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@wideye
The GTX 560 Ti is better than the 6870 so I'm not sure why your decision is between those two. Both of the cards are more than powerful enough to handle Starcraft II on ultra at 1080p. Upgrading to a 6950 2GB will have little impact on Starcraft II performance as this is a game that is heavily dependent on the processor.
A i7 provides more cache and hyperthreading which makes little difference in gaming since the majority of games don't take full advantage of hyperthreading and barely any games even take advantage of the four cores already provided by the i5.
Yes your monitor would work fine.
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I've been restarting for a while and no bsod yet...
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So it's just randomly restarting without warning?
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Apparently, it BSOD when she tried to open a program, say firefox or internet explorer. I'm trying to run her computer, stress test. But so far, no BSOD
My guess is that its either RAM or HD. I'm confident its not the RAM because ive run about 2 hours of Mem test with no error. But I could be wrong. I dont know how to test HD
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She can use it perfectly one day, and the other day randomly BSOD. Today, nothing
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On June 20 2011 05:26 XenOmega wrote:
She can use it perfectly one day, and the other day randomly BSOD. Today, nothing
This is standard. Number one way to prevent reproduction of an issue is to have someone try to take a look at it.
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You can use HD Tune to benchmark it to see if the performance is abnormal by comparing it to other people's benches. The same software can also be used to check the SMART values to see if there is anything of concern.
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On June 20 2011 05:02 Habel wrote:
Is there any reason you don't want to build your computer other than the stress? There is very little stress involved, as it would really take a hammer to put something somewhere it doesn't belong.
stress is part of it. i want it ASAP as well. i am not very good with computers either. i am also only paying for half of it so cost isn't that much of an issue. combination of those i guess.
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On June 20 2011 05:03 skyR wrote:
@wideye
The GTX 560 Ti is better than the 6870 so I'm not sure why your decision is between those two. Both of the cards are more than powerful enough to handle Starcraft II on ultra at 1080p. Upgrading to a 6950 2GB will have little impact on Starcraft II performance as this is a game that is heavily dependent on the processor.
A i7 provides more cache and hyperthreading which makes little difference in gaming since the majority of games don't take full advantage of hyperthreading and barely any games even take advantage of the four cores already provided by the i5.
Yes your monitor would work fine.
thank you.
while customizing one of the origin models, the GTX 560 and 6870 were at the same price. thought someone could offer some insight. i ended up choosing a different brand but went with the GTX 560 
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@wideye
as Habel mentioned, you really should built your computer yourself. Just sit down on the floor and built it. Its nothing different than assembling a barbecue. You save at least a good 30% off prices and that could easily mean saving yourself 300$ for an hours work and having the satisfaction of running something that is completely of your choosing both in terms of specifications and aesthetics. That means you don't overpay for power you don't need and every part should be on par with each other in terms of quality. Prebuilts are a bunch of sh@t thrown together than overpriced.
2) both the 6870 and the 560ti will run SC2 on ultra easily. They are roughly the same in terms of power so I would go with whichever is cheaper (probably the 6870). No need for anything stronger for SC2
3) you dont need i7 for gaming
4) yes
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Geez I understand why Jingle always complains about getting sniped by skyR.
Like 20 minutes late on the post.
Nvm...more like 50 min...missed the last page 
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Just found that there were logs of the different failure!!!
The latest failure according to Windows :
The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck. The bugcheck was: 0x0000007f (0x0000000000000008, 0x0000000080050031, 0x00000000000006f8, 0xfffff9600014711c). A dump was saved in: C:WindowsMEMORY.DMP. Report Id: 061911-19593-01.
Another problem earlier :
Problem signature
Problem Event Name:BlueScreen
OS Version:6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.1
Locale ID:4105
Extra information about the problem
BCCode:7f
BCP1:0000000000000008
BCP2:0000000080050031
BCP3:00000000000006F8
BCP4:FFFFF9600014711C
OS Version:6_1_7600
Service Pack:0_0
Product:256_1
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Most of the critical event :
Windows : 4 times
Windows Explorer : 1 times
Internet Explorer : 3 times
Microsoft Windows Search Indexer : 3 times
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Information about Windows search indexer failure
Description
Faulting Application Path:C:WindowsSystem32SearchIndexer.exe
Problem signature
Problem Event Name:APPCRASH
Application Name:SearchIndexer.exe
Application Version:7.0.7600.16385
Application Timestamp:4a5bd212
Fault Module Name:MSSRCH.DLL
Fault Module Version:7.0.7600.16385
Fault Module Timestamp:4a5bdfab
Exception Code:c0000005
Exception Offset:000000000000b01a
OS Version:6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.1
Locale ID:4105
Additional Information 1:190e
Additional Information 2:190e5da328d78d715bac340d3cbc4c06
Additional Information 3:cce6
Additional Information 4:cce6a807b9fc359530639465fdb308a0
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@Wideye, if you really aren't confident in your ability to build it, find a local parts store or use NCIX to have them build it for you. It will cost you some, but it will still be cheaper than to get it from a boutique.
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Hey, I have 4 fans on my case, yet there are only 3 connection points, what do i do?
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You use molex to header adapters.
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I plan on building a new computer to play sc2 on somewhat high setting and streaming console games. My budget is $1000 but the cheaper the better. I know I am being vague but I never built a computer before and don't really know where to start. Can anyone give me any suggestions on possible builds?
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Hey, i put all the parts for my computer together, but the graphics card isn't responding. Like, none of the fans will turn on, yet the led lights are on, what should I do?
EDIT: NVM, fixed it
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On June 20 2011 16:15 Killamancer wrote:
I plan on building a new computer to play sc2 on somewhat high setting and streaming console games. My budget is $1000 but the cheaper the better. I know I am being vague but I never built a computer before and don't really know where to start. Can anyone give me any suggestions on possible builds?
Read the last 55 pages of this thread as there are several < $1000 builds. Skyr also talks about streaming as well. These last 55 pages or so will get you a very wide knowledge of what to expect and how to go about different aspects of your computer you want to build.
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The heatsink fan are faster than the back fan of my case, i believe. Should i still keep the back case fan (exhaust)? (I remember you recommending me to have both fans on the heatsink to be the same speed
Robert
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