Long shot here but does anybody have some leftover thermal compound? I need some for my espresso machine (like, very little. See attached photo.)

not for long...wait and few weeks to get the 280X

AMD Preparing Tahiti XTL Revision of Radeon R9 280X Graphic Card For November Release

Interesting but that doesn't tell us anything.. It still might be worth getting 3 free games instead

BTW nice find! You should be writing for my site ;) (or at least posting stories here so I can post the news myself!)

i probably spend as much time on HardOCP/PCPer/OCN than I do playing games/tweaking my hardware :okay:

That build is ridiculous, seems almost like a troll post.

Get a 4770k and at least 8gb ram. You don't need a maximus 4, but it'd be nice to have.

Right now, even a old gtx460 is would be held back by your cpu and ram, let alone sli gtx670.

Q6600 is still a good processor imo, especially if overclocked.

compared to an icore series, it doesnt really hold up well...

depends on the games, CPU can be important.. like BF4, I read a good cpu can benefit a lot... but 8gb is the minimum nowadays...

A i7 4770k is 2-3x faster than a Q6600. And 4770k clocks better than a Q6600.

The chip is almost 7 years old, it's time for it to be retired. The gtx670 sli is barely utilized with such an old cpu.

I tried running BF3 ultra once in surround with 2GHz Core 2 Duo and 4GB RAM...needless to say the 670 SLI avg'd 30fps :lol

so yes something from the Core 2 era is too old and will severely bottleneck modern GPUs...that said 6600 had a terrific run and remained relevant for over 2 full set of Intel's tick-tock cadence

i recall reading BF4 beta pushing a 3570K all cores to full load

The SSD Endurance Experiment: 200TB update - The Tech Report - Page 1

First update at 200TB. And the Samsungs are looking just as bad as I thought they would (if not worse).

after reading that article.. I opened up ME and the first SALE item was....
Kingston HyperX 3K Series SATA III Solid State Drive, 240GB $159.99... :notbad:

PM at FS since they are selling at $299.99. Difference is $140 so 10% off is $14.

$159.99 - $14 = $145.99

Kingston HyperX 240GB Solid State Drive (SH103S3) : Solid State Drives - Future Shop

This also includes free shipping. And if you manage to get a gift card for 80% value, it's even better.

sounds good.. but having to wait for the item to come in and being FS.. haha not sure its worth the $14
IF futureshop has the same PM as bestbuy does... I have to pay full price, submit the PM application and then wait...

To those who spend a lot on their PC, do you guys actually play that much games? Or are you just ballin?

not a troll post lol

but it seems quite dated on the stuff, at least the ram

after 120 ssd upgrade, the comp runs faster.

my q6600 isnt over clocked, wished i knew the settings to do so

yes this for games only, i surf net on my laptop

You have to make the initial purchase then call in the for the PM. However, it takes all of 5 mins to accomplish and I have never had any problems doing this. Plus that 5 mins is more than it takes for shipping to take place.

Price cut on the Nvidia 770/780 cards.

AnandTech | NVIDIA Announces GeForce GTX 780/770 Price Cuts; GTX 780 Ti Launch Date & Price

Now I have to decide between r9 280/7970 or 770

770 should be priced at $299
I'd go for the 280X...like I said wait a few weeks to see if that rumor of a new 280X chip is true before you decide.

IMO, it is important to keep the following statements in mind as we read through the SSD endurance experiment:

As an educated consumer, it is important to look at our own data usage patterns, and then apply the results from the SSD endurance test back to what you do. If your SSD is primarily an OS+programs drive, does it really matter if it doesn't have that top tier endurance rating? If your usage falls way short of the endurance test levels, how many years are you gonna need before you achieve the same level of drive wear as the torture test?

good to know
i felt bad for my SSD (24nm MLC Toggle NAND) reinstalling my windows OS like a handful of times this week :pokerface:

I'm looking to buy a wireless network card (pci or usb) within the next few days.

I've researched that PCI is more stable, and that a USB one can overheat and kill itself.

The PC is going to be used for Internet surfing and YouTube mainly, probably won't be gaming much, if at all. The PC is about 25 ft away from the router, 2 basic interior walls in between.

Powerline method is more than I want I want to pay for.
I'm looking for something around $20~. Cheaper the better, as long as it's not terrible in durability/performance. I'm just looking for something that's good "bang for bucks" for the avg PC user doing the tasks mentioned earlier.

I don't need "flexibility" so having a PCI network card is fine, but those tend to cost slightly more than the USB ones. As I've seen USB ones as cheap as $10, those really really small ones. (Smaller than the USB stick size.)

Also, I don't know what specs I'm looking for. I assume everything will be compatible? My router/modem is the stock Telus one.

http://www.hardcoreware.net/wordpres...4S-review1.jpg

Noctua NH-U14S Review - Single Tower 150mm CPU Cooler

Best air cooler I have tested

Radeon HD7950 or the GTX 660??

GTX 660 can be had for around $200-$230
Radeon HD7950 for about $250-$270

right now I have the GTX 560Ti and the game Im currently playing is BF4.. So Im guessing 7950? since it can take advantage of the mantle api and bf4 is made to support amd cards better??

7950 or see if you can get a 7870 for under $200

How good is the 7870 vs 7950? or better yet, how is it compared to 7970?

7950, once OC can almost be on par with the 7970...