Someone posted a link to this Newegg SuperCombo system that says that it has been featured in an editorial by Tom's Hardware. While I can't find this editorial (I searched with and without parenthesize, but I may just be an idiot) the system looks to be pretty hot. It is a little above my budget, but oh well it is not that much more than I was going to pay for a Dell Studio XPS 8100 from Best Buy just 6 weeks ago.
I am up for opinions on this system and I'd love a link to the editorial about it if someone knows where it is. The main things that I need from this system are for it to run 3 monitors and be able to accept an inexpensive wireless networking card so that I can use it with my wireless printers. I'd also like for it to reliable and reasonably upgradeable.
If anyone thinks I should wait for up to a month for the new processors to have their impact on the market, then I am more than willing to do that. I'm in no big hurry.
Here is the system I saw:
This SuperCombo includes:
* Intel Core i7-950 Bloomfield 3.06GHz 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor (Model:BX80601950)
* GIGABYTE LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Motherboard (Model:GA-X58A-UD3R)
* PowerColor Radeon HD 6870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity (Model:AX6870 1GBD5-M2DH) - Total of two units
* Kingston HyperX 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory (Model:KHX1600C7D3K3/6GX)
* A-DATA 2.5" 64GB SATA II Internal Solid State Drive (Model:S599 AS599S-64GM-C) - Total of two units
* SAMSUNG Spinpoint 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive (Model:F3 HD103SJ)
* Corsair Graphite Series 600T Black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
* Seasonic 850W ATX12V v2.31,EPS12V v2.92 80Plus Silver Certified, Active PFC Power Supply (Model:SS-850HT) - OEM
* LITE-ON 12X BD-R 2X BD-RE 16X DVD+R 12X DVD-RAM 8X BD-ROM 8MB Cache SATA Internal Blu-ray Burner with 3D Playback LightScribe (Model:iHBS212)
* Prolimatech Megahalems Rev.B CPU Cooler
* COOLER MASTER Blade Master 120mm Case Fan (Model:R4-BMBS-20PK-R0)
and here is the direct link to it:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Comb [...] mbo.576572
Once again, thanks for everyone's help and please send any suggestions for changes to this system or for an inexpensive wireless card that can be added to this system.
I am up for opinions on this system and I'd love a link to the editorial about it if someone knows where it is. The main things that I need from this system are for it to run 3 monitors and be able to accept an inexpensive wireless networking card so that I can use it with my wireless printers. I'd also like for it to reliable and reasonably upgradeable.
If anyone thinks I should wait for up to a month for the new processors to have their impact on the market, then I am more than willing to do that. I'm in no big hurry.
Here is the system I saw:
This SuperCombo includes:
* Intel Core i7-950 Bloomfield 3.06GHz 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor (Model:BX80601950)
* GIGABYTE LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Motherboard (Model:GA-X58A-UD3R)
* PowerColor Radeon HD 6870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity (Model:AX6870 1GBD5-M2DH) - Total of two units
* Kingston HyperX 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory (Model:KHX1600C7D3K3/6GX)
* A-DATA 2.5" 64GB SATA II Internal Solid State Drive (Model:S599 AS599S-64GM-C) - Total of two units
* SAMSUNG Spinpoint 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive (Model:F3 HD103SJ)
* Corsair Graphite Series 600T Black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
* Seasonic 850W ATX12V v2.31,EPS12V v2.92 80Plus Silver Certified, Active PFC Power Supply (Model:SS-850HT) - OEM
* LITE-ON 12X BD-R 2X BD-RE 16X DVD+R 12X DVD-RAM 8X BD-ROM 8MB Cache SATA Internal Blu-ray Burner with 3D Playback LightScribe (Model:iHBS212)
* Prolimatech Megahalems Rev.B CPU Cooler
* COOLER MASTER Blade Master 120mm Case Fan (Model:R4-BMBS-20PK-R0)
and here is the direct link to it:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Comb [...] mbo.576572
Once again, thanks for everyone's help and please send any suggestions for changes to this system or for an inexpensive wireless card that can be added to this system.