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- Ask the Doctor: Wireless Uploads, Case Upgrade, and More!
- Acer Iconia W700-6465 Review
- CrashPlan vs. Backblaze
- MSI's Ultra Slim Adora24 All-in-One PC Sports a Flicker-Free Display to Reduce Eye Fatigue
- Overclocker Gooses AMD Richland Chip to 8.2GHz, Sets World Record
- HP, Walmart Tag Teaming a $99 Tablet for Back-to-School Shoppers
- Samsung 840 EVO 1TB Benchmarks
- Google Gifts 31 San Francisco Parks Two Years of Free Wi-Fi Service Worth $600,000
- Newegg Daily Deals: Cooler Master HAF 932 Case, Asus Maximus VI Hero Motherboard, and More!
| Ask the Doctor: Wireless Uploads, Case Upgrade, and More! Posted: 25 Jul 2013 12:42 PM PDT The doctor tackles Wireless Uploads, Case Upgrade, Water-Cooling LAN Box, and moreLeaving the USB Cable BehindI'd like a better way to transfer photos from my phone to my computer. Right now, I connect my device to the computer via USB and use the "drag-and-drop" method. I know I could also use AirDroid on my phone to transfer the files via Wi-Fi. The third option is to use Dropbox's instant upload feature to transfer the file (full size, highest quality) to my Dropbox account. It is then automatically downloaded to my PC via Dropbox. Is sending files through Dropbox optimal? The AirDroid and Dropbox methods are incredibly convenient and I find myself wanting to leave behind the hassle of connecting via USB. I am reluctant to change methods, though, because I don't want any data errors or quality erosion. Research I did a few years ago gave me the impression that data errors can happen when a file is sent wirelessly. Is there a reasonable risk of data loss using AirDroid or Dropbox, or has technology advanced enough that I can safely leave behind the USB cable? - Dan Tiefenbach The Doctor Responds: Any transmission technique has potential for data errors, but that's why all data transmission techniques include error correction. From USB 3.0 to Wi-Fi to TCP/IP, the data correction algorithms are there to prevent errors from creeping into your data. The Doc has never had a digital file corrupted or distorted when transmitting it wirelessly. You can test this yourself if you'd like. Take a picture from your phone and copy it to your computer via USB. Email a copy to yourself from your phone and upload another copy via Dropbox. They'll all end up exactly the same. You can test this by using a free tool to compare the files at the bit level. The Doc took an image shot last week using a phone camera and emailed it. The file went from the phone through Verizon's network to the Internet to the work Exchange server, over the work LAN to the PC's RAM, then CPU, then hard drive. The same image, uploaded through Dropbox, went from the phone through Verizon's network to the Internet to Dropbox's servers to the work LAN and so forth to the PC. That's a long hop for any file and it's across a wireless carrier's data network, not just the Internet. Both WinMerge (free, www.winmerge.org) and the MD5 File Comparison tool (http://bit.ly/jKhpjR) agreed that the files were identical, bit for bit. You should see absolutely no difference between the two files if everything is working correctly. If you are seeing differences between files, it's likely due to a hardware corruption issue, but such a problem would likely produce errors while you're running your OS, too. If it can't read or copy a simple image or Word file, it's probably going to also cough up a hairball opening a binary file. The Doc would not worry about data corruption, but if you're moving a lot of files, USB will almost always be faster. We say "almost" because certain cameras/phones transfer via USB at pretty atrocious speeds. In general, though, unless you're transferring a lot of stuff at once, you're fine leaving the USB cable at home. PCIe x8 SLI?I recently built a video editing/gaming PC on the Asus P8Z77-V PRO motherboard. It's a great piece of hardware, but it only does SLI in dual x8 mode. When I install another GTX 670 next to my current one and connect the SLI bridge, am I going to see performance worthy of spending another $300? How does it compare to SLI in x16 mode? - Alex Dalton The Doctor Responds: You should see nearly double the performance of a single GTX 670 when you have two in SLI, regardless of whether they're in x16 or x8 mode. You won't see any slowdown even though you're in x8 mode; PCIe 3.0 x8 is more than enough to max out two 670s. HDMI Out to DisplayPort In?I've seen discussions about connecting a graphics card DisplayPort output to a video display's HDMI input port. Cables and adapters exist to make the physical connection. However, I'm wondering if the standards for the DisplayPort and HDMI ports allow for successful connection of a graphic card's HDMI output port to a video display's DisplayPort input. The physical connection is possible by all appearances, but will it function properly? - Dennis Frill The Doctor Responds: Nope. It's possible to go from a DP