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iMpathetic

iMpathetic

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fireshot91 said:
I'm looking at this motherboard, will it work, I just need a WiFi card and a Graphics card for the PCI(PCIe) slots.


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157146


That motherboard, E8400 processor, a 512MB PCIe graphics card, and two hard drives (SATA)- Will a 450Watt power supply be enough to power all that?
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Easily. Go for a 400W Corsair. $49.99 plus $10 mail in rebate.

I wouldn't go for that board. It's kinda crappy, try this.

EXCELLENT board.
 
MattZani

MattZani

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Intel Core 2 Duo E7400

Novatech GeForce GTX 275

Asus P5Q Pro

Corsair XMS2 4GB DDR2 PC2-8500C5 1066MHz

Samsung Spin Point F1 SATAII 320GB

Antec Three Hundred Case

OCZ StealthXStream 600w

Arctic Freezer 7 Pro

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Ordered some Red Fans and Cathodes, and need to sort out the Mesh Window. Got the E7400 Clocked to 4Ghz, Temps never above 50C on the CPU, 70C on the GPU, and thats without any intake fans.

Cost Total £680.

To Do List
- Spray the Inside of the Case
- Tidy the Cables
- Add a Mesh Window
- Overclock the GTX275
- Watercool (Dual Rad in the Front....? Enough to cool a GPU and CPU?)
 
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chewietobbacca

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MattZani said:
Watercool (Dual Rad in the Front....? Enough to cool a GPU and CPU?)
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Nice build

Personally I wouldn't watercool if you're already hitting 4GHz with the E7200 - just slap on an aftermarket cooler to the GTX275 if u want lower temps on that. Unless you're into the watercooling hobby, then a dual rad is enough for a E7200 and GTX275
 
fireshot91

fireshot91

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Sweet! My dad was like "If you can sell your computer right now for over $400, I'll go ahead and let you build a new one".
Now, to sell it!
 
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chewietobbacca

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fireshot91 said:
Sweet! My dad was like "If you can sell your computer right now for over $400, I'll go ahead and let you build a new one".
Now, to sell it!
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Nice!

They've got some pretty nice deals on hardware these days, so you can build a nice upgrade for the price right now
 
fireshot91

fireshot91

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iMPathetic, Are you on here 24/7? Like seriously, whenever I see new posts, it has to be from you! lol.


But anyways, I don't think I ever posted my computer in here (Weird seeing as how iMpathetic and I are probably the two users who post here most). So here-


Xion Solaris case
Gigabyte G-31-MX-S2 motherboard
Intel E4500- 2.2Ghz
Xion 450Watt power supply
2 DVD burners at 22x each
160GB (as well as a Slave 1TB) Western Digital 7200RPM SATA
Diamond HD 2600XT SB edition
22" Acer Monitor


EDIT: Yes, I already posted on the first page :/ Silly me.
 

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chewietobbacca

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fireshot91 said:
What's a good Graphics card for less than 50$?
It needs to have 512mb RAM.
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A 4670 512MB after rebate is close to $50, but look from there on down. The 4670 is actually a pretty decent performer too for its price, and will probably drop a bit more in price now that the 4770 is out
 
DoFoT9

DoFoT9

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fireshot91 said:
iMPathetic, Are you on here 24/7? Like seriously, whenever I see new posts, it has to be from you! lol.


But anyways, I don't think I ever posted my computer in here (Weird seeing as how iMpathetic and I are probably the two users who post here most). So here-


Xion Solaris case
Gigabyte G-31-MX-S2 motherboard
Intel E4500- 2.2Ghz
Xion 450Watt power supply
2 DVD burners at 22x each
160GB (as well as a Slave 1TB) Western Digital 7200RPM SATA
Diamond HD 2600XT SB edition
22" Acer Monitor


EDIT: Yes, I already posted on the first page :/ Silly me.
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omg hurry up and OC that thing. i put mine (e4600) up to 3ghz, its about to go to 3.5 thisafternoon!
 
fireshot91

fireshot91

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I'm not an overclocker at all. I don't even think my motherboard can handle it.

Plus, I'm selling it for $400, This guy sent me an e-mail asking to buy it for $400. I don't know if I should agree, seeing as how I listed it as $420.
(Yes, This is my first time selling something on Craigslist)
 
DoFoT9

DoFoT9

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fireshot91 said:
I'm not an overclocker at all. I don't even think my motherboard can handle it.

Plus, I'm selling it for $400, This guy sent me an e-mail asking to buy it for $400. I don't know if I should agree, seeing as how I listed it as $420.
(Yes, This is my first time selling something on Craigslist)
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hhmm seems like a bit of a cheap buy! yu should overclock it to 2.8ghz/3ghz then sell it for $500 :):)

i had mine at 3ghz on stock air, i bought a cheap $20 ebay cooler and the temps idle really low. you should think about even doing in minimally. might get more monies :)
 
iMpathetic

iMpathetic

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DoFoT9 said:
hhmm seems like a bit of a cheap buy! yu should overclock it to 2.8ghz/3ghz then sell it for $500 :):)

i had mine at 3ghz on stock air, i bought a cheap $20 ebay cooler and the temps idle really low. you should think about even doing in minimally. might get more monies :)
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Yeah, maybe he should, but he may mess something up... in this economy, I'd say take the $400.
 
fireshot91

fireshot91

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I'll try overclocking once these files are done transferring onto my NAS.

*Waits patiently for 2 more hours*

EDIT: Okay, I cancelled that, went into the BIOS, and messed around. Now I think I messed up my computer lol.
I think I actually downclocked it? (Whenever I try to do anything, it acts all slow, and my CPU usage jumps to 70-80%)
Can y'all help me out on how to overclock this thing? I went into the tweaker thing on my Motherboard BIOS, and it is displayed with the following numbers:
 

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DoFoT9

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fireshot91 said:
I'll try overclocking once these files are done transferring onto my NAS.

*Waits patiently for 2 more hours*

EDIT: Okay, I cancelled that, went into the BIOS, and messed around. Now I think I messed up my computer lol.
I think I actually downclocked it? (Whenever I try to do anything, it acts all slow, and my CPU usage jumps to 70-80%)
Can y'all help me out on how to overclock this thing? I went into the tweaker thing on my Motherboard BIOS, and it is displayed with the following numbers:
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA yes you did downclock it!!!

change the multiplyer to "12x". to increase the clock you want to increase the frequency to higher then what it was.
 
DoFoT9

DoFoT9

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fireshot91 said:
The highest it can go is 11 :(
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really??? hmm.. i have the same model of CPU as you just a higher stock clock and mine can go to 12. that must be why. leave it at 11 & leave the frequency at 200mhz, that will give you your stock clock.

if you change the frequency to 250mhz that will take your CPU to 2.75GHz :)
 
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