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Old 06-13-2006, 04:00 PM
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Originally Posted by snm95ls
AMD FTW.

Your motherboard will come with the cables that you need for the most part.

I haven't checked prices in a while but you could probably build an SLI machine for what you are planning to spend.

Here's what I would recommend
Processor: AMD
Motherboard: ASUS, SOYO, ABT, MSI All make graet boards. Research and decide what features you want.
Hard Drive: SATA all the way. At least for your OS and most frequently accessed programs. I'm a Seagate fan. All the major brands are good.
Optical Drive: Dual layer DVD burners are so cheap now that there is no reason not to get one when you build a computer. They're pretty much all the same but I tend to stick with Sony.
Video Card: I am sure someone will correct me, but try to match the chipset on the video card to the MB chipset. VIA=VIA NVidia=NVida Lots of peop;e ;ove the ATI cards.
Sound Card: I'd only get this if you are serious about soun quality and/or into sound editing. M-Audio makes excellent quality cards.
Memory: Man unless you do alot of intense gaming or this is going to be a server there is no reason to have 2 gigs worth. Get the best quality you can afford. The MB manufacturer will have a list of memory that has been tested and works well.


www.zipzoomfly.com Awesome prices and free shipping.
www.tigerdirect.com The old standby.
www.frozencpu.com For your ricer case mods and liquid cooling needs.
lmao, you're not allowed to give PC buying advice anymore, ok?

i always buy from www.NCIX.com they are fast, only screwed up slightly on 1 out of atleast 25 orders and if they are not the cheapest they will price match.

spend money on a case, dont go cheap w/ a $40 case, a bad power supply will take out alot of crap and you wont be covered under warranty.

give me 5 min, i'll piece one together for you...

here's mine, just installed a thermalright xp-120 w/ a nexus fan (i'm into silent computing, my CRT is louder than my pc, no joke).
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Old 06-13-2006, 04:03 PM
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not a bad setup but please tell me you are using that 120 to do some overclcocking
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Old 06-13-2006, 04:04 PM
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sick looks good, i do plan on buying battlefield2, this computer is going to either run the newest and fastest games or i wont buy/make one. thanks for the info crx88 ill check out that websight.
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that ***** all in canadian bro? will they even ship to the U.S.
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Old 06-13-2006, 04:07 PM
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Originally Posted by crx88Si
lmao, you're not allowed to give PC buying advice anymore, ok?

i always buy from www.NCIX.com they are fast, only screwed up slightly on 1 out of atleast 25 orders and if they are not the cheapest they will price match.

spend money on a case, dont go cheap w/ a $40 case, a bad power supply will take out alot of crap and you wont be covered under warranty.

give me 5 min, i'll piece one together for you...

here's mine, just installed a thermalright xp-120 w/ a nexus fan (i'm into silent computing, my CRT is louder than my pc, no joke).
Enlighten me than please.
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Old 06-13-2006, 04:13 PM
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Originally Posted by snm95ls
Enlighten me than please.
video card has to match chipset? you knew some1 was going to correct you!

thats in Canadian funds, and yes, ncix.com has a Canadian customer button and a US Customer button.

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Old 06-13-2006, 04:14 PM
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not a bad setup but please tell me you are using that 120 to do some overclcocking
nah, its already a 3.0 prescott, i got it more for quiet purposes.
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Old 06-13-2006, 04:15 PM
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the only thing you said that was wrong is about the chipset graphics card that really has no bearing. And that motherboard you are using looks rather outdated there 88si
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Old 06-13-2006, 04:16 PM
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unless you wanna spend 329 bucks or more crts cant be beat. But for bout 329 you can get a 20 inch widescreen that blows crts out of the water[as long as you can get one with no dead pixels] and the colors are much more vibrant and a large crt takes up alot of deskspace.
they still suck in brightness and the ammount of colors they display. 20 inch crt ftw.
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Old 06-13-2006, 04:17 PM
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And the only thing i dont agree with in your build is the memory crx88si that memory kinda sucks and bfg has not fixed there 7900gt issues yet.
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