Recent content by PhantomGrey

I am working on my second build. I am running a 4500E processor, MSI p35 Platnum, and all that booted okay and would go into standby silently. When I installed my video card it just beeps. It is one long beep. and it doesnt ever shut up. There is no video either. HALP. Did I get a bad card?

Yep! thats it thanks alot now maybe You can answer my question: http://forums.anandtech.com/me...=2122260&enterthread=y

Most of the 8800GT cards i find are at PCIe 2.0. The motherboard I have picked out for my build is: http://www.mwave.com/mwave/sku....hmx?SCriteria=BA23872 It says nothing about PCIe 2.0 Will my card be compatible?

where is that thread with the 8800GT availibility? HALP!

you guys have given me some input and I think I am ready to make my purchase. I already have Windows XP and a monitor. Case Antec Sonata III w/ 500w PSU 140$ (-40 Rebate) = 100$ Motherboard Abit Fatal1ty FP-IN9 SLI 128$ Processor E4500 127$ Memory crucial 2GB (2 sticks of 1...

thanks for the suggestion loke. I would be willing to spend up to like... 120 on a motherboard if that would make a difference. thank you for your help

can you help me pick out a similar motherboard?

thank you for the clarification. But what do you think of that build? Anywhere I should go higher? or any suggestions?

also, cant you run an SLI system with one gpu?

there!

CPU ATHLON 64 X2 DC 5000+ AM2 BLACK 2.6GH $125 MOBO BIOSTAR TF570 SLI AMD AM2 Socket AM2 1000 MHz PC2-6400 $87 RAM Crucial 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) $74 GPU GT8800 $260 HDD Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard...

is there any reason i cant do an SLI board with a GT8800? just curious... no sarcasm

i'm building a new budget gaming system. I already have a copy of 32bit XP SP2. I am wondering if it is worth spending the extra cash on the 64bit vista os. Will i notice the performance what do you guys think? I could save over a 100 bucks... Could i get a copy of 64bit XP and use my...

I am planning on building the budget SLI system mentioned in this months article. I will be doing some shopping mainly for better memory. If anyone has any idea on how to improve this build do share! i wont need vista because I already have a copy of XP. thanks PhantomGREY!

great find, but soap does go bad! It gets so hard its unusable.