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AMD 64 x2 4200 ( socket AM2 ) pc building

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Old Oct 17, 2006 | 04:27 PM
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right what ram ( DDR2? ) and motherboard

im looking at Asus M2N32-SLi Deluxe Socket AMD AM2


does it need a special graphix card? or will anything do ( note im not a game player ) tho want video editing, and will be adding freeview DVB-S and DVB-T tv, oh and fm radio


but what yous got thos with a socket AM2 chip?
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Old Oct 17, 2006 | 04:32 PM
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Old Oct 17, 2006 | 07:16 PM
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Any AGP graphics card will be ok, dont want to spend any more than 80-90 on one if your not gaming.

By the way sign up here http://www.tech-forums.net/

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Old Oct 17, 2006 | 07:22 PM
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will do
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Oh my god what am i talking about, i didnt mean AGP i meant PCI- express sorry
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Old Oct 17, 2006 | 08:55 PM
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not that i'd know the difference yet
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you would when you get the card and realized it wont physically fit in the slot
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Old Oct 20, 2006 | 04:59 PM
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Please dont buy the AM2 its a ripoff and too slow get your self a intel core 2 duo (Conroe) and for video editing it will piss all over the AM2
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