Recent content by Steve8867

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    Tax-refund gamer PC?? I'll build it myself!

    Well she's running, and yes I wish I had Win7 already. MAN!! I NEVER saw my old PC games like THIS! Guys it was worth it and WAY overdue!
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    Tax-refund gamer PC?? I'll build it myself!

    IT LIVES!! Installing XP Pro 64 bit Edition. . .
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    Tax-refund gamer PC?? I'll build it myself!

    By noob I meant me. Awful lot of thin skins among the members here >.>
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    Tax-refund gamer PC?? I'll build it myself!

    Ok, thank you.
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    Tax-refund gamer PC?? I'll build it myself!

    And to think in spite of the flamefest YOU instigated I have yet to block you because you HAVE made an effort, but you DID seem to take it personally that I didn't choose your build. And Im fairly sure the insults were not coming from me but were directed at me (at me for not choosing the forum...
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    Tax-refund gamer PC?? I'll build it myself!

    In other words, I still need to get a new SATA DVD burner cause the noob wasn't thinking about a board being EIDE friendly or not. OH good news! I just discovered the iggy function, but for the small hand full of people who were really trying to help me thank you and the rest, bye bye enjoy...
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    Tax-refund gamer PC?? I'll build it myself!

    Regarding this build, does the CPU qualify as 64bit as far as O/S's go? Is it meant to run 64 or 32 bit, I have some old copies so I could got either way. Another snafu! My old DVD drive is not SATA, pitty installing an O/S through USB wasn't the easier option -.-
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    Tax-refund gamer PC?? I'll build it myself!

    Ordered a new SATA drive and a case fan (with red LEDS!!) they should arrive Monday evening. THEN we shall see!
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    Tax-refund gamer PC?? I'll build it myself!

    Can I still use an adapter for alt IDE & EIDE drives maybe use them for back up's or for other OS's like Linux? BTW the box didn't come with a sys fan,(good thing I had an old one) is that normal? I need a SATA drive duh, but maybe my old HD4850 vid card and Lightdrive DVD were not hurt in the...
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    Tax-refund gamer PC?? I'll build it myself!

    Thank you for all of your help, if you ever look at this whole thread you can see many people made recommendations, guys there can be only one winner. Flamming me for not choosing YOUR build is not helpful or cool. I came here to get advice because I KNOW Im way behind the curve, maybe I can...
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    Tax-refund gamer PC?? I'll build it myself!

    W0W didn't check back in to get flamed...
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    Tax-refund gamer PC?? I'll build it myself!

    1 Antec VP-450 450W ATX 12V v2.3 Power Supply Item #: N82E16817371045 Standard Return Policy $49.99 . 1 APEX SK-393-C Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case Item #: N82E16811154109 Standard Return Policy $34.99 . 1 Rosewill...
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    Tax-refund gamer PC?? I'll build it myself!

    Good thing im not too noob, I ordered a grounding strap too.
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    Tax-refund gamer PC?? I'll build it myself!

    Do modern motherboards have good sound chip-sets or should I have considered a sound card too?