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catdog468a   02-13-2009 at 09:06:26 AM

Intel BOXD5400XS Dual LGA 771 Intel 5400(Skulltrail) Extended ATX Motherboard - Retail

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 3.0GHz LGA 775 95W Quad-Core Processor Model BX80569Q9650

G.SKILL 8GB (4 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Quad Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL5Q-8GBPQ - Retail


HITACHI 0A38016 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

BFG Tech BFGEGTX2801024H2OCWE GeForce GTX 280 1GB 512-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card


have money to burn, is this any overkill?

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cjl   02-13-2009 at 09:16:19 AM
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There are several problems with that.

First, the Skulltrail board has LGA 771 sockets, while those are LGA 775 CPUs. They won't fit. Second, skulltrail is a waste of money anyways - just get an i7 rig, unless you really are running things that benefit from massive quantities of threads. Then, wait for dual socket i7. That RAM wouldn't work with skulltrail either (it needs FB-DIMMS). Basically, get a standard desktop board - it will work far better.

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jeremyrailton   02-13-2009 at 05:28:24 PM
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yep, CPUs and RAM won't work. What do you want to use the computer for? That will let us know what to recommend.

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