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    Edited By gpbmike

    Back in July my PC died. I'm happy to report that it's finally up and running again. I didn't get all of the replacement parts I was looking at. Instead, a friend gave me his working PC and I swapped out some parts. The only thing I ended up buying was the Radeon HD 4870 which seems to be a significant improvement over the Nvidia 8800GTX I was using before. After all was said and done I'm left with a good deal of extra parts. 

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    • motherboard (CPU, 4GB RAM)
    • sound card (no space on new motherboard for this)
    • wireless card (new one works better)
    • Nvidia 8800GTX (my old card)
    • Nvidia 9800GT (friend's card)
    • three HDDs of various sizes
    • crappy HP case (friend's)
     
    Not sure what I'm going to do with all of that. I'm pretty sure either the motherboard or CPU is dead but everything else is in working order. In any case, back to purchasing random stuff on Steam!
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    #1  Edited By gpbmike

    Back in July my PC died. I'm happy to report that it's finally up and running again. I didn't get all of the replacement parts I was looking at. Instead, a friend gave me his working PC and I swapped out some parts. The only thing I ended up buying was the Radeon HD 4870 which seems to be a significant improvement over the Nvidia 8800GTX I was using before. After all was said and done I'm left with a good deal of extra parts. 

     No idea why the orientation of this image is like that...
     No idea why the orientation of this image is like that...
    • motherboard (CPU, 4GB RAM)
    • sound card (no space on new motherboard for this)
    • wireless card (new one works better)
    • Nvidia 8800GTX (my old card)
    • Nvidia 9800GT (friend's card)
    • three HDDs of various sizes
    • crappy HP case (friend's)
     
    Not sure what I'm going to do with all of that. I'm pretty sure either the motherboard or CPU is dead but everything else is in working order. In any case, back to purchasing random stuff on Steam!
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    #2  Edited By KaosAngel

    Hell yeah!  Represent that 9800GT!   
     
    Use that GPU to make a spare gaming PC for the living room or some shit. 
     
    Bro-ski, you guys should make a Giant Bomb game on Steam like Torchlight but for GB users and it ties into quests and crap.  

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    #3  Edited By JJWeatherman

    You can mail me all your extras. I'd gladly accept them. :P 
     
    Good luck on your on-going Steam adventures.

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    #4  Edited By LordAndrew

    I guess I should do something about my broken PC too.

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    #5  Edited By Geno

    Fold with them if you don't mind the power use. 

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    #6  Edited By gpbmike

    I don't have enough actually make another running PC. I'd need a working mobo/CPU combo. :(

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    #7  Edited By Hamz

    You'll have to make up for lost time on Steam sales now.... 
     
    Congrats on getting the PC up and running again!

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    #8  Edited By Jack268
    @LordAndrew said:
    " I guess I should do something about my broken PC too. "
    this 
     
    I have no idea what is wrong with it though :( Some say it's the motherboard, others CPU, others GPU, others have even accused my RAM memory. Actual support agents from the company that built the computer have no clue what's wrong with it either.
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    #9  Edited By Seedofpower

     Nice mike! 
     
    Does this mean you will possibly be buying D.o.w. 2 Retribution in march?

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    #10  Edited By gpbmike
    @Jack268: Sounds to me like it's time for a whole new computer! 
     
    @Seedofpower: If it makes it to March. >_>
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    #11  Edited By Jack268
    @gpbmike said:
    " @Jack268: Sounds to me like it's time for a whole new computer! 
       
    Yeah.. But it's only been two years since I got it and I'm not really in a position to shell out the money for a new one.
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