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New Build Completed I have just completed building my new computer and it works like a charm. In fact, I can't understand why I didn't build one sooner- I'm getting so much pleasure out of it. Again, I want to thank all of those that helped me to consider various components, especially...

Rob and Cougar.........My brain cells must have taken a vacation of late. I completely forgot about thumb drives. I do admit, Iomega disks are kind of going the way of the Dinosaur. Thanks guys. This week-end I'll be looking at 22 and 24 inch monitors and decide between them. With my...

Rob, Once again, your suggestion is well taken. In fact, you've not only convinced me to go to quad, after re-reading your excellent CPU review, I'm going to go with the Q9550. It's much more than I need right now but, I figure on holding on to the new build for approx. (9) years (like my...

Some of the components listed are based on reviews appearing in Techgage. I would like to thank all of those reviewers without whose efforts I could not have put this together.. Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P (rev. 1.1) CPU: Intel E8600 3.33 GHz CPU...

Kougar, I read in the customer review of the Crucial DDR2- 800 must be overclocked in order to achieve CL 4, 4-4-4-12 timing. Is this so? I am going to post all of the components for my new build under the 'Hardware' forum. I would appreciate any comments you may have. Thank you.

Cougar, in view of what you wrote, I'm considering the following: Crucial Ballistix 2x2GB DDR2-800, CL 4, 4-4-4-12 Mushkin 2x2GB DDR2-800, CL 4, 4-4-4-12 Rob, that was a great review of the GA-EP45-UD3P. One question, whats the difference between rev. 1.0 & 1.1 of this MB?

Rob & Cougar, thanks for responding. Let me explain what I want to do: 1. I want to use the following: E8600 CPU GeForce GTX 285 Video card 2 x 2 GB Memory 2. Is there an advantage to use this EP45-UD3P MB if it is limited to DDR2 (1066 MHz) top frequency? I do know, of course...

Memory for this Motherboard The Gigabyte memory support specs for this motherboard state; 4x 1.8V DDR2 DIMM sockets, and FSB of 1600/1333/1066/800 MHz. This mobo has a P45 chipset which can support DDR3. Does mean that Gigabyte is limiting this MB to DDR2, so that DDR3 memory and the FSB...

4GB's it is. I want to thank you for your patience and for all of your help. I say again, it's guys like you that make easier for the rest of us to enjoy putting a complex system together. I'm looking forward to assembling this build and will post the results in the proper section......... ohgee

Thanks for responding, guys- Merlin, In my Reply #3 I spelled out, in a general way, what I’ll use the system for. I just want to add that I want it to conduct a lot of data handling, using such apps. as Mathematica, Quicken and Excel, all at the same time, with multiple windows coming up...

Hey Kougar, Geez, it looks like one needs a PhD to work out of the morass in putting a compatible system together. You guys certainly provide the essential service for guys like me and for that, I thank you. Your comments bring up some questions: 1. The P5K Pro supports Crossfire. If I...

Cougar, Thanks for stepping in, and the warning on Abit. A bit of confusion; Intel, in all of their blurbs, cite X48 as DDR3 only. How do some mobo manufacturers include DDR2 also? Like they say, don't ever say 'never'. However, I can't see myself ever going to 4GB's. I suppose I'll be...

Hey Rory, To come up with a system I first started looking at four of the most likely Intel motherboard chipsets that would suit my purposes. The four were the P45, P35, X48 and X38. The following are my thoughts on each of them, as they relate to my personal needs: X48 and X38: Both of...

Hi Rory, First, let me thank you for your thoughtful reply. In fact, you got me to re-think my original requirements and I think I want to go for a better system than I originally planned. I like your idea of more memory, the CPU and motherboard. My new requirements: 1. High resolution...

Hi Folks, I certainly would appreciate help and suggestions towards building a high end PC. I've previously built one for my son, approx. 1 1/2 yrs. ago, based on then ZDnet's Geo. Ou's Dream PC article, and thoroughly enjoyed doing it. I now want to build another, for myself, based on...