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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!

Considering you have the option, I would say go for the RGB option. In the long run $70 won't feel like a big deal when you know you got the best product in it's class.

Glorious

UPlay? Nope. Nope. Nope.

This weekend Uplay is running a 75% off sale on select Square Enix titles. Uncommon for Uplay to run a sale with decent prices like this.
 
Murdered: Soul Suspect — $24.99 (list $50) Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut — $9.99 (list $20) Hitman: Absolution - Elite Edition — $9.99 (list $20) Thief: Master Thief Edition — $8.25 (list $33) Tomb Raider Game of the Year Edition — $7.50 (list $30) Thief — $7.50 (list $30) Just Cause 2 — $7.49 (list $13) Tomb Raider Survival Edition — $6.25 (list $25) Tomb Raider — $5 (list $20) Deus Ex: The Fall — $4.99 (list $10) Thief Trilogy — $4.75 (list $19) Hitman: Contracts — $3.49 (list $7) Tomb Raider Underworld — $2.75 (list $10)  
Sale ends October 19th.
 
Update: We're 99% sure all of these are Steam keys except for two titles: Tomb Raider Underworld + Thief Trilogy which we're not positive on --- if someone knows, let us know please
 

mnmmmnh yes so good looks amazing as always snef

Your are about 2 years too late for bitcoin mining on a GPU.

Is it a problem to buy less games?
 
Would you rather have a 50 bad games or 5 good ones? 
Personally, I'd rather have 5 good ones.. 30 FPS is completely unacceptable on PC, especially since we have the hardware to run as fast as we want.

well capcom has done it again, with this it seems this port is going to be shit, on a stream early today the devs said that the animation are rendered in 30 fps and that it warns user to not disable the lock because the game can glitch, if you wanna know their statement (and what a bunch of people think about it) go here: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=835913
IMPO:

By the sounds of what u are asking i think you will be better off going with a traditional surround sound setup because headphones and surround sound they are different experiences.

Finger Lickin' Sauce: http://www.theverge.com/2014/4/30/5667552/movies-of-the-future-will-be-paid-for-by-the-inch
 
 
 
My Take
 
Personally, I like the price drop, but with out evil™ DRM™™ regulating the play back device to check its screen size, how is the purchasing going to work properly the way he proposes? 
 
As if they didn't put evil™ DRM™™ on it, you could abuse it, e.g.
 
"Oh, this film is £7.99 on x store, let me just go on my phone, pay £1.99 for it, then copy it to my PC. Saved myself £6."
  OR   Troll Science version:   - Go to buy film, leave mouse over buy button - Remove monitor from PC giving effective screen size of 0" - Film then becomes free as the screen is 0", purchase it - Plug monitor back in - ??? - Profit - Problem Film Companies? -trollface.png-  
 
 
Here's my example to help elaborate:
 
Current film purchasing system:
 - Buy 1080p film on your Phone
 - Sync your Phone with your PC
 - 1080p film can now me played on your PC and your Phone in HD
 - Paying for an increase in picture quality is understandable and acceptable, as you are getting a tangible benefit to parting more money. I.e. SD to HD.
 
Proposed film purchasing System:
 - Buy 1080p film on your Phone for £1.99
 - DRM blocks you from watching on anything but a (say your phone has a 5" display) a 5" phone/device
 - You then have to purchase the exact same 1080p film but on your PC, you now you've bought the same thing twice, but also...
 - Oh, you bought a new monitor? What's that, its a 23" and your old one was 22"? Too bad, buy it again / upgrade to 23" version for the exact same 1080p film
 - Hopefully you get my point, yada, yada...
 
 
I suppose its following the same train of thought/mentality that many, many people seem to have, that: screen size = better quality. The amount of people I've had to tell that their TV is not better than say, my pc monitor because its bigger, E.g. their 720p 32" plasma is not better than my 24" 1200p IPS monitor because its 'bigger'. 
 
Or
 
When people are buying graphics cards and deciding whether to buy it or not on its capability to drive a 32", 45", x" display when, in fact, most of us are trying to explain to them why its not the screen size that indeed matters but the resolution. Then subsequently trying to explain what resolution is, then after that doesn't work getting the model number for the TV to check ourselves, then when given the answer "oh I don't know, Panasonic 32" in black" ... you catch my drift. (and yes, I was narrating that question with you guys in mind, as I'm sure we've all been there. Ha, fun.)
 
