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Jan 22, 2008 | 11:24 AM

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HatchVX

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What would be cool is if some one did a DIY on building up a comp. Its something i've been thinking about doing.

Jan 22, 2008 | 11:24 AM

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What would be cool is if some one did a DIY on building up a comp. Its something i've been thinking about doing.

I can do this no problem. I just need to situate all the parts.

Jan 22, 2008 | 11:30 AM

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shirley

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my psu was delayed one day

just showed up...

this thing is a fucking beast

2 80mm fans, 500w continuous power.

still not sure on wether i want to go intel or AMD

Jan 22, 2008 | 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by rebeld

my psu was delayed one day

just showed up...

this thing is a fucking beast

2 80mm fans, 500w continuous power.

still not sure on wether i want to go intel or AMD

AMD all the way if it was me.

Jan 22, 2008 | 11:34 AM

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Draconius

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What would be cool is if some one did a DIY on building up a comp. Its something i've been thinking about doing.

Done.
http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthr...ight=build+amd

Jan 22, 2008 | 11:39 AM

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HatchVX

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i know this might be OT, but i have a HP pavillion zx5180 laptop is there any way i could put a faster processor in it? it has the 3.04 P4 Intel.

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Jan 22, 2008 | 11:47 AM

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wait, build up as in ... actually putting it together? Or finding the best prices / hardware.

Jan 22, 2008 | 11:52 AM

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i know this might be OT, but i have a HP pavillion zx5180 laptop is there any way i could put a faster processor in it?

Looks like that's a P4, 3.0Ghz. It comes with 512mb of ram, upgradeable to 2gb.

Upgrade the ram and come on back. As far as replacing the chip goes ... not going to work. The board is incompatible with the newer chipsets.