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Basically I'm looking at some different RAM sticks for a PC build.

The two sticks:

G.Skill Ares CL11 2133MHz @ £55

Kingston HyperX Beast CL9 1600MHz @ £64

I was just wondering is there a noticeable difference in performance for gaming to justify spending more for a lower latency?

I don't understand why this is hyped up as much as it is and it's not just kids hyping it, from what I've seen a lot of adults are hyping it up as well.

Obviously with it being talked about a lot I though I'd check it out and honestly... I don't see why people are getting excited over this. Don't get me wrong, it's a decent show, but people are over reacting about it if you ask me.

So I'm planning on building a PC but there's one question that popping into my mind.

Basically, my mobo is an Asus Z87-A and I'm planning on using a an i5 4690 which is obviously a haswell refresh CPU so I was wondering, how would I update the bios if needed?

Drive: http://www.newegg.com/global/uk/Product/Product.as...

So I'm planning to build my own PC soon and I was wondering if I could use the drive from my notebook and migrate windows onto an SSD. I think I can but I'd rather get a few more people to clarify it before I build it.

Which one is better for the price?

I've had a look at various comparisons and they seem close to the same for performance, with the 760 obviously performing better. So, I was just wondering is a 760 worth the extra price or should I go for the R9?

Just some extra bits if info:

I'm using an i7 4770 and I'm planning on getting a 2 GB card.

So I've been looking round for a PC and I may have found one but it was 12 GB of RAM so I deicide to go for an 8 GB setup and I checked to see if they were the same apart from the amount of RAM and the type of graphics RAM.

Basically both setups use a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 but one says VRAM and the other says DDR3 SDRAM.

After searching the web I came across a forum that said companies market DDR3 RAM differently but the problem is... they both use the same graphics card and both setups are from the same company.

So basically, is there any difference between VRAM and DDR3 SDRAM?

Basically, is there any difference between the two?

Say I had an i5 4670k @ 4.2 GHz and a i7 4770k @ 4.2 GHz would the i7 show any improvements over the i5 for games?

So first off, I know it's cheaper to build a PC but I'm one of those people that CBA to do it. I know how but it's just too much bother for me... I also don't know much about specs for gaming :(

Anyway, here's the specs/what's included for £649.99:

Quad core Intel i5-4440 @ 3.4 GHz

8 GB of RAM (most likely DDR3)

2 TB HDD

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 with 2 GB memory

5 USB 2.0 ports and 4 USB 3.0 ports

Wi-Fi enabled

Win 8.1

Comes with a keyboard and mouse

Option 1:

£599.99

AMD A10-6700 APU 3.7 GHz, 4 MB cache

8 GB DDR3 RAM

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 645, 2 GB GDDR5

AMD A75 FCH chipset motherboard

Option 2:

£799.99

Intel i5-4570T 2.9 GHz (3.6 with TB), 4 MB cache

8 GB DDR3 RAM

NVIDIA GeForce 705M, 2 GB DDR3

Intel H81 chipset motherboard

Option 3:

£699.99

Intel I5-4430 3.0 GHz (3.2 with TB), 6 MB cache

8 GB DDR3 RAM

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 645. 2 GB DDR3

Intel B85 motherboard.

First off I don't drive so if I'm supposed to know this then that's why I don't

Anyway, this just recently came to mind. If you were driving in a built up area, say London, and you had an emergency vehicle coming up behind in service (so it has the sirens and lights going off) but you are stuck at the light as they juts changed to red and all the lanes are block. Would it be legal if you ran the red light to allow the vehicle through or would they need to wait until the space to pass becomes available?

I was just wondering as I haven't had Red Bull, I've had other energy drinks but I'm just curious about Red Bull.

I've been planning on getting some Astro A40's and I was just wondering if the optical input is the port between the two HDMI connections

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Okay, so first off I am aware that each state is different and some stores or even whole states may show the price with tax but I was just wondering why the shops that don't display price + tax do that. .

Surely for smaller purchases (such as 5 items or less) it would be easier to show the tax with the price so the customer can have their money ready before getting served. In certain situations it would be useful, say you get some stuff from the shop and you expect it to be less than $20 but when you get to the till it comes to say... $21.42, you then need to fiddle around and find more notes or coins. It saves that little bit of time for the people behind and could mean an extra customer gets served. Sure it doesn't make all that much of a difference with large purchases because you aren't going to remember the price tags of all the items but it's the smaller things that count. To me it seems strange but then again less than 10% tax seems like heaven compared to the 20% here in the UK.

