Recent content by XLNUTS

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    NEW SYSTEM WONT START

    I feel like an idiot Thanks a lot man you have saved me hours of time and money
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    NEW SYSTEM WONT START

    I have just put together my first self-built pc: CASE - Silverstone TJ09 Full Tower PSU - Thermaltake Toughpower 750w MOTHERBOARD = Gigabyte GA-N680SLI-DQ6 nVidia nForce 680i CPU - Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600, 2.4GHz MEMORY - 2GB Dual Channel DDR2 800/1066mhz VIDEO CARD - Gigabyte Geforce...
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    CUSTOM Q6600 SYSTEM - Need your opinions and advice

    I dont understand, every new gaming/ graphics pc build I see online is using 850w+ PSU's and most of them are for lower spec PC's than mine. Can you describe what kind of system really does require a 1000w PSU? I am going to add 2-3 more HD's into the system too and eventually have dual...
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    CUSTOM Q6600 SYSTEM - Need your opinions and advice

    I dont have access to an EVGA board.. is there anything in particular that makes that board better besides price? Heres basically what I have to choose from: http://www.pricespy.co.nz/cat_6.html#g175 EDIT: I found one for US$374 where as the Gigabyte is US$345, think I should pay the...
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    CUSTOM Q6600 SYSTEM - Need your opinions and advice

    Yeah sure I use http://www.pricespy.co.nz/ I thought a 1000w PSU would be a better option because I'd like to upgrade cheaply in the future and it would be 1 less thing to worry about The SLI mobo is for the same reason, I figured 6months-1 year later I could just buy another 8800GTS and...
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    CUSTOM Q6600 SYSTEM - Need your opinions and advice

    Yeah.. photoshop and premiere both take full advantage of the quad cores and the render times are rediculously faster than even highly oc'd dual core cpus I'm more concerned about my graphics card and RAM setup though, I've read the 8800 GTS 320mb is very similar in performance to the 640mb...
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    CUSTOM Q6600 SYSTEM - Need your opinions and advice

    I'm building a new system for graphics/video editing and games, please take a look at the specs below and give me some feedback. I dont have the patience for waiting on new hardware releases or price cuts so I'm going with whatever is out there right now. I dont have any specific budget either...