Thread: Building my first computer... help?
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Old November 22nd, 2007, 06:22 PM     #9 (permalink)
Namie
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Originally Posted by Atomic Rooster View Post
Nice choice. Abit makes some good stuff. I've been using their products for years.

PSU: FSP Group (Fortron Source) AX500-PN ATX2.2 500W - $69.99

Video card: EVGA GeForce 8600GT 256MB - $99.99 or XFX GeForce 8800GT 512MB - $269.99 (When they are back in stock)


I've never heard of FSP. Why do you recommend that one? Pricewise?

I'm not familiar with SLI. Is it simple? Would the EVGA GeForce 8600GT by itself be powerful enough to run Test Drive Unlimited at high settings?

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Originally Posted by RandomNameHere View Post
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128059

is a really good board. I just bought it with the same CPU, It has really newb friendly OC abilities if you are into that. I am running it at 3.2 Ghz.


I was just about to ask about that one too. I'm trying to think between that Gigabyte or the Abit one. I like the blue Abit colors a lot and don't really need firewire or raid. I could use some more PATA though as most of my hard drives are still PATA, as well as my DVD drive. I read some reviews for the Abit Mobo and the 'double boot' problem (supposedly fixed after upgrading the bios to beta - seems like a small hassle) kind of scares me, and also having to increase the RAM voltage since the default for the Abit mobo is 1.8 - the ram I bought requires 2.1 - if I didn't read the reviews I probably would be stuck on what to do.

Edit: Oh, and the rebate for the Abit sounds good too; I don't really want to pass off on that. I think the area I should be spending most on is the video card.
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