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CASE: TURBO X-DREAMER CASE W/ WINDOW & LCD Temperature Display
 CS_FAN: Extra 3-Color Neon Light LED Case Fan  
 CPU: AMD Phenom%u2122 X4 9850 Black Edition Quad-Core CPU w/ HyperTransport Technology
 CD: (Special Price) 20X DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW DRIVE DUAL LAYER
 FLASHMEDIA: INTERNAL 12in1 Flash Media Reader/Writer  
 FAN: CoolerMaster Hyper TX2 Gaming CPU Cooling Fan (Extreme Silent Operation at only 22dBA + Overclock Proof)
 HDD: Single Hard Drive (500GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16MB Cache 7200RPM HDD)
 MOTHERBOARD: Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe nForce 570 SLI MCP Chipset DDR2/800 MBoard w/ Dual PCI-Express
 MEMORY:  G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory
 POWERSUPPLY: Sigma Shark SP-635W PSU - SLI Ready)
 VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB 16X PCI Express(EVGA Powered by NVIDIA)
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all built for $1028   what could have been better without spending more money?


Message edited by lvnick8912 1 on 04-21-2008 at 02:27:06 AM
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350watt is a bit low. You may have to get a better psu. Also, Q6600 + interl motherboard should deliver better performance value. Otherwise good as is.


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I have a 635watt psu listed at the bottom.

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lvnick89121 wrote :

I have a 635watt psu listed at the bottom.

 


It's all good then.


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I don't know that brand of PSU but make sure it's from a reputable company.  A crappy PSU can take down your rig if blows on you.  PSU is not an area that you want to cut corner, pay more and buy a piece of mind.


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Oh wow, you got a socket AM2 motherboard for a Phenom
Is it too late to return it?
You need something that supports HyperTransport of 5200 MHz, such as:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813136044
The DFI LanParty should give you about as many overclocking options as you can handle to maximize that Black Edition

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MrManO1 wrote :

Oh wow, you got a socket AM2 motherboard for a Phenom
Is it too late to return it?


 
its ordered, not yet built. whats the problem?

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Intel would of been the smart choice.

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lvnick89121 wrote :

its ordered, not yet built. whats the problem?

 


It may bottleneck the cpu.


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I don't see the point in SLi motherboard for that system.  And why spend so much on AMD when a similar Intel would easily outperform it?
 
Could have saved yourself $100 and gotten a G92 8800GTS.
 
Its still a nice system tho, gratz


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