Recent content by dimsumXP

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    BIOS/RAM help

    Hi, new owner here and still learning the ins and outs of putting a computer together. I recently built a box with the P5N32-E SLI Plus, and need some help with configuring the BIOS settings. Currently everything is set to Auto, which seems to be a bit unstable. I was wondering if you guys...
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    Sound card suggestion?

    I have some Creative/Cambridge DTT2000 5.1 speakers I got a long time ago. So what's the verdict? Don't jack with onboard sound?
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    Sound card suggestion?

    I haven't been paying much to hardware for the past couple years and starting to put together a new rig. I purchased the ASUS P5N32-E SLI Plus 755, and I was wondering... 1) should I consider using a soundcard to replace it's onboard sound and 2) what's the cheapest card I can get that...
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    CPU/Mobo/RAM recommendation...

    If I were to go with an AM2 motherboard, would I want to use the 570 or 590 chipset for these cards? I can't seem to find anything recent on the 16x bandwidth vs 8x for the PCIe slots, do they make much of a difference in games currently?
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    CPU/Mobo/RAM recommendation...

    Thanks! Back to the original question, what would be recommended for these cards with roughly $500?? And to clarify, not $500 for the entire rig, but just a good recommendation fro CPU/Mobo, and the right ram to go with said Mobo.
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    CPU/Mobo/RAM recommendation...

    whoops doubleposted by accident.
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    CPU/Mobo/RAM recommendation...

    Well, from what I've been reading (and please correct me if I'm wrong, forumers!), the 7800GTX 512MB SLi performs pretty close to the 7900 and X1900s. I'm assuming that these cards in SLi configuration would give me decent performance for a good amount of time. Would I want to replace them...
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    CPU/Mobo/RAM recommendation...

    I need some suggestions for a new computer I'm building as I've been out of the loop for a few years. I recently acquired a couple of Geforce 7800GTX 512MBs to run SLi in and would like to build around these cards as my current rig doesn't support PCI-e. My research so far is leaning me...