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You won't be interested in this (but I'm trying to find a good reason not to pull the trigger - 
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Phenom 945 / Gigabyte 790FX-UD5P: $315
2 x XFX Radeon HD 4870 1Gb: $290
Patriot Viper 6GB (3 x 2GB) DDR3 1600: $139 ($124 AR)
($100 @ ZZF but it's out-of-stock)
ZEROtherm ZEN FZ120 120mm CPU Cooler: $42 ($22 AR)
Antec TruePower 750w Power Supply: $100
That's $886 ($851 after rebates)
The rest is up to you. I got one of these on the cheap last week (I got 2, actually - LOL) for my OS and primary apps. Probably use a Western Digital Caviar Black 640Gb for my recovery partition, secondary apps & storage. Haven't decided what I'm going to engineer for my page file.
You haven't said whether you need a new case or monitor ....
Message edited by wisecracker on 08-18-2009 at 07:17:20 PM
Lets see what we can come up with.
Graphic Card/Mobo Combo.
1. EVGA 896-P3-1171-AR: $234.99 Free Shipping*
2. EVGA 121-BL-E756-TR: $209.99
Combo Discount: -$25.00
Combo Price: $419.98
$20.00 Mail-In Rebate
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Comb [...] mbo.230302
Ram/CPU Combo.
1. OCZ Technology OCZ3P1600LV6GK: $114.99 Free Shipping*
2. Intel BX80601920: $279.99 Free Shipping*
Combo Discount: -$12.00
Combo Price: $382.98
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Comb [...] mbo.231912
Here is a OS/Case Combo.
1. Microsoft 66I-03525: $109.99 Free Shipping*
(Includes free Windows 7 upgrade coupon)
2. Antec Nine Hundred Two: $123.95 Free Shipping*
Combo Discount: -$15.00
Combo Price: $218.94
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Comb [...] 11-129-058
PSU
CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W $119.99 ($99.99 after $20.00 Mail-In Rebate) Free Shipping*
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817139006
HDD
Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache $74.99 Free Shipping*
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822136319
DVD Burner
SAMSUNG DVD Burner Black SATA Model SH-S223L LightScribe Support - OEM $24.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6827151188
CPU HSF Cooler
XIGMATEK Dark Knight-S1283V 120mm Long Life Bearing CPU Cooler - Retail $44.98 Free Shipping*
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6835233029
Noctua NT-H1 Thermal Compound - Retail $9.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6835608008
Did not know if you needed a Monitor, so did not add one in the Specs.
Subtotal before MIR's are deducted and shipping costs add in come to: $1276.88
MIR's total come to: $40.00.
After subtracting MIR's from Subtotal and before Shipping Cost, Build comes to: $1236.88
Hope this helps you out some. 
| masterasia wrote : If you want to be future proof, wait till the ASUS P6X58 board comes out. It has SATA 3 and USB 3 on it. But then again, I would buy what is good now, which means I would wait until SATA 3, USB 3 and PCI-E 3 all come on one board. Just get the cheapest X58 board for now and get a better board down the line.
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Asus has shelved the P6X58 Mobo 10 days ago. 
http://www.geekextreme.com/hardwar [...] p6x58-8570
http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30 [...] s-unknown/
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No, that is a 775 Socket, the Core i7 uses a 1366 Socket.
| alveos wrote : Is it bad cpu? |
From Anand
I believe they used a GTX280 in that review - 1Gb HD4870s in Crossfire will be quite competitive 
You should have no problems in using a 'range' of 3.2-3.4GHz for the Phenom 945 for your comparisons. If you have any questions about the Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P AM3 and a Phenom feel free to post them in this thread at Xtreme Systems.
It's an AMD thread but you will find much less bias there and a great deal of help.
You want ULTIMATE gaming pc?
Here you go.
I7 920
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819115202
MSI EX58
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813130226
OCZ DDR3 6GB 1600
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820227388
2 X 500GB WD Black's In Raid 0
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822136320
3 X HD 4770. TriFire bitches I pull 24K in 06 with 2 4770's. I can see 28K easily with 3 and an overclocked I7
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814102835
850W OCZ PSU
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817341003
CM 690
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811119137
LG 22X burner
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6827136153
Grand Total = 1302.99
Enjoy.
