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This is what i was going buy

Abit IP35 pro socket 775

intel core 2 E6750

memory 2Gb ocz kit ddr2 800mhz pc2-6400

Graphics card 256 xfx geforce 8600 gts (pci)

Lancer Silver Aluminium Case

600W WinPower PSU - PSU-600

And this is what i did buy, and its runing like a dream Overall cost £600 (that was all the money i had :-(

Abit IP35 pro socket 775

intel core 2 E6750

memory 2Gb ocz kit ddr2 800mhz pc2-6400

320GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.10

OCZ 600W StealthXStream

512MB Sapphire X1950PRO

Antec Nine Hundred

Will upgrade GC when i have the cash and and the Memory.But all in all im happy with the build :-) thanks to some of you guys for the advice on the GC :-)

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i have a 1950pro 256meg version and see no reason to update it for awhile yet, bioshock plays fine on my widescreen monitor at 1440x900, i was tempted to get a cheaper dx10 card but decided to wait due to dx10.1

all you need to do now is overclock :D

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nice one mate :)

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Thanks.But the problems have just started lol, Anything like games,software i try to in stall,i get this message saying.

The installer you are trying to use is corrupted or incomplete.This could be the result of a damged disk, a failed download or a virus

You may want to contact the author of this installer to obtain a new copy.

It may be possible to skip this check using the /NCRC command line swith (NOT RECOMMENDED)

Could this have anything to do with RAM or CPU.

i,M USING WINDOWS VISTA ULTAMTAE.another thing how do i do a reboot,use to change to from hardive to cdrom in bios but this does not work :-(

Thanks again for all replys :-)

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I sometimes have problems with windows installer.

It keeps giving errors along the lines of 'the file you are trying to access cannot be found in the given location', - by trial & error I discovered if I cancelled & tried again, after a few tries it would work...

Your error suggests that a CRC check is failing, though, which could be faulty file/bad disk, as they say - I've no idea about the boot options, sorry, I can't think why selecting 'boot from CD' in the bios wouldn't work, no matter what the OS????

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right click my computer click manage and event viewer look for hardware faults, As for the boot from im not sure where you are coming from

To reboot click start then where you see the sleep 2 buttons across os an arrow bottom row of start menus hit the arrow and restart is there.
Rught click desktop select properties then screen save change power settings and hit change plan settings under the settings that are being used.Change put to sleep to never its crap.Thn click change advanced settings. Scroll to hard drive and change power down to never. Then scroll to power buttons and lid and select start menu power button and set to shut down. These are justa couple of free tips lol

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Thanks for replys.I think the harddrive is Broken i will soon fined out when i do the manafacturer's diagnostic disc test.

As for the boot from im not sure where you are coming from.Quote

trying to reformat my hard drive this is what i'm doing

Reboot comp

Go in to bios

change setting in bios to cdrom first boot

press F10 save

comp reboots

finds cdrom

this is where i get stuck it asks me to press a key to boot from cdrom.when i press the key nothing happens and loads vista up again ,which is what i dont want. :-)

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usb keyboard or ps2 keybaord?

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I have tryed both usb and ps2 keybaords

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I must admit I need some new parts ie mobo and memory and processor and might get 2 500gb hd

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Silly me forgot to change settings in bios :-(

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Xan, that happens to the best of us sometimes mate ;)

Darth, I got 2x 500gb's in my rig and its alright :) not even full yet after 1 month but then I aint like Zing downloading nearly every/anything that hits the NZB's :p:

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lol.Back agin i have now replaced my harddrive with another haddrive and i still get the same error. Cant load in any game, i have done a search on the net and i read that it could be my memory doing this could this be true.I'm hopping to have as many hardrive in my system as i can afford :-).Could some one help me setup my memory settings?

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only thing I can think of is to run a memtest on the system (http://www.memtest.org/) download this and let it run overnight, if there are faults in the RAM this will find it.

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dunno if this is relevant, but a reinstall of the chipset ide drivers for my mobo just made a big difference for me :)