970 can handle three 1080p 60hz monitors no problem. If you get a 980 or 980ti and have it overclocked and watercooled, you definitely shouldn't have a problem running a bunch of 1080s at 144hz.
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    Download a program like Keytweak to reassign the keys, and then just switch around the keycaps
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    I have the Zalman Z11 Neo, its great for cable management and pretty cheap (around $75). Gets great airflow too.
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    Solid build. The only thing I would say is that if you ever plan on getting another graphics card, you're going to need a bigger power supply, but if you're just gonna stick with one the 550W should be fine.
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    OOHHH yeah. For sure. Honestly, I don't know how you've been able to play any games with only 2gb of ram.
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