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Old 04-02-2007, 10:38 PM   #1
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Before I order the parts...

I would like your opinions or any last minute suggestions, none too huge please, thanks.

Motherboard- Intel Bad Axe 2 $200.00

CPU- Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 2.13 $220.00

PSU- Corsair 620w $170.00

Sound Card- Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer $80.00

Video Card- Evga Nvidia GeForce 8800GTX 768MB $600.00

Memory- Corsair 2GB XMS2 (2 x 1GB) $150.00

Hard Drive- Seagate Barracuda 500GB $145.00

Disk Drive- Sony Burner $50.00

Case- Eagle Tech Viper2 ATX $114.00

Monitor- Hanns·G 19 inch $200.00

OS- Windows Media Center Edition 2005 $100

Total= $1,900

Quick question, does the media center edition have all of the original XP drivers unlike Vista?
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Old 04-02-2007, 10:52 PM   #2
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Liteon retail burner would get you the Nero burning software and a reliable drive. Personally, I like to have both a DVD rom and a burner. Skip the XMS ram unless you have plans to oc. (with an Intel board?) All the drivers you need will come on the mobo disk and with the vid card. You might want to try the onboard sound before investing in a sound card. Most onboard today sounds pretty decent. Do you already have a keyboard and mouse?
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Old 04-03-2007, 04:14 PM   #3
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I will overclock later, whats wrong with the Intel board? And I am talking about software Drivers for my programs, like the ones vista doesnt support. And yes, I already have a keyboard and mouse.
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Old 04-03-2007, 05:20 PM   #4
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That particular Intel board is the only one they have ever made that can be overclocked. However, I would save some money and get an Asus P5B series board unless there's a particular feature on the Bad Axe 2 that you need.
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