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Recent content by zman1974

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    New AMD Platform Builds

    Your probably right as the Crosshair III kinda defeats the whole purpose of a budget friendly platform. I assembled an i7 platform on the Egg, and it competes favorably in price to my most expensive system listed in the OP. i7 920: $280 Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD3R $190 6 GB of G-SKILL DDR3 1600...
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    New AMD Platform Builds

    Stupid me. I meant to say 945. Edited the original post.
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    New AMD Platform Builds

    It's a great board for the money, but the Crosshair III seems to be worth the cost for two reasons: 1. The Crossfire thing that you pointed out. 2. Build quality. For someone like me who only upgrades every 3 years or so the build quality of the board means more than a cheap price...
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    New AMD Platform Builds

    My current board is an Intel 975xbx. Can't do the quad's; at least not that I am aware. An AM3 setup might be worth it. As for the Core i5 most of the pre-release speculation says it is within a stone's throw of the Core i7's performance. Personally I think Intel chipsets are the best route for...
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    New AMD Platform Builds

    That price is for 8 GB. Sorry I wasn't clear. Prices are all off the Egg.
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    New AMD Platform Builds

    I think I am about ready to replace my aging C2D E6700 and Intel mobo with a new platform. As I do not want to break the bank, I am planning on an AM3 socket build. So far, I have come up with three builds, each one progressively more expensive than the former, however, I did not want to get...
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    Best AMD overclocking motherboard

    It does. You should go to the ASUS website, and take a look at the Qualified Vendors List. Here is the link to their product page: http://usa.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=181
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    Best AMD overclocking motherboard

    I have been doing a bunch of research on this subject, and I think I have decided on the ASUS Crosshair III; only downside I can see is that it only has two PCIE 2.0 x16 slots and it's the most expensive board, but I have read no negative reviews and no major negative comments. Oh, and it...
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    Best Book/Guide to Building/Upgrading a PC

    Not trying to be an arse, guys, and I do appreciate the advice. I just don't want to screw up hundreds of dollars worth of components; if you say I am making a big deal out of nothing, then I defer to your experience.
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    Best Book/Guide to Building/Upgrading a PC

    Yes, I saw that. My question to people like you, who know much more about building computers than me, is which book/guide/site was best. Having so many options is just as useless as having too few if you don't know what you are doing.
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    Best Book/Guide to Building/Upgrading a PC

    Neither is trig, but I sucked at that :) My main concern is plugging all the wires back in their correct sockets, and hooking up the water cooler to the mobo.
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    Best Book/Guide to Building/Upgrading a PC

    Gaming about 95%.
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    Best Book/Guide to Building/Upgrading a PC

    Thanks. That is what I was looking for. As for the PSU, it was a free upgrade after my first one failed. Velocity Micro really took care of me; got that PSU, a 4870 512MB, and an upgraded water cooling unit for a little over $100. However, now I want to try to do this on my own as my...
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    Best Book/Guide to Building/Upgrading a PC

    I have always had my computers built for me. The hardest thing I have ever put in a computer myself was a graphics card and memory:o I now want to upgrade my platform. Currently, I have an Intel E6700 Core 2 Duo CPU, Intel X975XBX mobo, and 2 GB of Corsair DDR2 memory (still use XP)...
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    6 pin to 8 pin Power Adapter Rant

    For you, it worked; for me, it didn't. Not trying to be melodramatic, but it's just good business to provide your customers up front with the adapters needed to get the card running out of the box. All of this is more of an irritant (the equivalent of a mosquito bite), and it hardly means...
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