[Solved] I7-930 @ $199 a no brainer?

I've been debating on getting the new Phenom II x6 vs an i7.

Then someone turned me onto Microcenter selling the i7-930 for instore pickup only for $199. Luckily there is one 5 miles from my house.

So for that price is there very little reason to pick up anything else?

This will be for a gaming rig, already picked out 6 gigs of Corsair triple channel ddr3-1600, Sapphire HD5870, and an Antec 750W PSU.

Trying to decide on CPU/Mobo now.

What would be the best mobo to go with the 930?

Thanks.

Good ones include: P6T, P6T deluxe, UD4P, UD5P, DX58SO, etc

All X58 mobo's perform almost the same.. If you plan on high grade overclocking and need features like USB 3.0 etc., take a look at the ASUS P6X58D.. The most reasonable would be to go for the gigabyte X58-UD3R..

As i already wrote, all X58 mobo's perform on par with each other.. The difference with different motherboards lies with manufacturers putting up various extras.. The premium extra feature which all manufacturers strive to implement is the overclocking capability and this is where the boards such as the EVGA SLI classified series and the asus rampage series score.. They have the best layouts to implement multiple GPU configs and some of the best components for ensuring a guarranty worthy stability on overclocks.. Also, they are the best looking boards also.. But the pricing is a real spoil sport, and the fact that majority of the crowd would not be able to utilize it to the fullest keeps them off the recommendation lines..

Thanks for all the info Jack and Emperus.

If they all perform about the same minus extras, I'm just wondering if I really need all the extra's if I'm not raiding, not doing any hardcore overclocking, or anything else like that.

I did notice that the P6T doesn't support USB3.0 while the UD3R does have 2x USB 3.0. Just want to make sure for the future that I have some USB 3.0 support.

It's a shame that P6X58D-E is sold out, because it looks perfect and a really good price The reviews on the Rampage 3 do seem amazing, but for $150 more I'm kind of meh on it.

So right now I'm pretty much leaning to the UD3R. How "dated" are they, big negatives or it seems fine for what I want to do?

Also I'm already planning on getting the Zalman 9900. I had a 7000 series in my first build, and a 9700 right now, and I absolutely love them and have had 0 problems.

From the paste review it seems like OCZ Tech Freeze is paste then. I'm aware of the curing time of AS5 but I've always used it. The benefit is I save $7 since I still have some left over from last year

Thanks again for all the help, planning on starting to order parts by the end of the week.

Best answer selected by Strife025.