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gmupatriot2010

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    No man is really changed by success. What happens is that success works like a truth drug, bringing him out of the closet and revealing … what has always been inside his head." - Albert Goldman

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    CPU: E6600 @ 2.4GHz <--Can't OC because of Mobo :(
    CPU Cooler: Stock Intel
    Board: Asus P5G41-M LX2/GB LGA 775 G41 mATX
    RAM: 2 GB (2x 2) GSkill DDR 800
    Video Card: XFX 5850 1GB
    PSU: PC Power and Cooling Silencer Mk II 750W
    Soundcard: Creative Xtreme Music (Older model: Large Size)

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  1. Buy whichever one is cheaper. In my opinion, go with the 560 Ti. Nvidia has good driver support and you seem to get better performance across the board with Nvidia than AMD based cards. (I have a HD 5850 and a 560Ti and I like the 560Ti much better for its driver support). JMHO
  2. If I win the contest I would use the power supply to power: E6600 - Oc'd @ 3.6Ghz (Cooled by Zalman CPS 9700) (1)XFX 5850 Oc'd @ 800mhz Core & 1275mhz Mem (3) 1 TB Hardrives (1) 500 GB Hitachi Hardrive Motherboard Asus LGA775 (4) 1GB G.skill Memory DDR2 at 1000Mhz (5-5-5-15) (2) LG DVD-RW Drive (3) 120mm Fans All of this wrapped in a Mid-Tower VelocityMicro Aluminum Case
  3. Yes that is indeed the plan. Thanks for the advice my friend I will do with the cheaper option
  4. Hello, I am building a new computer for gaming and want to know how to go about deciding which SSD to purchase Right now, I am stuck between these two but I want to know what the main difference is: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148348 for $244 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148362 for $290 Why the price difference? Are they not the same? If not, how are they different? Performance is better maybe? If you think this is not a good SSD to purchase please link me to other SSD's and I would appreciate it. The max I am willing to spend is $280 on an SSD so there is the budget Thanks everyone
  5. CPU: E6600 @ 2.4GHz CPU Cooler: Stock Intel Board: Asus P5G41-M LX2/GB LGA 775 G41 mATX RAM: 2 GB (2x 2) GSkill DDR 800 Video Card: XFX 5850 1GB PSU: PC Power and Cooling Silencer Mk II 750W <----Will be an XFX if I were to win one Soundcard: Creative Xtreme Music (Older model: Large Size) HDD: (3) 1 TB Harddrives
  6. I purchased an XFX 5850 about 5 weeks ago and as far as the charts are concerned, the GTX 560 has the ATI 5850 beat to hell ...I paid $215 and this is $259
  7. I do like taking care of my hardware but whatever the case I will wait for a few more weeks to get the new stuff...there done.
  8. I can indeed wait....oh man, now I am worried about how expensive the new socket mobos and cpu's will be
  9. I do have a MicroCenter near where I live so I will check that out and hopefully they have the i-7 950 for $225. That will indeed save me some money, thanks!! If I have no luck finding an i7-950 for $225 from MicroCenter then I will probably go for the i5-760 to save some money and I will overclock the hell out of it
  10. Hello everyone, My P5NE SLI mobo was bricked during a failed attempt to update the BIOS in order to run the newly purchased XFX 5850. So instead of buying a new mobo or sending this one back to ASUS, I have decided that its time to upgrade a few things. So far, I am looking into getting a new mobo (duh), cpu, ram, and a cpu cooler. The main use of this computer is gaming+surfing+watching movies. I overclock the CPU, GPU, and RAM to the max while staying within safe temps and voltage This is what I have for the parts that need to be purchased: CPU: i7-870 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115213 MOBO: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131621 OR http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131482 RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231314 COOLER: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835106150 The parts I already have: Harddrive: Got Three of them Soundcard: X-Fi Xtreme Music Videocard: XFX 5850 1Gb Powersupply: PC P&C Silencer MKii 750watts http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703027 Now, my real question is this: Should I stick with that I am buying? If not please recommend what you believe is a better buy. Should I wait for the next gen Intel CPU's to come out in early January?
  11. What do you recommend? go with the 1090t or 1055? or should I stick with Intel and go with the i7-870? I am no fanboy, I go with whatever works the best
  12. Oh maaaan!!...I purchased this computer from Best Buy in late spring 2008. The computer is a MicroVelocity computer so I dont know if Asus will accept my RMA for this board. Unfortunately, MicroVelocity only provides a warranty for 1 year. Ahh...this sucks. Well it seems like I will be out of a comp for at least 4-6 weeks. This will give me the reason to build a new computer with an i7 9xx series chip to compliment the XFX 5850
  13. Hey everyone, so I finally received my XFX 5850 and I installed the video card and plugged in the 2 six-pin plugs. Upon pressing the power button, the computer would not POST the bios at all. After 30 or so seconds I would hear 1 long beep and 3 short beeps. So I took the card out put my older card back into the mobo and everything worked fine. I researched online about this and it seems that almost 90% of the users who have the Asus P5NE-SLI motherboard are having trouble with the 58xx series ATI cards. Its something to do with the NVidia chip or something. I heard that updating the bios to the latest 1406 might solve the issue. This is where things went bad. I downloaded the latest BIOS and put in on a USB drive. Restarted the comp, went into the BIOS, and under tool say the EZ Flash or something similar. Used that to flash the BIOS from 1301 to 1406. After the flash the computer restarted and just hung at a message saying "New CPU detected, writing BIOSNIP in progressing" "Do NOT turn off or reset comptuer"..well after waiting for about 15 - 20 minutes nothing happened. So I was forced to restart the computer and now if wont post again, but this time its with the video card that DID work...am I out of a mobo guys? Is this thing bricked? I took out the battery and tried to reset the CMOS that way but nothing works!! Any help?? Please
  14. From all the results I see, the 5850 is better performing compared to the 6850, however, the 6850 will do better in CF compared to the 5850. In this case, I am not looking to CF so I am better off with the 5850
  15. I checked the UPS tracking number and it says that the video card is out for delivery. I am so excited, cannot wait to get off work, go home, and open this baby up (I feel all giggly inside lol)
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