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post #1 of 13
4/21/05 at 2:25am
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I'm building my first desktop, and just ordered the parts off of newegg. I was hoping some of you could take a look, and let me know what you think (and make sure my parts all fit together).

Thanks in advance

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post #2 of 13
4/21/05 at 9:29am
Oh no... did you get a Prescott P4 chip??

Just so you know, that cpu runs VERY hot, I'm talking 60-65C load even with excellent cooling. I had one in my previous mobo and it toasted the power supply jack and several other areas on the mobo.
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post #3 of 13
4/21/05 at 9:59am
what kind of video card did you buy?
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post #4 of 13
4/21/05 at 10:19am
I second CrabbyPatty...

You should go AMD... better performance, better price...

Cheers,

Rakewell
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post #5 of 13
4/21/05 at 12:03pm
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Yea, i got a prescott, b/c i couldnt find any Northwoods to fit the LGA 755 socket on the motherboard, which i needed b/c i needed PCI express to fit the video card (ATI FireGL V3100).

Does anyone know of a good gaming card that will also work with Solidworks? Cus i know this card is crap... but i know it runs Solidworks
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post #6 of 13
4/21/05 at 2:35pm
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Originally Posted by Evo
Yea, i got a prescott, b/c i couldnt find any Northwoods to fit the LGA 755 socket on the motherboard, which i needed b/c i needed PCI express to fit the video card (ATI FireGL V3100).

Does anyone know of a good gaming card that will also work with Solidworks? Cus i know this card is crap... but i know it runs Solidworks
It's a good choice, I ditched my AMD this year as well for PCI Express. Not noticable difference except certain OS based core apps run better on the Prescott. Don't look back, and enjoy it.
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post #7 of 13
4/21/05 at 4:47pm
yeah thats what I have notice, there is not one single amd board on the market that has PCI-E I wonder what the reasoning behind that is. I do have 2 p4 computers, but I also have amd64 computer that i would love to run a PCI_E vid card. ANy thoughts on this?
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post #8 of 13
4/21/05 at 5:00pm
Huh? What's with this talk that there are no AMD boards with PCI-Express?
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post #9 of 13
4/21/05 at 5:53pm
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Originally Posted by deltawalkerl
Huh? What's with this talk that there are no AMD boards with PCI-Express?
They are out now, but they were not out when I needed one. They missed that boat by a few months.
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post #10 of 13
4/22/05 at 12:12am
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Originally Posted by Time-Pilot
They are out now, but they were not out when I needed one. They missed that boat by a few months.
That's what I figured, but I was really puzzled by Alien_Head13's post.
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post #11 of 13
4/22/05 at 1:53am
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Originally Posted by Alien_Head13
yeah thats what I have notice, there is not one single amd board on the market that has PCI-E I wonder what the reasoning behind that is.
*opens up his case to his AMD64 desktop*

whew, had me sacred for a moment Alienhead. yeah that's a PCI-e slot in there

*closes case again*
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post #12 of 13
4/22/05 at 11:11am
The LGA sockets run much coolr then the old s478.
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post #13 of 13
4/22/05 at 11:13am
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Originally Posted by Jack111
The LGA sockets run much coolr then the old s478.

I would disagree with that, have you see the factory heat sink on the Prescott processor? It's HUGE, and the fan sounds like a jet engine! I switched to H2O just to get rid of the oversize fan.
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