output to HDMI (or DVI, or VGA) but it doesn't work the other way. According to the DisplayPort FAQ (www.displayport.org/faq), there's "no cost effective way" of going from HDMI out to DP in. However, it's likely that HDMI isn't your GPU's only output, nor DisplayPort your monitor's only input. If the monitor has a DVI input, just use the DVI connector on your GPU. If your video card doesn't have DVI out, and is truly HDMI-only, use an HDMI-to-DVI adapter cable—you can get one from Amazon for seven bucks. You'll miss out on audio over HDMI, but at least you'll have a picture. Upgrading an Old CaseI have an old Lian Li PC-62 aluminum case that has been serving me very well for quite a number of years. I've upgraded the internal hardware a couple of times over the years, and will soon be upgrading again. The case is equipped with USB 2.0 ports on the front. If I upgrade to a new motherboard with USB 3.0 headers, I'd like to be able to get USB 3.0 from the front I/O ports. How different is the USB 3.0 connector from USB 2.0? Is it just a matter of connecting the port to the right header on the motherboard, or do I have to replace the entire port? Do they even sell replacement ports for the case, or do I have to go with an accessory to go into a spare 5.25- or 3.5-inch drive bay? - Bob Berno The Doctor Responds: The USB 3.0 internal header is very different from the USB 2.0 header, and is not compatible with the earlier ports. The USB 3.0 header has roughly twice as many pins. Lian Li's website has a page that lists the USB 3.0 upgrade kits for its models (www.lian-li.com/v2/cable/cable.html), but it doesn't look like the PC-62 is one of them. Silverstone's 3.5-inch drive bay adapter with two USB 3.0 ports The good news is that you can get a 3.5-inch drive bay adapter with two USB 3.0 ports and an internal header for $20. Silverstone makes one we like, and it comes in both black (FP36B) and silver (FP36S), so you should be able to get one that matches your case. Too Many PCIe FlavorsWith the arrival of Windows 8, I upgraded my HP Pavilion Elite f9550—originally a Vista machine, later upgraded to Windows 7—ASAP. It has its original ATI graphics card for the PCIe 2.0 slot. AMD has dropped the card into legacy support, and while the driver seems to work in Win8, it gives an odd dialog box on shutdown. So I'm wondering if I can get a new card with support. Can I put a PCIe 3.0 card in my PCIe 2.0 slot, running at a slower bus speed? And what are my options for upgrading? I'd love to have a card that allows programming for more than graphics output. - William Biesty The Doctor Responds: Yes, you can put a PCIe 3.0 card into a PCIe 2.0 slot and it will run at PCIe 2.0 speeds. When PCIe 2.0 bandwidth truly starts being a limiting factor in graphics cards (it really isn't yet), you will have to upgrade to a newer motherboard, one with a chipset or CPU that supports PCIe 3.0 or later. But by then, you'll certainly have gotten your money's worth from your current machine. Dude, Where's My Boot Drive?I installed a Corsair Neutron SSD on my PC and copied my system partition from a Western Digital hard drive to the SSD using Acronis's disk clone feature. The SSD is bootable via F8 key during startup. However, when I attempted to alter the boot priority in the BIOS, the BIOS editor lists only the old WD hard drive among the options for boot priority. My motherboard is an Asus P6T. I would like to know how to get the BIOS to recognize all of my bootable drives and allow me to boot from the SSD without hitting F8 every time. - Wayne Godsey The Doctor Responds: There are two separate fields in the BIOS that impact boot priority. The first one is the one that determines whether you'll boot from USB, CD, or HDD, and the second one, called "HDD Boot Priority," or "Hard Drive BBS priority" determines which hard drive will show up in the boot priority list. Make sure the SSD is the top priority in the "Hard Drive BBS Priority" field and you should boot into it automatically from now on. Bang My BucksDoc, I'm currently running an AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ in an Asus M3N-HD/HDMI mobo. I have 8GB of DDR2/800 RAM, a GeForce GTX 560 Ti, and a 1TB WD Caviar Green hard drive. I use my PC primarily for gaming. I'm not worried about upgrading the hard drive since I still have a lot of space left, and while I understand that an SSD would speed up start and program loading, it's not something I care enough about to spend money on at the moment. My video card seems to be good enough for now, also. I am thinking about upgrading my CPU/mobo/RAM, though. I'm hoping to spend around $750. I think by checking different sites for deals I would be able to grab the CPU/mobo/RAM you have in your magazine on the Performance build list (Blueprint). Would that be the best bang for my buck, or should I look for something different? - Jess Harrington The Doctor Responds: For a performance-oriented upgrade on a gaming box, our budget pick is the Core i5-3570K