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Intel X25-M Mainstream SSDSA2M080G2XXX 2.5" 80GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)...$209

or AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz and GIGABYTE GA-890GPA-UD3H AM3 AMD 890GX HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

this is what i have now

AMD Phenom 940 x 4 BE @ 3.4ghz

Gigabite GA-MA790X-UD4P mobo

XFX HD 5850 1GB

Corsair TX650 650w PSU

Patroit Viper 2x2 ram 6-5-5-15-30 2T, @ 1120mhz

3x WD3200AAKS HDD in RAID 0

Lite On 24x DVD/ CD burner

Lite On 8x BRD/DVD/CD

Antec 900 case

Vista Prem. 64 bit

Samsung T240HD 24'' monitor

Logitech Z-2300 200 watts RMS 2.1 Speakers

i use my pc primarily for gaming, would an upgrade even benefit me in games.

Hi , when i turn on my desktop pc the power comes on running through the pc but some reason the monitor screen just doesn't turn on anymore, my monitor is not broken and the cable connections are tight and secure. The keyboard and mouse too doesn't have lights on as they normally do but i know my mouse and keyboard aren't broken .There are no beep codes at all if i was to remove all ram sticks and Monitor still shows no signal.

no beeps for HDD either or if i unplug the 6 pin power for the Video

I just don't get it. my computer would always turn on and then the monitor would come up with bios and then to the windows screen, now it just doesn't, i cant see anything on screen no bios, but my computer is on and i can see all the fans spin, cd and dvd rom light up, graphics card fan spin too, there just doesn't seem to be any signal to the monitor and no lights coming on mouse and keyboard.

I try taking out all rams to check if it was a faulty ram and see if i could here a beep sound but there was no beep. my graphics card is working fine , my hard drives are fine

ocz 600w psu

amd 7750 athlon 2.7ghz processor

4 gb mushkin 1066 ram

Foxconn A7GM-S AM2+/

WD 500gb hdd

nvidia 7900gs

windows 7 64 bit

after a series of testing i have determined that the mobo is fried and its going to be ($82.00 US) to get a new one, shipped.here is what it has

Microprocessor 1.8 GHz AMD Turion™ 64 Mobile Processor ML-32 with PowerNow!™ Technology

Microprocessor Cache 512KB L2 Cache

Memory 1024MB 333MHz DDR System Memory (2 Dimm)

Memory Max 2048MB

Video Graphics ATI RADEON® XPRESS 200M IGP

Video Memory 128MB DDR (shared)

Hard Drive 80GB (4200RPM) Hard Drive

Multimedia Drive DVD±R/RW and CD-RW Combo Drive with Double Layer Support

Display 15.4” WXGA High-Definition BrightView Widescreen (1280 x 800) Display

Fax/Modem High speed 56k modem

Network Card Integrated 10/100BASE-T Ethernet LAN(h) (RJ-45 connector)

Wireless Connectivity 54g™ 802.11b/g WLAN with 125HSM / SpeedBooster support

Sound Altec Lansing

Keyboard 101-key compatible

2 Quick Launch Buttons (HP Quick Play Music and DVD)

Pointing Device Touch Pad with dedicated vertical Scroll Up/Down pad

PC Card Slots 1 ExpressCard/54 Slot (also supports ExpressCard/34)

it is 5 yrs old, with XP home and i can do it myself so no additional costs, oh its not mine and ill be fixing it for free(family), what do ya think

my friends mobo died and he had to replace it. he wants to use his hard drive with xp on it, he does not want to reformat the drive and loose data he just wants to buy a new key

My specs as of now, I've got about $1200 in it over 9 months

AMD Phenom 940 x 4 BE @ 3.4ghz(can hit 3.8 stable) 30c

Gigabite GA-MA790X-UD4P mobo

XFX HD5850 1gb

Corsair TX650w PSU

4GB Patroit Viper 2x2 ram 4-4-4-12 2T, @ 960mhz

3x WD3200AAKS HDD in RAID 0 (280mb/s max)(185ave).

