Advice on my planned out computer :)

[-0MEGA-] · 07-18-2006, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by holyjunk125

I wouldn't get just one stick of ram. Get 2x 512mb like you were going to being the mobo supports 4 dimms. So you can just add another 2x512mb in the future if it is necessary.

If he's going to be sticking with 2x512MB for a while (several months or so), then I would agree with you. But if he's planning on upgrading to 2GB anytime soon, deffinetly go with the 1GB Stick. Since when all 4 slots are filled, performance suffers and some motherboards reduce the RAM speed.

EMO-TOCROSS · 07-24-2006, 04:23 AM

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Originally Posted by rahving

If you didn't know or to remind you, around the 23rd of this month (July), all of the AMD dual-core processors will be dropping HEAVILY in price. Most likely to somewhere around half what they are now. That will free up quite a bit of space to work with. Good luck with you build.

That's good to know

It's been awhile since I've been keeping up-to-date on all this stuff, why is the price going to drop so rapidly? I ended up post-poning ordering all the parts, i'm waiting until this weekend to do so. Think the price will drop on newegg.com by then?

new vega · 07-24-2006, 03:29 PM

if ur looking for video performance, change to ati

radeons have been proven to wipe out nvidio

get hooked up with a radeon X1600pro or better its only $150 at tigerdirect

m0nk3ys1ms · 07-24-2006, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by new vega

if ur looking for video performance, change to ati

radeons have been proven to wipe out nvidio

get hooked up with a radeon X1600pro or better its only $150 at tigerdirect

A 7600GT will smoke an X1600Pro. This stock overclocked 7600GT is $139.99 after $30 MIR.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130283

holyjunk · 07-24-2006, 10:50 PM

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Originally Posted by [-0MEGA-]

If he's going to be sticking with 2x512MB for a while (several months or so), then I would agree with you. But if he's planning on upgrading to 2GB anytime soon, deffinetly go with the 1GB Stick. Since when all 4 slots are filled, performance suffers and some motherboards reduce the RAM speed.

Performance does suffer though when all slots are filled? Dealing with more places do go so to speak?

[-0MEGA-] · 07-24-2006, 11:06 PM

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Originally Posted by holyjunk125

Performance does suffer though when all slots are filled? Dealing with more places do go so to speak?

When you have all your RAM slots filled, the motherboard sets it to 2T usually, which will decrease performance slightly. You're much better off having only 2 sticks in a 4x DIMM motherboard, or 1 stick in a 2x DIMM (if no dual-channel).

EMO-TOCROSS · 08-04-2006, 12:39 AM

The order went through, I made some variations with the original parts but it all works great

However, The motherboard didn't come with the IDE cord for the CD-ROM Drive, I looked for one on newegg.com and couldn't find one. Could someone link me a cord used for the motherboard to CD-Drive from newegg? Thanks

m0nk3ys1ms · 08-04-2006, 12:46 AM

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Originally Posted by EMO-TOCROSS

The order went through, I made some variations with the original parts but it all works great

However, The motherboard didn't come with the IDE cord for the CD-ROM Drive, I looked for one on newegg.com and couldn't find one. Could someone link me a cord used for the motherboard to CD-Drive from newegg? Thanks

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16812183036

Iluvpenguins · 08-05-2006, 08:14 AM

Trust me dude,go witht he Nvidia 7600GT,it will wipe the floor with that Radeon,Nvidia has been proven to be more affective than Radeon...so yeah.

EMO-TOCROSS · 08-09-2006, 11:23 PM

okay, so now that I have the cord to plug the CD-Drive into the motherboard, I noticed that I couldn't plug it in anywhere... The motherboard takes something different. I have no idea how to plug my CD-Drive into my motherboard now.. I have http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131022 and a typical CDRW/DVDRW Drive... Does it take a different cord or something? Neither came with a cord... thanks

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08-04-2006, 12:39 AM	#17 (permalink)
EMO-TOCROSS Silver Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Age: 19 Posts: 204	The order went through, I made some variations with the original parts but it all works great However, The motherboard didn't come with the IDE cord for the CD-ROM Drive, I looked for one on newegg.com and couldn't find one. Could someone link me a cord used for the motherboard to CD-Drive from newegg? Thanks

08-09-2006, 11:23 PM	#20 (permalink)
EMO-TOCROSS Silver Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Age: 19 Posts: 204	okay, so now that I have the cord to plug the CD-Drive into the motherboard, I noticed that I couldn't plug it in anywhere... The motherboard takes something different. I have no idea how to plug my CD-Drive into my motherboard now.. I have http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131022 and a typical CDRW/DVDRW Drive... Does it take a different cord or something? Neither came with a cord... thanks