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    Vista to 7 Upgrade question with OEM purchase

    ok i've read the other posts about people's questions towards how the upgrade works with an OEM Vista disc from Newegg. All of them were great help and i understand....but one thing i still do not understand. When after i upgrade my machine (still has 64 bit Vista on it) to Windows 7 am i...
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    Advice on a 1500$ Gaming Rig

    lol@me see i told you i have been out of the game for a while now...i just assumed that since you said SLI that it had a Nvidia chipset and would not work well with an ATI card.....chalk up another dumb statement by me! i'll check it out and the Gigabyte board as well thanks again
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    Advice on a 1500$ Gaming Rig

    thank you problem is i really wanted to get him the 5780 card so that board and all would not work....thanks for the other suggestions though.
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    Advice on a 1500$ Gaming Rig

    awesome...thanks for that link
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    Advice on a 1500$ Gaming Rig

    yeah i have dropped the Scout and i'm looking at the Sniper or the full tower HAF 932 now my father in law comes into town today so i'll let him choose but i'm sure he will go for the cheaper route. someone else suggested this MSI board since i said i worked with them in the past and he...
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    Advice on a 1500$ Gaming Rig

    any mobo suggestions? just noticed that was an instant rebate thanks! thanks for all the advice so far as well!
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    Advice on a 1500$ Gaming Rig

    someone else suggested this G.Skill RAM http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231279 besides the price which one is better?....the one i posted says something about being for i5 P55 motherboards
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    Advice on a 1500$ Gaming Rig

    i'll check....i think i saw it would fit by watching a review of the case on YouTube...and that there are removable drive cases as well for such a thing. thanks for the power suggestion with the rebate...but is 750w overkill? also any mobo and ram suggestions?
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    Advice on a 1500$ Gaming Rig

    I’m building a machine for the first time in about 4-5 years so, yeah, it has been a while. I had 2 little boys since and they sucked up most of my money. Well my father-in-law wants me to build him a machine for gaming and general purpose. I will be using this build as a template for a build I...
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    Sick of this hardware upgrade

    get a wife and kid/kids problem solved...no more money to always upgrade.;)
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    1080p HDTV thread

    that also depends on who your cable provider is.....about the standard definition quality. I had Comcast for a long time and i noticed a HUGE improvement once i got FIOS for standard definition.
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    1080p HDTV thread

    i have a Samsung HL-S5687w DLP (1080p) set and i love it. i bought last July for 2900.....and i think it's now down to like 2000 or might be a little below that price wise. Anyway it's fantastic.....the picture is out standing with a little tweaking....i have my 360 hooked up via VGA cable and...
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    700 Budget Build

    i'm looking at those corsair ones right now that someone else suggested.
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    700 Budget Build

    well i've never actually seen a P182 in person...i was just basing my opinion off of my P160 case...i mean it's sturdy....put has too many plastic parts for my liking.....for example the front bezel.
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    700 Budget Build

    thanks for the info...i'll check those out i have a P160 case that i love.....but i do know what your saying about the flimsy thing....the P160 also suffered from that a bit.
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