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I would absolutely love that Excalibur v2 for my wife. We just recently got her own PC ready for gaming but she needs a proper keyboard to accompany it. Thanks and good luck to everyone.

Get a bench, build a pull up bar with some galvanized pipe and mount it high on your walls in there, and get some power blocks so you can get sets in during loading screens or when taking a break from gaming. Being completely serious by the way. It's fucking awesome to be able to effectively and easily train and not interrupt gaming time; it's like having your cake and eating it too.

Hey man chill out, we weren't trying to be dicks. I was just having a bit of a laugh because I honestly don't know to say on that one man. I truly don't think there's anything that can be done about that outside of waiting for the next batch of Windows 10 updates . Sorry bro, and I apologize if my post came off callous or rude, I was just playin P.S. It's good to see a fellow Metal Gear fan on this board!

I'm honestly surprised it took this long, this could be Microsoft's longest functioning app yet! Yeah, above post got it right; disable that shit breh.

Alright, then yeah it's definitely time to upgrade. I'm sure you're a great builder, I just always like to check and see if everyone's performed all the steps, you know how it is . Back on topic: The build's absolutely top notch so I'm hard pressed to think of how you could put together a better one, especially an X99 build. I guess I would go with a bequiet PSU over EVGA, but that EVGA PSU is honestly great as well; I just really like a silent rig. I mean the cooling in this thing's gonna be ridiculous with those Noctua's; you've got a machine that's built to last here man. To your question as to whether to wait or not, you sound pretty sure that this is what you want and the price is honestly fairly low for such a hefty upgrade; I say go ahead and do it man. I'll be over here envying you for finally making the jump to X99, as I've yet to feel compelled to pay the premium for DDR4 yet. Prices are dropping though, and your build proves that X99 is doable now, so perhaps it's time to consider it.

I have to ask, since you're looking to upgrade to fix some performance issues and just general issues, have you tried just restoring the OS first? Nine times out of ten that will fix most issues. I only bring it up in case you're not too stoked about the upgrade process, as restoring the OS would be a lot less fuss.

This is really the most logical option.

64 is a great temp, there's nothing to worry about there. I wouldn't invest in water cooling unless you're gonna overclock, otherwise there's really no point.

Yup, this cat's nailed it. Sorry it took me a bit to get back to you as I was busy, but this fine gent's already answered your question appropriately.

Yeah they'll work.

I've got to second this. Reinstall the drivers, make sure that your power option is set to high performance and not balanced, and I hope you're sure that your PSU was ready to handle SLI. In short, reinstall, high performance, check your PSU. If those don't work, then there might be a problem with the motherboard or one of the cards.

This so much, god I hate that immature shit. It's the main reason why I stopped following or watching Tek Syndicate and went over to LTT, and I've been very happy ever since. On topic: I prefer PC for the fact that I'm in control of the experience. This doesn't necessarily mean frames per second, higher resolutions, better textures and middle wares and all that, (though those are quite nice), what I'm referring to is being able to customize the experience to my preference. Take motion blur for example; I hate the shit, and yet on consoles I'm forced to endure it even though it almost always introduces a small amount of input lag and blurs an otherwise crisp, pleasing picture. I adored Bloodborne on PS4, and yes I still have consoles for exclusive titles, but on PC if I don't like chromatic aberration, motion blur, fxaa, "halo" introducing ambient occlusion algorithms that aren't well optimized or implemented, or a nauseatingly low field of view I can change those settings at my leisure. I mean that's a powerful thing that's taken for granted often by modern console users: a gamer will enjoy the experience more if he can customize it to his liking; I mean it seems so simple that it should be common sense right? And yet somehow it's not..... it boggles the mind.

That's a great price for that case. Oddly enough, I've been sitting on an R4 for over a year now as I was planning to make a build in that case and still haven't gotten around to it. Now I feel like a jackass for not waiting for this.

