Learned soemthing else and saved a few more dollars

I appreciate all the help..

Thanks I would hate to fry her the first day..

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Sapphire recommends a 400 watt power supply for the HD 4670 will my seasonic 380 realistically power this VGA card ?

Thank you for the help I will start comparing the 4670 cards and cooling options.

John

I am buying new parts and need some advice. I do not currently play games but I will on occassion want to play with a CADD program. I am going to be running a 19" or 20" widescreen monitor and would like crisp clear graphics for the occasional photo editing session. My Preference would be to add a h...

Thanks for the suggestions.

I will look at that video card and make some comparisons.

John

Updated my list, does anyone see any glaring issues? Mobo - GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3R LGA 775 Intel P45 CPU - E7200 Wolfdale 2.53GHz LGA 775 65W CPU Cooler - XIGMATEK HDT-S1283 120mm Rifle Memory - A-DATA 4GB DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 Video - SAPPHIRE 100256L Radeon HD 4670 1GB UPS - CyberPower CP685AVR 685VA...

what amd mother board would be similar in specs to the P35?

Thakns for the help.. Yes CAD like more expensive GPUs but for what I do, knife design, my current rig works though a little slow when in 3d modeling. I will look at the AMD rigs I have not kept up and was not sure what competed where so i picked middle of the road cpu from intel. I will be using XP...

Tossing the system in my signature for a new one. I rarely play games anymore and the pc is mainly used for some 3d cad, and lots of photo editing. I am open to savings or better components. GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 Allendale 2.2GHz 65W MSI RX2600XT-T2D512EZ Radeon HD 2600...

thank you for the answers

I am confused, again

Will the A8N-SLI Premium run a x2 processor?

Excuse my ignorance I have not kept up with the world..

Thank You, john

pro normal fashion I have over analyized this to death and now need a gut check. I am looking for a Conroe board that will allow the following. 1) Control of the fans 2) A - 4 connections 3) ram possibly 4 later 4) video card -1950 pro or 7950 - silent version 5) arely if ever leave a machine overcl...

I am looking the below cards I play an occasional game, do some 3d modeling in MCX and Solidworks. the pc in my sig is going to the kids to replace their P4.

X1950 PRO SCS3
7950GT


Thank You, John

One of my current PCs is listed below and I was wondering if it is worth updating it anymore? The box is mainly used for music, browsing and some Mastercam work. It works as is but I really need to get my kids a new pc to replace their P4 system and I would like a better video card and more memory f...

I am thinking about upgrading my video card to one of the following 1) XFX GeForce 7950GT 512MB ExTreme Edition 2) GIGABYTE GeForce 7600GT 256MB Silent Pipe II The question I have is it a waste of money to upgrade the CPU? I could just replace the video card and upgrade to 2gb of RAM. I am actually ...

Thanks for the help. I would never get rid of the desk I just want something more comfortable, it is a little small size wise..

thanks, John

I am currently using an antique desk and though it is my grandfathers I have decided to retire it. The less than ideal ergonomics and squeaky noises it sent out last night while working on a sixsigma project about drive me crazy :shock: So if you will... point me to a decent, well made modern desk. ...

Thank You for the help I will try it without the cables first..

S12-380
ASUS A8N-SLI Premium
Antec P180

Forgot to find out before I made the order.. Where can I get one if I need it?


thanks, john

After reading, dwelling and making a few hundred carts my order is on the way.. P180 SeaSonic S12-380 ATX12V 380W Power Supply ASUS A8N-SLI Premium NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard eVGA Geforce 6800GS CO SE 256MB GDDR3 x16 Video Card AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Venice 1GHz HT ADA3500BPBOX SAMSUNG Spin...

Is there any good reason not to use this combo from newegg for 349.00 eVGA 256-P2-N519-AX Geforce 7800GT CO 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 VIVO PCI Express x16 Video Card eVGA 133-K8-NF41 Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail I will be using it with 2 gigs of Corsair value ram Venice 3200 ...

I am looking to spend less than $250 but $6 wont kill my budget, will not over clock mainly for Mastercam, web browsing, limited gaming. AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 1GHz HT 1MB L2 Cache Socket 939 AMD Opteron 146 Venus 1GHz HT 1MB L2 Cache Socket 939 AMD Opteron 148 Venus 1GHz HT 1MB L2 Cache Sock...

I just got a new antec P180 that I got for free a friend bought it and it would not fit under his custom made PC desk :roll: so I "need" some more parts.. The PC will play few games, build excel spread sheets, CADD programing and some simple photo editing. I know I need more ram and a work station v...

I have an older pc that I use for a home business. I need to add more memory to run cadd and graphics programs. The pc is set up as follows. Abit IS7 P4 2.4c Corsair XMS 256 * 2 PC3200 blah blah I want to know if I can add 2 additional sticks of 512 corsair, or if I should just toss in two more stic...

Thanks for the help

thanks for the link ;o)

does anyone know where to get a new faceplate for a Sony CRX230 cdr driv. The drive was a freebie but I hate to have the beige drive in my shiney silver case...

Thanks, John

Will the passivly cooled ABIT AN8 work in a TJ06 case?

Thanks, John

Is the 50.00 smackers worth the few differences? The boards in question are the MSI K8N NEO4-F and K8N NEO4 Platinum.

I will not be overclocking , running raid or more than 2 SATA hard drives.

http://www.nvidia.com/page/nforce4_family.html

Thanks, John