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board2death986

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Was planning an elaborate game rig upgrade, but I decided to jump on a deal. My local lan group scored big at Lanfest so a friend is selling his E6600 and PNY XR8 1066 memory (4GB).

I'm getting the bunch for $375, and instead of replacing my current rig i'm going to invest another $400 into the Thermaltake SFF (which can hold my 8800GTX), a gigabyte miniATX motherboard, and some hard drives. I have enough spare opticals and PSU's to complete the build otherwise.

Coming from a socket 939 X2 4400+, do you think a jump to the E6600 will be a large enough difference to really make it worth the investment? This would be a gaming only LAN rig, and the only part I would need to switch out is my 8800gtx, which i will find an mx4000 somewhere to keep the 939 rig running in the meantime the gtx is out.

The reason for all of this? My p180 is huge and heavy to boot, this way if i really want to lug it around as a server, i can make arrangements with a dolly or something, but I can actually make it point to point in one go with all my main gear.

Anyway buying the friend's gear this friday, so hurry up with the advice!
 
Well the performance difference is gonna be huge! And also you might want to look into a sugo3, wayyyyyyyyyyy bettere looking than any lanbox and can fit gtx, but a lanbox cant, it can only fit one if you mod the hdd cage, but then there goes your hdds you wanted.
Have fun!:D
 
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