part. It's a quad-core without Hyper-Threading and overclocks nicely for the money. The issue with that CPU and the entire LGA1155 platform is that it is at the end of the line. With Intel's fourth-generation Core i7 chip (code-named Haswell) and its LGA1150 socket just around the corner, buying into LGA1155 doesn't give you many upgrade options. That said, unless you're the kind of user who likes to drop in new CPUs every 12 months, you'll be fine with that CPU for a long time—and like we said, the midrange 3570K part is a great gaming CPU. If you are the type that likes to upgrade your CPU regularly, you should consider building on the LGA2011 platform with a Core i7-3820 chip. It's a bit pricier when you're done, but the upgrade path is better in the long run. There is one more route, as well. If you game primarily at 1080p resolution and your games are not CPU-intensive (and most aren't), you could do an incremental CPU upgrade by going to a Phenom II X4 965. They go for a mere $85, overclock nicely, and give you upgraded cores, as well as two more of them. Asus's website indicates that your motherboard supports Phenom IIs up to X6 parts with the latest BIOS. With your remaining $650, you can invest in an SSD (an absolute must-have on a modern PC) and a faster GPU (and maybe a new PSU to support them). The Doc would normally recommend a second 560 Ti in SLI, but it's not clear if that board actually supports anything beyond Hybrid SLI. The nForce 750a chipset your board uses does support SLI, but we're unsure about the board itself. Your manual should be able to tell you. If it does support SLI, a second 560 Ti would likely help frame rates more than moving to Ivy Bridge would. If the board does not support SLI, sell your 560 Ti SLI and replace it with a GeForce GTX 670, which is a serious step up over the 560 Ti SLI. In the meantime, you'll have enough CPU to hold you over until Intel's Haswell arrives sometime this summer. Keep in mind, the Doctor is recommending the last route only if you are primarily a gamer and the games you play are not known to be CPU-bound. If you do any CPU-intensive tasks such as photo or video work, a move to the 3570K or 3820 would be a gigantic leap forward in performance for you. Water-Cooling LAN Box?I'm looking to get into water cooling, but I regularly attend private LANs. I can't find a decent water-cooling case that has a handle. I prefer the handle because of an old injury. Is there a good case you could suggest? My computer is regularly moved but I still prefer it over the laptop, for the performance over the convenience.
The CM Storm Scout 2 is a mid-tower case that can hold an SLI gaming rig. And it has a sturdy handle, for lugging it to LAN parties. Form factor isn't an issue—I have a mid-tower but a full-tower isn't out of the running. I just want something that has decent room for water and for a Sandy Bridge/SLI setup. - Joey Chatterton The Doctor Responds: Water-cooling and LAN cases normally don't go together, Joey, because a custom water-cooling setup can easily add 20 pounds to your rig. If you move your rig around frequently, you're better off with air-cooling or a sealed liquid-cooling unit—you're less likely to damage your system by subjecting a water-cooling loop to frequent bumps and jars. That said, the Cooler Master Storm Stryker sounds like exactly what you're looking for. It's a full-tower case with a sturdy carrying handle that can accommodate a full, multi-GPU water-cooling loop. Again, though, you'll probably be topping 50 pounds with that kind of setup, so carrying it by the handle probably isn't going to be great for you. If you're willing to forgo the water-cooling this time, we'd suggest the CM Storm Scout 2. It's a smaller and lighter case that can still hold an SLI setup, and has plenty of fan mounts—though you'll need to add several fans; it only comes with one. It's around $100, too—$70 cheaper than the Stryker. One final tip you may not know about are the GearGrip line of products from CaseAce that are designed for LAN gaming. The GearGrip system harnesses are sturdy and can accommodate many different case shapes and sizes as well as your monitor and keyboard, too. Check them out at GearGrip.com. |
| Posted: 25 Jul 2013 11:22 AM PDT It's a laptop. No, it's a tablet…When it comes to tablets, we'd wager that most Maximum PC readers lean toward the x86 variety—in theory, at least. Right? It's the more capable, more flexible option—the natural fit for computer nerds. In fact, with specs that rival an Ultrabook's, an x86 tablet promises to serve as the ultimate production/consumption device, leveraging Windows 8's dual persona to optimum effect. We haven't had face-time with Microsoft's x86-based Surface Pro standard-bearer—ironically, the company seems uninterested in getting its product in front of these power users—but we do have the Acer W700, an extreme tablet in its own right and a worthy representative of what this new tablet category has to offer.
