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6/1/12 at 11:05am

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Hey guys,
So I was wondering if buying a 990FX has any real benefit over, say a 970 Mobo? My current selection is the ASRock extrem3 990FX, but I could cut 20 euro from that price, or just get a better 970, for the same price. (by the way, I would like a board that will support Piledriver)
Any response would be great, thanks!

Edit: I would like to overclock, my RAM is 1600Mhz, and I would like a SLI ready if possible.

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	Graphics
Intel i7 3930k	Asus Rampage IV Extreme X79	EVGA GeForce GTX 580 Classified Hydro Copper	EVGA GeForce GTX 580 Classified Hydro Copper
Graphics	RAM	Hard Drive	Hard Drive
EVGA GeForce GTX 580 Classified Hydro Copper	Kingston 16GB DDR3 2400mhz (4x4Gb)	Corsair 128Gb Performance Pro (RAID 1) (boot / ...	Corsair 128Gb Performance Pro (RAID 1) (boot / ...
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive
Intel 120GB 520 Series (RAID 10) (work)	Intel 120GB 520 Series (RAID 10) (work)	Intel 120GB 520 Series (RAID 10) (work (backup))	Intel 120GB 520 Series (RAID 10) (work (backup))
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling	Cooling
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (general storage(movies/m...	Sony Optiarc 12x Blue writer	Swiftech MCR420-XP	Swiftech MCR420-XP
Cooling	Cooling	Cooling	Cooling
XSPC RayStorm	Koolerance Dual Resevoir	Noctua NF-F12 PWM (x16 push pull on radiators!)	Noctua NF-F12 PWM
OS	Monitor	Monitor	Monitor
Windows 7	ViewSonic VS V3D231	ViewSonic VS V3D231	ViewSonic VS V3D231
Keyboard	Power	Case	Mouse
Daskeyoard Model S Ultimate Keyboard	Thermalake TP-1500M	LD PC-V8	Razer Naga Hex Wraith
Other	Other	Other	Other
Akasa 3.5" Internal USB 3.0 5-Slot Multicard Read	Akasa 3.5" Internal USB 3.0 5-Slot Multicard Read	Scythe KM04-BK Kaze Master Pro Ace Controller P...	Scythe KM04-BK Kaze Master Pro Ace Controller P...
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	Graphics
AMD Phenom x4 965 Black edition	ASUS Sabertooth 990FX	ASUS Radeon 6770	ASUS Radeon 6770
RAM	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Cooling
8 Gb Corsair Vengeance 1600mhz	Seagate	seagate	Noctua NH-D14
OS	Monitor	Keyboard	Power
Windows 7	Edge10 22"	Razer Black Widow	Corsair Memory TX850
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Intel i7 3930k	Asus Rampage IV Extreme X79	EVGA GeForce GTX 580 Classified Hydro Copper	EVGA GeForce GTX 580 Classified Hydro Copper
Graphics	RAM	Hard Drive	Hard Drive
EVGA GeForce GTX 580 Classified Hydro Copper	Kingston 16GB DDR3 2400mhz (4x4Gb)	Corsair 128Gb Performance Pro (RAID 1) (boot / ...	Corsair 128Gb Performance Pro (RAID 1) (boot / ...
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive
Intel 120GB 520 Series (RAID 10) (work)	Intel 120GB 520 Series (RAID 10) (work)	Intel 120GB 520 Series (RAID 10) (work (backup))	Intel 120GB 520 Series (RAID 10) (work (backup))
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling	Cooling
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (general storage(movies/m...	Sony Optiarc 12x Blue writer	Swiftech MCR420-XP	Swiftech MCR420-XP
Cooling	Cooling	Cooling	Cooling
XSPC RayStorm	Koolerance Dual Resevoir	Noctua NF-F12 PWM (x16 push pull on radiators!)	Noctua NF-F12 PWM
OS	Monitor	Monitor	Monitor
Windows 7	ViewSonic VS V3D231	ViewSonic VS V3D231	ViewSonic VS V3D231
Keyboard	Power	Case	Mouse
Daskeyoard Model S Ultimate Keyboard	Thermalake TP-1500M	LD PC-V8	Razer Naga Hex Wraith
Other	Other	Other	Other
Akasa 3.5" Internal USB 3.0 5-Slot Multicard Read	Akasa 3.5" Internal USB 3.0 5-Slot Multicard Read	Scythe KM04-BK Kaze Master Pro Ace Controller P...	Scythe KM04-BK Kaze Master Pro Ace Controller P...
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8 Gb Corsair Vengeance 1600mhz	Seagate	seagate	Noctua NH-D14
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6/1/12 at 11:15am

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what are you using this rig for and what cpu are you going to put in it for now? also do you intend to crossfire or sli?

