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What do you mean 4 files? Also on boot screens you can only use 16 color compliant BMPs. So that pic may not look as good.

There is a number of factors on this issue, but you can use BootXP.

I finally got my RAM in today. :thumbsup_anim:

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The timing is off unfortunately (5-7-7-18) it's advertised at 5-5-5-15. It seems like a lot of people are having issues to get this running at 1066. So all I can say is that I bought a 800 with good OC ability. LOL. Right now I am at 3.510 (from 3.0) and RAM is at 468.1. I haven't gone higher yet. the max for my CPU is 540. Next time I will stay away from the "good deals" LOL

After 2 weeks they still have no located the RAM which was in a prepaid envelope from them but, they are finally going to send me my replacement stick. I asked for a free 2G stick for the inconvenience but they said they couldn't. LOL

Thanks Rick

This is my build thus far. Case NZXT Apollo Black SECC Steel $79.99 Motherboard, Processor and Heat Sink ASUS M4A785-M $79.99, AMD Athlon II X2 250 Regor 3.0GHz $64.99 OC'd @ 3.6 and OCZ Vendetta (Free after mail in rebate) Power Supply Antec SmartPower 2.0 SP-500 500W $89.99 RAM Patriot Viper II 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 $69.99 Graphics Card XFX HD-477A-YDFC Radeon HD 4770 $114.99 Hard Drives Internal WD 80G, 320G, 160G and 1 TB (Green) External Segate 250G WD 160G My Work Station Total 498.95 (not including HDD's, Monitor or Speakers)

I bought Patriot Viper II 4GB (2 x 2GB) 1066. After 2 weeks I had 1 sticks heat spread keep falling off, after about 2 months the other stick died. I sent the dead stick out and got a replacement in around 2 weeks (that's after they got it). I sent the other stick (with the bad heat sink) out around 2 weeks ago, and yet have not got a email with the tracking number for that replacement. Mean while, this replacement (2 weeks old) is bad. I will get a BSOD when I have it set for 1066. It works fine and passes MemTest on 800, but fails on 1066. OK, I just wanted to give people a heads up. I am sure it's just my luck. These are the only rams I have had go bad on me.

I just installed my card. Man is it a beast. It has some good weight to it also. I got a 7.2 all around for graphics in WEI for 7. I got a 11241 on 3DMarks (I am missing 2G still so not sure if that will change). Man there is big difference in gaming now. And I really haven't done much yet. Maybe later tonight.

LMAO. That was a good one

Yeah I am using Windows 7 Ultimate an dit's DirectX 10.1.

Yes it is overkill at the moment but I will get a larger monitor in a month or 2 if all goes well. LOL

Specially if it's better than stock. LOL

OK, I was at MicroCenter yesterday getting a controller and a 2.1 speaker set and I cam accross a OCZ Vendetta, yeah it maybe a old version but it was $9.99 with a 10.00 mail-in rebate. I just thought I would share that.

OK the 8800 gt did not go through. So Ia m going for a overkill. I ended up getting the XFX HD-477A-YDFC Radeon HD 4770 512MB over the XFX HD-485X-ZDFC Radeon HD 4850 1GB I have read that the 4770 has out performed the 4850 and the 9800GT.

I don't know? I am waiting for a reply. I also don't know how long he has had it. The person stays around 15 minutes away from me.

Thanks ccl0 that info will save me money for other things. Maybe a new heatsink or gaming mouse. I will be ordering today. I did find someone on craigslist selling a used 8800GT for 50.00 USD

I a m thinking about getting this EVGA 01G-P3-N959-TR GeForce 9500 GT or XFX HD-467X-ZDF2 Radeon HD 4670 OK, now if I I am going for broke. LOL I am thinking about getting a XFX HD-485X-ZDFC Radeon HD 4850 I was thinking about getting EVGA 512-P3-N871-AR GeForce 9800 GTX, but the price is high and from what I have seen they are about the same.

I have never heared about this site. But "If it is to good to be true, It's is"!

LOL. Sorry Rick. At least you have a TV Tuner. I don't have one of those, yet.I am slowly getting a decent system together.

OK, I am trying to get a gaming card. As you all know I don't have a job so money is tight. I am looking to spend around 60-80 USD I might go a little higher if it makes a big difference. This is something I was thinking about getting GIGABYTE GV-R467ZL-1GI Radeon HD 4670 1GB. I currently have a 17" LCD and will not have anything bigger than that for awhile. If anyone can explain what to look for in a card it will be helpful. As of now I have a onboard ATI Radeon HD 4200. Which plays all of the COD's/UnReal on low (never tried a higher setting). I would like to play GTA IV and a few other games. One last question, should you stay away from "off brand" cards. i.e Asus/Gigabyte/PNY etc. THANKS Everyone.

LMAO

LOL. I didn't even notice that it was a micro. SORRY. I just noticed that is was like the one you were looking at.

N1K, take a look at this Antec Mini P180 Black Steel MicroATX Mini Tower Computer Case. 49.99 after 20.00 MRB on NewEgg.