With its included cradle and Bluetooth keyboard, the W700-6465 tablet can almost pass as a laptop—but not quite. Acer sent us its W700-6465, a high-end model that comes with a cradle, a Bluetooth keyboard, and a faux-leather carrying case. The full assortment weighs a whopping six pounds, 6.25 ounces. You could minimize the load and carry just the tablet with its protective case and the keyboard, but that's still weightier than many Ultrabooks at nearly four pounds. The 11.6-inch tablet all on its lonesome weighs a skosh north of two pounds. No matter how you slice it, it's not a dainty package. But, obviously, the flipside of this relative heft is the W700's relative performance muscle. This model features a 1.7GHz Core i5-3317U processor, which can Turbo up to 2.6GHz; a 128GB SSD; 4GB of RAM; and the full version of Windows 8. You can literally run any program on this tablet that you can on a laptop—rightly so, since this device costs $1,000. And while the W700 lagged behind our Intel reference Ultrabook in all the benchmarks, save battery life, it still performed in the neighborhood of every Ultrabook we've tested in the last six months. We're much more put off by the impracticality of this tablet for desktop chores. The 11.6-inch IPS screen sports nice color, sufficient brightness, and wide viewing angles, but its 1920x1080 resolution makes everything on the desktop really small. Small enough that selecting items via touch will having you spewing more rage than Gordon Mah Ung. Why not use the Bluetooth keyboard's integrated trackpad? It doesn't bloody have one! (A capacitive stylus pen, for more precise action, can be purchased as an accessory for an additional $20.) We were also annoyed that the protective cover we received didn't house the keyboard—you'd have to tote that separately—but Acer tells us that new covers do. In tablet mode, the W700 works as expected. Navigating through the Modern UI is smooth and responsive, and content looks nice on the HD IPS screen. The .5-inch, 2.1 pound aluminum body feels good in the hands, albeit slightly heavy, and the device gets warm during use, but never uncomfortably so. We were pleasantly surprised by the W700's battery life. Five hours of HD movie playback before conking out might fall short of an ARM tablet's battery life, but it's a good deal longer-lasting than a similarly spec'd Ultrabook. In the final tally, though, we're not convinced that this is the ultimate dual-purpose device. Instead it seems like it's trying to be too much, and falling short in both of its purposes in the process. $1,000, www.acer.com |
| Posted: 25 Jul 2013 10:51 AM PDT CrashPlan vs. Backblaze: Two cloud storage backup applications go head-to-headWe all know how useful cloud storage is for easy access to all your files from any Internet-enabled location, but there's also an equally killer service known as cloud backup. It lets you back up files to a remote server for retrieval after a disaster strikes, such as a failed hard drive, Hurricane Sandy, an apartment fire, or any other calamity that leaves your PC's local storage permanently damaged. It's in these scenarios that the mirrored RAID inside your home PC or sitting on your desktop will be about as valuable as Jack Squat. When your home PC, or town, goes bye-bye, you need offsite backup, so this month we've taken a look at two of the most popular services that offer unlimited backups for a modest sum. May the best cloud win. Round 1: FeaturesBoth Backblaze and CrashPlan let you install their software, then point to a source directory/drive and have the data sent to an offsite data center for backup, so both contenders cover the basics quite well. However, CrashPlan then goes a few levels beyond the basics, by not only letting you select individual folders on a volume instead of just the entire volume as Backblaze does, but by also letting you send backups to a friend's PC for free, and letting your friend back up to you, as well. The whole process is as easy as typing the friend's email address into a box and having them accept your invitation. All backups are encrypted, so you don't have to worry about peeping Toms. Neither service lets you back up NAS drives.
