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Xoft
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_ 		2. February 2009 @ 15:06 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
My Dell XPS 600 is broken and I've had no hope in finding a new motherboard for it so I want to buy a new case and motherboard to house its old parts.

It just needs to hold:

2 NVIDIA 7800 GTX cards in SLi
2GB DDR2 RAM
Intel Pentium D 3.42ghz dual core with ht technology

Any suggestions? I am trying to find the cheapest option
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Xoft
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_ 		2. February 2009 @ 17:41 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I seem to have found a very similar motherboard which should work:

http://www.motherboards.org/mobot/mother...4SLI7AA-8EKRS2/

What kind of case would I need for that?
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sammorris
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_ 		3. February 2009 @ 10:01 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
You will need a new case to house a replacement board as only Dell boards work in Dell cases and with Dell PSUs, so that's a new case, motherboard and power supply.
Additionally, modern SLI motherboards are exceptionally unreliable. To avoid running into this problem again 9-12 months down the line, you would be wise to either only use one of the 7800s, or sell both and get a single card. You can buy a single card for $70 nowadays (Radeon HD4670) that will outperform both 7800s when working flat out in SLI. Doing this will also reduce your power usage considerably.


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