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ride3k

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So I ordered my parts today. i will take pictures of my build and once its completed. Hopefully gets here before saturday :D
 
I'm excited about the E8400. I was scared itd go out of stock before I had all the money to buy everything. And after all the tech reviews It looks like 4.0ghz on Air is very possible so i will see what I can do and youll be for sure getting a thread on that when i finish
 
oscaryu1 said:
Personally I'd have gone with 4GB, but that's just in my opinion. Otherwise, great build!
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why? 4gb wont be utilized by a 32bit OS and the improvement is nothing but minimal in everything but rendering programs, which i don't use at all
 
ride3k said:
why? 4gb wont be utilized by a 32bit OS and the improvement is nothing but minimal in everything but rendering programs, which i don't use at all
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You didn't include the 32bit OS part ;) If it's Vista Ultimate, I'd get 4GB. Anything below that, 2GB should be fine. I'm a large multi-tasker. That might explain why :P
 
oscaryu1 said:
You didn't include the 32bit OS part ;) If it's Vista Ultimate, I'd get 4GB. Anything below that, 2GB should be fine. I'm a large multi-tasker. That might explain why :P
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lol yeah i geuss lol. Yeah os is gunna be XP pro so i never even considered 4gb. I will be doing some multi tasking but nothing thats going to require more than 2gb of RAM. i might buy another gb later but for now itll be fine
 
got some parts today, everything except the monitor, psu, hdd, and some case fans. ill be putting most of it together and in the case, ill have pictures up soon

im excited
 
does anyone know if the AC7 has thermal paste on the bottom of it allready? when i took it out it has this greyish stuff on the bottom thats a lil bit sticky but i dont know if its thermal paste/pad or not and i dont wanna install without knowing for sure
 
It begins:
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My Barren case, but not for long!:
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ADATA CL4 RAM:
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le piece de resitance:
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it needs more pictures:
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In everything goes(AC7 installed, that thing is HUGE!):
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More 8800 pictures:
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last one, i promise:
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Everything that got installed today(a DVD drive to but it had no box):
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Now Im waiting on my PSU, my hdd, my monitor and some more case fans. Ill post more pictures when i get the rest done. Im excited!
 
motherboard stands were a bitch to get in right in the case but once they were in it was easy as pie. The rc690 has a nice area behind the mobo tray for cable management so i think its gunna be really easy to get all the wiring neat and organized. I didn't have any help although my roommate was watching me put it all together. Rest of the parts get in tomm! woot woot
 
overkill on the motherboard? it supports DDR2 1200 and dual PCIe slots and you have utilized neither. Why X38?
 
overkill?

pcie 2.0, 8 usb, front fire wire, RAID, native 45nm support?

4gb of RAM is overkill, but buying a $199 mobo that has all the features i want plus more that I can use in future upgrading and your saying thats overkill?

seriously
 
ride3k said:
overkill?

pcie 2.0, 8 usb, front fire wire, RAID, native 45nm support?

4gb of RAM is overkill, but buying a $199 mobo that has all the features i want plus more that I can use in future upgrading and your saying thats overkill?

seriously
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I think a P35 would have been fine for you. They support PCIe 2.0 as well as 45nm CPUs, and are just as fast. Front fire wire is not the MB but the case. Raid works with P35 mobo's. The FSB speeds are the same. You only have one GPU, and cannot run a second nVidia on the X38 if you wanted to add one later. The only winner here is more USB slots. Is that worth a X38 over a P35?
 
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