4GB DDR3 2000
Intel X25-M
XFX 5770 In X-Fire
Reply to PsychoSaysDie
| alveos wrote : How about the case and ps that i posted above? |
It might be ok, but it will be tight when mounting a good aftermarket CPU Cooler and keep good airflow. Since you would have to remove side panel fan to get the CPU Cooler to fit with the panel on. 
Well, I just ordered my new i7 system from newegg on Friday.
This is in Canadian funds. Using the Newegg.com site is generally cheaper (even including the exchange rate) and the shipping within the states will be much cheaper.
You can subtract the mouse (mine died, so I tohught I may as well go for a g5), the PSU (no way in hell I'm running a i7 on my 300 watt, but I don't plan on extreme overclocking a xfire setup, so 600watt should do fine) and the case (since my current is too small).
You could get a different motherboard, but I have a personal affixiation to the Foxconn Bloodrage. Many seem to believe it's one of the best, even though it has a very modest price. I recommend the Foxconn Bloodrage (if not for the performance, do it because it's sexy).
I ordered a 4870 1GB because a 4890 1GB is 30%+ or more expensive, even though only a 10% (at stock, though the 4890's can OC higher) performance gain is generally measured.
You could go for high end C2Q, but I wanted to play with the new i7 architecture. Around the same price as a high end C2Q anyways. Thus I went for the i7 920.
I attempted requesting a D0 revision through Newegg customer service, but I was denied. Hopefully, all the C0 have sold out by now...
I somewhat choose the cooler because it looks cool. Though it comes with the LGA 1366 brackets, and apparantly it's decent.
If you want extreme performance, I suggest 2x WD 640GB HDDs instead of a single 1TB HDD.
So, keep your current case and PSU.
Buy a i7 with a FoxxConn bloodrage with a 6GB RAM set of your choice. Then get either 2x640 or a solo 1TB HDD (depending if you feel the need for extra speed with file transfers). Then get whatever CPU cooler you think is awesome. (If you're going to have a open case, get something sexy, if not, get whatever works best).
Hope I helped.
i was thinking about sli 
| wisecracker wrote : http://images.anandtech.com/graphs [...] /19695.png
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i7 920 still rocks. Most users will be overclocking their i7 920 to atleast 3.4 -3.8 GHz. Phenom II X4 965 won't be able to keep up with an overclocked i7.
I would say i7 920 would be neck and neck with Phenom II 965 in games, but it would lose out every where else. A few frames here and there won't even matter. Who's going to notice the difference between 87 frames and 84 frames? AMD processors aren't efficient. They need high speed to generate decent results thus resulting in higher heat and power consumption.
| Yoosty wrote : Asus has shelved the P6X58 Mobo 10 days ago.
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Damn, I was looking forward for that board. Guess I'm just going to have to stick with my Foxconn Bloodrage for now.
| masterasia wrote : Damn, I was looking forward for that board. Guess I'm just going to have to stick with my Foxconn Bloodrage for now. |
So was I and alot other people.
| PsychoSaysDie wrote : You want ULTIMATE gaming pc? Here you go. I7 920 MSI EX58 OCZ DDR3 6GB 1600 2 X 500GB WD Black's In Raid 0 3 X HD 4770. TriFire bitches 850W OCZ PSU CM 690 LG 22X burner Grand Total = 1302.99 Enjoy. |
you NEED an aftermarket HSF, CCF or TRUE or megahelmems if you want to OC
Message edited by theholylancer on 08-21-2009 at 09:28:29 PM
| masterasia wrote : i7 920 still rocks. Most users will be overclocking their i7 920 to atleast 3.4 -3.8 GHz. Phenom II X4 965 won't be able to keep up with an overclocked i7.
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I think you need to rethink your last statement..... Higher heat and power consumption you say?? Hmmm... Phenom II 940 @3.6ghz 
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