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I have a used Quadro 4000 but am thinking of buying a GTX 760 for my build. Which one would be better?

I got a free EVGA X58 FTW3 motherboard which supports 24 gigs of ram with six slots. I think it's slightly used (could be unused) but still in great condition. I got 24 gigs of free ram as well (mushkin silverline that came in sets of 12 gigs (3x4). I read the manual and could easily use all 24...

He isn't going to overclock unless he absolutely has to. I will ask him tomorrow the other questions.

So I had asked the forum about my parts list for my first build, and based off of that, helped my friend by making one. Just want to make sure the list I made my friend was good before he buys the stuff. He already has chosen a case (I don't know which case, though) and already owns a good mouse...

Thank you so much. I'm very glad I consulted this forum before I would've bought the parts only to find them not to reach my expectations. So now for a year or so of a lot of referee-ing to get $1200!

Thank you, I will edit my list, and send you the link. By the way, my budget is about $1200.

I'm 14 and I'm building a new computer for myself. I'm not a hardcore gamer, but I do like high quality. I'm planning on gaming and chatting and web-browsing mostly. Often at the same time. So here is the list of everything I'm getting...