Building My PC

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Hey, another reason for a Fx5900. You can flash it to an Fx 5950 Ultra without damaging it. You could get a Leadtek Fx5900 LX or a Fx5900 Non-Ultra, not the XT or the SE though. Flashing just makes your clock higher and puts more voltage in the gpu. It also puts more power to your fans. 5950 or 9600xt?
 
2ez2KiLL
Hey, another reason for a Fx5900. You can flash it to an Fx 5950 Ultra without damaging it. You could get a Leadtek Fx5900 LX or a Fx5900 Non-Ultra, not the XT or the SE though. Flashing just makes your clock higher and puts more voltage in the gpu. It also puts more power to your fans. 5950 or 9600xt?
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I'm done with that argument! I will decide later. No more please. I might wait for the 6-series to come out to decide. I might end up going with nVidia since the chipset in the motherboard is nVidia.
 
Event Horizon
we were comparing the 9600XT to the 5900XT and that shows that 5900XT is better. How about not arguing over which video card I should get, please. I will decide later.
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How about you not assume that I am arguing, but rather trying to help you make a educated decision on which video card to waste your money on! Frankly I could care less, but I had it in me to take my personal time to look at a link that burnout so graciously provided to save you some time. Please be careful with your tone when you're talking with people that are trying to help you out.

Don't worry, I will no longer offer any suggestions.

Good day.
 
Sorry, I didn't mean to offend you. :( I was just frustrated that this thread turned into an argument thread between 2ez2kill and burnout. Sorry.
 
Ok, well I've built a few systems myself, and have had my fair share of bad luck.

Pointers:
1. Don't buy ASUS or SOYO products, not only do they fail often, but the companies don't back up their product well at all.
2. You'll need a PSU (Power Supply Unit), with atleast 300watts for today's systems.
3. Benchmarks are Nvidia biased. If you need graphical proof, look at framerates from popular games, that's where the true testing is.


I would recommend buying an MSI motherboard. Not only does there company back their product 100%, but they typically have great BIOS setups. I would also recommend the 9600XT made exclusively by ATI. Off-brand makers have less reliability. Don't forget the little things, like a mouse, keyboard, etc... they typically cost money as well.
 
toyomatt84
1. Don't buy ASUS or SOYO products, not only do they fail often, but the companies don't back up their product well at all.
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really? I've heard the ASUS A7N8 series was great for building computers! Tons of people use the A7N8 and I've never heard anything negative...
 
toyomatt84
I would recommend buying an MSI motherboard. Not only does there company back their product 100%, but they typically have great BIOS setups.
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I got 3 bad msi motherboards in a row...each of them defective. One had faulty usb2.0 ports and the other was just fried. The third one didn't like running at the processor's default settings
 
Well, I guess we don't have similar points of view, emad. No biggie, but I have had great results with MSI. I made an OC PC and cranked out 3.7ghz out of a 3.2 P4 on an MSI board. I also fried one board on accident, sent it in, and got one back 2 days later, free of charge.

As for the ASUS A7N8, it's ok at best. I ran one in a server PC I made for a friend and it pulled off decent abilities. It was not too stable, though.
 

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