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  1. Shane Martin

    Time to build a new computer. Need advice.

    My motherboard had 2. Being that you are buying that board, you should get 2. Basically I hooked up the floppy to the floppy port and booted from the CD. Windows asks you to hit f7 for 3rd party scsi drivers and you hit f7 then. The Floppy disk you make with the drivers on it will take care...
  2. Shane Martin

    Time to build a new computer. Need advice.

    Compusa never had any. I bought mine from Best Buy with a 10% off coupon for $360+ tax. Here's hoping that you buy one and get lucky with the coupon timing. Otherwise, I still would have paid $400 and loved it.
  3. Shane Martin

    Time to build a new computer. Need advice.

    Essentially that is exactly what I did.
  4. Shane Martin

    Time to build a new computer. Need advice.

    The recent tests over at hardocp say NO performance upgrade. IIRC the platinum adds the external box for midi and such and I don't use that anyway. I just bought the non platinum 2zs for $60 after rebate thru compusa and then got the deal from bestbuy on the 6800gtoc for $360 after 10% BB deal...
  5. Shane Martin

    Time to build a new computer. Need advice.

    Vlad, I built a similar system except I went AGP. I found the cards and stuff cheaper and there hasn't been any performance gain to speak of by going PCIE yet. Also if you plan to add a 2nd 6600GT, just buy a 6800GTOC like I did. It's faster than the SLI setup. If you are planning on making...
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