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[youwerekilled]

here it is piece by piece:
GPU
Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 Conroe 2.66GHz 4M shared L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor - Retail link
mobo
4 gigs total of this ram
psu
case

i also got zalman cpu and gpu fans....
i got the crazy psu and 4 gigs of ram because i eventually plan on getting another one of these cards and going sli...

total was around $2200-150 mail-ins...

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Edited by youwerekilled, 05 May 2007 - 03:26 PM.

[Novahawk]

Nice, it's pretty much the computer i built a few weeks ago... you got 2 more gigs of that ram than me, and you got the e6700, but it now costs the same as the e6600 used to... that computer will pwn anything.. enjoy

[DarkShadow]

Shame your gonna be able to only use 2gb of that ram.. lol n00b Have fun using 64bit Windows.

[The Drizzle]

Considering the E6400 and E6300 overclock to 3.2ghz on stock volts with ease, I wouldnt even waste my money on such a processor. Got mine running at 3.2Ghz now, but i hvae plans for 3.5ghz. Nice rig tho, should last you a while.

[vet.mad hatter]

Thats going to be great system!!

I'm still waiting for someone with their 1500-200 system to beat my $800.00 computer benchmarks...hahaha

[youwerekilled]

oh yeah and i got this hard drive recomended by zeke...

i feel much better with my choices now that i see you got the same stuff nova! i new nothing about computer parts before this week!

thanks to wyte, zeke, sniper and hatter for your help...

nova you gotta tell me how to use the bios once i build it... i wanna overclock everything... its gonna b a beast.

wont sli use the 4 gigs of ram?

[Cheat|Raab]

not a bad machine :)

beats the hell out of my alienware. wish i could build PC's, or i would have never bought this expensive thing

[youwerekilled]

clicking on my own link i realized i ordered a 36gb hard drive instead of a 150 gb one.... wtf....

[The Drizzle]

cancel it, if you just placed the order, they havent shipped it yet, its saturday. and yeah get that 150gb one. I have the 74gb version, and i friggen love it. Also, SLI dosent "use ram" Windows XP and your bios only will be able to utilize about 3.25gb of that unless you use a 64bit OS and set some stuff in the bios. That fact and the fact I have no money is why I only have 2gb

[Novahawk]

That mobo rocks... it's pretty straight forward, you go into bios, advanced shipset features or something like that, and its all there...

[Janton]

It sucks, terrible piece of garbage, kidding.

Nothing wrong with Windows XP64, only problems I've encountered were when running IE 32bit.

That's not a problem at all. Your not going to see a difference between 2 and 4 gigs except benchmarks and virtually 2-10 FPS in games.

[DarkShadow]

the nvidia 64bit drivers are the real problem though, janton. and SLI has nothing to do with the motherboards memory.

[Sniprwulf]

Considering the E6400 and E6300 overclock to 3.2ghz on stock volts with ease, I wouldnt even waste my money on such a processor. Got mine running at 3.2Ghz now, but i hvae plans for 3.5ghz. Nice rig tho, should last you a while.

Considering the recent price cuts, there's not too much of a reason not to get the processor he chose; esp since money isn't too big of an issue. the e6700 can overclock to 4.0 with relative ease. i wouldn't call it a waste at all.

[Janton]

Oh, he got an 8800gtx, I didn't even click on the damn link last night.
Weren't they supposed to fix those for 64/vista several errr months ago?

EDIT: He could just take 2 gigs out, work with XP 32 until the drivers are fixed around 2009.

Edited by Janton, 06 May 2007 - 01:31 PM.

[Novahawk]

the 64bit driver is fine... im using it right now.. nothing wrong with it...

[DarkShadow]

Lol just shut the fuck up and take nvidia's dick out of your ass nova.

[youwerekilled]

just ordered the right hard drive from new egg... i hope they let me return the other one... it was too late to cancel the order...

i am confused about this xp64 bit stuff which i know nothing about. i have xp service pack 2 that came with my dell xps 3 years ago... do i just install a 64 bit update, or do i need to buy a new copy of xp to get a 64 bit version??? i refuse to get vista yet until it works.

also another question... can i use one of my dell hard drives in this comp or can they only be used in dell computers???
gay!

Edited by youwerekilled, 06 May 2007 - 04:40 PM.

[Janton]

Yes, you can use a "Dell" hard drive but it will most likely be a off-ish brand like Maxtor or Quantum but of course you can swap it over to your new computer. I honestly don't know if there is a Windows XP 64 "Upgrade Edition" but if not just download and/or buy a copy of Windows XP 64, can't be to expensive and if you spent the money on the extra RAM you probably want to utilize all of it.

[The Drizzle]

XP 64bit is a different version of windows XP. I dont think you can just upgrade to it. You would either have to acquire or buy a new copy that is the 64 bit version. Also, If you dont know what it is, I suggest you dont even bother with it.

[Mike2077]

Looks sexy.