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PostPosted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 11:50 am 
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Intel CPU : Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 2.66GHz, 1333FSB (Quad Core) 12000K
Intel CPU Fans : Spire Socket 775 Intel fan
Intel Motherboards : ASUS P5N-D SLI nForce 750i, 1333FSB, SLI PCI Ex, Sound,1GB LAN, iEEE
DDR2 memory : 8GB (4x2GB) PC5300 DDR2 667 Dual Channel
PCI-Express Video cards : GeForce 9800GTX 512Mb PCI EXpress 16X dual head, tv out
Hard Drives : 250.0GB Hitachi/ IBM 7200rpm SATA2 UDMA 300 8m Cache
DVD Recorders : Samsung 20x DVD Recorder Dual Layer +R/RW -R/RW (black)
Floppy Drives -Card Readers : 12-in-1 Memory Card Reader Internal Black
Sound Cards : AC 97 3D Full Duplex sound card (onboard)
Network Cards : Ethernet network adapter (onboard)
Cases : APEVIA X-Plorer Silver, Side Window, front USB,iEEE,Temp control
Case Fans : Dual Case Fans 120 mm Extra Quiet DC fan (two fans)
Power Supply : Okia 600W ATX Power Supply
Keyboards : Black Windows Keyboard, 104 key, PS/2
Operating Systems : Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64bit DVD
System Condition: All system components are brand new. System is assembled and tested. All drivers and manuals are included.
If you ordered operating system (Windows) it will be installed and configured with all drivers

1400$;
Will this work? I'm really only worried about the compatibility of the motherboard with the graphics card

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PostPosted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 7:18 pm 
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damn you kioto where are you when I need you lol

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I can review it if you still want me to before you buy it. I didn't like somethings but i'd like to read up before i tell you why i don't like it.

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PostPosted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 7:36 pm 
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I haven't bought yet, your input is valued <3!!

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PostPosted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 7:37 pm 
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Keep in mind my budget too ;p lol

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Only 2 things i don't really like is the cpu fan and the memory. DDR 800 is really cheap and so is a decent cpu fan/heatsink. The PSU and the Case is subpar but for budget's sake i'd let it slide, card reader is not needed, just a waste of money.

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PostPosted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 8:04 pm 
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I got the card reader for my digital camera huhu :p because I can't find the fucker USB attatchment thingy; Well thanks very much kioto <3 I really appreciate the help, ill upgrade the fan and memory- but I like the case :(!!

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PostPosted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 9:39 pm 
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id opt for a better PSU. Since you are running a beast of a card, you will need a very solid PSU. If that fails, your card will blow up and you might have to spend another 400 on a GPU. Also, you might want to get a seperate sound card, since onboard audio blows, unless you arent an audio guru. Probably could use a slower GHz processor or just go to a core 2 duo if you want to save some more moneyz

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Ack I already bought it >_____< shouldn't be a problem though, by the time the PSU failed and he card blew up a newer better one for the same price probably would have come out lol

oh and as for sound card; yeah the on it comes with is purposely crappy because I have an expensive external one for my keyboard and mic; but Im worried the drivers won't work with 64 vista ><

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hey this is a returd question but, i noticed the graphics card said something about having ddr3 memory; but my motherboard doesnt support ddr3 I don't think, does that matter only for the ram though?

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madi I have ram that use DDR2 but my video card use DDR3 so it will work depending on motherboard you use.

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well the motherboard I got I do not recall it saying it supported ddr3, thats why i was worried about it ><

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 12:18 pm 
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Your motherboard does not need to support DDR3 in order for the video card to make use of its GDDR3 memory.

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Awsome, ty kioto

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my bad what I said is my motherboard used DDR 2 and video card is DDR3 so they still work just that ram have speeds.

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Just spend 1900 on almost the same thing. 780i board and 1GB video card though

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 1:17 am 
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mother fucker they just emailed saying some of my parts were incompatible. . . .didn't say wich ones, have to call tommorow X_X

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lol Theterk you were right; they were like " yeah um. . . your graphics card. . .and um. . .8 gigs of ram. . . will obliterate your psu; we reccomend: blah blah" 100$ more >< apparantly my psu was shit lol. That set it to 1700 >-<; gah i really didnt want to spend nearly that much on a new computer, but atleast it should play WAR and aion on full settings, in the future I can always buy another 9800GTX and that should increase performance as well; anyways thanks for all your help guys <3

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PostPosted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 12:24 pm 
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well, as long as you got a really good psu you should be able to get another one. i would assume that the psu you just got supports sli

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yeah the psu fucking better, it was like 130$ by itself. . . the one I originally had was only like 30$ or somethin haha

edit: no, my psu was actually like 180$, lol Thermaltake Toughpower 750W ATX Power Supply, SLI ready, active PFC ; the company only showed me the price they added on from my old psu lol

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