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I just built a new rig w/ a 6870 graphics card, and was wondering if it would be worth it to install my old 6600 GT 128MB DDR3 card as a PhysX accelerator. Other specs that may be important are: - AMD 1090T CPU - G. Skilz 4 GB DDR3 RAM (PC12800) - Gigabyte 890FXA-UD5 - Radeon HD 6870 - Crucial 64 GB...

Got it! Problem solved and computer up and running .... YEA!!! i would postmy pics in a build diary if i only knew how to make that happen...

Issue 1 solved, thanks!

Issue 2 still unresolved ...

Next question: Who wants to help me figure out how to post pics to the forums? Damn I feel like a moron today! :-? Edit by moderator: You need to use the [ img ] and [ /img ] tags. http://s3.postimage.org/5vza7ircb/IMG_20101211_00077.jpg http://s3.postimage.org/5vzk4quaz/IMG_20101211_00076.jpg

Three components at issue are: - CASE: Cooler Master Sniper Mid-tower - MB: Gigabyte GA-890FXA-UD5 - PS: Corsair TX750W ISSUE 1: Several small female connectors coming from the front panel of the case that need to be connected to the MB, labeled as: - "H.D.D. LED" (2 pin) - Assume that is ...

DancinJack wrote:

Coolermaster Hyper 212+ is the cooler you want.

Would you suggest installing the optional 2nd fan, or just sticking with the one that comes with it?

Building my gaming rig with: -COOLER MASTER Storm Sniper SGC-6000-KXN1-GP Black Steel, ABS Plastic, Mesh bezel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case -GIGABYTE GA-890FXA-UD5 AM3 AMD 890FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard -AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition Thuban 3.2GHz Socket AM3 125W -G.SKILL Ripjaws...

Awesome response, thanks for the info. I amplanning to work with the AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition Thuban 3.2GHz on an ASRock 890FX Deluxe4 AM3 AMD 890FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX motherboard ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157208 ). This MB seems to be the least expen...

(n00b alert) A motherboard I am looking at says it supports the following memory: DDR3 1866(OC)/1800(OC)/1600(OC)/1333/1066/ 800 I think I have a handle on OCing the CPU and GPU, but am not sure how exactly OCing works with regard to RAM. Do I get 1333 memory and overclock that, or get 1600 or 1800...

My mistake on the 1 TB HDD, I am looking to get the 10k rpm drive, biggest I can get. As for the power calculator utility, thanks for sharing that. Based on some dream scenarios of equipment additions over the next year, I am nervous about going with the 750, but there seems to be a fairly wide pric...

Used to build systems 12 years ago, and just decided to get back in the game. Looking to build the platform for a high-end gaming beast, but want to be able to spread out some purchases over the next year. So I will be starting with 1 GPU, then adding a 2nd w/ Xfire at a later date. Same with the me...