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Originally posted by Jave
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A little late since I just purchased it all, but...keeping in mind how broke I am right now here's what I got
I have all the parts from my old computer so I only need this stuff)
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Ok, well NewEgg kicks ass and I had everything at my door in 3 days. Heres what happened.
So....I get all the parts....spend 2 hours putting it together FLAWLESSLY! I know it's perfect because I have done it so many times and I am meticulous about computers. Plug it all in, push the power button......
It turns on, fans spinning, HD and PWR light working but NOTHING. Doesn't even TRY to post. So I turn it off, double and triple check my work, push the power button NOTHING. Same story. So I disassemble it, put the parts in one by one....still nothing. Won't post. So, the only thing I have not changed is the PS. So I am removing the PS and the box jerks down and snaps off a transistor off the motherboard FFFUUUUUCCCCCKKKKKK! LOL
Back to square one. So I shipped it back to NewEgg, and start cruising for compatible parts and I come across this:
ATTENTION! This is a specially manufactured OEM/Tray part that was NEVER intended for retail system builders - they were sold to big companies like Dell and HP for use in PROPRIETARY systems. As a result, MANY retail motherboards DO NOT SUPPORT THIS PROCESSOR PROPERLY AND WILL NOT RECOGNIZE IT, EVEN WITH A BIOS UPDATE. Make sure your motherboard can actually recognize and POST this processor before purchasing it, otherwise you will have all sorts of problems!
Thank you for shopping at Newegg.com.
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1 x ($134.99) MB GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3P P45 775 R - Retail
$134.99
1 x ($164.99) CPU INTEL|C2D E8400 3G 775 45N R - Retail
$164.99
Decided to stop being cheap and just go Intel. It's to bad, I have always like the price/performance ratio of AMD and I really want them to be successful but right now, Intel is smoking their ass. It's not even close. Looking at the gaming benchmarks the CPU I was going to get is sitting around 90FPS and the Intel E8400 is around 130..WOW, not even close and well worth the extra $100 bucks.
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