Sorry but a 550 ti is not a professional graphics card. Even a $150 7850 can preform on par with a 580 (or a 660 non ti).
And 550 ti is $120 max, most go for under $100.

Not trying to be an ass but this is a terrible deal, nobody is going to pay $100 for a used year old 550 ti, not to mention the fact that nobody is buying old 550 tis anymore.On craigslist, 560 tis are like $100-140 or less, and 550 tis are like $70 or $80

I don't see how it could do any harm to it, other than maybe just wearing it out but thats not really something to worry about. SSDs have gotten way more reliable

I wouldn't worry about it myself but if you have a negative airflow (sucking air in instead of positive where it just blows dust out) it would let more dust come in. Might be a way to just cover it. For powercolor vs HIS I don't know, id just google it or go on tomshardware or ocn or something.

@the 660 for $180 thats a pretty good deal, but I'd much prefer a 7870 or a 7850 for cheaper. The 7870 competes with the 660 ti ($300, though on sale for $260 sometimes) and beats it a lot.

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noob here whats funny about plat
just low skill compared to esea?

What about going demo up top? I haven't timed it but it seems not to be too slow.
Kind of pointless since (if practiced) you can do the side wall jump down to the bottom stairs super quick with no fall damage, and then if you're pro at life you can do the surf up the top stairs.

No that one looks pretty solid, z77x ud3 and ud3h are great mobos, the only thing thats better is some other ones that are in the $130 range with good built in audio. Not sure how people make builds without the os... do they just torrent it? Maybe they just transfer it from their old computers•
Oh, and do you live near or can drive to a micro center? They have the 3570k on sale for $170-180 (believe its $175 but could be $170 or $180) and they have $50 off motherboards when you buy them with cpus. Sick deal. Also the 3770k is $230 there, so you could easily upgrade to that.

For gpu, if you buy at newegg you can find the 7850 for as cheap as even like $150-160 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131473) and it comes with free tomb raider and bioshock infinite.
Or to spend a litte bit more you can get a 7870 for $220 ish (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150604) still with those free games. Heck, if you sold the games you could probably get a 7950 for the same price :P

Another thing you can do is use an older case and cut out the optical drive, you really never use them anymore. I just have a usb one I use on all my computers (parents, brother, and my two)

Really? How?

What if they rise up like the crate 30s did? Unlikely, but still possible. Definitely not a stable/safe investment though, I remember when I sold my strange huntsman for buds, and now its 6 keys.

Hey sal, what do you think of bitcoins?
Edit: DAMNIT PapaSmurf323 You beat me to it

Does it come with that circle around the crosshair? Those look really nice. I'd get kbn hud but I like my omp. (probalby can transfer it, but im ignorant and lazy)

What about demoknight? Mangachu with the turning scripts is pretty lethal

-8 frags. Obviously demoknight sucks all around compared to stock stickies demo but the turn scripts flat out remove the downside to the targe and charge, that you can't turn. I mean he can just turn around the corner going faster than the scout with free crits loaded for whoever he comes near. So many cheap med picks like that.

ding ding ding

So how much damage would a sticky do if its on the wall right next to you and you're right next to it, or if its right below you (that is the closest right? unless you air det it I suppose)

pics?

Hard to believe that you spent all that money when a 8350 and a 7950 overclocked will destroy it for $800-900