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CASE: COOLER MASTER HAF 922

MOBO: EVGA E758-A1 3-Way SLI

CPU: Intel Core i7 920 Nehalem 2.66GHz

Video Card: EVGA 896-P3-1257-AR GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Superclocked Edition 896MB

Memory: CORSAIR XMS3 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)

PSU: CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified

HDD: Western Digital Caviar Black WD5001AALS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive

OS: Windows 7 Ultimate Developer Edition

With thoughts to buy a water cooler system in the future.

Message edited by AfterMark on 09-30-2009 at 11:03:26 PM

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I say your system is an 8.0, if new... 9.0, if bought at time of The i7 920 release.

New System: 8.0
You could've gotten a better GPU & HDD for a little more money. (example ATI 4890 or Samsung Spinpoint F3, not including any of the ATI 58xx cards)

Old System: 9.0
Great build at that time... Some of the best components out at that time!!!

Overall, a very good build

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What is the point of this post? Are you asking for advice on your component choices, or have you already purchased the components? I have never seen the point of asking for people to rate your build after the fact.

If you haven't purchased the components yet, ditch that hard drive for a faster Samsung F3 for the same price.

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ive bought everthing except the HDD and the PSU......money was a factor...the reason i went with the gtx 260 and not something better is i plan to run 3 way sli in the short future and i wanted my GPU's to match.....and again money is an issue. thanks for the replies!!!

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Then like Tecmo34 and I said, don't get a 500GB WD Black drive. They use two 250GB platters. The Samsung F3 uses a single 500Gb platter. The higher data density makes the Samsung drive considerably faster for less money.

SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD502HJ 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive - OEM $49.99

The 750TX is a very nice PSU, but if you don't plan on sending in the MIR, you can save $10 by going with this PSU.

Antec TruePower New TP-750 Blue 750W Continuous Power ATX12V V2.3 / EPS12V V2.91 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC "compatible with Core i7" Power Supply - Retail $109.95

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AfterMark wrote :

Change hard drive to the Samsung F3 and go with the Corsair 850TX, if you want to run Tri-SLI down the road.

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Reply to tecmo34

k added the F3 HDD to my shopping cart....thanks for the advice.....not to worried bout a MIR but the 850TX might be a good idea thanks guys

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FYI i also added the corsair 850TX...Thanks for the help

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You are welcome... Good Luck with your build!!

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