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    1722 Barebones?

    Discussion in 'MSI' started by Cobra03, Aug 21, 2009.

  1. Cobra03

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    I have a question, I recently purchased a 1722 barebones from an ebay seller, Its the red and black one. I purchased a 3870 GPU and want to know if this graphics card will work in the 1722.
     
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    you will have to mod the hell out of the heatsink. It would be very easy to do if the 3870 came with it's own heatsink.
     
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    I know it fits but will it boot and work? Has anyone tried this? I dont want to put money into this if its not going to work.
     
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    I was going to puchase a Sager 5793 barebones with the 8800m GTX which was $100.00 more than I paid for the 1722. Even though the 5793 had a better gpu the rest was older tech which I didnt like, people in the forum said it would be better to go with the 1722 so I did. I just hope the 3870 will pass post and work.
     
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    Yea, I've seen those on ebay, really nice barebone. The only thing that sucks about them is that they don't support quads and they are so thick compared to the 1722.
     
    Darth Bane, Aug 22, 2009
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    I just dont like the older tech such as the santa rosa platform.
     
    Cobra03, Aug 22, 2009
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    Please let us know how the ati 3870 is.
     
    Darth Bane, Aug 22, 2009
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    I will, I had to order heatsink material from newegg. Hopefully everything works ok.
     
    Cobra03, Aug 22, 2009
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