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[Amdcrankitup]

Hey guys I use read these forums all the time but I,ve been sick had 2 minor strokes,2 brain surgeries, and a heart attack lost my job lost everything and now disabled! So seeing how I,m still alive thank god and starting over I,m going to build me a new toy so tell me what you think so far my plans are Mobo Asus blitz formula DDR2.Intel core 2duo E8400 6mb cache lga775 wolfdale, 2 Raptor 150 gig HD. Could you suggest a power supply, video card Latest DVDr/CDR. At present I have 2 gigs of ram. Anyone using the Asus Blitz formula board? Thanks Bill


PS If my post seems confusing brain surgery will do that to you so dont pay me no attention!

 

[crhscoog]

whats the purpose of this system? gaming im assuming? what monitor resolution? what budget you have? future plans with computer?

to start off, ditch the raptors. too much money for not too much performance over regular harddrives while having way less gb of space at same time.

 

[Amdcrankitup]

Gaming 1024 and above HD! I RE: Hard Drives give me suggestions on good sata drives.I,ve beem sick for a little while so my last PC was a 3200 athlon so I.m behind on the technology tryng to read up as many forums and reveiws as I can.Curious if anyone here is using the Asus Blitz formula DDR2 board and outside a bios update have any other issues with it . Very curious about its OCing and stabilty.Main reason is I want this board to take me a long way which last a while cause I.m poor! LOL

 

[Dangman]

Gaming 1024 and above HD! I RE: Hard Drives give me suggestions on good sata drives.I,ve beem sick for a little while so my last PC was a 3200 athlon so I.m behind on the technology tryng to read up as many forums and reveiws as I can.Curious if anyone here is using the Asus Blitz formula DDR2 board and outside a bios update have any other issues with it . Very curious about its OCing and stabilty.Main reason is I want this board to take me a long way which last a while cause I.m poor! LOL

If you want the motherboard to last you in terms of CPU upgrades, forget it. By this time next year, none of the new Intel Nehalem CPUs will be compatible with the current socket 775 motherboard. So any plans for a CPU upgrade a few years from now with the same mobo should be dropped.

Now before we can help you further, we need the following questions answered (crhscoog already asked them but I'll ask them again):
- What is your budget?
- What parts do you need for that budget? Please be as specific as possible
- What features do you need in a motherboard?
- What size is your monitor?
- How long do you plan on having the rig before doing a CPU upgrade?

Look around the GenHard forum for recommendations on parts. I'm betting you'll find at least three or four threads this week that matches your requirements. Then post your list here so that we can refine and nitpick.

 

[Amdcrankitup]

My bad I dont intend on upgrade just use this rig in re: to the mobo and cpu for awhile just wanted this board and get their inputer on how its working for them.Read a couple of reveiws seems pretty impressive to me. Just got to build around it video good sata drives burners so on !Just getting input from someone in these forum using the board.