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Old 02-24-2008   #22
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Oh, AW.
The motherboard that you recommended me on first thread.
It is replaced by this: GIGABYTE GA-EX38-DS4 LGA 775 Intel X38 ATX Intel Motherboard
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It looks good, but for that price... it might be a deal breaker, If your fine with the price It is good, dual LAN, extra rear port thing(cant tell what it is) ,2x pci, looks good, nice heatsinks.
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That is a fantastic price for a X38 board actually, with that functionality, and it looks good, go for it Rewss.
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Thanks.
I might go for that.
And only thing is it's out of stock, that says like, Out of Stock (ETA:03/03/2008). lol
And arthur92710, I didn't decided price for im buying.
Cause my current bored, i bought it like $250 in US dollors, about an year or two ago.
Whch was like 975 chipset from ASUS, which was Asus P5W DH Deluxe , that.
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Originally Posted by AW_3_3 View Post
Yes i know what a modular power supply is. However, the power supply you have, if im not mistaken, has only a 4 pin cpu power connector, whereas the one i recommended has a 8 pin required by most higher end motherboards. If you ask me, modular power supplies arent all their cracked up to be. i own one, and its nothing special. i care more about the stability of the power rails. I just rerout teh cables to teh top (or bottom of the case as the case may be) out of the way. Trust me when i say, you need to invest in a good power supply. That one i recommended i used in my parents builld, and it is still running strong.

PS> Case is fine, but i still like the Antec 900 better
Mm.. I have a 4-pin myself (was only Power Supply Unit I could afford at the time) and I must say, it has a tendency to become unstable when overclocking, though it's rock-steady on stock settings.

And I must agree, Modular PSUs are nice and convenient, but my experience with them has shown they fluctuate a lot and aren't quite reliable, my only remaining one is a 550W and it's extremely finicky, only deciding to turn on once every 9 or 10 power button presses, and then it'll wonk out on me after about 30-50mins, whereas my 400W (same system) works consistently no problem


As for the video card, if you're looking to save a couple $$, consider the 3850 or 3870 cards from ATI as they've dropped in price recently due to the 9600GT from nVidia being released and are a real bargain now. Or you could grab a 9600GT, they're nearly (within 5-10 average FPS)as good as the 8800GT, but are 180$

Not really sure why you would want a Blu-ray/HD DVD burner/reader for your computer either :S
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Mm.. I have a 4-pin myself (was only Power Supply Unit I could afford at the time) and I must say, it has a tendency to become unstable when overclocking, though it's rock-steady on stock settings.

And I must agree, Modular PSUs are nice and convenient, but my experience with them has shown they fluctuate a lot and aren't quite reliable, my only remaining one is a 550W and it's extremely finicky, only deciding to turn on once every 9 or 10 power button presses, and then it'll wonk out on me after about 30-50mins, whereas my 400W (same system) works consistently no problem


As for the video card, if you're looking to save a couple $$, consider the 3850 or 3870 cards from ATI as they've dropped in price recently due to the 9600GT from nVidia being released and are a real bargain now. Or you could grab a 9600GT, they're nearly (within 5-10 average FPS)as good as the 8800GT, but are 180$

Not really sure why you would want a Blu-ray/HD DVD burner/reader for your computer either :S
Thanks for reply dark.
But i was thinking of buy Geforce 8800 GTS the new one i mean.
Dark. Don't you get why there is Bluray burner?
It's like DVD burner.
I'm sure you know that.
To see bluray or hd videos
Don't you get why there is bluray or hd player or burner?
I'm sure u also know that

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Yes.
I just bought EVGA Geforce 8800 GTS 512MB PCI-E 16x
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