Building a cheapish strictly for gaming PC

Discussion in 'Tech Talk' started by Deadend, Jul 31, 2011.

  1. Deadend
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    Finally shipped. Here is what I ordered if anybody might be curious.

    1. 34292 nGear HDMI to MINI-HDMI Cable 6FT

    2. 45271 Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Edition 64BIT SP1 DVD OEM

    3. 45667 Samsung SH-S243D/BEBE 24X Black DVD Writer SATA OEM

    4. 55447 Coolermaster Elite 370 Black Mid Tower ATX Case 3X5.25 1X3.5 5X3.5INT No PS

    5. 59616 XFX 650W PRO650W Core Edition Single Rail ATX 12V 53A 24PIN ATX Power Supply 80PLUS Bronze PSU

    6. 61850 Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3 AMD 990X AM3+ ATX DDR3 3PCI-E16 2PCI-E1 2PCI SLI SATA3 USB3.0 Motherboard

    7. 63468 Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB 3.5IN 16MB Cache SATA3 Internal Hard Disk Drive HDD

    8. 64407 AMD Bulldozer FX-4100 Quad Core Processor 3.6GHZ

    9. 64756 Patriot G2 AMD Black Edition Series 4GB 2X2GB PC3-12800 DDR3 1600MHz 9-9-9-24 1.65V Memory Module

    10. 64805 Zotac GeForce GTX 560 OC 860MHZ 1GB 4GHZ GDDR5 2xDVI Mini HDMI PCI-E Video Card
     
  2. Deadend
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    Well this might be a bit of a pisser seems that mobo sometime has old bios on it and won't post the FX CPU with out a flash with a AM3/+ CPU you can't do the bios flash. Hope I get a new board and not some old stock or I'm buggered.
     
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    Be sure and update the bios anyway whether it supports the FX CPU by default or not. The latest update (possibly just a beta bios) has the newer AGESA code and fixes in it that make the CPUs work properly in VAC games (valve anti cheat). Otherwise you instant bluescreen no matter what
     
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    Well if it won't post I'm going to have to RMA it unless I can find a local shop willing to flash the bios for me.