Need Help Buying a Graphics Card

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    Wikety is offline Elite Member

    Re: Need Help Buying a Graphics Card

    How much wattage you reckon i'd need for all that?


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    Wikety is offline Elite Member

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    jephree is offline ¨*·.¸ «.·°·..·°·.» ¸.·*¨
    I would say a minimum of 500 W. 600 to be safe.

    Plus old power supplies are not dual or quad core compatible nor SLi.

    The older boards only had 4 pin CPU power where as the dual and quad require 8 pin. Plus SLi graphics cards require a dedicated 6 pin connector.

    You picked out a very good motherboard which will always allow for upgrades but to fill it out at this point might be beyond your budget.

    You can go with that board and CPU if you upgrade the Power Supply.

    You can then start out with an inexpensive stick of RAM and Graphics card and always upgrade latter.

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    Yes that Power Supply would work. That is basically what you need.

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    Wikety is offline Elite Member
    in a week my i'll have around 800 dollars

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    Wikety is offline Elite Member

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    jephree is offline ¨*·.¸ «.·°·..·°·.» ¸.·*¨
    With that you can build a very good gaming computer.

    Just take your time and make sure everything is compatible.

    Again I would change the RAM to match the BUS of the MoBo:

    4 x DIMM, max. 8GB, DDR2 1200 / 1066 / 800 / 667 MHz, non-ECC, un-buffered memory
    Dual channel memory architecture
    * DDR2 1200 is O.C. speed
    * Refer to www.asus.com or this user manual for the Memory QVL(Qualified Vendors Lidts).
    And also I'd get a higher end graphics card such as:

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130291

    (which requires a DVI monitor connector)(you can get an adapter)

    Or for a bit less:

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130086

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    Wikety is offline Elite Member
    Err, I read somewhere that the mobo required DDR3..

    EDIT, Nope, it is DDR2
    Last edited by Wikety; 10-11-2007 at 07:27 AM. Reason: I stand corrected

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    Wikety is offline Elite Member
    What brand of of power supplys should i be looking at? and does the wieght matter?

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    Wikety is offline Elite Member
    Theres 2 Things i'm confused about:

    1. What ram I should be getting, and how much.
    2. What power supply

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    jephree is offline ¨*·.¸ «.·°·..·°·.» ¸.·*¨
    Quote Originally Posted by Wikety View Post
    What brand of of power supplys should i be looking at? and does the wieght matter?
    The one you picked would work.

    I use Enermax myself.

    Weight is not the question but size and what kind of case you have.

    Is it a full tower or mid tower?

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