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I see the lack of response here, I'll offer what little I can.

For a gaming PC that looks up to task. However you speak of the F word that is not spoken in
PC circles. Futureproofing. It really...

I can't offer much. but I'll say this.
If you're thinking of running a media center I'd splurge on a beefy power supply.
Partially to give you some room to work with if you decide on multiple vid...

What criteria is to be met?

Vista and sleep mode have been causing issues for many people. It's quite common. My personal experience,
has been issues with what 'activity' will wake the PC. Also the mouse stops working. After...

Best of luck. You'll be up and running before you know it.

Unfortunately I have given it to a buddy who is in the middle of a build. He is doing some overclocking/CPU cooler tests.
Thanks for the offer, I probably could have used something in that list of...

Wow.
I smell a group buy. Just kidding. :p

I recently put together a very similar build. Your price is much, much better.

You'll have a very nice PC there. Pay no attention to me being biased...

I'm pretty sure the max tcase (CPU temp) for that CPU is 71c.
Your bios will measure the CPU temp. If you have the cooler installed
properly, the temp shouldn't be anywhere near 50c (very safe) at...

Nice!

Cable
download 25315 kb/s
upload 2303 kb/s

ping 10 ms
distance 100 miles.

:eek: Expert?

Hehe, there are a few other fields I might humbly accept such praise.
PCs are an old hobby that I need much more experience and knowledge in.

I was an expert back in the 5 1/4...

Yes to the thermal grease.

You can judge your need for more CPU cooling by monitoring what your idle and load CPU temps are.
There are quite a few free programs that can do that for you.

This should be my last post in this thread.
Thank you all for the advice and suggestions.

If anyone out there now is thinking about doing this. Go for it. I priced similar
builds by using...

My build is HERE.

I am now typing this on the new system. Yet again the fine gentlemen at mysuperpc.com
help another into the self-built group.

Wow what a difference. I think a combination of...

Thank you.
You're right. I was just being overly cautious I guess. It kicked on a little later than the other fan.

CPU and RAM was correctly recognized.

I'm still concerned there's no internal...

All fans operate. PSU,GPU and all 4 case fans.
The CPU fan with the OCZ cooler isn't though. If I plug in the
cooler fan that came with the CPU, it turns on after a couple seconds.

The...

Welcome c480.

One thing to consider about an add-on soundcard. Not only can they clean up the sound, certain cards can free up the CPU during multiple effects going off in games.
That's the...

A few question before first boot.

PSU exhaust fan - no connection to MoBo?

Case fans - 12v 4pin connectors to PSU only?

Only fan header used from MoBo is the CPU fan header?

Nothing is...

small update:

I selected 3-day shipping for the order. Everything made it on time except for the Motherboard and CPU Cooler.
I have everything prepped, latest drivers ready to go, tools ready and...

I just noticed this here. I recently bought this monitor. There are loads of good reviews out there
so I figured I'd take the dive. That $517/free shipping came out to $547 after taxes. Very nice...

I like it a lot.
After adding keyboard, mouse, OS and soundcard I'm right around $1400.

I pulled the trigger on the case yesterday. I'm going to probably wait
til after the holiday to get the...

Is that special for today only? I just got in from work and I want to read through some of the links
you guys have posted. I don't like to rush purchases. Well, the monitor was an exception. :)...

I'm totally open to the reccommendations here.
I might have answered my own question regarding the GPU.

Upon further researching, it isn't as simple as running two of those in crossefireX mode...

I really appreciate the advice and suggestions.

A little background is in order I guess. I'm what you'd probably call a newbie. I've done basics like minor bios
tweaking / updating. Overdrive...

Indeed.


Although it's the nature of the beast, I guess I'm just trying to avoid spending money on something
that will soon be obsolete.

The 4870x2 has definately caught my eye. I think...

Hello everbody.
Great site, thank you for the wonderful resource.

I'm currently very interested in building a PC for myself. My current PC is almost 10 yrs old - enough said.
For the past...