EggXpert

I am upgrading from the old socket 754 build I put together in college. This is my preliminary list of hardware. The budget is tight, so I'll be putting the core together first, reusing some old components, and upgrading as I can. I don't have too many builder friends, so any opinions and input would be greatly appreciatedMotherboard BIOSTAR ...

I am going to have dule gpus...sli obviousl..most likely 8gb of ram 4x2gb....q6600 overclocked...and maybe 2 hdd in raid 0..   ps: i dont want water cooling....

I am doing a new build and so far I think I want the intel q6700 2.66 ghz processor (processor) But after that, I don't know what mobo or video card to get. How does ATI compare with Nvidia nowadays? I know Nvidia is doing well but I am out of the loop for ATI.   Anyway, should the mobo be sli capable just incase (or crossfire)? I ...

I just now read that nVidia acquired Ageia...I thought that between Ageia physics and ''true'' quad core processing that AMD/ATI stood a chance of redemption by going a different route technologically. Around the time of socket 939 (seems so long ago) AMD seemed untouchable. Although ATI took the backseat graphically around that time, building ...

I'm new at all this computer and internet stuff, even though I have been in the Computer Hardware Industry for 20+ years. PCB Desiger by trade. Worked on Unix Mainframes thru PC's. Used almost all OS's with the exception of MAC. Looking at the possibility of working for myself. Trying to decide what to do with the ''Rest of my life''. Currently ...