CrashPlan lets you handle all backup and restore options in an easy-to-use desktop application. Winner: CrashPlan Round 2: PricingBoth services are very close in pricing, but for a single PC the win narrowly goes to Backblaze, as its one-year unlimited data plan is $4.17 per month and CrashPlan's is $5 per month. Even at two years purchased in advance the nod goes to Backblaze, which charges $3.96 a month, compared to CrashPlan's $4.79. However, if you opt to buy four years of CrashPlan—Backblaze limits you to two years of backup at a time—you can secure an exactly comparable $3.96 per month rate, making it a tie. Both companies also offer a family plan, with CrashPlan coming out on top, as Backblaze charges $5 per month per computer, whereas CrashPlan lets you back up 10 computers for just $12.50 per month. Since each solution has a win here, this one's a very close tie. Winner: Tie Round 3: SupportThis category is a very clear win for CrashPlan, which offers numerous support options, while Backblaze primarily uses an antiquated ticketing system we all know and hate. CrashPlan offers all the standard FAQs and documentation plus a YouTube channel, but more importantly, it offers live chat, email support, and phone support. There's also a user discussion forum, but it's mostly bereft of content. Furthermore, CrashPlan is on Twitter, Facebook, G+, and has a blog. Backblaze, on the other hand, only offers a support ticketing system, and lacks live chat or phone support, both of which could be very helpful in situations involving data loss. Backblaze is also on Facebook, Twitter, G+, YouTube, and has a blog, but loses this round due to its limited direct-contact options. Winner: CrashPlan Round 4: Restore OptionsThis is a tough category to call because both services offer a unique proposition. Backblaze keeps up to four weeks of file versions, while CrashPlan keeps your files forever, or until you cancel your account, so the advantage goes to CrashPlan for older file-version retrieval. If and when a drive failure or similar cataclysm causes you to need all your files, CrashPlan simply lets you download whatever it has, one file at a time, for no charge. We love "free" and all, but that could take months for a few terabytes of storage. Backblaze will copy the files to a 32GB or 64GB flash drive for $99, or burn them to a USB drive as large as 3TB for $189, which is pricey but time-saving, and we love it. Backblaze lets you download any files for free as well. Since it offers terabyte restores via physical storage, Backblaze gets the nod.
Backblaze's desktop application is as bare-bones as they come, but does provide a slew of helpful configuration tweaks Winner: Backblaze Round 5: Ease of UseThis is another close category, as both provide a simple, clean interface to manage the backup and restore process, but CrashPlan provides a lot more options and information, so it gets the nod. Specifically, CrashPlan lets you select which folders to back up via a folder tree, whereas Backblaze forces you to just select individual volumes. CrashPlan also shows you the file name being backed up, the current speed, time remaining, and more. More importantly, CrashPlan sent us emails letting us know the status of backups, while Backblaze does not. Both offer fine-tuning of the backup process, including file exclusions, schedules, and event logs, but CrashPlan is easier to use, simply because it gives the end user more control. Some might call that more confusing, but to us it equals peace of mind. Winner: CrashPlan And the Winner Is…This was another hard-fought head-to-head, with both sides trading blows in every category, but in the end, the winner is CrashPlan by the skin of its cloud. Both backup products get the job done easily and effectively, but it was CrashPlan's abundance of options, both for backups as well as support, that pushed it over the finish line first. We'd like to take a minute, though, to give kudos to both services for offering a very fair price for unlimited backups, which is a godsend for people like us with several terabytes of data to secure. Other services, like Mozy and Carbonite, are not set up to handle such large data sets in an affordable manner, so you can forget about sending them 4TB. Mozy charges $10 a month for 125GB, and $2 for every 20GB extra, so 4TB would cost you more than $400 a month. Carbonite is $100 per year unlimited, so it's still very expensive compared to the two programs featured here. Either way, you now know what the best cloud backup solution is—we hope you never have to use it. |
| MSI's Ultra Slim Adora24 All-in-One PC Sports a Flicker-Free Display to Reduce Eye Fatigue Posted: 25 Jul 2013 10:07 AM PDT
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| Overclocker Gooses AMD Richland Chip to 8.2GHz, Sets World Record Posted: 25 Jul 2013 09:34 AM PDT
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| HP, Walmart Tag Teaming a $99 Tablet for Back-to-School Shoppers Posted: 25 Jul 2013 09:10 AM PDT