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Mushkin Enhanced Chronos MKNSSDCR180GB	SAMSUNG CD/DVD Burner 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW	Sony BDUx10	Ibuypower AMD AM3 CPU Watercooling All-in-one s...
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Windows 7 PRO 32 bit	Dell ST2320LF 23-Inch Widescreen Flat Panel LCD...	GIGABYTE GK-K6800	OCZ OCZ850GXSSLI GameXStream 850W
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6/1/12 at 11:19am

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if you want a legit SLI config (not using a software program like hyperSLI to enable it) you need a 990x board, for 3 or 4 way SLI you need a 990fx board

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Kingston Hyperx DDR3 1600MHz (2x4GB)	2x OCZ Vertex 3 in RAID 0	3x Western Digital Caviar Blue RAID 0	none!
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custom water koolance, bitspower, heatkiller, etc	Windows 8 64-bit Pro Media Centre	asus VS247	asus VS247
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Thermal Take Black Element	Razer Goliathus
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6/1/12 at 12:00pm

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990FX is enthusiast class Chipset and it supports up to 3 or 4 way crossfire/SLI. Two GPUs at 16x 16x speed. Three GPUs at 16x 8x 8x. And 4 GPUs at 8x 8x 8x 8x. This means You will get two PCIe x16 lanes (16GB/s full duplex for both GPU) to get optimum speed in dual GPU setup. And 970x can only support up to two GPUs with x16 x4 mode and single GPU at 16x mode. However in gaming, the real world perforance difference between 8x 8x and 16x 16x is only 2fps to 5fps and can only be observed with high end GPU. 990FX boards have 6 SATA ports compared to 970's 5 SATA ports.And All AMD 9xx chipset motherboards will support future Piledriver CPUs. Do not buy Asrock extreme 3 if you will ever want to overclock CPU, because extreme 3 has only 4+1 phase for CPU which is insufficient for optimum operation of 125w CPU. Buy any 8+2 phase 990FX or 970x motherboard and you will be ok.

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
AMD FX-8350 4.0 GHz	Gigabyte GA-990FXA UD5 Rev.1.0, BIOS F12a	Asus HD7790 DC2-1GB - Core 1250 / Mem 1750	2x 4GB Hynix 1333CL9 1.5v @ 1600 9-9-9-24-1T 1.65V
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6/1/12 at 12:19pm

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http://www.amd.com/us/products/desktop/chipsets/9-series-integrated/Pages/9-series-integrated.aspx

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6/1/12 at 12:20pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by truckerguy

what are you using this rig for and what cpu are you going to put in it for now? also do you intend to crossfire or sli?

Now, its going to be a Phenom 965 BE, but I'll upgrade to piledriver on release. I intend to get a dual SLI set up some time, and its uses are Photoshop, CAD, and gaming.

