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OK HOW ABOUT THE MOTHERBOARD? by Fussbett 12/26/2005, 1:02pm PST
Mysterio wrote:

The graphics card you have selected is underpowered already and will not serve for too much longer. That's a bad are to be stingy these days, unfortunately.

Fortunately it's also an easy upgrade later. It was a Christmas present, so we're just working with it for now. Try not to make my mother cry, Mysterio.

Thanks, though. No thanks to Ray who seems to think I run a porn site or a DivX group.

Let's look at a hypothetical motherboard:

Asus® P5GDC Deluxe, Socket 775, Intel® 915P Chipset w/ PCI Express x16 (ATX)

The P5GDC Deluxe supports the latest DDR2 as well as the current DDR1, offering flexibility for users who need different memory performance and future upgrade option. And of course, the P4GDC Deluxe leveraged AI Proactive features, unique innovations on ASUS motherboards, that cools down system temperature by 10oC without an extra fan, and dynamically overclocks the system according to CPU loading.

I picked this because I always go with Asus or Abit, for tradition, and I like leveraged features, but most importantly the dynamic overclocking sounds awesome (if not too good to be true) and I can use DDR2 ram. It would be nice to re-use the RAM I'm abut to buy in a future system. Also, I can't tell what's good about the more expensive motherboards aside from that little extra bus speed. This is 800 Mhz. Is that ok?! It seems like I drop features like 10C cooling and dynamic overclocking when I move to the higher bus speed.
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BUILD MY NEW COMPUTER (Fussbett Edition) by Fussbett 12/25/2005, 7:42pm PST NEW
    " by Ray of Light 12/25/2005, 8:02pm PST NEW
    Re: BUILD MY NEW COMPUTER (Fussbett Edition) by Mysterio 12/26/2005, 3:38am PST NEW
        Re: BUILD MY NEW COMPUTER (Fussbett Edition) by Choson 12/26/2005, 11:28am PST NEW
            Uh by Mysterio 12/26/2005, 12:51pm PST NEW
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        OK HOW ABOUT THE MOTHERBOARD? by Fussbett 12/26/2005, 1:02pm PST NEW
            You can't run an AMD processor on that motherboard. That is the WRONG choice. NT by Motherhead 12/26/2005, 4:21pm PST NEW
    Also, what do I need to know about SATA? Nothing? NT by Fussbett 12/26/2005, 2:39pm PST NEW
        It's better in a few ways. by Bodybag 12/26/2005, 4:06pm PST NEW
            Re: It's better in a few ways. by Motherhead 12/26/2005, 5:00pm PST NEW
                I think you're right. NT by Mysterio 12/27/2005, 12:44am PST NEW
    Re: BUILD MY NEW COMPUTER (Fussbett Edition) by Motherhead 12/26/2005, 4:53pm PST NEW
        Motherhead weighs in, pisses on Fussbett budget and life by extension by Fussbett 12/27/2005, 2:44pm PST NEW
            Re: Motherhead weighs in, pisses on Fussbett budget and life by extension by Mysterio 12/27/2005, 3:10pm PST NEW
                I expected Corsair to be more expensive :( by Fussbett 12/28/2005, 1:21pm PST NEW
            Re: Motherhead weighs in, pisses on Fussbett budget and life by extension by Entropy Stew 12/27/2005, 6:57pm PST NEW
                Re: Motherhead weighs in, pisses on Fussbett budget and life by extension by Fussbett 12/27/2005, 9:33pm PST NEW
                    Re: Motherhead weighs in, pisses on Fussbett budget and life by extension by Entropy Stew 12/28/2005, 1:42am PST NEW
            Re: Motherhead weighs in, pisses on Fussbett budget and life by extension by Caltrops 12/28/2005, 1:33am PST NEW
                Psh, Ator. NT by Motherhead 12/28/2005, 1:48am PST NEW
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            Some thanks and some followup by Willdog 01/15/2006, 12:02am PST NEW
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