Need Mobo, CPU, GPU >~300$

Depending upon the price of 8GB of DDR3 (at a higher clock speed) you may be better off trying to make the jump to a GeForce GTX 560 Ti, if keeping the "4.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 533MHz" lets you.

RAM prices are likely to lower over time, whereas decent video cards are always in hot demand.
Not to mention the modern processors have so much cache and significantly better prefetching of information that having DDR3-533 isn't as much of a deal as it once was. (Especially since lower MHz RAM usually has much tigher timings than DDR3-1600).

- How much extra $$$ would that give you towards a better video card?
- Which country are you in?



OK, maybe scratch this idea. The GTX 560 Ti is still twice the price of a GTX 550 Ti...

SDB.

PS: I'm assuming you meant GTX 550 Ti, as we don't seem to be able to get the GTX 550 in Australia (so as far as I can tell it either (a) doesn't exist, or (b) is an OEM or China only part, etc.).

I'm in America.
8GB ddr3 would only be about 25$ on newegg so not getting it wouldn't help much

Yes, sorry I did mean the GTX 550 ti


I almost 100% certain I will be getting a GTX550 ti unless I get the AMD equivalent (which would only be if it came with free things)

So as of now, I'm debating whether to get a FX, or stick with a phenom 965 (which I heard doesn't OC well)
That leaves me with about 200-180$ ish for a CPU and mobo
Thanks for the help, man.

CPU : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... / http://us.ncix.com/products/?sku=75429&vpn=BX80637I3322...

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

GPU : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... (109$ after rebate)

or http://us.ncix.com/products/?sku=59591&vpn=ZT-50404-10L... (79.99$ after rebate)

Rebates are really not my thing.
Thanks for the advice, but i was thinking more along the lines of a higher end AMD, instead of the lower end Intel (and ivy bridge is a little up there)

Maybe this motherboard: http://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-GA-970A-DS3-AM3-SATA-Mot...

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

This 550ti when its back in stock: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

which is about 297$
and with 70$ more i can get a 1TB Barracuda.

I'm just not 100% about the cpu.
Does it overclock well with a hyper 212, or is it even a decent CPU?

Thanks for replying everyone.

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