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The board supports up to phenom II x6 125w, and has 4+1 phase power, which is the best I could find for am3/am3+ micro atx boards. If I have to I can go standard atx, but I was hoping to avoid it since this is going to be a lan machine. What kind of cooler would you recommend that will fit...

So after looking around I'm thinking of going with this board GIGABYTE GA-880GM-USB3 it's going for $75 after mir on new egg right now. Does anybody own this board or know anything about it for overclocking? Any help would be appreciated. This is the lowest price board I could find with 4+1...

I'm looking at grabbing one of those OEM x4 955's for $75 at tigerdirect, and I was wondering if it was possible to hit 4GHz with one of these non BE chips on a micro atx. I realize it's luck of the draw on the chip I get, but looking at amd's micro atx offerings I'm not even sure a good chip...

Thank you for your replies. Puppies - looking at the current single card selection the only high performing card I could get without spending at least a hundred more, factoring in the sell of the 460, would be the 6970. Looking at the bench that card would still have less performance than the...

I'm looking to get a big screen 3D tv here in the next couple of weeks and would like to upgrade my computer to handle some 3D gaming in 1080p. my current system cpu - phenom ii x4 970 be http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103894 psu - corsair 650w 80 plus sli ready...

Looks like soundmanred nailed it. I had an extra optic cable sitting in my big box'o'cables and I gave it a try, sure enough I only got 2.0. So I've ordered some cables for the analog, while searching some out I noticed that these range from $2 to $40. Is there really a noticeable difference...

mobo - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813130290 I have 1 pci slot, 1 pci express x1, and 1 pci express 2.0 @ x4 all open. I could see spending up to $40, but only if it would be noticeably better then using the hdmi from my video card to my tv and then the digital optic out of my...

First off thanks for the help I know my questions are very noob. My sound card is a VIA VT1828S on board. The only outputs I see are front speaker, center/LFE, rear speaker and side speaker. So with 5.1 speaker system I would get 3 of those 3.5mm to RCA cables then match the front cables to...

I'm in the process of setting up my computer on my entertainment system. I have a 42" LG 1080p television with a v-chip. I have hooked my computer to my tv via HDMI cable, and am currently using the tv speakers. I have a receiver with a 5.1 surround speaker system and i would like to hook my...

Good to know. Thanks guys, I'm pretty sure he does have pci express slot though a pretty weak psu. I found an hd 5550 on new egg for $41 that should serve his purposes.

My friend uses his old dell with a pentium 4 mostly for internet browsing and watching dvd's. He's wanting to get a 23" lcd monitor for watching movies. All of the monitors I found at this size are 1920x1080 obviously he couldn't play anything at that resolution with his computer. At the...

Wow thanks for all the great suggestions. I like numenorean's case and psu recommendation. I've dropped the SSD. Used the i5 and gtx460 combo. I found a slightly cheaper monitor with all the same features http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16824236099 I also found a slightly cheaper...

Sorry about the post I'm still new to this. I found a combo with that processor and a 1GB gtx460 http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboD...t=Combo.593830 I chose the dual core phenom ii because anand bench shows it doing better on most games. http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/120?vs=188...

1. This will be a gaming rig. 2. $1000. 3. U.S. 4. Not really a fan boy. 5. All new. 6. I have looked at similar threads just looking for better deals I may have passed up. 7. Yes. Hoping for some core unlocks but not expecting it. 8. 1920x1080. 9. As soon as it comes. 10. Fire away. Here's...

I have a seagate replica external hard drive. Following the instructions, i have hooked this up to my new computer, which by the way has the same operating system (windows xp) as the previous one from which the seagate drive was connected by USB, and the new computer recognizes it. My problem is...