Van Der Shah

go for a mic, @alby800 just bought a samson meteor and it sounds really really good for the price, then after you have bought your mic i would buy a better pair of headphones, something from senheiser or a big company that is known for making good products

The Strix cards completely turn off their fans when it's idle. The result is that it will be completely noiseless, but it will let itself run a bit hotter as well.
 
It does not damage the card in any way to have it idle warm.

One of the DVI ports on the GPU is DVI-D and cant be converted to VGA.

yes you have to use display port
 
only one of the DVI ports support analoge signals it the one labeled DVI/VGA
 
the other is only DVI digital output

Glad to hear you could restore them from a back-up.
 
I finally found something that could be usefull, there is a microsoft program to fix some Modern UI App problems here: http://download.microsoft.com/download/F/2/4/F24D0C03-4181-4E5B-A23B-5C3A6B5974E3/apps.diagcab
 
it's from this microsoft help forum with a similar problem(I think). https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_8-system/missing-tiles-in-windows-8/3ddff615-9504-40fb-a5a1-64e1500be423
 
Maybe this will solve the problem might it return. Have a nice day!

You don't have to get a wrist rest that physically attaches to your keyboard, there are a lot of nice ones that just have a non-slip bottom and sit in front of the keyboard, if you get a good quality on that you like, you'll probably be able to use it with any keyboard you get for the rest of your life. Like ExconHD said, ducky do make some good ones that are real leather, its a good choice because you get the rigidity and support of a plastic one without the cheap feeling of plastic.
Here is a link to a ducky wrist rest: http://mechanicalkeyboards.com/shop/index.php?l=product_detail&p=91
 

OMG Corsair trying to be a little like CoolerMaster.  If I needed a case right now I'd definitely consider one of these and so would anybody who is a gamer that plays 1st person shooters and wants something themed after that.  Gratz to Corsair for bringing out some cases that actually look like more than a box.


... and hahahah ... oh look at the geeks who love their square boring boxes from Corsair chiming in. LOL  U MAD?

The GTX 760 is a bit faster, but 270X is cheaper. From what you're saying the 760 might actually be better for you, but take a look at some 270Xs. The Sapphire Toxic Edition is pretty cheap right now and it looks amazing!

well, not really, it looks like they are good, unless you want it to be unique and you have the money for it, then yes go for it
 
it wont make your typing experience any better as those keycaps look pretty decent

The DCUII is released. Im not sure but I think it has been recalled so id check before you buy one but if you got a Twin Frozr it would be just as good. If i were you id go off of price/asthetics.

Well of course their is a difference. Warranty, looks, perhaps performance. I'd go with the Direct CUII over MSI any day of the week though. 
 
As to it's release

intel's 4 cores do just under 8 amd cores when you don't have hyper threading, if the application can use all resources of your CPU, but the intel quad cores are better once you have hyper threading, and on some occasions they can go more than 30% in the performance department.
 
if you do not mind a higher electrical bill ( in some countries price of power used is 3 or 4 times higher than the US ) get the 8350, because it has better multi threaded performance, and this is the way to go for modern applications and games, if you care about power bills, an i5 4670k is a good alternative.
The i7 gives you the best of both worlds, and that is why they are expensive, you will have more headroom for multitasking on 8 threads.
For the i5 vs i7... the i5 is the same chip with hyper threading turned off ( can't turn on ever ), and it has 2 mb less lv3 cache. So when you are playing games, you will see maybe up to 10 FPS difference. but in tasks that require all the processing power of your CPU at same clocks, the i7 can be 30% faster.
The limiting factor is Windows that has power restrictions for multi core CPU-s, that is why a lot of the time an 8350 can lose to an i5, but in reality it is a bit faster when you use all of its resources.
 
If you want the best go with the i7, if you do not care about the best and want to save money get the 8350 ( if you canre about your power bill get the i5 )

Whoever said that is a poorly mistaken soul.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
 
CPU:  AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor  ($149.99 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler:  Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($29.98 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard:  Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($114.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory:  G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($73.98 @ NCIX US) 
Storage:  Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($59.98 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card:  MSI Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card  ($309.99 @ B&H) 
Case:  Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.99 @ NCIX US) 
Power Supply:  EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($39.99 @ NCIX US) 
Total: $818.89
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-09 10:44 EST-0500)

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks   CPU:  AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor  ($149.99 @ Amazon)  CPU Cooler:  Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($74.99 @ Newegg)  Motherboard:  Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($184.49 @ Newegg)  Memory:  G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($84.99 @ Newegg)  Storage:  Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($69.93 @ Amazon)  Video Card:  Asus Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2GB Video Card  ($169.99 @ Newegg)  Power Supply:  Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($52.99 @ NCIX US)  Total: $787.37 (Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.) (Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-09 10:20 EST-0500)     EDIT: Wow, I really saved you a good chunk of change.