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    GigaByte vs SuperMicro vs EVGA [X99 Mobos]

    That is great! I didn't want to spend another $200 to get the 6850k because I've never spend this much on a CPU! That GigaByte does looks amazing Why don't you show us a photo of your build?
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    GigaByte vs SuperMicro vs EVGA [X99 Mobos]

    I've been thinking about this today and now I'm leaning heavily towards the EVGA X99 FTW K | $237USD and the Corsair Carbide Air 540 Arctic White case for $125 with coupon. Also thinking of getting 32GB (8GB x 4) of G.Skill Ripjaws for $150. Still researching M.2 drive cost/storage vs another...
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    6800k vs 6850k

    To keep your RAID intact, you'll have to use a board with the same RAID chip. Next time use a dedicated RAID card or create bare-metal backups with software that would also permit recovering onto dissimilar hardware, such as Acronis Backup Advanced ($119). Acronis calls it "Universal Restore,"...
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    GigaByte vs SuperMicro vs EVGA [X99 Mobos]

    I now own the i7-6800K (28 lane, Broadwell-E) and the Corsair H60 will cool it. After many, many hours I whittled down the motherboard options to these three: GigaByte GA-X99-Designare EX | $370USD | Review SuperMicro C7X99-OCE | $265USD | Review EVGA X99 FTW K | $237USD | Review Some...
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    My AMD story

    Little short history off the top of my head about my pc's.... 1993(?)-1995 - Hand-me-down I got ....RadioShack TRS-80 Model III [monochrome display, 5-1/4" floppy bay but no drive, 64K RAM] (still working, in attic). Because it had no floppy drive, I typed out all the programs and messed...
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    OEM vs Retail

    I buy both OEM and Retail , depending on what I am getting Make sure first that the warranty period for OEM or Retail on the specific item you want has maximum warranty coverage first - unless you are going to O/C in which case it don't matter Hardware I Always Get RETAIL For 1. DVD...
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    What performance gain would I get by moving from Socket A to 939?

    No way. I think it is awesome ! I should do this from now on! The question is, which one is the most eye-ball twisting ? Me me me me me ? Me me me me me ? Me me me me me ?
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    What performance gain would I get by moving from Socket A to 939?

    Is this better ? BTW is my sig too damn long ? lol Im workin on a 19" monitor, and the blue don't bother me....sorry :eek:
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    What performance gain would I get by moving from Socket A to 939?

    Ya know I thought I remembered seeing that the last time I was on a few weeks ago, I kinda hoped it changed :( guess not. Sigh....
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    What performance gain would I get by moving from Socket A to 939?

    Oopsie did some errors.... AthlonXP 1700+ is a Thoroughbred (I actuallyput in the wrong proccy too!....) Supposed to be AthlonXP 2700+ (Barton ... thats the oops) and clocked basically stocked with that score...the socket allows higher O/C'ing but the OS won't read the speed @ 2700, instead...
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    What performance gain would I get by moving from Socket A to 939?

    This is what I had before then after. See for yourself the improvement (using 3DMark2001SE as the testbed - I didnt use later 3DMarks because I didn't own '05 and I had low scores in '03) ABit KR7A-133 RAID (VIA KT266A chipset) AMD Athlon XP 1700+ Barton (@ stock speed) Crucial 512MB...
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