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	Graphics
Intel i7 3930k	Asus Rampage IV Extreme X79	EVGA GeForce GTX 580 Classified Hydro Copper	EVGA GeForce GTX 580 Classified Hydro Copper
Graphics	RAM	Hard Drive	Hard Drive
EVGA GeForce GTX 580 Classified Hydro Copper	Kingston 16GB DDR3 2400mhz (4x4Gb)	Corsair 128Gb Performance Pro (RAID 1) (boot / ...	Corsair 128Gb Performance Pro (RAID 1) (boot / ...
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive
Intel 120GB 520 Series (RAID 10) (work)	Intel 120GB 520 Series (RAID 10) (work)	Intel 120GB 520 Series (RAID 10) (work (backup))	Intel 120GB 520 Series (RAID 10) (work (backup))
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling	Cooling
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (general storage(movies/m...	Sony Optiarc 12x Blue writer	Swiftech MCR420-XP	Swiftech MCR420-XP
Cooling	Cooling	Cooling	Cooling
XSPC RayStorm	Koolerance Dual Resevoir	Noctua NF-F12 PWM (x16 push pull on radiators!)	Noctua NF-F12 PWM
OS	Monitor	Monitor	Monitor
Windows 7	ViewSonic VS V3D231	ViewSonic VS V3D231	ViewSonic VS V3D231
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Daskeyoard Model S Ultimate Keyboard	Thermalake TP-1500M	LD PC-V8	Razer Naga Hex Wraith
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AMD Phenom x4 965 Black edition	ASUS Sabertooth 990FX	ASUS Radeon 6770	ASUS Radeon 6770
RAM	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Cooling
8 Gb Corsair Vengeance 1600mhz	Seagate	seagate	Noctua NH-D14
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Intel i7 3930k	Asus Rampage IV Extreme X79	EVGA GeForce GTX 580 Classified Hydro Copper	EVGA GeForce GTX 580 Classified Hydro Copper
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EVGA GeForce GTX 580 Classified Hydro Copper	Kingston 16GB DDR3 2400mhz (4x4Gb)	Corsair 128Gb Performance Pro (RAID 1) (boot / ...	Corsair 128Gb Performance Pro (RAID 1) (boot / ...
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive
Intel 120GB 520 Series (RAID 10) (work)	Intel 120GB 520 Series (RAID 10) (work)	Intel 120GB 520 Series (RAID 10) (work (backup))	Intel 120GB 520 Series (RAID 10) (work (backup))
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling	Cooling
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (general storage(movies/m...	Sony Optiarc 12x Blue writer	Swiftech MCR420-XP	Swiftech MCR420-XP
Cooling	Cooling	Cooling	Cooling
XSPC RayStorm	Koolerance Dual Resevoir	Noctua NF-F12 PWM (x16 push pull on radiators!)	Noctua NF-F12 PWM
OS	Monitor	Monitor	Monitor
Windows 7	ViewSonic VS V3D231	ViewSonic VS V3D231	ViewSonic VS V3D231
Keyboard	Power	Case	Mouse
Daskeyoard Model S Ultimate Keyboard	Thermalake TP-1500M	LD PC-V8	Razer Naga Hex Wraith
Other	Other	Other	Other
Akasa 3.5" Internal USB 3.0 5-Slot Multicard Read	Akasa 3.5" Internal USB 3.0 5-Slot Multicard Read	Scythe KM04-BK Kaze Master Pro Ace Controller P...	Scythe KM04-BK Kaze Master Pro Ace Controller P...
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AMD Phenom x4 965 Black edition	ASUS Sabertooth 990FX	ASUS Radeon 6770	ASUS Radeon 6770
RAM	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Cooling
8 Gb Corsair Vengeance 1600mhz	Seagate	seagate	Noctua NH-D14
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6/1/12 at 12:23pm

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then you diffently want to look at a 990 if you can affored it a 970 will work but it will diffently be a steep down

Motherboard	Graphics	RAM	RAM
Asus Sbertooth	Asus GTX 570	G.SKILL Ares Series DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900)	G.SKILL Ares Series DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900)
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling
Mushkin Enhanced Chronos MKNSSDCR180GB	SAMSUNG CD/DVD Burner 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW	Sony BDUx10	Ibuypower AMD AM3 CPU Watercooling All-in-one s...
OS	Monitor	Keyboard	Power
Windows 7 PRO 32 bit	Dell ST2320LF 23-Inch Widescreen Flat Panel LCD...	GIGABYTE GK-K6800	OCZ OCZ850GXSSLI GameXStream 850W
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ENERMAX FULMO Advance ECA892AG-BL	GIGABYTE GM-M6800 Noble	Sony SRS-DB500 2.1 Portable Speakers
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Asus Sbertooth	Asus GTX 570	G.SKILL Ares Series DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900)	G.SKILL Ares Series DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900)
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Mushkin Enhanced Chronos MKNSSDCR180GB	SAMSUNG CD/DVD Burner 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW	Sony BDUx10	Ibuypower AMD AM3 CPU Watercooling All-in-one s...
OS	Monitor	Keyboard	Power
Windows 7 PRO 32 bit	Dell ST2320LF 23-Inch Widescreen Flat Panel LCD...	GIGABYTE GK-K6800	OCZ OCZ850GXSSLI GameXStream 850W
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6/1/12 at 12:31pm

