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Last response: November 18, 2010 1:18 AM in Systems

November 16, 2010 3:46:49 AM

Approximate Purchase Date: In about 2 weeks

Budget Range: $1000 (reusing a couple of parts)

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming

Parts Not Required: Case(Antec 900), PSU(Corsair 750w), DVD Burner, Monitor, OS, keyboard, mouse, speakers.

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg

Country of Origin: California

Parts Preferences: I7 950, Gtx 470

Overclocking: Most likely

SLI or Crossfire: Maybe

Monitor Resolution: 1920x1200

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gkay09

November 16, 2010 3:59:35 AM

CPU + Free Game
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?Ite...

ASUS Sabertooth + GSKillz RAM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?Ite...

GTX 470 - Either of these
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

SSD for boot
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

HDD
http://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php?name=HD-HD103SJ&tit...

CPU Cooler -
http://www.amazon.com/Cooler-Master-RR-B10-212P-G1-Univ...

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beznet

November 16, 2010 5:44:02 AM

heres that same CPU cooler that gkay mentioned but on newegg, since that is where you mentioned you preferably wanted to get your things from-

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

btw, best CPU cooler for its price range in case you were wondering.

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yesitsmario

November 16, 2010 9:22:32 PM

Thanks for the feedback guys. Do you think it's worth the wait for sandy bridge? How much faster is the new i5 and i7 going to be?

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vindictive

November 16, 2010 10:04:25 PM

yesitsmario said:

Thanks for the feedback guys. Do you think it's worth the wait for sandy bridge? How much faster is the new i5 and i7 going to be?

theres a guy in the CPU overclocking section thats showing it and saying he hit 5Ghz on air with one, not sure if i believe it or not though.
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/262997-29-intel-lga1155-2600k-biostar-achieve-5ghz-cooling

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gkay09

November 17, 2010 2:27:36 AM

^ Even I feel the Sandybridge would achieve high overclocks because of the 32nm Manufacturing Tech and also the new architecture, but there is a catch though, you would need the K series CPUs so that you can overclock as now the BCLK is attached to the PCIe bus hence not easy to overclock by increasing the BCLK, that is the reason why he has a K series I guess...

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gkay09

November 17, 2010 2:28:55 AM

How faster - Check this article
http://www.anandtech.com/show/3871/the-sandy-bridge-pre...

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cadder

November 17, 2010 2:45:18 AM

You might try pricing a similar machine with an i5-750 or so. Not long ago this would save you $200 or so, I don't know what it's like right now. Even the lowly i5-750 will overclock very well and make a darned fast machine. With the savings you could put even more into your GPU.

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vindictive

November 17, 2010 12:20:16 PM

i5 760 2.8 Ghz - $209

Asus p7p55d-e Pro - $180

Mushkin Enhanced Blackline 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1600 Cas 7 - $80

OCZ Vertex 2 60GB 2.5" SSD - $120 after MIR

GIGABYTE Super Overclock Series GV-N470SO-13I GeForce GTX 470 (Fermi) 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card - $310 (with free game)

Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB - $70

Hyper 212 + and Shin-Etsu - $30

total= $999 before combos.

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yesitsmario

November 18, 2010 1:18:37 AM

Best answer selected by yesitsmario.

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