I also wasn't too sure about the category to put this in so sorry if it is in the wrong one.

I wouldn't have asked if I knew things about PCs so is this PC that my friend is interested in overkill?

Intel i7 quad core @ 3.5 GHz

8 GB DDR3 SDRAM

1TB HDD + 256 GB SSD

NVIDIA Quadro K6000 with 12 GB VRAM

I already have one in mind but just in case my budget drops how good is this for gaming?

AMD A10 5745 GPU 2.1 GHz, 4MB cache

1TB HDD @ 5400RPM

8GB DDR3 RAM

AMD Radeon HD 8610G / 8670 Daul GPU, 2 GB DDR3 Memory

15.6" LED 768p

I've found a few laptops that I'm interested in I'm aware that desktops are better for gaming but I haven't got a place to put a desktop. There's 4 that I'm interested but 1 is a sort of back up just in case my budget goes down.

Option 1:

Interests: Cheapest of the MAIN three, Touchscreen.

With this being Windows 8 a touchscreen actually seems useful

Specs:

Intel i7 4500U @ 1.8-3.0 GHz, 4 MB cache

1 TB HDD @ 5400 RPM

8 GB DDR3 RAM (Maximum of 12 GB installable RAM)

15.6", LED, 768p, 10 point mutitouch screen.

No information on the graphics side...

Option 2:

Interests: Photoshop included, various programs from the maker that I already use on my phone), NFC capability

Specs

Intel i7 4500u @ 1.8-3.0 GHz, 3MB cache

1 TB HDD @ 5400 RPM

8 GB DDR3 RAM (Maximum of 16 GB installable RAM)

NVIDIA GGeForce GT 740M with Optimus technology, 1 GB of memory

15.5" LED 1080p display

Option 3

Interests: Screen size

Specs:

Intel i7 4700 MQ @ 2.4-3.4 GHz 6MB cache

1 TB HDD @ 5400 RPM

12 GB DDR3 RAM

NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M, 2 GB memory

17" LED 1080p display

Backup Option: This option is just in case my budget drops down, I don't really expect it to compete with the other 3 but I'd like to know how you guys would rate it.

Interests: Cheapest of the lot.

Specs:

AMD A10 5745 GPU 2.1 GHz, 4MB cache

1TB HDD @ 5400RPM

8GB DDR3 RAM

AMD Radeon HD 8610G / 8670 Daul GPU, 2 GB DDR3 Memory

15.6" LED 768p

Just wondered what you guys would say the max a phone could be before it becomes more tablet than phone.

Personally I consider anything bigger than the Z1 or Galaxy S4 to be a Phablet.

I just got an error (0x87DD017) on XBL when trying to sign in. It works now but I tried searching Google and nothing came up so I decided to try Microsoft's Xbox error code search and nothing came up when I searched for the code. It makes me wonder if there's error codes Microsoft don't know... or at least don't want us to know.

Option 1:

Intel i7 4700MQ quad core @ 2.4GHz

16 GB RAM

NVIDIA GeForce GT750M 2GB of DDR3 memory

Option 2:

Intel i7 4702MQ @ 2.2 GHz 6 MB cache

16 GB DDR3L RAM

NVIDIA GeForce GT750M 4 GB of GDDR5 memory

Would the better option offer much difference compared to the other?

Option 1:

Windows 8.1

Intel i7 @ 2.2 GHz, 6 MB cache

16 GB DDR3L RAM

NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M Graphics card with 4 GB GDDR5 memory

900p HD display

Option 2:

Windows 8

Intel i7 @ 1.8 GHz, 4 MB cache

12 GB DDR3L

NVIDIA GeForce GT 735M with 2 GB (type not stated) memory

1080p wide colour gamut display

Personally despite what looks like lower specs I'm drawn towards option 2 because it has some features that I may find quite useful (I wont state them to avoid the possible biases against companies) but it does cost a bit more. The only thing stopping me from buying it is that I don't know how much of a difference there is for gaming compared to option 1.

For the sake of comparison how well would the two run say... Skyrim on the highest settings.