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Eat your Heart Out - or...tell me it sucks.

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APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: Now

SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming, Photo Editing, Programming, Home Theater PC, downloading JERSEY SHORE

PARTS NOT REQUIRED: Keyboard, Monitor, mouse

PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: Microcenter, Newegg, My company

PARTS PREFERENCES: Quality

OVERCLOCKING: Yes SLI OR CROSSFIRE: Yes - maybe in future


ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Will be connected to 37" LCD for home theater use, and 2x23" LCD for Work/gaming/school


Alright, I went into Microcenter today and had some fun with the associate, here's what we came up with


(1) EVGA P55 FTW 1156 ATX - http://microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?pro...

(1) Intel I7 860 - http://microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?pro...

(1) 4GB Dominator-GT DDR3-1600 (PC-12800) CL7 Memory Kit (Two 2GB Memory Modules) with Airflow Fan - http://microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?pro...

(1) FrozenCPU Megahalems - http://microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?pro...

(1) Antec Twelvehundred - http://microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?pro...

(1) Radeon HD 5850 - From my company (279 LANDED)

(1) Rosewill BRONZE series RBR1000-M 1000W Continuous@40°C, 80Plus Bronze Certified,Modular Cable Design http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

(2) Western Digital Black 500GB HD - Raided for speed - From my company (47 each landed)

(1) Lite On Blu-Ray player - 49.99


what do u think about the 870 vs 920 or i5.....

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^+1... Everything looks great except the PSU. In my experience, Microcenter's associates have never done right with choosing PSU's. 1) Your system will not need a 1000w PSU. A good Antec EA/TP or Corsair 750w PSU is more than enough for system in Crossfire. 2) They recommended me a Tagan 900w PSU when I built my first one... boom... It died a few months later, along with my MSI board & Q6600.

Overall a solid build... just watch your PSU. :) 

tecmo34 said:
^+1... Everything looks great except the PSU. In my experience, Microcenter's associates have never done right with choosing PSU's. 1) Your system will not need a 1000w PSU. A good Antec EA/TP or Corsair 750w PSU is more than enough for system in Crossfire. 2) They recommended me a Tagan 900w PSU when I built my first one... boom... It died a few months later, along with my MSI board & Q6600.

Overall a solid build... just watch your PSU. :) 

psst tagan and rosewill use the same oem on the higher watt units
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why the 640?

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eloplayspolo said:
anyone have any reason to not purchase items on ebay if they are new, sealed, and offer a return policy?


well sometimes those are fronts but rather rare. Long as you pay through paypal and arent sending to a PO Box you should be fine.
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