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The rep showed me: the computers are set up to price match Amazon. There were a few limits (it depends who's working that day, and it had to be a price with 2 day shipping applied), but for the card it was a close enough match to be worth it.

Looks like we have a solution. I bought an XFX HD 6770 from best buy and it's running very smooth. They price matched Amazon, so I got a very good deal. RIP 4830. Termie: Actually, I bought the 4830 modded and oc'd by another forumer here for an amazing price, so if i look at the overall cost...

I'm not finding volunteers, no. There's a best buy up the street, and while they say they're totally ok with me buying something and returning it if it's not the right thing, I feel like I'm taking advantage of their (now very generous) return policy.

I have not. It worked fine up to about a month or two ago, and I'd occasionally get the failed visual/beeps like I've described, but mostly a reset would do it. As time went on, it would take 2 or 3 tries, and now it won't at all. No bios changes during that period, or any other hardware upgrades.

Almost certainly. Like I said, I'm just trying to rule out the PSU.

Basic Stats: Mobo: MSI NF725GTM-P31 (AMI bios) CPU: Athlon II 245 RAM: 2g ddr2 800 VIDEO: HD 4830 (OC'd mildly) PSU: CORSAIR TX650 I have an HD 4830 video card and a brand name, 80+ certified 650W single-rail power supply. If I try to boot with the card in, it'll give me a longish beep, 8...

So, I tried using the converters, since the cables for the 4-pin molex connectors are different than the cables that lead to the 6pin connector (referring to the actual physical cables that lead out of the power supply to the connector). No dice. Like before, and watching the power supply...

So, my PSU recently died, so I grabbed a Corsair single-rail 650W psu for my rig: Athlon X2 245 4gig ddr2 1006ram AM2+ mobo Win 7 Pro HD3870X2 The old PSU died more or less from burnout--I think it straddled that edge of being enough power for the system. About a week into use of...

The more I look at it, the more I think I'll be ok in the size department. I'd have to remove the video card if I needed to add or change the ram, but that's hardly an issue limited to mATX boards. Other than that, there's nothing blocking the length of the card, either on the mobo or in the...

I'm not sure which version it is that we'd get. I hit the sapphire website and their X1900gt has a much different heatsink: http://www.sapphiretech.com/us...iew.php?gpid=147&grp=3 It looks like the fan is positioned completely differently. Edit: Maasracer: It sounds like you already...

It's more the form factor, to be honest, and microATX by and large seems to come with integrated video. Maybe I'm completely off about that; but even if I am, the G33 seems to be an excellent chipset, so no big loss.

I've built a new SFF computer for myself: C2D 6750 2gig Patriot DDR2 800 Ram Gigabyte GA-G33M-S2 and I'm putting all that in an Apevia SFF case with a 500W power supply The problem is that I've not ordered a new video card yet, and since I'm upgrading from an AGP machine, just...

I'm going with a VERY similar setup, but I've been looking at the GA-G33M-S2 as well. For 30 bucks less it looks like I'm missing out on RAID and one SATA port, but they look otherwise identical. Am I wrong about that? The -S2H also looks tempting, but I've not seen much about it yet...

I remember when $1 per MByte was a great deal.

My current desktop is a shuttle, and it came with built in video... an ATI 9100, if I remember correctly. I have a better video card in the machine for gaming and whatnot, and my monitor not only has a place for DVI and D-Sub, it has a quick-swap button to switch between the two inputs. Now...