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Look around, but honestly your computer is more in need of complete gutting, then replacing components. Turn it into a folder and start saving for a new build.

Although just like with ISA, they are completely drawing out the death of PCI. If they would do as Intel did with IDE, then we could be moved on from PCI and have all of those components coming in the new standard.

I would still go with the Hiper PSU, unless I were interested in SLI. But, that is my opinion. EITHER unit is good and a worthy 50 bucks. But, lets not argue semantics - either way they're both better then cheap 30 dollar PSU's people try to build on top of.

Ok, so I finished my LA Methods final far earlier then expected. AMD Athlon X2 3600+ 1.9Ghz - 59 Abit KN9S nForce 550 - 79.99 Supertalent 667Mhz C5 DDR2 RAM - 84.99 (Promo code available) XFX 7600GT 256MB - 119.99 (-20 MIR) Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro - 29.99 Cooler Master Elite ATX...

You can do a C2D for 600 dollars, but its tough. For the super budget builds, like 550 and less, the AM2 Athlon X2's really cannot be beaten. The big thing with the AM2 processors, is the motherboards to go with them are downright cheap for GOOD boards. Equivilent boards are often a solid 40...

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The HD2900XT is not designed to compete with the 8800GTX. It's direct competition price and performance wise is supposed to be the 8800GTS. The fact that it can compete to some extent with the 8800GTX is just icing on the cake. The HD2900XTX will be released later (Q3 hopefully), featuring 1GB...

Easily. What resolution do you run on the second monitor? What else do you ahve on the PCI bus? The PCI bus lacks alot of bandwidth, so as long as its just a secondary display...say a monitor for you to keep up on IM's while playing WoW on the primary digital, you should be ok.

Yes. Only people who REALLY need 4GB of ram are those who A: Have 64-bit OS, B: Have a high-usage server, C: Photoshop/Video Render/etc. Considering you have "just" an E6300 and 7900GS, 2GB of ram would balance your system almost perfectly. And 8800GTS 320 would probably be the highest...

I dunno, I'd say you got lucky selling that Compaq lappy for that much, personally. Those are pretty basic specs for a laptop. Toshiba's are definately solid notebooks though! Good luck! Check out what they're selling for on Ebay.

I guess I forgot to mention - I'm not interested in laying out for a C2D at this point. Haha yes, I would love to have a C2D, but for a decent C2D Board, you're looking at ~130+ that is comparable to this AM2 board. Then, for the comparable C2D - E4300 is ~164 and E6300 is ~185. Just do some...

Ok, so I'm preparing for a budget build. I will be retaining my current case, hard disks, optical drives, etc. Basically a gut-job. Current setup: P4 3.2Ghz MSI Via-chipset 2x512 Mismatched DDR FX5900XT 128MB It's done its duty, and its time to send the parts packing. Might sell them...

Make sure its got the 965P chipset. If it is a 965G, then Intel locks out anything more then a slight overclock to protect the integrated graphics.

Get the Theatre card ATI provides to accompany a current graphics setup. The X1900 is ok, but its not fast and not really worth the extra cash. I believe Jet had one for a while, but got rid of his I believe.

Don't argue with stupidity, they'll only drag you down to their level and beat you with experience. Kenin was always after him on this, too. And, when faced with issues he goes running to the prehistoric age of Socket A and later, or Socket 370 or later, twists the whole post around so that we...

Saphire x1950GT on Newegg for 149.99/119.99 after MIR. Doesn't even require an external power connector, but a solid power supply comes in for less then 80 dollars. A G80 would be bottlenecked by that system without serious overclocking, and even then still. He could wait for a mainstream card...

Omega is great to deal with in regards to parts!

You need to choose a plan and stick with it. Your 7900GS can be bought for what....160 dollars new right now? So..you ought to be able to sell it easily on here for 115-120. Ram...a gig of DDR2 would fetch you a bit of money, probably 40 bucks. That's enough to offset some of your costs. Buy...

It's not high end stuff, but it is certainly not lower end. Polk and Q are good solid brands, actually I'd probably take Polks over anything but Infinity and JL, personally. It's bad form and manners to dump on a guys thread. The guy needs to sell the stuff. I've been there with an overdrawn...

Don't even think about it. C2D E6300. Bang for buck. Honestly, you don't sound like you've made up your mind. C2D E6300 183 Gigabyte DS3 123 A-Data 667 1.8v 2x1GB Kit 135 EVGA 7600GT 110 (100 After MIR) That's ~550 for a capable computer that is pretty much up to date. The 7600GT...