The x3 is extremely light and has no stupid looking LED's on the outside; I chose it because it's not very gamery looking and it's performance is top of the line. I needed something I could use in the office without feeling like a jackass and I've gotten nothing but compliments on the X5. Speaking of the x5, it's extremely light and portable so the x3 should be all the more so.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834725006&cm_re=aorus_x-_-34-725-006-_-Product It's on sale and has a 100 off promotion right now putting it at $1200 for absolute powerhouse of a laptop with a wonderful 3k display. It's around your budget and much more powerful than what you were looking for, it's a win win OP.

I know you said you don't need a discrete GPU but an Aorus x3 is an absolute powerhourse of a 13 inch laptop with a wonderful screen and it goes for 1500 on Newegg right now. It's got an i7, 500 gb ssd, 870m for GPU, and 16 gb ddr3. I have an x5 and I can vouch for the displays on these laptops, they're absolutely top of the line, high end quality.

Nope, I don't think that a 15 year old eMachines desktop would serve me well in any capacity right now. I do kind of wish I knew where it was now, just for reasons of nostalgia. I left it back home when I joined the Army from Tennessee, but I've been a civilian in Washington for about 5 years now and haven't even thought about it. I wonder if my mom still has it around somewhere.

What's your CPU? This sounds a bit strange, but keep in mind that OS's tend to scale up with hardware expectations over time so if you're using Windows 7 and you have an extremely old CPU then that might be the reason.

I love LTT so much that I want to buy one but....eeehhhh. That price is just kind of silly. Sorry Linus bud, I know it's a limited run and you gotta get paid, but I can't do it man.

Thanks for the reply! I checked out toughbooks on Amazon and it seems that they're actually extremely rugged laptops, and that's great but I already have a laptop; I'm just looking for something to keep it safe from accidents and weather. Thanks for the suggestions though

So I recently got a 15.6 inch Aorus laptop to assist me with business and gaming on the go and I have to say that I'm totally in love with it, but I'm somewhat afraid to take it anywhere as I'm constantly afraid of dropping it; I'm a clumsy son of a bitch after all. So, I was wondering if you lovely lot might have some suggestions for a reasonably priced but relatively high end laptop carrying case that doesn't look too "gamery." This is the second laptop I've ever owned so I've never had to delve too far into this type of thing. This thing's going to be pulled out at coffee shops extremely often so I can get some work done while chomping on an apple scone and sipping my pumpkin spice latte`so I'd prefer that it look somewhat professional but be rugged and durable. I should mention that I live around the Seattle area, so water proof or water resistance is a huge plus. As far as budget let's say that I don't mind getting somewhat spendy for quality, but I think the wife might get a bit upset with me if I spend over $150 on this. Thanks ahead of time for any suggestions guys!

I second the post recommending the 390 over the 970, it's just a better option for the money. That 970 is crazy fuck nuts off the wall pants on head expensive, but then I'm an American so I'm not sure if that should factor into how I'm viewing that price. Regardless, 390's the better option for the price and I say this as a 980 ti user.

What's the RPM of the hard drive? We need the CPU type as well, it should be easy to find that info. What's the ram speed? What's the PSU? What power option are you currently on? We're gonna need this information to help.

Have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling? Does your hardware and OS meet minimum spec? Are you sure your anti virus is off? And finally, it's a beta. Unfortunately that means that it hasn't been tested on all set ups yet as there are literally thousands of configurations and variables to take into account; that's why beta's are a thing, they're used for testing the waters and getting technical problems addressed before the official release of a game. It might be possible that the game will work fine when it fully launches but you may unfortunately be unable to participate in the beta. If that last part is the case, then I would contact Origin tech support and tell them the problem and your machine's specs; that information will most likely be forwarded to Dice and the issue will be brought to their QA team and it could serve to actually make sure that the problem is addressed before the launch of the game.

They're ostensibly the same monitor though the ASUS offers slightly better adjust-ability and it claims to have great blacks and whites, though I doubt they're actually any different than the BenQ. I generally trust ASUS more than BenQ, but they're both safe bets. The ASUS is $40 cheaper and is more adjustable so I'd say go with that.