Elder III

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Ohio

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I Will Never Join Your Guild (NTY)

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for a mobo the first thing is to go with a Reputable Brand (that's been covered already), second what features do you want? You want a core i5...

Few thoughts: Windows 7 isn't due to be released until October 22'nd - what are you going to do until then? I believe you can still buy...

hehe, I personally haven't managed to fill up a 320 gb in 2 years, but that's just me - allot of people will go through a TB in that time...

Quote: Originally Posted by I am Jim Secondly, i wont be buying this computer for at least 8 months. If you aren't going to buy for 8 months...

the case you are referring to is overkill and the size of a small car, so unless you really need to wheel that thing around you could save some...

what exactly are you getting? Most of the things listed give at least 2 options - the most important thing is the graphics - the Intel x3100 sucks...

Have you defragged your hard drive lately, and specifically your gw.dat file? www.auslogic.com offers a free version that will do that for you...

what is the name and model number for your computer? We might be able to check and see if there are any cheap upgrades that you can do.......

A laptop/notebook cooling pad is a wonderful investment - nobody should game on a lapto p without one. If you don't have one (go get one!)...

I've owned both Asus and Gigbyte mobos and have been happy with both, personally I would pick the Asus here, soley for the 4 PCIe x 16 slots...

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