Well I ordered my upgrade:
CD2 6600
Evga 680i
Thermaltake Toughpower 750 PSU
Thermaltake 250 VGA PSU (for future SLI)
2 GB Corsair 800 mhz EPP
8800 GTS
Thermaltake Armor case
I am not an OC'er so this set up should be find for me.
Got is all put together and.....nothing won't post get "- - " on the onboard LED :roll: I tested the PSU's on my old set up and they work fine.
After doing some research...that means RMA so I get my RMA from NE. Wife tells me I can get another board at Frys to see if that is actually the problem. Another board...same problem. I took my cpu over to a buddies house and it did not work in his board (which had been running a 6700 with no problems). So I am RMA'ing the cpu and the board
I learned long ago that you should stick to the good brands, but I couldn't afford a Asus Striker. So I guess I wait and see if I can get a good evga 680i. The whole thing was pretty frustrating. I am hoping that I will get the RMA's back this week sometime and we will give it another go.
Maybe I should have just waited and got the Striker...
CD2 6600
Evga 680i
Thermaltake Toughpower 750 PSU
Thermaltake 250 VGA PSU (for future SLI)
2 GB Corsair 800 mhz EPP
8800 GTS
Thermaltake Armor case
I am not an OC'er so this set up should be find for me.
Got is all put together and.....nothing won't post get "- - " on the onboard LED :roll: I tested the PSU's on my old set up and they work fine.
After doing some research...that means RMA so I get my RMA from NE. Wife tells me I can get another board at Frys to see if that is actually the problem. Another board...same problem. I took my cpu over to a buddies house and it did not work in his board (which had been running a 6700 with no problems). So I am RMA'ing the cpu and the board
I learned long ago that you should stick to the good brands, but I couldn't afford a Asus Striker. So I guess I wait and see if I can get a good evga 680i. The whole thing was pretty frustrating. I am hoping that I will get the RMA's back this week sometime and we will give it another go.
Maybe I should have just waited and got the Striker...