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Quote:

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then you diffently want to look at a 990 if you can affored it a 970 will work but it will diffently be a steep down

How does this look? Also I want overclockability.
http://www.dabs.ie/products/gigabyte-am3--amd-990x-sb950-ddr3-atx-7JF9.html?refs=473460000-48620000&src=3

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	Graphics
Intel i7 3930k	Asus Rampage IV Extreme X79	EVGA GeForce GTX 580 Classified Hydro Copper	EVGA GeForce GTX 580 Classified Hydro Copper
Graphics	RAM	Hard Drive	Hard Drive
EVGA GeForce GTX 580 Classified Hydro Copper	Kingston 16GB DDR3 2400mhz (4x4Gb)	Corsair 128Gb Performance Pro (RAID 1) (boot / ...	Corsair 128Gb Performance Pro (RAID 1) (boot / ...
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive
Intel 120GB 520 Series (RAID 10) (work)	Intel 120GB 520 Series (RAID 10) (work)	Intel 120GB 520 Series (RAID 10) (work (backup))	Intel 120GB 520 Series (RAID 10) (work (backup))
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling	Cooling
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (general storage(movies/m...	Sony Optiarc 12x Blue writer	Swiftech MCR420-XP	Swiftech MCR420-XP
Cooling	Cooling	Cooling	Cooling
XSPC RayStorm	Koolerance Dual Resevoir	Noctua NF-F12 PWM (x16 push pull on radiators!)	Noctua NF-F12 PWM
OS	Monitor	Monitor	Monitor
Windows 7	ViewSonic VS V3D231	ViewSonic VS V3D231	ViewSonic VS V3D231
Keyboard	Power	Case	Mouse
Daskeyoard Model S Ultimate Keyboard	Thermalake TP-1500M	LD PC-V8	Razer Naga Hex Wraith
Other	Other	Other	Other
Akasa 3.5" Internal USB 3.0 5-Slot Multicard Read	Akasa 3.5" Internal USB 3.0 5-Slot Multicard Read	Scythe KM04-BK Kaze Master Pro Ace Controller P...	Scythe KM04-BK Kaze Master Pro Ace Controller P...
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AMD Phenom x4 965 Black edition	ASUS Sabertooth 990FX	ASUS Radeon 6770	ASUS Radeon 6770
RAM	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Cooling
8 Gb Corsair Vengeance 1600mhz	Seagate	seagate	Noctua NH-D14
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Intel i7 3930k	Asus Rampage IV Extreme X79	EVGA GeForce GTX 580 Classified Hydro Copper	EVGA GeForce GTX 580 Classified Hydro Copper
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EVGA GeForce GTX 580 Classified Hydro Copper	Kingston 16GB DDR3 2400mhz (4x4Gb)	Corsair 128Gb Performance Pro (RAID 1) (boot / ...	Corsair 128Gb Performance Pro (RAID 1) (boot / ...
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive
Intel 120GB 520 Series (RAID 10) (work)	Intel 120GB 520 Series (RAID 10) (work)	Intel 120GB 520 Series (RAID 10) (work (backup))	Intel 120GB 520 Series (RAID 10) (work (backup))
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling	Cooling
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (general storage(movies/m...	Sony Optiarc 12x Blue writer	Swiftech MCR420-XP	Swiftech MCR420-XP
Cooling	Cooling	Cooling	Cooling
XSPC RayStorm	Koolerance Dual Resevoir	Noctua NF-F12 PWM (x16 push pull on radiators!)	Noctua NF-F12 PWM
OS	Monitor	Monitor	Monitor
Windows 7	ViewSonic VS V3D231	ViewSonic VS V3D231	ViewSonic VS V3D231
Keyboard	Power	Case	Mouse
Daskeyoard Model S Ultimate Keyboard	Thermalake TP-1500M	LD PC-V8	Razer Naga Hex Wraith
Other	Other	Other	Other
Akasa 3.5" Internal USB 3.0 5-Slot Multicard Read	Akasa 3.5" Internal USB 3.0 5-Slot Multicard Read	Scythe KM04-BK Kaze Master Pro Ace Controller P...	Scythe KM04-BK Kaze Master Pro Ace Controller P...
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RAM	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Cooling
8 Gb Corsair Vengeance 1600mhz	Seagate	seagate	Noctua NH-D14
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6/1/12 at 12:39pm

