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YoMamma is the lucky winner, all parts have been sold!

 

 

Tax returns are a wonderful thing. Selling my "old" PC. I kept my old case so I have an extra old one if you would like it. I will go through my box-o-stuff and find extra cables screws etc if you need any, I will also include any manuals/disks that I have (which should be most of them) for each part. The Mobo and GPU's are all registered on EVGA with their 100% return if you break it warranty. This PC WILL NEED a HARD-DRIVE, OS, and CD/DVD player, as I kept my old ones and I will not supply one. I would like to sell this all as a PC instead of breaking it down into parts. If you are interested in just some parts hold off for a week or two so I can see if anyone wants the complete PC. After that I will be willing to gut it down. I'd like to get $300 for the whole PC and I'll ship it to you. I can guarantee that all of the parts work and I know you can O/C this machine to at least 3.8Ghz stable. If you have any questions or concerns let me know.

 

Parts:

 

EVGA 780i SLI -- http://www.newegg.co...N82E16813188024

Intel Core2duo E8400 -- http://www.newegg.co...N82E16819115037

Coolermaster HSF -- http://www.newegg.co...N82E16835103001

4GB (4x1GB sticks) Corsair DDR2 800 (with sweet blinky's) -- http://www.newegg.co...N82E16820145038

2x EVGA 8800GT SC (SLI) -- http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814130319

Thermaltake Toughpower 700w PSU -- Can't find the link ;/

 

This is the old case if you are interested, I don't think the lights on the front work anymore. -- http://www.newegg.co...N82E16811156150

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This is a nice deal. I am sure someone will grab it from you.

 

 

I didn't buy all of the parts all at once... I think the oldest parts are the RAM and the Power Supply. Both around 2-3 years old, the rest of it is at least 1 year old. I know I didn't upgrade any of it last year.

 

Edit... I think the reply button is borked. Supposed to quote Penty....

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I'm interested because I am in the market for a new PC. I was originally looking into buying new parts over the next few months, but perhaps something like this might make sense. I have a few questions though.

 

1.) I currently am running a single GeForce 9800GT. I noticed you have (x2) 8800Gts. Would I be able to run one of mine and one of yours? Also I've never run 2 video cards before, so do you need Windows7 or a 64bit OS to run 2?

 

2.) One of the main reasons I need to upgrade is due to my old processor. Single Core 3ghz. I was really interested in a quad core i7 to be honest. Would your motherboard support this?

 

3.) Gaming. My current computer basically is powerful enough to run TF2 well and anything made after that runs poorly or not at all. What games can your machine run (ex: recent games like Battlefield) and which can it not run?

 

4.) I noticed the motherboard ram limit is 8GB. What is the typical ram requirement for games these days or in the coming years?

 

5.) Operating System. I can supply my own hardrive, but I am currently running Windows XP. Would I need to upgrade to Windows7 in order to run a dual or quad core processor and duel video cards? If so, do you run 64bit or 32bit?

 

Sorry for all the questions, but I have been out of the loop for computer upgrades for a while and some quick answers here might help me out on deciding to buy this machine.

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I can prolly answer a few of these for you YoMamma right now, not in any particular order. I'm in now way trying to deter you from buying this rig, just giving some info that may be of use to you.

1) The socket types for an E8400 and a core i7 are not the same. They won't fit together. You would need a whole new mobo, RAM, everything if you really want the new i7.

2) As far as putting video cards into SLI together, I'm pretty sure you need the same video card, however I never actually looked into this. You may actually at least need cards of the same number series, which in your case an 8 and 9 series card won't work well together prolly. Oh and i don't think it's necessary to have a 64 bit OS to run cards in SLI.

3) If you are ever running a 32 bit OS, the maximum amount of RAM you will ever see/use is 4GB. Anything over 4GB and you need a 64 bit OS. I currently have 8GB installed and I don't think any games actually require this much. Right now and for some time in the future 4 GB should be sufficient i hope, however 8 is nice because it's kind of future proof if you plan on having it for a long time.

4) I know how many people still love XP, but i do highly suggest upgrading to Windows 7 if you're getting a new PC. Everything is slowly getting away from XP, its 2 OS's old now. I would also go 64 bit because they are slowly trying to make that standard now also. There's no real harm anymore in running a 64 bit OS as there aren't many programs that aren't compatible any more, and any of the newer processors are already 64 bit compatible.

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Thanks for the help so far Nightling & Preacher.

 

So this motherboard cannot run the i7, but it can run a quad core from what I understand?

 

I guess the only questions I'm still wondering is how would this machine handle gaming. Especially some of the more recent games like Call of Duty, Crysis, 2, etc. Would I be able to play these types of games with 60fps or more? Does having 2 video cards help with this?

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I have basically the same PC for my kids the only real difference is that the video card in mine is not as good. Mine will play: CS:S - Titan Quest: Immortal Throne - S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Elder Scrolls Oblivion - Crysis - Torchlight - COD4 - Bioshock 2 all on high to med-high levels without an issue.

