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Building a gaming system for my father

Reviving this thread as I'm ready to buy for him after thinking over your comments, here's the current build. PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/DCPDNG Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/DCPDNG/by_merchant/ CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core...
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- Post #16
- Apr 23, 2015
- Forum: Computer Building
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Building a gaming system for my father

Thanks for all the replies so far, some responses/questions. Any reason why other than price? i7 just not worth it for gaming even if the CPU won't be upgraded for at least 3 or more years? I'm still thinking the i7 for a system that won't see a CPU upgrade for at least that amount of time...
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- Post #12
- Apr 14, 2015
- Forum: Computer Building
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Building a gaming system for my father

Greetings all, as the subject line says I'm going to be building a new gaming system for my father and wanted to do a build check on the parts for his system before he pulls the trigger on the order as it has been some time since I built a system from scratch and I'm a bit out of the loop on the...
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- Thread
- Apr 11, 2015
- Replies: 16
- Forum: Computer Building
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Linksys router losing internet connection

Hmm, well not very encouraging replies but I'll give some of the suggestions a try. Thanks for the help everyone.
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- Post #5
- Apr 1, 2015
- Forum: Networking
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Linksys router losing internet connection

Greetings all, trying to troubleshoot a router that keeps losing internet connectivity at seemingly random intervals. The router make/model is a Linksys N600 EA2700 Dual Band Smart Wi-Fi Router purchased in late January. It can seemingly work fine for days and then it will suddenly lose the...
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- Mar 31, 2015
- Replies: 7
- Forum: Networking
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Should have had more fun with UT2004 when it was fresh

Clan DW --> http://www.clandw.org/ still runs a bunch of very popular servers for UT2K4 depending on what you're looking for. Invasion RPG and ONS are still heavily populated in the prime gaming times, sometimes completely full up. Omnipotents ONS is usually nearly full up as well if you're...
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- Post #5
- Dec 8, 2011
- Forum: PC Games
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HP G6-1B50US, 4 GB RAM, 500 GB HD $350 AR @ Staples.

Nice, thanks for the post. Was just strongly considering pulling the trigger on that ASUS system on Amazon but this one has much better specs for only $10 more.
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- Post #4
- Aug 26, 2011
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Office Depot Offers $75 Trade-In For Old Laptop Toward A New One.

It's a good deal for those with ancient laptops that are laughably slow by today's standards. My only problem with this thread is that my Toshiba Satellite that I got at least 8 years ago picked 3 days before this deal got posted to die. Grrrr. Any similar deals for 8 yr old laptops that...
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- Post #29
- Apr 19, 2010
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Oblivion: I want mods!

The UOP was created to fix all the bugs (mostly minor but a few not so minor) that Bethesda never did or never will get around to fixing. Most players view it as pretty essential to use as there are some seriously dumb/bugged things in the game without it. Lots of floating trees and rocks...
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- Post #23
- Sep 9, 2008
- Forum: PC Games
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Crysis...

Yep, this is my view as well. The first 6 or so levels where you fight the KPA soldiers is quite fun, although the comments regarding the damage scale being a bit odd at times is spot on. 1 silenced pistol shot to the head is a kill but unload half a clip or more into someone's back and...
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- Post #25
- Jun 27, 2008
- Forum: PC Games
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Diablo 2, has a way been found to run high res yet ?

Try searching around on the Widescreen Gaming Forum and any associated links for a solution. I gave it a quick look and there's lots of discussion but no obvious simple fix that I saw.
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- Post #2
- Jun 26, 2008
- Forum: PC Games
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Mid-Range OC Build

If you're only going to be doing "light gaming" as you said, I wouldn't be too concerned about maxing out on an insane overclock really. The E8400 & DS3L are a great high performance and relatively cheap combo - I've got mine running nice and easy at 3.6 right now and it could (and has during...
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- Post #6
- Jun 25, 2008
- Forum: Computer Building
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Components picked out, please critique

Random comments: 1. DDR2-1066 is overkill for your needs, those sticks are only for the most extreme overclockers who are pushing for the maximum possible overclock. Save yourself $5 and get these sticks HERE instead. You could get DDR2-800 sticks even but they're the same price as the...
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- Post #6
- Jun 25, 2008
- Forum: Computer Building
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Recommend Me Parts To Upgrade

GIGABYTE GA-EP35-DS3L - $90 The board above is the standard recommendation we see around here all the time. Solid board, can overclock very well and has most features people need. If you need something different, there are other options for not too much more in the $110 - $150 range...
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- Post #11
- Jun 25, 2008
- Forum: Computer Building
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Building new comp - Suggestions?

PCIe 2.0 means nothing, it's a checkmark feature for the marketing departments right now as 1.0 isn't even fully utilized. For the price range you're looking in you should be going for either a 8800GTS 512MB or one of the new 4850's from ATI. Regarding Buy.com, they've been around for a long...
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- Post #4
- Jun 25, 2008
- Forum: Computer Building

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