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Profile: stranger
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Here are the parts:

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8500
link: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 36&Local=y
price: $269.99

GPU: eVGA GeForce 8800 GT (probably SLI)
link: http://tinyurl.com/6c5nux
price: $139.99

RAM: Corsair 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 SDRAM
link: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145184
price: $66.50

CHASSIS: Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower
link: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...pk=antec%2b900
price: $119.99

HD: Barracuda 7200.10 SATA 3.0Gb/s 320-GB
link:http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16822148140
price: $79.99

OS: Windows XP 64-bit

PSU: Corsair TX-750
link: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817139006
price: $119.99

MOBO: ??


This comes out to $796.45 ($936.44) if I SLI'd the 8800 GT's.
I don't know what motherboard to get. I need one that supports good overclocking, has integrated sound, and supports SLI (and must also be compatible with everything else there). Please help.

If anyone has any suggestions about any of the other parts, please let me know. I'm open to any ideas.

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Save $70 and get an E8400.


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Profile: old hand
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Real nice johndoe3344 ******* SPAMMER.

If you guys don't know, d ouchebags like johndoe3344 use tinyurl.com to redirect you to a spyware loaded site. Hence the douchebag's single post.


Message edited by Noya on 06-23-2008 at 07:41:27 AM
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Actually....

The link was http://www.tigerdirect.com/applica [...] CVRqCjCVRq

I've actually posted the same tinyURL link on all the other computer building/hardware forums I've been to without anyone making any comments like the one you just made. Next time, to not look like an idiot, actually check the link before you say anything.

With that said, kindly go to hell. Thanks!

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Me look like an idiot? Please.

tinyurl.com is banned from many, many sites thanks to wankers like you.

Also, why didn't you post the direct link in the first place?


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