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Re: Help a pirate out!! Gaming PC advice needed.
« Reply #30 on: May 14, 2013, 05:10:07 AM »

Yeah, I don't know about that.  Waterproofing was all the rage at CES this year.  It's also not considered a permanent solution, it does wear out over time.
 
If that matters, just build your fanless PC in an acrylic fish tank and fill it w/ vegetable oil.  No waterproofing needed. 
 
Now for ruggedized laptops...I'd add that to my Thinkpad wish list.
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Re: Help a pirate out!! Gaming PC advice needed.
« Reply #31 on: May 15, 2013, 06:13:36 PM »

Some updates from Seasonic about Haswell compatibility: http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Seasonic-Haswell-Power-Supply,22544.html
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Re: Help a pirate out!! Gaming PC advice needed.
« Reply #32 on: May 15, 2013, 06:22:28 PM »

Speaking of Haswell, whatever happened with that USB sleep bug? Is that still going to be in all of the first gen chipsets?
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Re: Help a pirate out!! Gaming PC advice needed.
« Reply #33 on: May 15, 2013, 06:24:59 PM »

I was a little worried that the HAF XM would be too small since it's a mid-tower.  It arrived and I am convinced that I could move a small family inside it.  HUGE!  The HAF X must be simply massive.
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Re: Help a pirate out!! Gaming PC advice needed.
« Reply #34 on: May 15, 2013, 11:19:58 PM »

i personally think mid-tower cases have enough size for cable management + 1 big graphics card, even using two cards in a mid-tower case is already good enough for me, assuming there is a space for cables to dump in at the other side of the case. full tower is way too big for me! maybe if i put 3 or 4 graphics cards and but that will never happen.

i love itx/mini-tower cases though! waiting for silverstone sugo sg10!
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Re: Help a pirate out!! Gaming PC advice needed.
« Reply #35 on: May 23, 2013, 10:56:15 AM »

Anyone want to make any recommendations on Windows 7 vs. 8 for the new machine?  I guess 8 will go "blue" soon? 

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Re: Help a pirate out!! Gaming PC advice needed.
« Reply #36 on: May 23, 2013, 03:34:27 PM »

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Re: Help a pirate out!! Gaming PC advice needed.
« Reply #37 on: May 23, 2013, 03:58:20 PM »

if you know someone who works for Intel, you can get processors and INtel motherboards with heavy discounts. I only know this cause I have a ton of buddies who work there and have made that offer to me a few times.

MIght be time to build a new PC for myself. Been over almost 5 years with the old one.
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Re: Help a pirate out!! Gaming PC advice needed.
« Reply #38 on: May 23, 2013, 07:25:53 PM »

Anyone want to make any recommendations on Windows 7 vs. 8 for the new machine?  I guess 8 will go "blue" soon?

7. The only way I would be able to use W8 would be with Start8 installed and all of the Modern UI bullshit turned off.
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Re: Help a pirate out!! Gaming PC advice needed.
« Reply #39 on: May 23, 2013, 10:06:17 PM »

If you are happy w/ the UI and level of performance, Win 7.  If you want a little better performance and protection or any other 'features' then 8.  8 also handles SSDs better in case your particular SSDs don't handle GC or RAID as well.


Sachu, better jump on that deal ASAP.  Rumor mill is Intel will come w/ chips presoldered on aftermarket mobos.  Hence no Intel reference boards or CPUs for sale to the end user.
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