 
 
In its proposed state, in my opinion, its not going to work. Personally, the way that it is currently measured (on resolution, SD, HD, Full HD, Beyond HD, 4K, etc...) is a sensible structure, but does need a price drop. And cinemas, get out of 'ere charging £15/ticket, that certainly needs to change. nutters.
 
 
I'd love to hear @LinusTech 's opinion on this on the WAN show. =)

Dear God, when will it end..... 

That is totally fine for a single 270x. I was able to run 4 of them under load with a 750W PSU so you should be more than clear.

Castlestory?

I would go with the g.skill Sniper series.

True, but the i7 is going to get better performance in gaming, and a 4770 and 4770k are the same price on Newegg right now (USD)
 
Also, it's only 50 bucks more than the Xeon.
 
Also, why not Overclock a system of this caliber? Like, I understand being afraid of it, but if you're spending this much, why not overclock it and get your moneys worth?

Why would you watercool a 4771?? Get a 4770K.... to overclock... which is the whole point of water...
 
Also, you'll need at least a 780 to get much out of a tri monitor setup - only like $50 more than the 770 you chose.
 
Another thing is that RAM looks waaayyy over priced, and the $50 you save by going for something like this: https://pcpartpicker.com/part/gskill-memory-f31600c9d16gsr or https://pcpartpicker.com/part/crucial-memory-bls2kit8g3d1609ds1s00
will cover the upgrade to 780.
 
(http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2UwTY)

PHTC12DX, NZXT Havik 140/120

Minor update

This is my most recent liquid cooling endeavor. My first time using Primochill's acrylic tubing as well as sleeving my own cables. I'm actually quite happy with the outcome. 
I'm posting this with the hopes of getting a Build of the Week win.. it would be extremely appreciated 
 
Also, might I add that I took the pictures with a Nikon D3100 that I just purchased today. I have zero experience using a DSLR, so pictures may be sub-par. Enjoy!
 
Specs are as follows:
 
Corsair C70 in Arctic White
Intel i5-3570k
MSI z77a-g45
EVGA GTX 770 2gb (refernce design to accommodate waterblock)
Corsair Vengeance 2x4gb 1600mhz
Corsair HX750 80+ Gold
Samsung Evo 250gb SSD
1TB WD Caviar Black
Windows 7 64-bit Home Premium
Rosewill PCI WiFi Adapter (mediocre but gets the job done)
 
Liquid Cooling components include:
 
~8ft tubing (not all used, some was scraped, broken, etc...)
EK Res 140 w/ swiftech MCP35X pump
PrimoChilll 1/2" OD Rigid Revolver Compression Diamond Knurled Fittings
Swiftech 120mm & 240mm rads
EK Nickel blocks on both CPU and GPU (Acrylic)
Monsoon plugs in white
 

 

CoolerMaster showed off a new HAF prototype case on their community forum. What did you guys think of the case?
 
According to JayzTwoCents's & MaximumPCMag's videos, this project is called "HAF Xc". it support e-atx motherboard, and has 8 pci slots.
 

 

 

 

Title is so deceiving....

Yes, it fits. Not sure about push/pull though. And no, the H100i's pretty quiet. 
 
EDIT: H100i stock fans will make a lot of noise though. 

Made this image about iOS7 a while ago, It seriously looks like ass and runs like shit with limited features on anything older than the iPhone 5:
 
 
http://blog.jaredsinclair.com/post/64880801326/untouchable
 
Edit, also want to add, amateur designers making better looking iOS icons than Apple:
 
http://wasimagined.deviantart.com/art/Kalmor-Theme-iOS-7-428530143
 
http://mushcube.deviantart.com/art/M-Flat-393189031
 
http://pointvision.deviantart.com/art/Space-potato-Small-update-7-15-13-383460780
 
http://pointvision.deviantart.com/art/Download-SpaceBlueBerry-Update-v1-5-424979056
 
http://pointvision.deviantart.com/art/Zanilla-2-1-427258578
 
http://pointvision.deviantart.com/art/Zanilla-Warfare-428507125
 
http://pointvision.deviantart.com/art/darkpotatoes-427499718
 
I really hope they fix their design with iOS8.