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Advice for a power user?

bought it... btw, do I need any special tool kit to assemble this?
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- Post #32
- May 4, 2009
- Forum: Computer Building
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Advice for a power user?

ok then... im pulling the trigger... thank you all for the input..really appreciate it!
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- Post #31
- May 4, 2009
- Forum: Computer Building
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Advice for a power user?

Ok.. for the final time (hopefully) heres the config... let me know if I can hit that buy button I am holding since yesterday ;) Sony Optiarc 24X DVD/CD Rewritable Drive Black SATA Model AD-7240S-0B - OEM $23.99 Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail $54.95...
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- Post #29
- May 4, 2009
- Forum: Computer Building
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Advice for a power user?

changed gpu to MSI R4850-2D512-OC Radeon HD 4850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card
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- Post #27
- May 4, 2009
- Forum: Computer Building
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Advice for a power user?

Ok then.. changing the memory to G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL5D-4GBPI - Retail $50
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- Post #24
- May 4, 2009
- Forum: Computer Building
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Advice for a power user?

Thanks theanimal for the tip... Heres the final version of the config ... jus to check with you guys if i missed or messed anything... Sony Optiarc 24X DVD/CD Rewritable Drive Black SATA Model AD-7240S-0B - OEM $23.99 Sunbeam Silent Storm IC-SS-SVBK Black/Silver Steel ATX Mid Tower...
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- Post #22
- May 4, 2009
- Forum: Computer Building
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Advice for a power user?

But if I want to wifi... do I have to purchase anything extra? like a wifi card or something? Sorry for asking such lame questions.. its been ages that i've build a pc... and things have changed a lot since then..
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- Post #19
- May 3, 2009
- Forum: Computer Building
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Advice for a power user?

Thank you all for the input... I all ready to hit buy on these components but thought I run through you guys for the final time... Its costing me $800 after MIR so I feel pretty good about it. Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300 2.5GHz LGA 775 95W Quad-Core Processor Model BX80580Q8300 - Retail $189...
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- Post #17
- May 3, 2009
- Forum: Computer Building
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Advice for a power user?

btw, is the mobo going to have an inbuilt wifi card or do I have to get that separately?
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- Post #16
- May 3, 2009
- Forum: Computer Building
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Advice for a power user?

thanks for the tip vj8usa... so, im bumping it up to POWERCOLOR AX4770 512MD5-M Radeon HD 4770 512MB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Retail $90 on the other hand.. I know I mentioned crysis ... but I am still comfortable playing it on a little...
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- Post #15
- May 3, 2009
- Forum: Computer Building
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Advice for a power user?

@alyarb.. real GPU examples?
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- Post #12
- May 3, 2009
- Forum: Computer Building
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Advice for a power user?

Ok so I bumped up the GPU to SAPPHIRE 100265HDMI Radeon HD 4830 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Retail $89... but I see that people are having difficulty in setting it up for windows xp... any thoughts on that?
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- Post #11
- May 3, 2009
- Forum: Computer Building
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Advice for a power user?

What should I look for in a video card then? any specif thing I should look into...
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- Post #8
- May 3, 2009
- Forum: Computer Building
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Advice for a power user?

I backup online so I guess I may not need a HDD for it... I have an extra copy of xp professional that I've like to use for this coz I am not sure of shifting to vista yet with win7 around the corner... and I hate vista altogether. I wanted to go with quad coz I could have lot of heavy...
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- Post #6
- May 3, 2009
- Forum: Computer Building
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Advice for a power user?

Hi All, I've been on my laptop for few years now and I really see a need to get on to a desktop to run some new applications I work with. I work on Visual Studio 2008, Photoshop, IIS, Apache, MS SQL 2008 and all that heavy hitters... I am also into games like cysis, hl2 and l4d. I really...
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