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Old 12-16-2013, 01:18 PM   #3001
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Western Digital My Book Essential 2 TB - $99.99 ON SALE TODAY ONLY

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Old 12-16-2013, 01:29 PM   #3002
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Western Digital My Book Essential 2 TB - $99.99 ON SALE TODAY ONLY

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Wasn't this thing selling for $89.99 at NCIX during Black Friday / Cyber Monday?
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How is this combo? FX 8320 + Gigabyte 990

AMD FX-8320 Processor Bundle w/ Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 Motherboard at Memory Express

Would you guys recommend something else? Budget is $800 after tax, don't need monitor, mouse, keyboard. Looking to play BF4.
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Old 12-16-2013, 09:37 PM   #3004
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I recently built this computer (although i7 is on the way/using a G3220 meanwhile):

Zalman T2
i7-4770K
Gigabyte GA-B85M-D3H
MSI 660TI Power Edition
4GB Samsung DDR3 RAM
ADATA 128GB SSD
Rosewill 750W PSU

Costed me a little over 600 (Intel Retail Edge discount on CPU, GPU/RAM/PSU were bought used)

You could use that as a base build? As for your question, if you are set on getting an AMD, I would recommend you get a cheaper 970 board over the 990FX such as http://products.ncix.com/detail/asro...72135-1223.htm. Unless you plan on upgrading the CPU in the future with a newer AM3+ (in which you may run into problems with compatibility) or need SLI/CrossFire then the 970 will do you just fine at a fraction of the price. Although if your budget permits, I would go Intel with an i5-4570.

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Just bought the 600T Silver case for $70 + tax. Is it a good deal and hows the case in general?

Corsair Graphite 600T Mid Tower Gaming Case Steel Silver 4X5.25 6X3.5/2.5INT Front USB 3.0 No PSU
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Old 12-17-2013, 08:57 AM   #3006
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Just bought the 600T Silver case for $70 + tax. Is it a good deal and hows the case in general?

Corsair Graphite 600T Mid Tower Gaming Case Steel Silver 4X5.25 6X3.5/2.5INT Front USB 3.0 No PSU
WHAT? can you tell me how? I want that case and $70 is nutty
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Old 12-17-2013, 09:25 AM   #3007
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How is this combo? FX 8320 + Gigabyte 990

AMD FX-8320 Processor Bundle w/ Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 Motherboard at Memory Express

Would you guys recommend something else? Budget is $800 after tax, don't need monitor, mouse, keyboard. Looking to play BF4.
BF4 is not that demanding, that would handle it just fine. My friend has a Athlon II x4 830 with a 660 OC and it runs on ultra fine.
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WHAT? can you tell me how? I want that case and $70 is nutty
Tiger Direct actually had the 600T Mesh for like $114.97 minus an instant discount of $45 = $69.97 - $25 MIR + shipping + taxes. I tried to price match Memory Express but they couldn't price match and beat it but he offered me the 600T Silver as an alternative for the price of $69.97 without the price beat(which would've came to $44.97, if they approved of the price beat lol)

This was 2 weeks ago since Memory Express took their time in declining my price match.
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Old 12-17-2013, 05:39 PM   #3009
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Tiger Direct actually had the 600T Mesh for like $114.97 minus an instant discount of $45 = $69.97 - $25 MIR + shipping + taxes. I tried to price match Memory Express but they couldn't price match and beat it but he offered me the 600T Silver as an alternative for the price of $69.97 without the price beat(which would've came to $44.97, if they approved of the price beat lol)

This was 2 weeks ago since Memory Express took their time in declining my price match.
lol want to get one for me plz? =) that is an awesome price for the 600t silver, it has the side window plus the 3.0 usb ports. All the other 600T editions dont have the 3.0 usb ports atm
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lol want to get one for me plz? =) that is an awesome price for the 600t silver, it has the side window plus the 3.0 usb ports. All the other 600T editions dont have the 3.0 usb ports atm
I'll keep a lookout for you. ME won't sell me another one for half the price lol
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Intel Core i3 4340 Review - Haswell Comes to Core i3

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Old 12-19-2013, 03:57 AM   #3012
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lol want to get one for me plz? =) that is an awesome price for the 600t silver, it has the side window plus the 3.0 usb ports. All the other 600T editions dont have the 3.0 usb ports atm
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Fractal R4, if you can PM with ME, it's $70 + tax.
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There is a great deal for the Zalman Z12 plus:

http://products.ncix.com/detail/zalm...79824-1012.htm

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Zalman Z12 Plus ATX Mid-Tower Case at Memory Express

After mail in rebate you're looking at something like $35.
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tats not a bad case!
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I would hope so. Otherwise it would be me posting a shitty deal and advising others to buy it.

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Old 12-19-2013, 11:34 AM   #3016
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[CC] Fractal Design Define R4 79.99- PM /w BB/FS - RedFlagDeals.com Forums

Fractal R4, if you can PM with ME, it's $70 + tax.
i dont have exp with too many cases, but the fractal r4 i got last year feels cheap
1. legs on bottom are simple glued / sticky taped on. they fall off sometimes
2. the front of the case isnt securely attached to the main chasis. so it can come off when moving
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so hard to find good cases now. I dont know why ncix doesnt carry lian li cases anymore.

Im still wanting the 650D or the 750D
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Old 12-20-2013, 04:30 AM   #3018
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Not a fan of Fractal? Build quality and thought put into the designs are good imo. The R4's silent enough that I have no problems sleeping with the pc running in the same room.

Edit: oops, just saw the post right above. No problems with my R4 so far, fingers crossed. Otherwise had my eyes on the 800D for a good while...
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Recommend me a fast, good, reputable mSATA drive at 256gb

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^^ Either the Intel or a Samsung mSata. Most ultrabooks use Samsung as their SSD

Anyone here own a Filco or Ducky Brown switch? Looking to get one for the office. Brown switch!
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I was looking at Ducky keyboards last week, but I wanted something compact and I prefer blue switches. I went with a Razer Blackwidow Tournament.

I love blue switches, but I would have preferred to be able to get a keyboard that doesn't require software - especially software that requires a login.

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Cool. Looking forward to that.

I played with a Blackwidow 2013 edition for a few weeks and didn't like it very much. Can't really describe it, but the keys feel really mushy.

I tried my colleague's Max Nighthawk X8 and fell in love.
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It's tough to say, since the 'feel' of keys is mostly subjective. But I can comment on some things like form factor, ease of use, etc.
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