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Re: help with new gaming system
If you decide to overclock, make sure you do the research first to pick the best components. The "main thing" a few months ago for people moving to dual cores was to get the cheapest one, a decent mobo for it (a few main recommended ones from that forum) and easily run it faster than the fastest dual core (at stock speed),… -
Re: help with new gaming system
This is a great forum for info on components and overclocking, pretty much where I learned what I know and great for helping decide what to get http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/index.php Quad cores dropped in price recently, so would be good to check out info on them. -
Re: help with new gaming system
Might be good to go with a cheap dx10 card (8600 GT or something like that) now, and upgrade to a better dx10 card in several months when the next batch come out (or dx10.1). They're about half the price of the 8800 GTX and not much more than a top range dx9 card. http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/ is a great site for reading… -
help with new gaming system
lolzers, I posted this in P&P yesterday by mistake! I want to build a new system and here's the guide I'll be following. I've always used the Ars guides as a starting point but my past systems always turned out just OK not awesome so I'm looking to the hardware gurus for some help. I'm comfortable spending between $1,500… -
Re: help with new gaming system
Just don't get your quad core from newegg. Find somewhere that guarantees GO stepping. I got everything for my new rig at newegg except the CPU. Went with a gigabyte board too. Reviews said it was a great board for OC'ing. For gfx card I just got the 8600 for now and will pick up something better later on. It was $114.00 I… -
Re: help with new gaming system
yeah check out the prices of the quad cores on newegg. You can get one for around 300 now i think. Just shop around. You can get some crazy deals here and there. I can't recommend the xfi sound card enough. My wife got me the fatality one a few years back and man the difference is amazing. The crystalizer is a huge bonus.…
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