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impala454
post Mar 14 2006, 02:40 PM
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I haven't really kept up with CPU/Mobo stuff lately... what's the scoop? Which are the best for Intel or AMD? (i'm not doin SLI).
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post Mar 14 2006, 05:50 PM
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impala454
post Mar 15 2006, 02:57 PM
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so i guess no one else is really keeping up with it either then
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post Mar 15 2006, 03:18 PM
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super omega board 10,000 version 2 ultra-power advanced is the new best one
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post Mar 15 2006, 04:12 PM
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QUOTE (Lancifer @ Mar 15 2006, 04:18 PM)
super omega board 10,000 version 2 ultra-power advanced is the new best one

super omega board 15,000 version 3.1 ultra-power advanced overclocked is going to be the shit when it comes out in 4 days.
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post Mar 15 2006, 05:11 PM
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here goes the monster i'm creating
https://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion/Wishli...istTitle=newbox

commence the anti-intel jokes
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post Mar 16 2006, 02:14 PM
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intel sux.. nuff said..


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post Mar 16 2006, 04:54 PM
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QUOTE (koreanp1e @ Mar 16 2006, 02:14 PM)
intel sux.. nuff said..

definitely (the nuff said part)
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post Mar 16 2006, 09:33 PM
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What are you using the computer for? just games?

Why do you need 4 gigs of RAM? Why do you need a $300 video card? Why do you need a 500W power supply?
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post Mar 16 2006, 11:33 PM
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QUOTE (M1N10N @ Mar 16 2006, 08:33 PM)
Why do you need 4 gigs of RAM? Why do you need a $300 video card? Why do you need a 500W power supply?

Because it enlarges his e-penis.


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post Mar 17 2006, 06:37 AM
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QUOTE (impala454 @ Mar 14 2006, 02:40 PM)
I haven't really kept up with CPU/Mobo stuff lately... what's the scoop? Which are the best for Intel or AMD? (i'm not doin SLI).

is it just me, or did you make a post just like this about 3 months ago or so? biggrin.gif tongue.gif


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post Mar 17 2006, 09:15 AM
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QUOTE (M1N10N @ Mar 16 2006, 09:33 PM)
What are you using the computer for? just games?

Why do you need 4 gigs of RAM? Why do you need a $300 video card? Why do you need a 500W power supply?

High end processors and video cards demand adequate power, or else you will run hardware risks.

Especially if you plan on having multiple disk drives and optical drives.


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post Mar 17 2006, 09:48 AM
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QUOTE (Rocky @ Mar 17 2006, 09:15 AM)
High end processors and video cards demand adequate power, or else you will run hardware risks.

Especially if you plan on having multiple disk drives and optical drives.

most everything on his wish list was high end ... but there was just one optical device and one hardrive.
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post Mar 17 2006, 02:37 PM
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QUOTE (M1N10N @ Mar 16 2006, 09:33 PM)
What are you using the computer for? just games?

Why do you need 4 gigs of RAM? Why do you need a $300 video card?  Why do you need a 500W power supply?

Games mostly, but I do often have lots of other apps open. I'm getting 4 gigs for a couple reasons. Gonna run 64 bit windows, and preparing for the next windows that's coming out as well. 64 bit windows can address up to 16 TB. Basically I'd rather get all of the ram for the thing now, in matched pairs that were manufactured around the same time rather than getting 2GB now, then 2 later.

On the video card... $300 is a fairly cheap, middle of the road card for games. If you're going uber high end those are on the order of $500 or more. 500W power supply because all these newer components need that juice, plus the whole preparing for the future stuff.

QUOTE (M1N10N @ Mar 17 2006, 09:48 PM)
most everything on his wish list was high end ... but there was just one optical device and one hardrive.

I'm not building the entire thing from scratch, just mostly. I already have the case I'll use and a couple of other hard drives and an optical drive that will go in the thing. I highly recommend that case btw, very nice setup and roomy. Also never seen anything with a better hard drive location/setup.

Basically I've got a little extra scratch and felt like building a monster system... haven't done that in a long time.

Here's a pretty cool article on 64 bit windows performance on a dual-core system:
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,1857478,00.asp
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