Building my own PC - Here are the specs, please comment!

[Jordan]

one thing to keep in mind is that newegg purges negative reviews from their site.

[jasonHoldEm]

I second the recommendation for monarch over newegg. While newegg is probably cheaper I've found post-sale service (i.e. returns) to be dramatically better with monarch (and well, pretty much the service all around is dramatically better, but especially post sale). Unless the price is dramatically different, I'd be willing to pay a little more to know I'm going to have a competent person handling any problems I might encounter (I had a dvd drive burn out on my monarch system and had a replacement in hand in less than a week, with little to no effort on my part other than emailing them - once - and putting the drive in a box).

J

athlon cpus are great.

G.

[MyMindIsGoing]

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athlon cpus are great.

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In what way?

[Spaded]

IT WORKS!!!!

Booted up on the first try. Everything works, no crashes so far, and driver installation went flawlessly. Still haven't installed any games yet, but when I do it will be even better [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[MyMindIsGoing]

I never said it wouldn't work, just how good [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] And you will experience some flaws later.

[Terry]

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IT WORKS!!!!

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Never doubted you for a minute ... a guy who asks for advice ... on multiple forums ... and takes it ... and ignores the irrational flamers.

So what kind of games? I’ve recently played Children of the Nile (fun for a couple weeks but kind of limited – was available real cheap on eBay), Silent Hunter III (lots of annoying crashes) and did the 30 day stint on Everquest II (no time for addictive MMORPGs). I need a new game.

By the way, I haven't had an Intel CPU since sometime in the 1980's.

[MyMindIsGoing]

Flamers lol, this is a discussion not a flamewar. For someone like you who writes "In other words, RTFM" you should think about what you are saying.