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saint19   11-09-2009 at 03:13:11 PM

You need change the mobo, RAM and CPU.

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Bronze Home Brew badge dndhatcher   11-09-2009 at 09:08:39 PM

Actually you could just use switch the motherboard and CPU, the same RAM is good on an AM3 motherboard (like obsidian's first link)

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Bronze Home Brew badge overshocks   11-09-2009 at 11:11:05 PM

obsidian86 wrote :

switch to this
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Comb [...] mbo.293441

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820231303



no don't get his RAM, just stay with the one I suggested

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820231276

the performance is same/similar..no need to pay extra for something you won't notice in the real world since you're gaming..

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Bronze Home Brew badge overshocks   11-09-2009 at 11:25:04 PM

Newf wrote :

Why would you want to do this?

 

because he's an amd fan boy..why else..


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wynzavian   11-12-2009 at 01:44:34 PM

overshocks wrote :

no don't get his RAM, just stay with the one I suggested

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820231276

the performance is same/similar..no need to pay extra for something you won't notice in the real world since you're gaming..



overshocks, does the ram speed (ddr3 1600 vs ddr3 1333 in this case) make a real world difference when overclocking? i plan on overclocking the system.

thanks, w.

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