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Old Dec 17, 2010, 03:12 PM   #11686
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Originally Posted by BUCK NASTY View Post
Picked up another Open Box GTX460 @ Newegg. Just need 3 more and another GTS450 Top to accomplish my goal for year end. It's a shame that the points have tanked for these cards.
Maybe take that money and turn one of your K9 systems into a bigadv system? The i7 1366 kind.
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Eh, I'm not suggesting to buy that board period XFX boards are not known to be reliable (I just trashed a 780i version). That Gigabyte X58 board on my previous is much better. If you're on a very tight budget, go for an Asrock X58Extreme or you might be even lucky to snatch an Extreme3 version for a little over $100 (open box at Newegg for $135).

Newegg has the X58Extreme vanilla version for $105 open box.
Thanks Bog. That kind of information is greatly appreciated and needed.

xbonez, bigadv is now as close as a switch in the SMP client, assuming you have the hardware.
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