$1500 and all you got is a GTX660 in there? :shock: I think you should get back to the drawing board with that list..

Blicen

If you looked at the link,  you would see that it is Australian.  I am in New Zealand and to put the cost of electronics into perspective "down under"  US $1500 will get you 1 x Nvidia Titan here. No case, no PSU, no CPU, no Mobo or anything else,  just 1 x Titan.

[QUOTE="Postmortem123"][QUOTE="JigglyWiggly_"]

If you can afford a $700 card might as well just get the TitanBluRayHiDef

Damn. 

$1800 here... that's US$1500.

It'll be fine with another set of sticks, it's still 2 channel just that your MOBO supports 4 slots. 

Deevoshun

Hi guys, I have 2 x 4GB sticks of RAM and I am looking at getting another 8GB for some program my wife needs but her computer can't run.  Is there any difference between having 4 x 4GB sticks to 2 x 8GB?  I'd prefer to just buy 2 more of what I have rather than trying to sell them and getting new ones.

Also, if I do go the 4 x 4GB route, is it as simple as "Plug them in and away you go"?

I don't know jack about anything, but is it possible the first mobo was the problem and it screwed up the CPU?  That leads to the theory that the second mobo is also faulty and so on...

Not that it matters but if you could prove the first mobo was defective and damaged the cpu, maybe they'd pay for your new one?

My rig in my sig (rhymes) cost me $2000 local dollars with an Xbox controller, tool kit, mouse and keyboard (no monitor, connected to my TV.)

Thats about US$1600.   We get ripped up the rectum for electronics here.

Get a samsung, crucial, plextor or intel ssd...avoid ocz ssd's like the plague.Silicel1

If it helps guys my budget is around 3000$ Max, but feel free to suggest anything it will really help, i also live in the United States.Cryohydrates

Holy s**t.  Prepare for some EXTREME build advice coming in with that budget!

[QUOTE="Hawkeye747"]

As a non-blogger but an active reader, I am glad a change was made.  I got sick of the same people seemingly posting anything and everything to get back on the front page of the website.  I definately do not think the current system is the answer though.  Having the same outdated blogs there full time is stupid.  Surely there is some kind of sensible middle ground.

Asagea_888

I was surprised when all it took was a Soapbox emblem to get your blog on the front page.  I initially thought these blogs had to be considered for review by either the staff of the justicars---which I think should be put in place for the future.  There are a lot of great bloggers here who deserve to have their stuff showcased in the front page, but it shouldn't get to the point when people are posting stuff just for the sake of it being on the front page.

Absolutely.  My worry is that control goes to the wrong people and the same users keep getting their blogs on the front page regardless of content or quality in each blog.