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Not happening, no matter how much we want it too. Rare still owns the copyrights.

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Its a function of the way Microsoft did the audio. Why they decided to rework it is beyond me.

I can guarantee you that it will run your system perfectly, and with immense overhead. I have the exact power supply in question, and it runs a Athlon X2 4000+ (65 watt), HD3850, 2 gigs of DDR2 800, and two 160gb hard drives perfectly fine. Even with the processor fully loaded on both cores, and the graphics card fully loaded, i am only using 20 amps, and 160-200 watts. That case can handle it. Once again, I have that case and heatsink and it fits perfectly. Not much space to spare, but it fits. I can guarantee you that if he installs that correctly, he will not have issues.

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This is true,I suppose. Music files take up a great deal of RAM. I didn't even think of that, they really did fuck up the audio stack. It works in a completely different way than in XP.

There aren't any immense requirements. If you have a computer made in the last 4 years and with 2 gigs of ram (which is standard nowadays) then you will not have any trouble. If you don't have a computer that meets these specs, then it would be better to stick with XP.

Power supplies rely more on amps than watts these days. the c2d ony sucks 65 watts MAX, ram uses so little power its negligible, same for the CD drive, and the max power on a G92 8800GTS is 78.3 watts at full load (and only 20-ish amps). 450w and 33 amps is more than enough to power that system reliably. Watts are a great selling tool, but are extremely inflated by the manufacturers and mean dick all in real life. I hate to tell you, but that Gigabyte is a fairly high end motherboard. It is easily capable of holding 600g, and that is actually fairly light compared to the high end Zalmans and Thermalrights. He shouldn't have a problem. Motherboards are designed to take these things nowadays.

Ditch the CM Mystique and get this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119106 That nifty front bezel is not worth $80 IMO. Secondly, you don't need anywhere near that much power in a power supply. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139003 That should do you nicely.If you are planning to do SLI say so, as that is lacking the power plugs to do so. Ditch the Zalman. The heatsinks are good, but they are immensely overpriced and the fans themselves are shit. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835233003 That is quieter and cools equally or better.

Thats because it uses it differently. Vista caches whatever programs you use the most (Firefox, Photoshop, Word, etc...) into system ram so it does not have to pull it from the hard disk every time. If you happen to need that RAM for a huge Photoshop project or music file, it is freed up instantly. OSX has been doing this for years. This is also why Vista runs better with >2gb of RAM, since it needs the space for the cache. So it does use more RAM, but it uses it much more efficiently. Besides, inactive RAM is wasted RAM.

Vista isn't all that terrible. In fact, its better in several ways, (network stack, ram usage, file transfer speeds, and many more) but none of these make me want to pay $400+ dollars for a new OS. It simply isn't worth it. Plus Aero Glass annoys me. Also, haha oh wow, you actually consider slashdot a reliable source

This just proves what we have all known for a while, the fact that Vista was a stopgap. Hopefully Microsoft won't fuck this up.

post pics while you are at it, i want to see this guys work (IE bitch about lack of cable management if i find any)

m-audio http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829121122

Well hell, he could do that on integrated graphics.

XP Pro 32bit would be your best bet still if you want to be into the emulation scene. I would advise against 4gb of ram, since 32bit XP Pro can only address 3.25gb of it, not including graphics card memory. My advice would be to get 2 gigs, and run it in dual channel, XP needs no more than that unless you do HEAVY Photoshop work, CAD work, heavy audio work, or something of the like. It will also be faster than 3 gigs, since you cant run 3 gigs in dual channel. Processor wise, a Intel e8400 Dual Core is a good bet. If you want to go Quad Core, a q6600 is a good deal. Get the biggest hard drive you can afford to get, magnetic storage is ridiculously cheap these days. Seagate or Western Digital would be the preferred brands, although Samsung is nice as well. What graphics card you need depends entirely on what you want to do. If your monitor is at or under 1440x900 (1280x1024 if its non widescreen), then a ATI HD3850 will do anything you need it to do. Above that, start looking at a nvidia 8800GT or GTS. For a case and power supply, This case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119106 And this power supply: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139003&Tpk=Corsair%2b450w EDIT: Like zircon said, talk to mephisto. He can build it for you.

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I am in awe.

R.O.B is fucking ridiculous. His air down-a smash is unstoppable.

Run Speedfan and look at the voltages. If they are waaaay off spec, you might have a problem. http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php ^ Also this, RAM is horrible about ESD damage, moreso than other components.

Lucas is the fucking boss. Also, I love how they accentuate Luigi's weirdness.

I subscribe to MaximumPC, but its really for the guy who has quad 8800GTX Ultras and considers 1900x1200 a small resolution. I don't even think they know what performance per dollar is.

You would be better off with a HD3850, since it has superior h.264 decoding abilities. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121100 Edit: Hivemind. You linked the exact one I did. Its fairly powerful, in terms of future proofing it is capable of playing anything out now at decent resolutions (at or under 1440x900).

Video cards and their drivers are volatile little beasts. Sometimes one or both of them break for no apparent reason. I suggest doing a driver reinstall, and if that does not work try another card and see if things work out better.