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Insaneplus   01-30-2009 at 08:10:55 PM






Hello,



I have just made a list of parts which I intend to use to make my new PC. Kindly have a look and provide me with your opinions, thoughts and advises. Below is the build:



1- PROCESSOR: Q9550 2.83Ghz (12MB CACHE - 1333 MHZ FSB)

2- MOTHERBOARD: ASUS P5QC INTEL P45+ICH10R 1600 FSB (775PINS - SND + LAN-DDR2 & DDR III SUPPORT) PCX SLOT

3- MEMORY: 4 GB (Please inform me which DDR2 memory should match this system perfectly)

4- HARDDISK: SEAGATE 500GB 3.5" HDD SATA-II 7200RPM 16MB Cache (ST-3500320AS)

5- VIDEO CARD: HIS (PCI EXPRESS) ATI PCX 4870 1GB (256-BITS) DDR 5

6- POWER SUPPLY: COOLER MASTER 700 WATTS ULTIMATE SERIES SLI READY (RS-700-AAAA-A3)

7- DVD WRITER: ASUS DVDRW 20xDL SATA DRW-2014S1T

8- CASE: ASUS TA-66(3) RED BLACK


Please check if all the hardwares are 100% compatible with each other and if not please inform and guide. Thanks and best regards. :)



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evongugg   02-02-2009 at 08:38:57 PM
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You need at a minimum DDR2-667, better DDR2-800 if you overclock.
You could use DDR3-1333, but that's pretty expensive.
See here for part number and vendor:

http://support.asus.com/download/d [...] uage=en-us

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evongugg   02-02-2009 at 08:42:30 PM
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CPU Support and bios version required here:

http://support.asus.com/cpusupport [...] ct=1&os=17

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evongugg   02-02-2009 at 08:43:25 PM
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ATI Radeon HD 4870 System Requirements

500 Watt or greater power supply with two 75W 6-pin PCI Express® power connectors recommended (600 Watt and four 6-pin connectors for ATI CrossFireX™ technology in dual mode)
Certified power supplies are recommended. Refer to http://ati.amd.com/certifiedPSU for a list of Certified products.

http://ati.amd.com/products/radeon [...] ments.html

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