is my setup right?

**Praetor** · 09-09-2006, 04:56 AM

Would be cheaper just to add a card

fujimoh · 09-09-2006, 05:25 AM

alright, just to clarify, this is the set-up that I now have sitting in my cart at newegg. Most of this is straight from the 3rd post.

Case: Apevia X-plorer ATXB8KLW w/ 420 PSU $69.99
HD: WD Caviar 250gb 7200 SATA $77.99
Memory: G.Skill 2gb DDR2 SDRAM $234.99
MOBO: MSI P965 Neo-F Socket T Intel P965 Express ATX Intel $96.99
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 2.13GHz 775 $229.00
Monitor: Hanns-G HW-191DPB 19" Widescreen LCD Monitor $179.99
----some Artic Blue thermal paste----

If I go ahead and purchase this will I be good to go with a compatible computer? Also is the graphics card mentioned in post 3 (3D Fuzion 3DFR76256GSE GeForce 7600GS 256MB [12x5, 400/ ($58.88 after $30.00 MIR) superior by a significant amount to the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 that I have now?

edit: just saw the above post. I think I can handle the $6.00 for some firewire, ha. Thanks

**Praetor** · 09-09-2006, 06:04 AM

Yesh the videocard is vastly superior. You should do some googling around to see if the RAM is absolutely positively ok with that mobo (not that i expect there to be incompatability issues or anything ... something like googling "<mobo name> ram issues" should be sufficient)

fujimoh · 09-09-2006, 06:36 AM

bought the system. Just wanted to say thanks for the help of those you contributed. I'm sure i'll be back on here when i run into a snag with my install and set-up.

**Praetor** · 09-09-2006, 06:38 AM

Hope everything works out!

09-09-2006, 04:56 AM	#11 (permalink)
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09-09-2006, 06:04 AM	#13 (permalink)
Praetor Administrator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Canada Age: 25 Posts: 19,954	Yesh the videocard is vastly superior. You should do some googling around to see if the RAM is absolutely positively ok with that mobo (not that i expect there to be incompatability issues or anything ... something like googling "<mobo name> ram issues" should be sufficient) __________________ ASUS P5K Premium WiFi-AP, Q6600@3.7 / ASUS P5ND, E6400@3.8 4GB OCz Platinum XTC 8500 / 4GB CorsairXMS2 6400 5x500GB Seagate 7200.10 / 2x500 Seagate 7200.10 OCz 8800GTX 768MB @ 630/800 / 2x Galaxy 8800GT SLI

09-09-2006, 06:38 AM	#15 (permalink)
Praetor Administrator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Canada Age: 25 Posts: 19,954	Hope everything works out! __________________ ASUS P5K Premium WiFi-AP, Q6600@3.7 / ASUS P5ND, E6400@3.8 4GB OCz Platinum XTC 8500 / 4GB CorsairXMS2 6400 5x500GB Seagate 7200.10 / 2x500 Seagate 7200.10 OCz 8800GTX 768MB @ 630/800 / 2x Galaxy 8800GT SLI

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09-09-2006, 05:25 AM	#12 (permalink)
fujimoh New Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 14	alright, just to clarify, this is the set-up that I now have sitting in my cart at newegg. Most of this is straight from the 3rd post. Case: Apevia X-plorer ATXB8KLW w/ 420 PSU $69.99 HD: WD Caviar 250gb 7200 SATA $77.99 Memory: G.Skill 2gb DDR2 SDRAM $234.99 MOBO: MSI P965 Neo-F Socket T Intel P965 Express ATX Intel $96.99 Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 2.13GHz 775 $229.00 Monitor: Hanns-G HW-191DPB 19" Widescreen LCD Monitor $179.99 ----some Artic Blue thermal paste---- If I go ahead and purchase this will I be good to go with a compatible computer? Also is the graphics card mentioned in post 3 (3D Fuzion 3DFR76256GSE GeForce 7600GS 256MB [12x5, 400/ ($58.88 after $30.00 MIR) superior by a significant amount to the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 that I have now? edit: just saw the above post. I think I can handle the $6.00 for some firewire, ha. Thanks

09-09-2006, 06:36 AM	#14 (permalink)
fujimoh New Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 14	bought the system. Just wanted to say thanks for the help of those you contributed. I'm sure i'll be back on here when i run into a snag with my install and set-up.