I know this is old news but help a guy out ya???

Say im gna buy a brand new ps3 and swap the hard drive b4 starting the beast, is that okay?? orcan i only change the hard drive after i used the ps3 with the original hard drive that it came with?....THANX

Thanx....!!! Helped out alot....

Okay.... im new at this, so will there be any downturns if say i decide to put just one sli-ready graphics card (GTX260) in a double or tri sli ready motherboard??

like will there be a performance decrease in that one card if i do just put one???

N any good sugestions for a good sli ready motherboard for intel?? Dual and/or tri....

THANX!!!!

Thanx guys!!! didnt think there'd be this much response.....

Im opting for xp.... but is there any reason i should go vista???

could u guys like list down a few games that requires vista meaning those that are unplayable with xp ....

asassins creed??? gears of war??? red alert 3????

n how much ram should i have if i have to opt for vista?.... THanx!!!!!!

i'm savin on them quads for l8tr maybe, but thanx!!!

n i'm thinkin of windows xp as my os or should i aim for vista????

thinkin of buildin a pc of my own n this is what i came up wit (based on my available budget):

Intel Core 2 Duo E8500

Gigabyte EP45-UD3R

S-ATA 250 GB (16MB) Seagate

Kingston Hyper-X DDR2-1066 2GB

Cooler Master Hyper 212

Gigabyte Superb 720W (12cm Fan)

Samsung SH-S223 (DVD-RW)

Cooler Master Centurion 5

XFX Geforce 9800 GTX

n would the centurion 5 case be enuf to fit da xfx 9800gtx+???? ur ideas are welcomed!!!!

n if u guys think i should add/remove/change sumthin for the better than feel free to add!!! THANX!!!!

(my budget is sumwhere below $900)

phew!!!!!thanx for clearing that up!!! helped me out alot!!!! couldve wasted ma money there....

found this card...by gigabyte.... n was wonderin if the 1gb version makes any diff??(usually its the 512 version).... because i read in a few places that theres no difference as related to sumthin abt it bein a 256bit..... but there are few claiming that it does make a diff... kinda confusin me.... so waddaya guys n gals think???true or false??

if you guys could explain it, it would help me out alot!!! thanx!!!