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| Samsung 840 EVO 1TB Benchmarks Posted: 25 Jul 2013 08:26 AM PDT Fastest. SSD. Ever.The Samsung 840 Pro landed on our Best of the Best list when it was launched in December 2012, and it has remained at the top of the SSD pile ever since, thanks to its blistering speed, impeccable pedigree, and superb software. Shortly after the Pro launched, Samsung debuted a non-Pro drive, named simply "840," that was designed for those who wanted a less expensive drive with a smaller three-year warranty. This month Samsung is replacing the regular 840 with the 840 Evo, an all-new drive that slots in below the 840 Pro, thanks to its three-year warranty (the Pro's is five years) and more reasonable pricing.The Evo is also offered in a full range of capacities, from 120GB all the way up to 1TB, making it the first Samsung SSD available at this size and putting the 1TB Crucial M500 directly in its sights, although the Evo does costs $50 more at $650 MSRP. Here are prices for all the available capacities:
To create the Evo, Samsung added new 19nm MLC NAND, a new controller named MEX (previous one was called MDX), and new caching technology it calls TurboWrite. This caching situation treats a portion of the drive's MLC NAND as if it were far pricier and faster SLC NAND for buffered writes, allowing for a significant boost in speeds when utilized. The amount of NAND reserved for this varies according to the drive's size, and on the 1TB review sample we have it's 36GB, which becomes a 12GB "SLC" buffer—3-bit MLC converted to 1-bit SLC NAND. In addition to the TurboWrite thing, Samsung has also added a Rapid Mode, enabled in the Samsung Magician software, that uses the host system's DRAM and CPU for caching purposes. It caches frequently used files in system memory and can dramatically increase read and write speeds. Rapid Mode can be switched on and off in the software, and requires just 50MB of RAM and an 840 Evo SSD to be activated. Samsung says eventually it'll bring the caching technology to its 840 Pro drive, but for now it's exclusive to the Evo. The Samsung 840 EVO is available in sizes ranging from 120GB all the way up to 1TB.To test the Evo drive, we attached it to our SSD test bench, installed the beta version 4.2 of the Samsung Magician software, initiated the AS SSD incompressible data benchmark, and went to get a cup of coffee. When we returned, we were lucky not to have been sipping coffee when we saw the numbers because we surely would have done a spit-take. The Evo racked up a score of 855MB/s for reads and 1GB/s for writes, and over 100K IOPS in 4K random writes, as well. As we progressed through our test suite, the Evo laid waste to all the previous drives and became the fastest SSD we have ever tested by a sizable margin, even beating out its big brother, the more expensive 840 Pro. We also tested the drive with Rapid Mode disabled, and it was still extremely fast, making it a supremely competitive SSD that seems to have no weaknesses other than its short three-year warranty. $650, www.samsung.com Benchmarks |
| Google Gifts 31 San Francisco Parks Two Years of Free Wi-Fi Service Worth $600,000 Posted: 25 Jul 2013 07:58 AM PDT
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| Newegg Daily Deals: Cooler Master HAF 932 Case, Asus Maximus VI Hero Motherboard, and More! Posted: 25 Jul 2013 05:52 AM PDT
Top Deal: Just as your clothes are an extension of you, your choice of computer case is an extension of your system's components. The problem arises when you begin shopping higher end cases, the cost suddenly rises, perhaps making you choose between a fancy chassis or, say, a higher end graphics card. What if you could have both? To help get you to the next tier of enclosures without obliterating your budget, today's top deal is for a Cooler Master HAF 932 Advanced Black Steel Full Tower case for $130 with free shipping (normally $155 - use coupon code EMCXNVT35; additional $10 mail-in-rebate). It has a distinct profile, is ready for liquid cooling (supports up to three 120mm radiators), and can house a 3-way SLI or Crossfire configuration. Other Deals: Corsair Vengeance 8GB 240-Pin DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory for $61 with free shipping (normally $72 - use coupon code: [EMCXNVT42]) Asus Maximus Hero VI LGA 1150 Intel Z87 Intel Motherboard for $190 with free shipping (normally $210 - use coupon code: [EMCXNVT243]) Corsair HX Series HX850 850W SLI & CrossFire Ready 80 Plus Gold Certified Power Supply for $150 with free shipping (normally $170 - use coupon code: [EMCXNVT32]; additional $20 Mail-in rebate) Seagate Momentus Thin ST500LT012 500GB 5400 RPM 16MB Cache 2.5-inch Internal Notebook Hard Drive for $50 with free shipping (normally $60 - use coupon code: [EMCXNVT25]) |
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