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    New I5 Build $700-750

    "cragfin I like how your price range was totally ignored by everyone" Agree, I felt they were trying to sell me something not help me. Okay I saw what you offered and made some arrangements to fit my needs: Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST3320418AS 320GB 7200 RPM - $44.99...
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    New I5 Build $700-750

    I was hoping to stay around $700-750 (can't really afford much more).
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    New I5 Build $700-750

    Okay lets get these questions out of the way. "1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means what types of tasks you'll be performing." Casual gaming, watching t.v, reading ebooks, writing. "2. What YOUR budget is. A price range is acceptable as long as it's not more than a 20% spread"...
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    Need Advice On a Few Power Supplys

    Hi, my friend has his pc up & running, turns out that the guy who put it together first short circuited it, he used the wrong kind of screwdriver, thanks for all the help.
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    Need Advice On a Few Power Supplys

    I have talked with his brother & it turns out that his brother hired (for $80.00) some old guy from some tech store to put it to together, he then told his brother that he had put it to together, after talking with the "tech guy" I am convinced other then selling parts he had no experience in...
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    Need Advice On a Few Power Supplys

    By not boot I mean nothing will come on the screen stays black, the power supply will not turn on, fans will not turn, only two lights between the memory slots blink/beep & from reading the manual the problem is either a graphics card error or an power error, but the thing that confuses me is...
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    Need Advice On a Few Power Supplys

    My friend wants to try his old P4 3.8 to see, but the problem being is that cpu might (never determined if it was) be damaged because of an Air Conditioner killing it, this was talked about in this thread: My Friend's Computer Problem My question being if the cpu is damaged then could the...
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    Need Advice On a Few Power Supplys

    I have looked on the gigabyte site & it seems that while most 45nm processors where supported from day one the E7200 was not supported until bio revision F4 which came out on 04/03/2008, but since he purchased it on the 6 of this month could the motherboard be a little bit over two months old...
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    Need Advice On a Few Power Supplys

    I checked what his brother did & it seems fine everything seems connected to where it should be connected, it just seems that the power supply will not start although I am confused on how two lights are blinking then as shouldn't nothing be getting power if the power supply does not work?
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    Need Advice On a Few Power Supplys

    GIGABYTE GA-EP35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Motherboard (which I though was compatible from the box & did not need a bios update) is the motherboard he bought to use with a E7200 Dual Core, if the problem isn't the power supply then shouldn't the power supply own fan start spinning?
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    Need Advice On a Few Power Supplys

    Okay so every thing seemed to be going okay my friend gets his parts he has his brother install them then he plugs it in & the gigbyte board starts blinking with two lights repeatedly & long & nothing else comes on. I am thinking it to be the power supply as the power supply fans don't even...
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    Need Advice On a Few Power Supplys

    Okay, but newegg description of the 450VX says "33A/396W", wouldn't the power supply be overloaded if the system goes to 38A?
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    Need Advice On a Few Power Supplys

    So the 450watts will be enough to power the system & everything I listed? And the 450 power supply will not burn out in 6 months?
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    Need Advice On a Few Power Supplys

    Okay so a 450watt will be fine because a user named blunc mentioned that "if he wants to use this computer for more than six months he should consider 600w or better." The 450watt will not burn out will it, also will it allow my friend to hook the additional HD & three case fans one being a...
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    Need Advice On a Few Power Supplys

    Hi, I am trying to find out infomation on power supplys for a friend, can you please tell which is the best of these, also if you know one that does not go over 84.99 & is better then please let me know, I am still a noob when it comes to power supplys so I can't help him: Sunbeam...