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PC gurus- I need some help [compatibility]
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I'm looking to get a new computer, this one serves me well but it's a bit old. I need to know if everything in this list is compatible or not. I'll be keeping my sound card so no need for a new one. Comments and suggestions are welcome.

I'll start with the tower-

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16811133021

Mobo-

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16813131219

Power supply-

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16817703009

CPU-

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16819115028

RAM-

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16820145034

Hard drive-

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16822148262

Video card-

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16814130312

CD/DVD-

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16827118003

Card reader-

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16820300608

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Re: PC gurus- I need some help [compatibility] [Re: Innominate]
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You probably do not need a 750w psu and you may want to look into getting a single 2 gb stick (not really, you'll get a new computer by the time you need that much RAM).


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Re: PC gurus- I need some help [compatibility] [Re: robbyberto]
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lol everything off newegg
just like myself


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Re: PC gurus- I need some help [compatibility] [Re: Innominate]
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Did you read the "Cons" section for the page on the motherboard?

Just two PCI slots isn't enough for me.
My board has three, and even that barely suffices.


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Re: PC gurus- I need some help [compatibility] [Re: Sell Your Soul]
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The other PCI-e slots will get some hardware, eventually. It's not that big of a deal.


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Re: PC gurus- I need some help [compatibility] [Re: Innominate]
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Wow, thats gonna be a pricey computer! I assume you are a big gamer. You got a small hard drive and only 2GB of RAM? Thats fine, but its not ultra high end like the rest of your components.

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Re: PC gurus- I need some help [compatibility] [Re: DieCommie]
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320 gigs is more than enough for now I think, plus I'm going to use my current hard drive with the system as well. I was told I should go for 4 gigs of RAM, so I think I'll do that. I was also told to go for the quad core CPU instead of the duel one for the same price. As for the PCI slots, I'm only going to need one for the sound card, and anything else I get will be PCI-E I'm guessing. Thanks for the comments so far.

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Re: PC gurus- I need some help [compatibility] [Re: Innominate]
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Cool, just a note: What you have listed is a 250 GB not 320 GB. Right now, the sweet spot (as in cheapest cost per GB) is with 500GB drives.

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Re: PC gurus- I need some help [compatibility] [Re: Innominate]
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Just remember that PCI-Ex is only effective for block device cards (i.e. SATA expansion, etc.)

Unless you plan on running a 64-bit OS, then you don't need more than two gigs of memory.

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Re: PC gurus- I need some help [compatibility] [Re: Sell Your Soul]
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if you read the specs on the page of the mother baord ram graphics card and psu write down all the requirements for each and make a list of some sorta make sure each is compatible with each ive always wanted to make my own never had the money yet

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Re: PC gurus- I need some help [compatibility] [Re: DieCommie]
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DieCommie said:
Cool, just a note:  What you have listed is a 250 GB not 320 GB.  Right now, the sweet spot (as in cheapest cost per GB) is with 500GB drives.


Ah, you're right. Even so, I just can't see myself using that much memory. I can sleep well knowing that when, if ever, I run out of memory it will be cheaper as opposed to getting more now.

andyistic said:
Just remember that PCI-Ex is only effective for block device cards (i.e. SATA expansion, etc.)


I'm not familiar with any of that. I was perfectly content with PCI and AGP slots :shrug:

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andyistic said:Unless you plan on running a 64-bit OS, then you don't need more than two gigs of memory.


I was told Vista uses like a gig just idling, but I'm fine with not spending an extra 80 bucks.

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Re: PC gurus- I need some help [compatibility] [Re: Sell Your Soul]
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Doesn't XP have an upper limit on RAM at around 3gigs?

I would also opt for a quadcore. :smile:


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Re: PC gurus- I need some help [compatibility] [Re: D4NK]
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It's the computer's BIOS that sets the limit at 3 Gigs for 32-bit systems.
The range from 3 to 4 gigs is reserved for hardware.
When your computer has more than 3 gigs, the extra RAM has to start at the 4 Gig point and go upward, thus being out of range for 32-bit systems.

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Re: PC gurus- I need some help [compatibility] [Re: Sell Your Soul]
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Gotcha, thanks.  :thumbup:


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