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Old July 7th, 2008, 05:04 PM   Digg it!   #1 (permalink)
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Finally Setup....Good?Awesome?

Memory:
Corsair Dual Channel XMS2 4096MB PC8500 DDR2 1066MHz Memory (2 x 2048MB) TWIN2X4096-8500C5DF at TigerDirect.com

Motherboard:
MSI X48C Platinum Motherboard - Intel X48, Socket 775, ATX, Audio, PCI Express 2.0, Gigabit LAN, SPDIF, Firewire, USB 2.0, eSATA, RAID at TigerDirect.com

Procesador:
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 Processor BX80569Q9450 - 2.66GHz, 12MB Cache, 1333MHz FSB, Yorkfield, Quad-Core, Retail, Socket 775, Processor with Fan at TigerDirect.com

Video:
Visiontek Radeon HD 4870 Video Card - 512MB GDDR5, PCI Express 2.0 x16, CrossFireX Ready, (Dual Link) Dual DVI, HDTV, HDMI Support, VGA Support 900244 at TigerDirect.com

Hard Drive:
Western Digital Caviar SE16 640GB Hard Drive - 7200, 16MB, SATA-300, OEM WD6400AAKS at TigerDirect.com

Power Supply:
PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750-Watt Quad PCI-Express SATA-Ready Red Power Supply S75CF at TigerDirect.com

NOTE: i want to know is that is a good MOBO, cuz i always go for ASUS MOBO and i never try MSI before, but this is the only Board i'v seen that support DDR2 -DDR3, the reason i choose this one cuz i'll put 4gb od DDR2 byt hte moment and then when the DDR3 get lower price i will get 8gb of DDR3....But i want to know is this Board is Good or not?

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Old July 7th, 2008, 08:07 PM     #2 (permalink)
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Looks great, the motherboard too. MSI is generally not a bad brand. Make sure you get a 64 bit OS to support all that ram.

Also, if you have the money to spare i recommend getting a faster drive like a 10k rpm WD velociRAPTOR or two.

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That hard drive is pretty fast. It beats the Raptor in some tests..
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Nothing wrong with MSI, at least as good as Asus & Gigabyte in my book, have owned several MSI boards (as well as video cards) over the years and had better luck with them than a couple of Asus boards. but I'm sure there are some rotten eggs in every brand, but even so, MSI is still a pretty good brand. Usually a pretty good combo of features, price & performance with that brand.
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