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kgtrain
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_ 		12. November 2007 @ 07:12 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hi all I'm pretty new to the hardware side of things so please don't be too unimpressed by my question.
Last week i won a Intel Core 2 Quad Core Processor QX6850 LGA 775 CPU in a local raffle & am tempted to install it & was type of motherboard, chip set, ram etc is compatible with it.
I do know that the last upgrade i had was many years ago so it is due for an overhaul & i dare say none of the hardware i have at the moment would be able to handle it.
Thanks & looking 4ward to your responses!
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pcrepair
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_ 		12. November 2007 @ 16:26 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
`put it in the striker it'll go great (not if you are not very proficent) it's a bitch to install

if you are not a gamer send it to me i'll use it :)

you'll need to make sure the 775 board will take the chip
a lot won't
you'll need 2 gigs of 800 ram ddr2
a pci-e graphics card, 8800gtx would be nice
a sata harddrive and a sata dvdrw

good luck :)

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_ 		12. November 2007 @ 16:50 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Might be best to sell the thing on ebay for a huge profit and build something with a Core 2 Duo and overclock it. I doubt that you'll need that much power.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115026
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Waymon3X6
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_ 		12. November 2007 @ 16:55 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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you'll need to make sure the 775 board will take the chip
a lot won't
Not true, a lot of newer motherboards today are socket 775, and they support quad cores, core 2 duos, higher end pentium 4s and pentium d.

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you'll need 2 gigs of 800 ram ddr2
Although a quad core with 1Gb of ram is way overkill, you could still get by. 2GB is probably recommended.

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a pci-e graphics card, 8800gtx would be nice

Almost all socket 775 mobos (at least 90%) have a PCI-e 16x slot on it.

A 8800GTS, 8800GT or 2900 series card will be fine.


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pcrepair
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_ 		13. November 2007 @ 02:44 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I don't do much research so I could be wrong sorry :).............
but as I own a shop selling and repairing computers I find the lower end boards mostly will not take the quads and having sent several back because of this I feel it is a valid point.
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