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I was in your same situation, I had some money up front and had to wait for the rest. What I did was buy the parts that you can use NOW. I had $300 upfront, I bought my case and PSU because those are 2 things you can use now and dont have to really worry about them being defective.
So if you...
I was going to buy a 128GB Samsung 830 SSD for $99 but then I saw that the OCZ Vertex 4 SSD has almost 3 times the write speed and 10k faster read speed.
Should I go for the OCZ Vertex 4 or are they still bad SSDs?
thank you for the help!
I guess Ill live with the x8 then :)
Just thought it was strange that it works in the slot at x8 but not x16. At least I can use it at x8 instead of being forced to x1.
Thank you for all your help! I greatly appreciate it!
Well im sad to hear that I cant run x16 but the good news is...I ran 3DMark06 with the 9800GT at x8 and the results were a LOT better.
5129 with the 7800GTX
and
10165 with the 9800GT
Thanks for helping me with this issue! I greatly appreciate it!
Ok first off I just want to say that you are AMAZING!
It worked perfectly and GPU-Z shows it at x8
BUT let me throw this other riddle at you...
I switch the Red thing to SLI like you said and thought I would give it a try and put the 9800GT in the first slot...and it WORKED...
So it will...
the 7800GTX shows x16 just like you said in the 1st slot and x1 in the 2nd slot
But why doesnt my 9800GT work in the 1st slot?
Also, I dont want to run Muli GPUs I just want to run the 1x 9800GT at max speed
Edit: Ill try doing what you just said, give me a min
Motherboard says ASUS P5NSLI...idk if that helps.
Ok if thats the case then why wont the 9800GT boot up in the first PCIE slot?
I havent tried using the 7800GTX in the second slot yet.
Also I downloaded GPU-Z and it says its running on a PCI-E x16 2.0 @ x1 1.1
I downloaded and ran 3DMark06 just to see what my score would be before sticking in the 9800GT (low power)
5129 with the 7800GTX
4539 with the 9800GT
How is this possible?
Other specs:
E6600 2.4
4GB DDR2 800
Both GPUs use the same drivers but just to be sure I removed the other...
since I have a few extra $ from getting the 2500k so cheap should i get the ASUS P8Z68-V/GEN3 $174 or just save my money?
Sorry for being such a pain on this...I really want to make sure i get the right one,
these 2 Samsung 830 SSDs are the SAME yet i can get one for 89.99. Any reason not to?
SAMSUNG 830 Series MZ-7PC128B/WW $89.99 after promo
SAMSUNG 830 Series MZ-7PC128D/AM $119
I dont have the microcenter near me. I just happened to bypass one on my way back to NM. I stopped just to pick up the 2500k and I also grabbed the Hyper 212 EVO.
ASUS P8Z68-M Pro $119
or
ASUS P8Z77-V LK $144
or
ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 $124
Also is Crucial m4 really the SSD to get? I read...
Yay! I got the 2500k...costed me $173 after tax but still a LOT cheaper! Thanks for mentioning Microcenter, I just happened to be passing one at the time. It's like it was ment to be :)
They have one in Kansas city and I'm about an hour away from there on my way back to NM. Im going to stop there and see of they have it for $160. Crossing my fingers!