 

As far as upgrades this PC can go up to this CPU(same one as I run): http://www.starmicroinc.com/cgi/commerce.cgi?preadd=action&key=QX6850 and get OCed to 4Ghz with air cooling.

 

Plus it can handle the newest video cards for upgrades as well so the PC is really future proof for at least 3-6 years.

 

Honestly there hasn't been a game to come out yet that the 8800 series has much trouble with.

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Sorry I haven't been back able to reply recently, I have been moving to a different location. I think I can answer most of your questions, or just confirm what has already been stated.

 

1) I do NOT believe that the 8800 and the 9800 can be SLI'd together. I can do some research on that and get back to you. You do not need Win 7 or Vista for SLI. Originally I has Win XP Pro 32bit with this system and it ran flawlessly.

 

2) This board will NOT support i7. You can however get a quad core that is supported by this board. Any CPU that is socket LGA775 will / should work (Q6600).

 

3) This setup will run TF2 CS:S BF2 CODw/e Crysis, any thing you can throw at it. When I had it overclocked I could play Crysis in the highest settings and get around 20-30fps (which is pretty good for this setup).

 

4) Typical requirement for "Most" games is 2-3 GB, and that's a high estimate. Usually 1-2GB

 

5) You can run WinXP or Win7 on this system. I used both. As stated before the only difference between 32 and 64 versions is the RAM recognition, and some optimization of the hardware usage.

 

Thanks to the others who helped out while I was not available. I'll check in again in a day or two whenever I get the internet situation completed. (Hopefully by tomorrow!!) If you have any more questions, feel free to ask.

 

 

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"Plus it can handle the newest video cards for upgrades as well so the PC is really future proof for at least 3-6 years." - Preacher - This is exactly how I build my systems =) Then I end up getting new stuff every year or two anyway LOL!

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Most of my questions have been answered. I guess the only thing I'm still wondering about are the dual video cards. Would 2 8800's be better than 1 9800? Also, what is the advantage for using dual video cards vs a single? Is this similar as using a dual processor to a single?

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2 8800s are going to put 1 9800 to shame. The benefits are mainly in video processing at higher resolutions. Certain games really use that 2nd GPU, others will actually see no improvement at all. I always suggest buying a really good card as opposed to duel mid level cards, but in this situation I think it's a good deal and the duel cards will liken the system to a more modern high end card.

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Tax returns are a wonderful thing. Selling my "old" PC. I kept my old case so I have an extra old one if you would like it. I will go through my box-o-stuff and find extra cables screws etc if you need any, I will also include any manuals/disks that I have (which should be most of them) for each part. The Mobo and GPU's are all registered on EVGA with their 100% return if you break it warranty. This PC WILL NEED a HARD-DRIVE, OS, and CD/DVD player, as I kept my old ones and I will not supply one. I would like to sell this all as a PC instead of breaking it down into parts. If you are interested in just some parts hold off for a week or two so I can see if anyone wants the complete PC. After that I will be willing to gut it down. I'd like to get $300 for the whole PC and I'll ship it to you. I can guarantee that all of the parts work and I know you can O/C this machine to at least 3.8Ghz stable. If you have any questions or concerns let me know.

 

Parts:

 

EVGA 780i SLI -- http://www.newegg.co...N82E16813188024

Intel Core2duo E8400 -- http://www.newegg.co...N82E16819115037

Coolermaster HSF -- http://www.newegg.co...N82E16835103001

4GB (4x1GB sticks) Corsair DDR2 800 (with sweet blinky's) -- http://www.newegg.co...N82E16820145038

2x EVGA 8800GT SC (SLI) -- http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814130319

Thermaltake Toughpower 700w PSU -- Can't find the link ;/

 

This is the old case if you are interested, I don't think the lights on the front work anymore. -- http://www.newegg.co...N82E16811156150

 

Link for PSU

http://www.xoxide.com/thermaltake-toughpower-700w-modular-crossfire.html

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Most of my questions have been answered. I guess the only thing I'm still wondering about are the dual video cards. Would 2 8800's be better than 1 9800? Also, what is the advantage for using dual video cards vs a single? Is this similar as using a dual processor to a single?

 

http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/gaming-graphics-cards-charts-2009-high-quality/3DMark06-v1.1.0-3DMark-Score,Marque_fbrandx876,1829.html

 

and

 

http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/gaming-graphics-cards-charts-2009-high-quality/Left4Dead,Marque_fbrandx876,1818.html

 

Hopefully those links work. The chart is from 2009, but it is from when they were comparing SLI to just 1 card. The first one is 3dmark and the second L4D with maxed out settings (which isn't exactly "amazing" but is a good benchmark). And you can check other charts as well, this one is just the "most popular" comparison chart.

 

SLI 8800GT Scored 22181

1 - 9800GT Scored 13715

 

Thanks for the PSU link. That is the correct one.

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