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Old 08-21-2006, 05:55 PM   #12
pam123
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Originally Posted by glc
Pam, if you HAVE to pull the trigger right now and build one with a lower end motherboard, I'd probably use an Asus P5B and get a SATA DVD-Rom drive. You can still hang an IDE burner on it. I'd also use only QVL ram.
I have a customer who "wants one now!" and what I was thinking of doing is what you suggested.
In addition to office stuff the guy plays the occasional game and does some photo editing.
Thanks for the reminder about QVL ram.
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