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WTF EA thread # 564453435676

The only reasonable one is the vehicle pack - getting upgrades in vehicles is nigh on imporrsible as a latecomer - you get screwed in the air by fully uprgaded jets/helicopters and on the grounds by just about everything else. However, £25 for the lot is stupid.
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- Post #35
- Apr 1, 2012
- Forum: PC Games
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Need a new mouse

Hi everyone, I guess this thread should be in here, but not really sure. Anyway, I need a new mouse. I've been using a Razer Copperhead for about 4 years and it's recently started having issues turning itself off or double clicking the right mouse button - quite annoying when trying to...
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- Thread
- Mar 25, 2012
- Replies: 8
- Forum: Mice
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Keyboard and Mouse for Gaming: Any suggestions?

I'm tempted by a new mouse. My Copperhead very occasionally double clicks the right click, which is a pain when I use toggle zoom in BF3. I'm tempted by the G400 - looks comfy (and is on sale for £20 at the moment) and I never use 2000 dpi on my Copperhead, let along 3600. My only gripe is it...
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- Post #29
- Mar 16, 2012
- Forum: Mice
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Powerline-esque adaptors

I've got my gaming PC in my bedroom and the wireless router in my dad's office downstairs. Unfortunately, the signal is dreadful - thick walls and a bad router (which he still tries to claim is good) mean at most I'll get an 18mbps intermittent connection. Rather than replace my wireless...
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- Thread
- Mar 16, 2012
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Networking
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Problems with a Gigabyte Z68AP-D3

Managed to get it working last night. Bled the capacitors by unplugging the PSU and trying to boot it up. Seems to be working fine at the moment - everything is stable and it's getting 1gbps connections.
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- Post #5
- Mar 16, 2012
- Forum: Motherboards
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Problems with a Gigabyte Z68AP-D3

Just purchased. Rev 1.0. Drivers were downloaded from the Gigabyte Rev 1.0 page or were listed as for the RTL8111E on Realtek's site.
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- Post #3
- Mar 15, 2012
- Forum: Motherboards
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Problems with a Gigabyte Z68AP-D3

Hi everyone, I've recently purchased a new mobo/cpu and am having some problems getting the onboard ethernet controller working. I'm using the most recent driver from the Realtek site and the F7 BIOS on the board (Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 rev1.0) Steps I've tried: - Reinstalling driver - Reinstalling...
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- Thread
- Mar 15, 2012
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Motherboards
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Freezer 7 Pro question

I figured that was going to be the answer. Oh well, new cooler it is, although I may have to run stock for a while. Pretty sure I only paid about £10 for the AC7, so well worth it (my C2D idles at around 30 degrees in Windows, doesn't get above about 45 in games). What cooler would you...
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- Post #3
- Mar 12, 2012
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Motherboard for i5 2500k build

The P67 boards (GD65) can run Ivy Bridge as well can't they? Am I right in saying the chipset lineup is like this: H67 - graphics P67 - overclock Z68 - both
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- Post #3
- Mar 12, 2012
- Forum: Motherboards
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Freezer 7 Pro question

I have an Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro on my C2D E6600, purchased when it was first released. I know AC have a model out at the moment (rev. 2) for LGA1155, but will my cooler fit a SB chip/mobo? Thanks.
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- Thread
- Mar 12, 2012
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Motherboard for i5 2500k build

I'm getting myself an i5 2500k and 8 GB DDR3-1600 ram in the near future (think within the next 7 days likely) but need to decide on a motherboard to go with it. My budget is around £80 or so. I could perhaps stretch a little higher, but money is tight so I want to keep it as cheap as...
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- Mar 12, 2012
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Motherboards
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New CPU or wait for Ivy Bridge

Perhaps the MSI isn't so good - appears to only support DDR1600 when overclocking, whereas the Asus supports it at stock speeds (I think). Has anyone used the Pro3? I've seen comments on the Extreme3 boards, but very little on the Pro3.
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- Post #80
- Mar 11, 2012
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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New CPU or wait for Ivy Bridge

Ok, thanks for the advice. I'm looking at the following now: i5 2500k 8GB 1.5V DDR3 1600MHz (2x4GB) - Corsair/Crucial/G. Skill (whoever is cheapest on the day) And then one of the following motherboards: AsRock Extreme3 Gen3 (£105) Asus P8Z68V-LX (£75) AsRock Pro3 Gen3 (£85) MSI Z68S-G43...
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- Post #78
- Mar 11, 2012
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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New CPU or wait for Ivy Bridge

So does SB run better with 1333MHz if you're not overclocking making 1600MHz the requirement if you are (I'll likely do a little overclock at some point, but nothing major), or is there little performance difference between 1333MHz and 1600MHz? As you can tell, I'm leaning slightly away from...
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- Post #70
- Mar 11, 2012
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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New CPU or wait for Ivy Bridge

I'm pretty sure that's the case, yes. However, presumably having the additional bandwidth won't do any harm? My only concern about buying brand new technology (for instance, IB and a Z77) is being the test case for them and fault finding the flaws in the production run, especially with the...
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- Post #68
- Mar 11, 2012
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking

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