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ReaperOfSly
Lyrus Associates
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Posted - 2008.05.31 15:02:00 -
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That's one of the OCUK pre-built kits, right?
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ReaperOfSly
Lyrus Associates
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Posted - 2008.05.31 15:31:00 -
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Originally by: Iva Soreass From overclockers and yep reaper thats the one you was talking to my friend about (he mentioned you) so lol we both ordered it :P.
Yay, I'm famous!
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ReaperOfSly
Lyrus Associates
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Posted - 2008.05.31 23:57:00 -
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Originally by: David Detritus be warned that your abit mobo is likely to crap out shortly after the warranty expires.
Ive used ABIT boards in my last 2 builds and the first one i had has lost its onboard sound then died, the second one also lost its sound and is starting to lose its SATA controller, the current one (in the pc I use now) is still going but its still on warranty so...
why do I keep buying them you wonder? its because they are cheap and fairly good while they last and using AMD chips generally means a new socket type for each upgrade.
p.s. good choice on the nvidia card, ati drivers will suck out your soul and murder your OS
That's odd. I've always heard good things about Abit boards. Also, I use an ATI graphics card - the drivers aren't murdering my OS at all.
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ReaperOfSly
Lyrus Associates
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Posted - 2008.06.01 00:06:00 -
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Originally by: Iva Soreass In about a year or so i plan to upgrade to SLi and get 2 gfx cards on the go, so most of what this pc gave me is the chance to upgrade in the future (i hope so anyway!).
Thanks all for the help and advice.
That motherboard won't support SLI by the way. So if you want SLI, you'll be needing a new board. One with a dreaded nForce chipset. Also bear in mind that you can't mix and match cards in SLI. So by the time you get round to it, you'll be buying an old card to supplement your present old card. Thus, you won't see a massive performance increase. Simply buying a newer card to replace the old one will give you greater performance, and in the long run will be cheaper.
Anyway, don't take my word as gospel, but I'm pretty sure that single 8800GT will still be able to run every game a year from now with all the bells and whistles. Unless of course someone deliberately sets out to write a monstrous resource-hogging, computer-raping game between now and then.
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