I am building a new PC to catch up on the newer technology. I'm not a 'big' gamer and have decided on components, except for the MoBo... As I've had no probs with Asus in the past, would like to stay with them. No WiFi... Planning on using Memory: 4 GB (2x2GB) 800 CPU: E8400 GPU: eVGA GeForce 8800GTS (G92) 512MB HDD - 1. Main: W/ Vista - Western Digital VelociRaptor Hard Drive (WD3000GLFS): 10,000 RPM 300GB 2. 2nd HDD: 4 data, storage, backup - Western Digital WD6400AAKS 640GB Caviar SE16 Optical

Hello All! I have recently been introduced to your forums and have decided to attempt a build of my own. I am looking for a gaming pc that will play most recent games at moderate levels, and some older ones perfectly with everything set to high. My old pc was a dell dimension bleh, with nothing really salvageable to use on this, so I am starting from scratch. Here is what I am thinking for basics AMD 780g on a Gigabyte setup http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128090 AMD Athlon

Nice piece, Lloyd, and much appreciated. It may not be "extreme" tech but it surely is "useful" tech! I like your choices and learned about a few things I will investigate further. I have to admit I do not use a power driver of any sort, probably because I just do not build as many systems as you fellows do, but I am skittish about the damage tht can be done with those things. And let me second tlmck's endorsement of Gparted. Once I discovered it I have been surprised at how useful it is. IMHO, anybody

here's my kickass and cheapo gaming rig, and my first build: CPU- intel E6750 Mobo- Gigabyte GA-P35-DS4 Rev. 2.0 -OR- MSI P35 Neo2-FR Case- Antec 900 Cooler- Zalman 9700 GPU- ECS N8800GT 512MB RAM- Geil Evo One 2GB (2x1GB) PSU- Thermaltake Purepower W0100RU 500W HDD- Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250410AS 250GB Disc Drive- ASUS DRW-2014L1T Black DVD Burner 20x My biggest priority is budget. The whole thing comes up to around $840 (with rebates), which is pretty good for that processor, ram, and graphics

here's my kickass and cheapo gaming rig, and my first build: CPU- intel E6750 Mobo- MSI Neo2 Case- Antec 900 Cooler- Zalman 9700 GPU- ECS N8800GT 512MB RAM- Geil Evo One 2GB (2x1GB) PSU- Thermaltake Purepower W0100RU 500W HDD- Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250410AS 250GB Disc Drive- ASUS DRW-2014L1T Black DVD Burner 20x My biggest priority is budget. The whole thing comes up to around $840 (with rebates), which is amazing for that processor, ram, and graphics card. I should have no problem playing

What is he planning to do w/ the computer? office, multimedia, gaming, ect hmm.. well im not very good at math (whats the conversion rate to $s? :) But i can give you some feedback on the components you have listed. I tend to buy Corsair ram, but i have heard good things about Geil Black Dragon Ram (if only it was $39-i would get myself 4gb! :) ) Is there any reason you need lightscribe? You could same some money getting a drive w/out it. Good choice on the CPU Cooler btw. I think you're friend will

Asus boards have the ability to automatically overclock the cpu and/or ram up to 20% (i forget the actual name of the bios option atm) so that could help you in the beginning of OCing. What about Seagate for your hard drive? Their Barracuda line of hard drives are great price/performance drives! I have heard good things w/ the Samsung's Spinpoint Drives. WD is okay but i would definitely check out Seagate or Hitachi first. That's just my opinion though. Also you should look for 16mb cache when looking

Intel 975XBX2KR Motherboard - Intel 975X, Socket 775, ATX, Viiv Ready, Audio, PCI Express, Gigabit LAN, S/PDIF, USB 2.0 & Firewire, Serial ATA, RAID EVGA GeForce 8600 GT Video Card - 512MB DDR3, PCI Express, SLI Ready, Dual DVI, HDTV, Video Card Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 2.33Ghz 4MB 1333FSB CPU OCZ Platinum 4096MB PC6400 DDR2 800MHz Memory (4x1024MB) Ultra / X-Connect / 500-Watt / ATX / Dual 80mm Fan / Titanium-Black / UV Clear Sides / Modular Power Supply Also have HDD and DVD drives but don't

I just built my first PC! All went well until I was loading Vista and I got to the second or third screen where it was asking what drive to load onto. I have 2 HDD's setup. I chose the one I wanted and it said it wasnot able to??? So I then used Vista to supposedly format but when I formatt all it did was was change the my selected drive to primary and still would not let me load Vista. So exited out of the install. I checked my Boot primary's and HDD's in Bios and all look good. So went to setup

im glad i could help. corsair ram is a good choice, it is rock solid and most likely compatible with your Gigabyte mobo (corsair is usually always compatible with most mobos as far as i know) moving to a 64bit OS is a very viable and future looking path! (ig im just stubborn although at some point im sure i will make the jump) As far as i know, most of the compatibiity issues are software related? so that could hold you back from stepping up to a 64bit OS (who wants to re-buy their software? As for