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yes that board will diffently fit what you need its a 8+2 phase board will handle being over clocked you have 2 pci slots 16x8 will diffently work

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Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling
Mushkin Enhanced Chronos MKNSSDCR180GB	SAMSUNG CD/DVD Burner 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW	Sony BDUx10	Ibuypower AMD AM3 CPU Watercooling All-in-one s...
OS	Monitor	Keyboard	Power
Windows 7 PRO 32 bit	Dell ST2320LF 23-Inch Widescreen Flat Panel LCD...	GIGABYTE GK-K6800	OCZ OCZ850GXSSLI GameXStream 850W
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ENERMAX FULMO Advance ECA892AG-BL	GIGABYTE GM-M6800 Noble	Sony SRS-DB500 2.1 Portable Speakers
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Asus Sbertooth	Asus GTX 570	G.SKILL Ares Series DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900)	G.SKILL Ares Series DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900)
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Mushkin Enhanced Chronos MKNSSDCR180GB	SAMSUNG CD/DVD Burner 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW	Sony BDUx10	Ibuypower AMD AM3 CPU Watercooling All-in-one s...
OS	Monitor	Keyboard	Power
Windows 7 PRO 32 bit	Dell ST2320LF 23-Inch Widescreen Flat Panel LCD...	GIGABYTE GK-K6800	OCZ OCZ850GXSSLI GameXStream 850W
Case	Mouse	Audio
ENERMAX FULMO Advance ECA892AG-BL	GIGABYTE GM-M6800 Noble	Sony SRS-DB500 2.1 Portable Speakers
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You need a 990 to get full 16x16 operation on SLI or Crossfire; a 970 can only do 16x8 at best. The 970 is best for single-GPU configurations. As others have said, you can do it on a 970 without a severe performance hit, but really, if you're going to fork over the cash for SLI in the first place, why skimp on the motherboard to save $20 or so?

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
FX-8350	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3	Radeon HD6790	8 GB Crucial
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling	OS
Seagate Momentus XT 500GB, Hitachi 1 TB	dual DVD-RW drives	SilverStone Heligon HE01	Windows 7 x64 Home Premium
Monitor	Keyboard	Power	Case
Dell P1130 21" CRT	IBM Model M	Ultra LSX 750	Antec SX1040B
Mouse	Audio
Logitech Marble Mouse	ASUS Xonar DG
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CPU	Graphics	RAM	Hard Drive
Intel Core2 Duo T7200	Mobility Radeon XPress 200	2GB Micron DDR2	Seagate Momentus XT 500GB
Optical Drive	OS	Audio
stock DVD/CDR	Windows XP Pro x64 Edition	Realtek HD Audio
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
FX-8350	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3	Radeon HD6790	8 GB Crucial
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling	OS
Seagate Momentus XT 500GB, Hitachi 1 TB	dual DVD-RW drives	SilverStone Heligon HE01	Windows 7 x64 Home Premium
Monitor	Keyboard	Power	Case
Dell P1130 21" CRT	IBM Model M	Ultra LSX 750	Antec SX1040B
Mouse	Audio
Logitech Marble Mouse	ASUS Xonar DG
View all

CPU	Graphics	RAM	Hard Drive
Intel Core2 Duo T7200	Mobility Radeon XPress 200	2GB Micron DDR2	Seagate Momentus XT 500GB
Optical Drive	OS	Audio
stock DVD/CDR	Windows XP Pro x64 Edition	Realtek HD Audio
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