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Building a gaming computer for about $1,000

That particular motherboard version seems to be discontinued at Newegg. What would you suggest in its place?
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- Post #4
- Sep 7, 2008
- Forum: Computer Building
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Building a gaming computer for about $1,000

My old machine has served well, but I gave it to my GF's sister when hers died. So I get to build a new one. :) That said, money is somewhat of an issue these days, so I need to stick pretty close to $1,000. 1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means what types of tasks you'll be...
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- Sep 6, 2008
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Contemplating building a SFF (shuttle) computer

BFG Tech BFGE88512GTOCE GeForce 8800 GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail $169.99 -$20.00 Instant $149.99 Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 Wolfdale 3.16GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80570E8500 - Retail $189.99 $189.99...
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- Sep 5, 2008
- Forum: Barebones
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Contemplating building a SFF (shuttle) computer

I've been toying with the idea of building a SFF computer for a few years now. I like the idea of the compactness of the system, though I realize that I'm limited somewhat by the space component-wise. Here's something that I've kitted together that's within my present budget...
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- Sep 5, 2008
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- Forum: Barebones
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What would $1,000 buy me?

Well, if you'll entertain "even ... the dull and the ignorant" for a time: 1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means what types of tasks you'll be performing. Gaming mostly. Rarely video encoding. 2. What YOUR budget is. A price range is acceptable as long as it's not more than a...
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- Post #4
- Feb 23, 2008
- Forum: Computer Building
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What would $1,000 buy me?

I'm looking to build a gaming PC for around $1,000. If I needed to, I could wait a couple of months and easily have $1,500 to spend. But I'm feeling impatient. ;) I'm running a 22-inch LCD with a native resolution of 1680x1050. Something with an upgrade path built-in would be nice, but at...
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- Feb 23, 2008
- Replies: 7
- Forum: Computer Building
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7950Gt (AGP) giving me fits

Since it's a video problem, I thought perhaps some video might help. The quality is crappy, but maybe someone can identify what's most probably going on. I think it's RAM personally. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5tmfN7gVLc
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- Post #8
- May 8, 2007
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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7950Gt (AGP) giving me fits

Any recommendations for a replacement? Somewhere around $100 would be fine.
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- May 6, 2007
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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7950Gt (AGP) giving me fits

In an attempt to wrest the last bit of life out of my current system, I have attempted to upgrade it. Recently, I bumped up to 2 gb of pc3200. This week, I bought a 7950 GT (AGP model), and installed it. It worked great for about a day. But all of a sudden, I've started gettting severe...
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- May 5, 2007
- Replies: 7
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Getting artifacting with new 7950 GT AGP

The old card works perfectly fine. I've replaced the new with the old, and there are no problems. So it's something with the new card. Just not sure what. Brian
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- May 5, 2007
- Forum: Computer Building
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Getting artifacting with new 7950 GT AGP

In an attempt to wrest the last bit of life out of my current system, I have attempted to upgrade it. Recently, I bumped up to 2 gb of pc3200. This week, I bought a 7950 GT (AGP model), and installed it. It worked great for about a day. But all of a sudden, I've started gettting severe...
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- May 5, 2007
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Computer Building
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What sort of PS does a 7950GT (AGP) require?

I can't do a full system upgrade until next year, so I'm just trying to make the the best of what I have. I was looking at an ATI 1950 pro, but the power supply requirements are apparently much higher. What sort of PS does the 7950GT need to run comfortably? I currently run a 6800 GT on a...
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- Apr 30, 2007
- Replies: 15
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Is it worth upgrading my AGP card?

All I see is 20A, so I guess that means a new power supply. Hmm. That makes the upgrade a bit more substantial.
- Thoth093
- Post #8
- Mar 1, 2007
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Is it worth upgrading my AGP card?

Er. Seeing as I have no idea what that means, I'm certain I don't have it. :D I have, I believe, a 500-watt power supply. It's been so long since I've even thought about it that I'd need to check and see what it is. How much extra are we talking for the aforementioned uber power supply...
- Thoth093
- Post #4
- Feb 27, 2007
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Is it worth upgrading my AGP card?

I have an Athlon 64 3200 processor and a gig of PC-3200 ram, running Windows XP. Currently, I'm using a 6800 GT. I'm thinking that I would like to upgrade my ram to 2 gig, but I'm also considering bumping up the video card. Since I have to pick an AGP card (bought my machine JUST before...
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- Feb 27, 2007
- Replies: 9
- Forum: Graphics Cards

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