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Jimbo2552   10-13-2008 at 12:34:07 AM

Hey All.. I am new here to posting, but this place has been great to search and read other postings...

Here is what I currently use:

Manufacturer: Custom Built
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3700+, MMX, 3DNow, ~2.2GHz
Memory: 2046MB RAM
Hard Drive: 200 GB - w/RAID 0
Video Card: Radeon X1900 GT
Monitor: 28" HANNS-G LCD Widescreen Display
Sound Card: SB Audigy 2 Audio [BC00]
Speakers/Headphones: 5.1 Speaker System
Keyboard: Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse: Logitech HID-compliant G5 Laser Mouse
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.070227-2254)
Motherboard: DFI LanParty

http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/1601/neworderaj1.jpg

As you can see I plan on using 2 cards for SLI... should I really wait for them to get this in stock and buy this 'Sli' ram? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820227326 instead?

I hope this motherboard is worth the money... look forward to talking with y'all!


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kamkal   10-13-2008 at 03:04:26 AM
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mobo is kinda pricey

 

you could get an intel based mobo like an asus p5q
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131297

 

cant do SLI BUT you can then get a 9800GX2 instead (which is SLI on one card, same sh!t basically)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814130338

 

and i see that you are getting supreme commander as well
that particular game likes more cpu cores, so you may want to switch to a q6600 instead for it if you plan on playing it a lot

 


EDIT
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and adding to that, when switching mobos, you can go with DDR2 instead which will also save you a sh!tload of cash

 

the diff between ddr3 and ddr2 performance isnt worth the extra money
you can get this instead

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820211282
70$ for 4gb, story done

 

if you get the e8600, its fsb is 333
if you OC the fsb to 400, that will get you (400x10) 4ghz on the e8600 without ever pushing the mem past its limits

 

i have "regular" patriot 1gb x 2 mem that im running at 425, 25 over spec and it runs fine

 

here's an article that explores ddr2 vs ddr3
http://www.anandtech.com/memory/showdoc.aspx?i=2989

 

save your money!

  


Message edited by kamkal on 10-13-2008 at 03:14:36 AM
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Jimbo2552   10-13-2008 at 03:54:17 AM
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Awesome.. yeah I was just worried about the SLI option hence the 790i chipset... since people tell me ATI is not as good as nVidia... thanks for the feedback for sure!

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