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toastyy   10-27-2009 at 01:29:42 PM

APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: This Friday!

BUDGET RANGE: Around 1500

SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming, Web Design, Virtualization, Programming

PARTS NOT REQUIRED: Mouse, Monitor, GFX Card
**Ordered a Radeon HD 5850 last night**

PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: newegg.com

OVERCLOCKING: Yes SLI OR CROSSFIRE: Not for a while

MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1920x1200

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: I share my room with a room mate (in college) so if it could be somewhat quiet that would be nice!

Here is what I have put together..

CPU: Core i7 920

Case:Lian Li Lancool
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811112154

Motherboard: This is where I am confused. I am leaning towards EVGA. Opinions?
EVGA E758
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813188039

Asus P6T Deluxe
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131365

PSU: Corsair 750TX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817139006

RAM: Corsair XMS3 6GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820145236

HD: Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822152185

CD ROM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6827118030





All of this puts me around 1400 with a keyboard and wireless adapter. Anywhere I could improve upon? Thanks!


Message edited by toastyy on 10-27-2009 at 02:15:24 PM
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admin123   10-27-2009 at 02:21:01 PM

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KidHorn   10-27-2009 at 02:35:48 PM

I think you'll be OK, but you could go the i7 860 with 1156 MB and get similar performance for less money. The 1156 motherboards cost less since they don't have a north bridge. They also consume less power. You would have to get either 4GB or 8GB of ram instead of 6GB. The newer 1156 processors are supposedly better than the 1366 processors when using 3 or fewer cores. I don't know of any games that use 4 cores.

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toastyy   10-27-2009 at 02:47:16 PM

Hmm I will look at some sample 860 systems... I have a student copy of Win7 by the way.

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