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Recent content by Crispytaco

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    PSU upgrade advice

    Thanks a lot for your help! Very useful
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    PSU upgrade advice

    I was wondering if I could get some advice on upgrading my PSU. Currently I'm utilizing a 900W Topower PSU that came with my 2008 purchase of an HP Blackbird. It was powering a 3ghz dual core Intel Core 2 Duo, liquid cooling unit, 4gb ram, Asus 680i extreme mobo, PCI Creative sound card, two...
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    PSU upgrade advice

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    Need troubleshooting help! New build, can't even get to BIOS

    Danny, thank you for your continued help! I understand that not having extra RAM, extra PSU, or extra CPU doesn't give you much to work with. I did try my old motherboard with the new GPU, and that worked...so that seems to elimimate the PSU and GPU. I'll get with newegg asap to RMA the...
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    Need troubleshooting help! New build, can't even get to BIOS

    Ok, so I referred back to the basic troubleshooting guide and followed the part near the end that describes what to try when you can't get the mobo to POST. The first three symptoms that are listed are my most common experiences during this process. I set up my mobo outside of the case and...
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    Need troubleshooting help! New build, can't even get to BIOS

    A couple weeks ago I made a post asking for new build assistance, and I got great advice and went ahead with the purchase. Now with all my parts in, I began the build. Unfortunately, I'm really stuck now as I can't get things to work. I'm not entirely a "noob" when it comes to builds, but it...
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    New Build in nearly 4+ years - seeking advice

    Ok, so it looks like the best bang for my buck is the AMD card that Danny mentioned. Will that work with the motherboard I linked in my original post? I can't remember if AMD video cards work with Intel boards. Outside of that and the ssd tray converter I need to find, are there any other...
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    New Build in nearly 4+ years - seeking advice

    Wow, thanks for the tip Danny Bui! I've been thinking of getting that game too because I liked the original a lot. I need to proofread better. Sorry, I was talking about the 2GB counterpart to the video card I listed in my original post ($245). Although, since you spoke of the 6950 so...
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    New Build in nearly 4+ years - seeking advice

    Bump. I was asked to come back when I'm ready to buy, so here I am. I updated my original post to include the suggestions and advice that were made. I also added a question I have about the SSD and how I'm going to rack it in my case. Thanks!
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    New Build in nearly 4+ years - seeking advice

    Danny Bui That is exactly what I wanted and needed to hear! I'm closer than ever to being ready to buy. Thanks!
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    New Build in nearly 4+ years - seeking advice

    Skillz, It is good to know that I don't need the water cooler, so having an idea of what to use for air cooling is useful. I was checking the specs for the fan and it says it will fit 775, 1156, and 1366 sockets (as well as AMDs) but the board/CPU I'm likely to get is the newer 1155. Is...
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    New Build in nearly 4+ years - seeking advice

    Thanks for the tips Tonytnnt! I'll send him a message to see what actually did with his cooler. Unfortunately the closest Microcenter is 3+ hours away so that isn't really a great option for me. The biggest and closest computer stores to me are Altex and Fry's. I'll stay away from OCZ...
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    New Build in nearly 4+ years - seeking advice

    Thanks for the quick reply and good information! I said no to overclocking mostly because I've never overclocked anything before. I would venture to guess my liquid cooling on the CPU would be sufficient to handle overclocking, so I'm not really opposed to doing it if it isn't really that...
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    New Build in nearly 4+ years - seeking advice

    1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc Gaming (WoW, SC2, Portal2, BF3, etc) 2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? $1500 after tax and shipping but if I can not max that budget, that would be great 3) Which country do you live in? If the...
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