Lite On 24x DVD/ CD burner

Antec 900 case (4x120fans 1x240 fan)

Vista Prem. 64 bit (i'll be getting 7 64bit)

Samsung Syncmaster T240HD 24'' monitor/hdtv(1920x1200)

Logitech Z-2300 200 watts RMS 2.1 Speakers

my xfx 5850 was running @x16 now after installing a pci wireless adapter it is running @x8

i have PCIe 2.0. so does sharing the pci bus reduce the performance of my vedio card

my xfx 5850 was running @x16 now after installing a pci wireless adapter it is running @x8

i have PCIe 2.0. so does sharing the pci bus reduce the performance of my vedio card

trying to install vista 64 bit, and i get this error

it snapped off yesterday (Passenger side) i already bought a new one, i cant find a diagram of the wheel assembly or the steps to do it

So i upgraded from a 8800gt 512mb to an ati XFX 4890 1gb about 2 weeks ago, and its ok but im really not that impressed over the performance increase, playing gta4, crysis, nfs shift, ect..im only getting like 5-10 fps more with the 4890 over the 8800 with same settings. i still have 2 weeks to RMA and get another card

My specs

AMD Phenom ll 940 x 4 BE @ 3.4ghz

Foxconn A7GM-S mobo

XFX HD 4890 1gb

OCZ StealthXtream 600w PSU

Patroit Viper 2x2 ram 6-5-5-15-30 2T, @ 1120mhz

3x WD3200AAKS HDD in RAID 0, (135mb/s min.

286mb/s max. 208mb/s ave. HD Tune Pro)

ATI RAID Controler on mobo

Lite On 24x DVD/ CD burner

Antec 900 case

Vista Prem. 64 bit

Samsung 2232BW+ 22'' monitor

Logitech Z-2300 200 watts RMS 2.1 Speakers

a guy i work with wants to buy it and i told him 25 bucks. should i go for 40 or 50

HP compaq 1.5ghz P4, 640mb ram, 40 gb hdd, Windows XP basic, a 17'' crt monitor speakers keyboard and mouse

i am wondering if upgrading to an ATI 4870 1gb would benefit me for gaming @ 1680x1050 res.

My Specs

AMD Phenom ll 940 x 4 BE @ 3.4ghz

Foxconn A7GM-S mobo

BFG 8800 GT 512mb

OCZ StealthXtream 600w PSU

Patroit Viper 2x2 ram 6-5-5-15-30 2T, @ 1120mhz

3x WD3200AAKS HDD in RAID 0, (135mb/s min.

286mb/s max. 208mb/s ave. HD Tune Pro)

ATI RAID Controler on mobo

Lite On 24x DVD/ CD burner

Antec 900 case

Vista Prem. 64 bit

Samsung 2232BW+ 22'' monitor

Logitech Z-2300 200 watts RMS 2.1 Speakers

ati raid Controller on mobo

3x wd3200aaks hdd's

HD Tune benches on average at 103mb/s min.- 220mb/s max.- 175 mb/s ave. i have 2 WD 3200AAKS 320gb drives in raid 0. and newegg has them for $42 on sale, so would it benefit me to get it for better load times and put 3 in raid 0 ? (Crysis, GTA IV, Pure, to name a few)

My specs

AMD Phenom 940 x 4 BE @ 3.4ghz

Foxconn A7GM-S mobo

BFG 8800 GT 512mb

OCZ StealthXtream 600w PSU

Patroit Viper 2x2 ram 6-5-5-15-30 2T, @ 1120mhz

2x WD3200AAKS HDD in RAID 0

Lite On 24x DVD/ CD burner

Antec 900 case

Vista Prem. 64 bit

Samsung 2232BW+ 22'' monitor

Logitech Z-2300 200 watts RMS 2.1 Speakers

i have vista home prem. 64 bit but i have an option to open internet explorer in either mode, i cant tell any differance

My specs

AMD Phenom 940 x 4 BE @ 3.4ghz

Foxconn A7GM-S mobo

BFG 8800 GT 512mb

OCZ StealthXtream 600w PSU

Patroit Viper 2x2 ram @ 1120mhz

2x WD3200AAKS HDD in RAID 0

Lite On 24x DVD/ CD burner

Antec 900 case

Vista 64 bit

Samsung 2232BW+ 22'' monitor

Logitech Z-2300 200 watts RMS 2.1 Speaker

My specs

AMD Phenom 940 x 4 BE @ 3.4ghz

Foxconn A7GM-S mobo, 780 G, SB 700,1x PCI-e 2.0 slot (maby this to 790FX)

BFG 8800 GT 512mb, (and this to a ATI 4870)

OCZ StealthXtream 600w PSU

Patroit Viper 2x2 ram @ 1120mhz 6-5-5-15-30-2T

2x WD3200AAKS HDD in RAID 0 ( 80mb/s min. 220 max, 170 ave.)

ATI RAID controller on motherboard

Lite On 24x DVD/ CD burner

Antec 900 case, 4x 120mm fans 1x 220mm fan

Vista 64 bit Home Premium

Samsung 2232BW+ 22'' monitor

Logitech Z-2300 200 watts RMS 2.1 Speakers

not worried about redundancy

is vista's defrager good enough? i have 2 wd3200aaks drives in raid 0