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Old October 10, 2008, 12:46 PM
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Yeah, if your buying a full system, don't mess up like me and:
Don't price check
Don't use DirectCanada for free shipping
Buy all your parts then build it like 5 months later and then there is brand new stuff out that is a million times better for the same price


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Old October 10, 2008, 03:43 PM
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Memory Express.. Lawl..

Well both NCIX and Direct Canada are good, if you are going to spend a bunch of money, check out DC, you could save some money on shipping really..

And that build looks fairly good, if your going to overclock I'd suggest getting the DS3R over the DS3L... And I would also get soem mushkin memory if I were you, for overclocking purposed mushkin works great..

Oh and we have mushkin and direct canada support people here in case you have problems..
I don't plan on overclocking as I doubt I'll really need more than 3.0 ghz. And the ds3r is 60 dollars more than the ds3l. What memory would you suggest?

Would this memory suffice? NCIX.com - Buy Corsair XMS2 TWIN2X4096-6400C5 4GB DDR2 2X2GB PC2-6400 DDR2-800 CL 5-5-5-18 240PIN Memory Kit - TWIN2X4096-6400C5 In Canada.


I plan on ordering tonight since the video card I want is in limited quantities.
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Old October 10, 2008, 03:46 PM
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Also, do I lose mail in rebate offers if I price match?
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Old October 10, 2008, 03:55 PM
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Oh, and do all motherboards support front audio ports etc.?
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Old October 10, 2008, 04:11 PM
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Sweet, I can price match the ds3r for 130.... so I'm gonna get that. And maybe a second hard drive for raid.
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Old October 10, 2008, 04:12 PM
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Price match is great but it depends on what you're ordering. I love it, but keep in mind I have found some orders on DC were cheaper even when I price match etc. So check both and go with either. Nothing wrong with DC!
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Old October 10, 2008, 04:29 PM
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Actually, the P5Q pro looks really nice.. has raid and it's cheaper than the ds3r. Also has alot of other features in the bios.
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Does price matching delay the order whatsoever?
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Old October 10, 2008, 04:54 PM
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Can I back up data when using raid on the other harddisk or does raid combine both and not allow the backing up of data?
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Old October 10, 2008, 05:07 PM
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One last thing, do I need arctic silver 5? or will the stock thermal paste suffice?
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