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YaWhateva · 06-12-2007, 11:16 AM

Thanks for your input. I was totally thinking of doing the Core 2 Duo E6600 and upgrading to a 8800GTX. The question I have though is, a friend of mine has XP and 4 gigs of ram and it shows all 4. Is it just not utilizing the other gig?

Could you recommend a motherboard that is in that price range that has the full 16x 16x PCIe when in SLI? The ones I see are only 16x 8x PCIe in SLI mode. Unless I am reading this wrong (which it looks like I am) and that motherboard doesn't support dual 16x SLI. Do no boards support that?

The power supply doesn't come with the case, it's just a deal NewEgg has on when you buy the motherboard I believe that they give a discount on that power supply. I have only used Antec power supplies before though, so I probably should stick to that. I will look into that Enermax that you mentioned though. Also, what Wattage should I be looking at for a power supply?

I'm thinking Vista and the monitor will be a future purchase. I already have a 20" normal aspect monitor that I could use. I may just save the money on the monitor and buy an LCD HDTV in the future. Also, if I do get Vista, I am definitely dual booting using my copy of XP pro that I have.

06-12-2007, 11:16 AM	#5 (permalink)
YaWhateva Friend Location: New Mexico	Thanks for your input. I was totally thinking of doing the Core 2 Duo E6600 and upgrading to a 8800GTX. The question I have though is, a friend of mine has XP and 4 gigs of ram and it shows all 4. Is it just not utilizing the other gig? Could you recommend a motherboard that is in that price range that has the full 16x 16x PCIe when in SLI? The ones I see are only 16x 8x PCIe in SLI mode. Unless I am reading this wrong (which it looks like I am) and that motherboard doesn't support dual 16x SLI. Do no boards support that? The power supply doesn't come with the case, it's just a deal NewEgg has on when you buy the motherboard I believe that they give a discount on that power supply. I have only used Antec power supplies before though, so I probably should stick to that. I will look into that Enermax that you mentioned though. Also, what Wattage should I be looking at for a power supply? I'm thinking Vista and the monitor will be a future purchase. I already have a 20" normal aspect monitor that I could use. I may just save the money on the monitor and buy an LCD HDTV in the future. Also, if I do get Vista, I am definitely dual booting using my copy of XP pro that I have. __________________ “If the Americans go in and overthrow Saddam Hussein and it's clean, he has nothing, I will apologize to the nation, and I will not trust the Bush administration again.” - Bill O'Reilly "This is my United States of Whateva!" Last edited by YaWhateva; 06-12-2007 at 11:26 AM..