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if you're new to the Half Life's i recommend buying Orange Box.

i agree that you get a lot for your money with the 8800GT But it really sucks when they are supposed to be going for $250 and all the retailers are jacking up the prices to make money themselves,...

The demand on the 8800GT is crazy. I bought mine on release day for $269 from xfx, their alpha dog version. Now that version is $309. Limited supplies, plus the holidays, and new technology are...

When I purchased online there was a link to the form to download. When i purchased in the store, there were directions on the receipt.

There will be directions on the rebate form. you usually have to download those forms, send a copy of your receipt and the UPC code on the box. So make sure you cut out the UPC code out of the box...

Evga is one of the makers of the 8800 GT. many other companies make them, such as BFG, and Xfx.

You're right about the 3.0 ghz duo core being $80, but the quad core is $539.99 at newegg, and that's a 2.66 not even 3.0

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115027

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For someone talking about being in the real business and living in the real world, you need to be able to take someone's criticism that has a different viewpoint about things.

Jamie gave his...

80 Gb hard drives might not be changing much, but say a 500 Gb hard drive is about $100 now (not sure what that is in pounds) and a year ago they were maybe twice that.

Also flash drives, i paid...

Very bold statement there. Technology always seems to drop in price.

Best buy is rumored to have both Orange Box and Bioshock for $25 each. Not sure if this is the early bird/doorbuster deal or all day.

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I'm not positive on how motherboards work that have onboard graphics. I'm pretty much still a newb. My monitor is hooked up directly to the gpu.

You might as well try hooking it up directly to...

Thanks Jamie. It should be nice, you pretty much put it together.:D Only thing I changed was the motherboard because it was cheap for a 680i board. And thanks to both you and wise monkey for the...

Yeah, but don't tell my girlfriend that. This was a good excuse to get a samsung 22 inch monitor.

double check that your video card is installed completely.

Jon
California
November 14th-ish
Windows Vista Home
Evga SLI 680i SE SLI TR
Intel E6750
XFX 8800GT
2 gigs RAM
500 GB Western Digital Sata

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As someone that has all three systems (PS3, xbox 360, wii), I would say that the xbox 360 is the best for games. It has the most games and the best exclusives. Plus xbox live is really good, where...

it was good for either build. Rob's book and the mobo's user manual were key in my build.

My book didn't have color photos. Also give yourself plenty of time because it took a long time from processing payment to actual shipping.

Tigerdirect.com is good also. Tigerdirects prices are slightly more expensive than most of newegg, but if you live in California you pay sales tax on Newegg and not on tigerdirect. So for me...

I'm almost positive that you can play HD-DVD's with the xbox 360 HD DVD player. If i recall correctly, Vista has the drivers for it built in too.

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I'm just happy that the user agreement actually allows you to install MS Office on both a laptop and a desktop if they both belong to you. Not sure if that applies to an OS.