[QUOTE="Croag821"]

[QUOTE="DanielDust"]

This situation sucks, but America sucks more, this country that likes to throw 3rd world countries into war and rob them of their resources and throw the entire world into an economic crisis, because of pathetic excuses like Osama Bin Laden.

Common man this is the video game section of the forums, don't try to throw in your own controversial political views. It's like your trying to start and off topic flame war.

Political views? those are straight up facts.

America only ever starts wars these days because they have resources to steal and America is the catalyst for the current crisis, it doomed its own people and the entire world for some petrol.

Besides, this thread is about politics and a game developer being caught in it, there's nothing off topic.

Heya,

Just wondering what Ivybridge owners have managed in terms of OCing. I tried pushing mine to 4.5ghz at stock voltage but got some erros with P95. How are you managing so far?

UPDATE 2 Sure it's better, just not what I thought it would be. Especially after watching all those youtube videos with this card. My xbox gets a better framerate. Can anyone help me out? Decko5

[QUOTE="GamerwillzPS"]

It bugs me how the cables in your PCs seems to be neatly done but mine isn't. I did my best to tidy my cables up and I can't seem to make it better. HELP ME OUT!

C_Rule

The problem is, at the moment you have everything going straight from your power supply to where it needs to be connected.

Unplug it all (from the component, not PSU), take it all behind the motherboard tray and then bring it out the hole closest to where it needs to be connected.

Like this:

Ok guys here it is my new setup, specs are in sig. Hope you enjoy :)

And last but not least

[QUOTE="Twin-Blade"]

• 8GB DDR3G-Skill Ripjaw 1600 RAM ($51) - I asked for Kingston 8GB because I heard it was a good brand, but they recommended this. I think this is also cheaper.
• Antec EarthWatts 750W PSU ($122) - I asked for a 620W Antec brand, but they recommend this. It's more expensive, but as long as it's quality I don't mind. The difference was about $30. I'm worried because I hear a low-quality PSU can fry a system, though it is Antec?
• Noctua nh-u12p CPU cooler ($77)
• Windows 7 (~$300) - I'm not sure which version to get, but they recommended Premium

Nothing wrong with the RAM they suggested. As for the PSU, if you plan on running dual GTX 670s then the 750W would be very nice to have. If not, then it's overkill. Then for the cooler - unless you plan on trying to overclock as much out of the CPU as you can get, you may want to look for something that works good and is slightly less in cost like the Hyper 212+ from CoolerMaster.

On a side note - does it really cost 3x as much to get a copy of Windows 7 OEM Home Premium 64bit of what it costs in the States? I'm thinking they're giving you a complete retail copy and not an OEM version. If you don't plan on constantly swapping out parts (such as the MB and CPU), the OEM would be just fine for you and cheaper.

Only reason to get a retail copy over OEM is if you love to swap out hardware componenets and rebuild your system ever 6-12 months....and yes, there are some people out there like that. I've been on an OEM copy of Vista for the past 4 years (before 7 came out). I've reformatted my HDD twice since then, but kept the same MB and CPU (have swapped out HDD, RAM and GPUs) and haven't had any issues re-installing. Just something to think about.

As for Windows 7 editions and what to get - if you plan on being part of a networking system or running one yourself from your PC, you'll need Professional or Ultimate. If you are some parinoid person about keeping tight security on all your important files and are looking for a very secure way to protect your important files - Ultimate offers BitLocker. That would be the only reason I would suggest Ultimate to anyone over Home and I wouldn't suggest Professional unless you need to get a on a networking system and don't need the use of BitLocker.