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AtlBo's Old School core 2 quad
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<blockquote data-quote="AtlBo" data-source="post: 859307" data-attributes="member: 32547"><p>Strange era of motherboard. PC owner with Pentium D could in many cases upgrade all the way to core 2 quad. Parts prices are low for the old parts, so why not? Still I guess I have spent $200 to get the PC and upgrade. This era motherboard its hard to find anything that will use 8GB of ddr3. That's the key for me. Both this Biostar and the Asus I purchased will do this. The Asus P5Q3 will actually run with 16 GB, which is crazy, but I will build the system with that much lol. Gonna be water cooled and as fast as a core 2 extreme can be. Yeah this type of 775 brings back alot of memories. Fun to do this for me, since I never came close to this performance on 775 before. Now I can see what the best was like...</p><p></p><p>I used to play QuakeLive alot. Fun game. Not sure what games I will put on the Asus computer when I get done with it, but this one I am using for now for general purposes. I like the core 2 stable performance. Always felt stable to me.</p><p></p><p>Parts</p><p>Original PC $85</p><p>USED</p><p>Intel Q9400 ($17 incl postage)</p><p>Biostar TP45E-Combo $30 (incl postage with a Q8400)</p><p>2x4 GB ddr3 @1333MHz ($15 incl postage)</p><p>ATI Radeon HD 7570 ($15 incl postage)</p><p>NEW</p><p>Syba 2 Port SATA 3 PCI-e card ($10 incl postage)</p><p>Protronix 4 port SuperSpeed USB 3.0 ($13 incl postage)</p><p>Western Digital 500 GB WD500AUXD ($25 incl postage)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AtlBo, post: 859307, member: 32547"] Strange era of motherboard. PC owner with Pentium D could in many cases upgrade all the way to core 2 quad. Parts prices are low for the old parts, so why not? Still I guess I have spent $200 to get the PC and upgrade. This era motherboard its hard to find anything that will use 8GB of ddr3. That's the key for me. Both this Biostar and the Asus I purchased will do this. The Asus P5Q3 will actually run with 16 GB, which is crazy, but I will build the system with that much lol. Gonna be water cooled and as fast as a core 2 extreme can be. Yeah this type of 775 brings back alot of memories. Fun to do this for me, since I never came close to this performance on 775 before. Now I can see what the best was like... I used to play QuakeLive alot. Fun game. Not sure what games I will put on the Asus computer when I get done with it, but this one I am using for now for general purposes. I like the core 2 stable performance. Always felt stable to me. Parts Original PC $85 USED Intel Q9400 ($17 incl postage) Biostar TP45E-Combo $30 (incl postage with a Q8400) 2x4 GB ddr3 @1333MHz ($15 incl postage) ATI Radeon HD 7570 ($15 incl postage) NEW Syba 2 Port SATA 3 PCI-e card ($10 incl postage) Protronix 4 port SuperSpeed USB 3.0 ($13 incl postage) Western Digital 500 GB WD500AUXD ($25 incl postage) [/QUOTE]
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