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    Help with New Build (Workstation Quad)

    Need everyone's feed back on proposed parts I'm buying. - This will be a machine for work only in 3dsMax & Video Editing. In 3dsmax it will mainly be small animations or small projects. Do not anticipate large architectural designs. - Budget is around $2k, prefer to stay under. - All...
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    Help build $400 AMD PC

    Hey everyone. I'm trying to build a PC for a family member for about $400. I want to be able to keep it some what future proof incase he wishes to upgrade later. So I think it should be a 939 socket motherboard with PCI Express x16. Any thoughts here would be good. This is what I came up...
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    Will this Dual Opteron Rig Work (Advice needed)

    I need a dual Opteron system ASAP for my office and need to keep it under $3000. It will be used for 3D Max 7 and Quicktime video rendering. So far I've decided on: 2x Opteron 246 CPU - $674 total 4x 512kb Corsair LP CM72SD512 for 2Gig total - 4x $73 ~ $292 - REGISTERED Antec 550W...
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    Help with Dual Opteron

    Hey guys, For a dual Opteron system, is it better to get 4 sticks of 512MB ram to get 2Gigs or 2 sticks of 1Gig?
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    Mystery AMD 3500 CPU - HELP

    Hey all, I ordered a AMD 64 Winchester from an online retailer. I got it today, but it definetly isn't a Winchester. Printed on the chip is: ADA3500DEP4AS - CAAZC - 0443MPM What the hell is it? A Newcastle???? A Clawhammer with only 512k L2 Cache???? Did I get ripped...
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    Newbie building semi-gaming monster, need some advice

    Hey all, just need a little advice on some of my components before I buy. I researched plenty on this forum. Here is what I am pretty sure about: (updated) AMD 64 3800+ 512kb L2 cache socket-939, price $385 - retail HD: Seagate 160GB 7200RPM SATA, price $110 - retail Case: Antec...