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Wat other component will u use with them?

For video encoding X6 is definitely way to go as its almost on same performance level (video encoding performance) and is a lot cheaper then 870 price. For gaming both are more then enough.

Combo Deal:
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition Thuban 3.2GHz
GIGABYTE GA-890GPA-UD3H AM3 AMD 890GX HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?Ite...
(333$)

Better mobo in above combo deal.

Benchmarks:
http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/desktop-cpu-charts-2...
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/CPU/2

# EVGA 01G-P3-1465-AR GeForce GTX 465 (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready
# CORSAIR XMS3 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)


I generally buy the same brands especially Asus, as I've never had any issues with them in all the years I've been building machines. I also have a 750GB WD Caviar Black from my existing machine that I'll be using.
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The two processors are very close but I think I'm going to go with the Core i7-870, it's a little more expensive but mostly beats out the AMD in gaming scores while staying almost equal in video rendering. The Intel chip also consumes less power.

So u r gona spend 100$ more on a CPU/MOBO which is just about 5% better in few of the application/games and cant have SLI in future? Dont be offended but that would be pretty stupid.

Also if your arent in a hurry to buy the CPU/MOBO, i suggest strongly to wait for new CPU's releasing on 9th Jan, 2011. They will give u about 15% better performance then current line of i5/i7 as they r gona replace them. So see if u can wait, u will get a lot better performance for ur budget and also will ensure system for longer run.

I changed up my build a little. Had to change the motherboard since I read a few reviews that said if you use USB3 and SATA6 at the same time it drops the PCI-E slot to x8.

Probably going with the ASUS X58 board now.

Thanks for the tip on the 9XX series, the i7-950 at Microcenter is the same price as the i7-870 so I'll be getting the 950.

Also Newegg has Kingston HyperX 6GB PC1600 on sale for $69.99, should I go with that instead of spending more for 8GB?
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