BFG Nvidia GeForce 9800 GT

if you have SATA power, then plug that in. The IDE power is for older systems with a controller card for SATA. Its not needed in your case.
 
wolfeking said:
if you have SATA power, then plug that in. The IDE power is for older systems with a controller card for SATA. Its not needed in your case.
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Oh okay, I will keep it as SATA then, also as salvage-this said, he didn't see much of a different when replacing the thermal compound, what do you say about it?
 
Ive never tried it on a GPU. Ive replaced the thermal compound on several laptop CPUs and they seem to sink a few degrees once done. Really, I wouldnt expect too much change in your temps. They are already lower at idle than mine are. Though, mine only goes up to 80 before it shuts down (CPU temps are probably what shut it down though).
 
wolfeking said:
AS5 all the way man.
and is yours custom built or prebuilt?
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Whats AS5? Haha sorry I'm pretty new to parts and names, just experienced some how, haha. My machine is prebuilt but what my plan is to get all my parts slowly, then when I have them all take them out of the prebuilt machine and put the original together and sell that.
 
wolfeking said:
as5 is arctic silver 5. its a very good thermal paste.
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Right right, I was going to go by the memoryexpress by my house and pick up a SATA cable and AS5, as for my machine you get what I mean for my plan right? haha, just upgrade, get all my parts, get prebuilt machine sold and have my new machine custom. :)
 
really, you would be better off just buying the parts to build your computer. by the time that you get all your parts, 775 wont be able to keep up with anything modern. Sorta like 478 is now.
Even a cheap AM3 setup would be cheaper for you to do than the upgrade you have planed.
 
wolfeking said:
really, you would be better off just buying the parts to build your computer. by the time that you get all your parts, 775 wont be able to keep up with anything modern. Sorta like 478 is now.
Even a cheap AM3 setup would be cheaper for you to do than the upgrade you have planed.
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Are you talking about the socket, or processor? Sorry I'm just learning the terms now. I started with my PSU upgrade which will go towards the computer later on, my text goal is to get a 9800 GT GPU for SLI on a SLI ready mobo and hold it till I can get a mobo/CPU/RAM(at least 4GB) at once, then pretty much all i'll need is a case which I can order from newegg.

Edit: There was a C2D @ 3.00GHZ on www.kijiji.ca for about 20 dollars, is that good?
 
that is really good for that. Here I havent found a core 2 fore less than $100.

and yes, I was talking about the processors and the socket. Both are 3 generations old now. Fairly slow compared.
 
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