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10-11-2005, 03:49 PM
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Gaming upgrade, need critics..
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813130484
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum Socket 939 NVidia nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD mobo http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...2E16814122209R leadtek GeForce 6800gt 256mb x16 http://www.newegg.com/product/Produc...82E16819103533 AMD athlon 64 3500+ i already have 2gb of RAM as well as a 400w power supply... crit away! |
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10-11-2005, 05:50 PM
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Nice.
As long as you're not loading in alot of extras a good 400 watt power supply should work well but I'd want to see the brand and the model. I take it you've made sure the ram plays nicely with your motherboard?
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10-11-2005, 07:43 PM
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Yeah, I've been running on my current system for 6 months or so... stuff gets outdated too quickly :-P. I haven't had a problem with anything hardware wise, so the transaction of ram, hard drive, cd drive, etc. should be fine.
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10-12-2005, 03:35 AM
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You really need a 2.0 ATX Power Supply. That motherboard has PCI-E and needs a 24-pin connector. Your power supply most likely has a 20 pin connector. Plus, by not giving us the name of the power supply I am starting to think it is a generic low quality power supply. Here is a great value psu that would work great with your system
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817189003
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10-12-2005, 06:23 AM
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It's a 350w Sparkle... but the video card 'highly recommends' 400w...
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10-12-2005, 11:03 AM
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Then I'd replace the power supply. Sparkles are good quality, but as said I doubt it's 24 pin.
Is your current ram PC3200? If not, that's going to be a bit of a bottleneck. |
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10-12-2005, 02:23 PM
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I bought a 1gb stick less than 3 months ago, nearly positive that they both are at least 3200... is there a definite way I can check without pulling out the ram?
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10-12-2005, 02:35 PM
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Download and run Sisoft Sandra.
Here : http://download.guru3d.com/sandra/ |
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10-12-2005, 05:42 PM
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Yeah... ram is fine. Is there anything else I would need to worry about? Seems like ive named every part in the thing. :O
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10-12-2005, 05:45 PM
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If you've got a good 24 pin power supply, as per everyone elses advice, then you're cleared for take-off.
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10-12-2005, 06:16 PM
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If I don't reply, I either have a nice new machine or it broke and im crying somewhere. :P
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