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Intel Core i7 920 Nehalem 2.66GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor Model BX80601920 - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819115202

ASUS P6T Deluxe LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131346

G.SKILL 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820231223

SAPPHIRE 100259-1GL Radeon HD 4870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814102801

SAMSUNG Black 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 16X DVD+R DL 22X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 22X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6827151173

I will be running Vista 64 Bit. I already have a Antec 900 Case and a Corsair 750watt PSU.

Suggestions Welcome! Budget is around 1200. The list so far totals at 1073 so i've got some headroom. Thanks!

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Nice, looks good to me.

------------------------------ "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose" -- Jim Elliott
Reply to leo2kp

I also have an i7 in the mail...I get it today actually...and I got the same RAM. I was hoping for the OCZ gold but it went out of stock about half an hour before I bought it, so I went with the G.Skill. I hope there isn't much of a difference lol.

------------------------------ "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose" -- Jim Elliott
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] Tpk=4850x2
for better gaming performance

Reply to kelfen

Thats a sweet card but i was thinking about picking up another 4870 a few months down the road and crossfire. Would that beat 4870's in crossfire?

Reply to dunny165

Crossfired 4870s should give more performance, yes.

But here's the thing, one of the major additions of X58 was getting rid of the necessity of Nforce chipset to have SLI, and the results in SLI scaling are truly awesome. Check the Tom's review when they tried i7 with one, two and three GTX280s as well as one, two and four HD4870s about a month ago for more information, but the verdict was that SLI scaled so well without Nforce holding it back that every game (except Crysis for some weird reason) got huge gains with each extra card added.
That being said, if I were you I would buy a GTX 260 Core 216 now, and add a second for SLI in the future.

Reply to icyicy

I was actually just checking out that article. I'm starting to lean towards the 260 216. And its even $20 dollars cheaper than the 4870 and with free shipping (newegg)

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