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Hi guys!
Well, you know how it works... Here is it my config, give me your opinions about it 
By the way, sorry for my English jeje 
CPU:.....Intel................Core I7 920......................U$S 369......OC to 4Ghz -air-
RAM:.....OCZ.................DDR3 2Gb 1333Mhz..........U$S 70....... May Add 6Gb (3*2Gb) in future... to get 8Gb jeje
VGA:.....Sapphire..........4870 1Gb.........................U$S 365..... Possible CrossFireX with Low-End VGA in future
HDD:.....Maxtor.............500Gb 32Mb SATAII..........U$S 72
PSU:.....CoolerMaster.....Xtreme 600W...................U$S 109
Case:....ThermalTake.....SopranoRS 101 w/wind......U$S 105
Mobo:....Asus................P6T (NOT deluxe)............U$S 391
TOTAL: U$S 1481 
This PC will re-plase my Pentium IV 3.0Ghz + 2Gb DDR2 533Mhz + ATI x300 Onboard + HDD 160gb
It`ll be used for light-software (such as MSN, Firefox, Moovies, etc...), more demating software like Crysis, FarCry II, Empire TotalWar and (most important) Electronic-Design software, Eg. Altium Designer, Multisim, Etc...
I will apreciate your opinions about it...... (Edit) Oh, I almost forget it, ¡Happy new year to everybody! jaja
Thanks!
Message edited by DMilardovich on 01-01-2009 at 07:33:08 AM
Thanks for the advice, I`ll try to get another HDD (Western Digital or Samsung if it`s possible)
about RAM, the idea is buying only 2Gb now an upgrade to 8Gb (2Gb+6Gb kit, 3*2Gb) latter
On the other hand, I`m from Argentina (prices are from Buenos Aires).... I know that If I buy at newegg it`ll be extremely cheapper, but there are 2 problems:
1) Let`s suppouse that I buy everything and when it arribes, the HDD is broken, or the VGA is not working propelly..... What should I do? 
2) Here there are 50% of taxes to get-in products from foreing countries..... so, If at Neweeg a product cost U$S 200, to me it costs almost U$S 400 (U$S 200 + 50% + other taxes (30% +/-) + shipment) 
Please, tell me if there`s something else that I should change.... I`ll buy on 13th January (a few days after Phenoms II release
NOTE: I`ve changed the Case, instead of SopranoRS 101, I`ll buy Codegen 3d19-CA (price: U$S 46).... So, the total-price is U$S 1422 instead of 1481 =)
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