DavePC

People are really complaining about advertising? Man, people really will complain about anything. Thought it was a cool design so I picked it up!

Not really here to comment on the giveaway, but mostly to give dbrands a HUGE thumbs up.
 
I personally don't use any skins myself, I like my phone naked- but I have got a COUPLE of friends who have ordered from DBrand, and they are ALWAYS satisfied, really high quality skins.
 
Plus, its a Canadian company, which makes it all the more awesome.
 
 

Anyone's shirt ship yet?
 
(ordering from Canada, god the shipping is ridiculous) 

Still think GTA IV with CryENB looks better.


(1600x900 because 1.5GB of VRAM)

Nowhere in that build did I see a reservoir for maple syrup...

The FPU is an component of the computer which calacuates floating point operations, and may be integrated with the CPU.
 
CPU stressing focuses on the CPU, and I'd just recommend running the CPU Stresstest for a couple of hours, and if the temps get too high (90c-100c), the CPU will start the throttle its self to lower the temp, but I hope that doesn't happen.
 
FPU Stressing really isnt that important.
 
AIDA64: Downloads | AIDA64

I purchased an Xonar DG, and boy was it a nightmare.
 
 
Have fun, what sound cad are you getting?

I purchased an Xonar DG, and boy was it a nightmare.
 
 
Have fun, what sound cad are you getting?

Just to rephrase @SteepGnomeKing - Please READ the original post before replying as many of the replies were not answering the question and had just assumed something which was incorrect.

Yes I could have, I may get a warning post but it is getting very annoying and I am getting very annoyed, that might be why I can't stick to one forum to a long period the people start to annoy me. I am seeing it more and more people are getting to lazy and think they are being helpful even though they are posting things that make absolute no difference because it wasn't asked or required.
 
Glad your question was answered, I agree with the best choice you picked. Hope things go better for you and you get answers you need instead of people saying things that don't help at all.

Single GPU: 500W
Dual GPU: 750W
Triple GPU: 1000W
Quad GPU: Not recommended.

Oops, thanks for the help

I think you're misreading the report: it says your SSD is 1% FRAGMENTED, not DEfragmented
 
Windows7 and higher should be able to detect SSDs and turn off defragging for them

Wow, glad to be living in Canada.

I've posted about this before, so: 
 
You have the option of the Gigabyte Z87 board, the ASRock board, or the MSi Z87 board.
 
http://www.newegg.co...ID=3938566&SID=
http://www.newegg.co...ID=3938566&SID=
http://www.newegg.co...ID=3938566&SID=
 
The AsRock board supports 6 Sata 6gb/s ports, while MSI and Gigabyte have 4.
Gigabyte and AsRock have Intel NiCs, while MSi has Realtek.
Also, MSi and AsRock seem to have more supported memory speeds, but you'll have to look for their QVLs to find supported ram.
AsRock supports 8pin CPU power, while the rest only have 4pin. 8 pin allows for better OCs. 
MSi has 4 digital phase power, while Gigabyte doesn't list, and AsRock has 6.
 
Its too early to say anything yet, as Asus has not released their iTX boards yet, but I'd say go with AsRock for Overclocking, while Gigabyte/MSi for value.

Hmm, this is strange.
 
Aeon's request is spot on, and a BIOS was released last week, that provides better stability.
 
You can find that here:
 
http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z87M%20Extreme4/?cat=Download&os=BIOS
 
However, updating your BIOS goes through the actual BIOS, and I don't believe your board supports USB BIOS flashback, which may be an issue. 
 
EDIT: The new updates should fix the BIOS for sure, as from ASRock: 
 
 

I agree above.
 
However, if you plan on editing with Adobe suite products, you should get a Nvidia card, as Adobe products are accelerated with CUDA.
 
OpenCL support isn't supported yet, and wont be until Adobe releases the update to their suite of products.
You should also get a SSD, as SSDs help a lot with pc performance, even with slow laggy PCs.
 
To help you, what is your budget?

I believe ASUS is releasing their mITX boards in July or August (I think),
 
You can read more about the ASUS ROG board here:
 
http://www.anandtech.com/show/7023/asus-rog-press-conference-rog-maximus-vi-formula-and-impact
 
As for pricing, im guessing around $200 - $275?

Best of the best? 4770K and Maximus VI Impact.

You have the option of the Gigabyte Z87 board, or the MSi Z87 board.
 
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157374&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128615&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130696&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=
 
The AsRock board supports 6 Sata 6gb/s ports, while MSI and Gigabyte have 4.
Gigabyte and AsRock have Intel NiCs, while MSi has Realtek.
Also, MSi and AsRock seem to have more supported memory speeds, but you'll have to look for their QVLs to find supported ram.
AsRock supports 8pin CPU power, while the rest only have 4pin. 8 pin allows for better OCs. 
MSi has 4 digital phase power, while Gigabyte doesn't list, and AsRock has 6.
 
Its too early to say anything yet, as Asus haven't released their iTX boards, but I'd say go with AsRock for Overclocking, while Gigabyte/MSi for value.
 
 
I prefer to shop @ NCIX as well, but none of the canadian resellers have any of the other boards it seems.
 
You could try to contact ncix @ http://secure1.ncix.com/message/index.php?

I disagree with this.
 
There is almost no difference between single and dual 12v rails, and stated on Johnny Guru. 
It's simply a marketing tactic.
 
http://www.jonnyguru.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3990

Working on the profiles, coming in the next update :D (Not finished yet!)

Keep the conversation respectful. No one in this thread is a moron....

Just as a quick tip, if you are going to purchase from ebay make sure to verify that the seller is trusted and has good feedback. 
Amazon is a good option too, make sure you research seller rating.
 
Both sellers above seem great, be wary of the warranty on the board though.
 
Assuming that the warranty starts some time from the release of the board (verify with seller), the warrant should expire within Q4 2013 or sometime in 2014, as per to the 3 year warranty.

Getting back into GTA IV modding, replaying the mass effect trilogy.