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Old 08-29-2009, 11:45 AM   #1
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need advice

what do you think of this combo? http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboD...t=Combo.241299

are they good parts or no


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Old 08-29-2009, 12:26 PM   #2
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The CPU and Video card are high quality but the motherboard is horrible.
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Old 08-30-2009, 07:45 AM   #3
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ok thanks. how do you tell if a mobo is good what do you look for?
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Old 08-30-2009, 08:43 AM   #4
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Asus is the desired brand for 99% of this board. Gigabyte is mentioned occasionally. I used to talk a lot about Foxconn but I got slapped around a little for that. These motherboard's (same Chipset) would be a much better choice than the one you had...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131399

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131387

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131394


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128393
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813186172
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Old 08-30-2009, 07:48 PM   #5
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bu what do you look for like bridge speed or on board video?
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Old 08-30-2009, 08:02 PM   #6
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Onboard video specs are irrelevant when you use a video card.
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Old 08-31-2009, 08:06 AM   #7
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i now but what do you look for when you buy a board?
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Old 08-31-2009, 08:40 AM   #8
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Depends on how much you know about motherboards. What do you need your system to do? Are you a gamer? Wanna do Multimedia. Most important feature of any motherboard is it's reliability.
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But how to judge the reliability of motherboard ? Depand on the brand ?
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Old 08-31-2009, 12:04 PM   #10
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im just want to now in general how you pick a mobo i have a pc that works quite well thanks to you and several others but i want to now how to tells others what to get.
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Short, sweet, and simple - get an Asus.

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