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[EliteZ]

^On New Egg isnt' a bare bones system a case, mobo+cpu? That may be a good route.

[omgwtfbbq!]

Either way, new egg is the only place I would buy any computer parts. They are the best i've seen as far as selection, price, and customer service.

[Kouki Crisp]

to both ^ and ^^ im gunna check out newegg right now and ill post what i come up with u guys LMK what u think..

[Kouki Crisp]

Ok i looked at the mobo/case combo deals and they really didnt have what i was looking for.. but i did find these 2 items.. LMK what u guys think?


Newegg.com - GIGABYTE GA-MA69GM-S2H AM2 AMD 690G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard - AMD Motherboards
Newegg.com - AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ Brisbane 2.6GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM2 65W Dual-Core Processor - CPUs / Processors

not too expensive and will def run the stuff i need..

[EliteZ]

Good brands. I wouldn't have any complains w/ that system. It may be best to suit you to purchase a PCI Express video card though w/ that setup. You also need the DDR2 type memory also. I'd get 2x512mb or 2x1GB if not more. Micro ATX form, so it should fit in your older case I think.

[Kouki Crisp]

^ yes im going to get 2x 1gb sticks of ram and yea i havnt looked into new video cards yet.. ill do that now and post some of the ones i like.

[Kouki Crisp]

Well i was looking at this one.. seems to have good bang for the buck and is x2 compatible


Newegg.com - SAPPHIRE Toxic 100225TXSR Radeon HD 3870 512MB 256-bit GDDR4 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards

[SayWhaa?]

<is a Radeon person over nvidia

[Kouki Crisp]

Now THIS! is dreaming for me... *sigh...*

Newegg.com - EVGA 01G-P3-N891-AR GeForce 9800 GX2 1GB (512MB per GPU) 512-bit (256-bit per GPU) GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards

[Kouki Crisp]

<is a Radeon person over nvidia

i've been an nvidia fan my whole life (ever since ive been into computers anyways) and i think it's time to give ATi a chance and see how i like it

[SayWhaa?]

ati is the shit i have the x800 plat edition, which sucks because i was getting everything to build my new comp than i sorta got out of comp games and said fuck it so i got an 8x card running at 4x... booo me

[HonkeyDong]

please tell me you tried resetting the CMOS.

[Lowmax97]

EVGA GeForce 9800 GX2 Video Card - 1GB GDDR3, PCI Express 2.0, SLI Ready, (Dual Link) Dual DVI, HDMI 01G-P3-N891-AR at TigerDirect.com

a little cheaper
i got my aspire case and bare bone pc from them
dirt cheap compared to newegg

[Kouki Crisp]

^^ how do i do that? because if it requires a display then how the FUCK am i supposed to go about doing that?

is it the battery on the mobo? what do i need to take it out? give me info on the CORRECT! way to do it and i will try it.

and ^ < is checking now...

[AcidiCyn_]

Glad you found out the problem, even though it's not what you wanted to hear.
Next time you mess with your PC make you sure have an anti-static wristband on. Also, make sure the mobo has no power by, pressing the power button w/ the cord disconnected.

Edit: nVidia > ATI all fucking day. Pretty much the same as, Intel > AMD.
There's no discussion, no if and's of buts.