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Well, considering I'm running on a 1gig RAM, GeForce 4200 right now, don't expect a negative response.


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Change of plan lol.

A friend of mine offered to purchase the pieces and build the PC himself. Here's what he dug up for (apparently) good prices.

What do you all think? Good? Bad?
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For those who care, this is what I ended up buying! Quite eager to receive the goods.

http://i36.tinypic.com/2r3h4ox.jpg

Wish me luck! I hope it's a good one.


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The PSU supplied with your case is on the underpowered side. It has two +12 volt rails (sources) rated at 17 amps each. One can only be connected to supply power for the CPU. The other one is for powering the video card, HDD's, Optical drives, fans, etc. The video card you bought has a minimum requirement of 12.5 amps, so that leaves only 4.5 amps (54 watts) to supply power for all the other devices (except the CPU) in your computer that need +12 volts. IMHO that's not enough.



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No match for my Sempron 1.6Ghz with 512mb RAM and 80Gb HDD.


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Hey nw88, one of my computers runs an old Athlon 64 3200+ (Socket 754). Wanna' drag race??


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I warn you, I have a 512mb memory stick plugged into the back running as additional RAM. BEWARE!


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