the P55 chipset. Prototypes have been recently shown, so I expect availibility in the fall, in time for Christmas. Ok so here is the deal as far as Intel and AMD go..... First of all if you are not building a gaming rig you dont have to worry about performance...

gaming video cards are not wanted. This is a good time to consider AMD actually. The 790GX chipset has the best onboard graphics and uses AMD CPUs. I will not cover this in detail here, as most of our visitors are building rigs that at least game occasionally....

First Build; Gaming/Animation; $1500-range. APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: Within the week BUDGET RANGE: $1,300-1,800 SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Animation software (3ds Max and etc.-- I am a beginning multimedia computing student, with long-term...

Confirming Parts for my first New System build/gaming PC. Following the New Build outline: APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: Within the next month or two BUDGET RANGE: approx $800 SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Programming in both Unix and Visual...

New System Build}Gaming, HD video, photo edit, Graphic design, $1000. :D APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: Within the next 3 weeks. SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming, HD video(will take place of TV and cable), photo editing(photoshop), and graphic...

First build (need help). SO THIS IS WHAT I PICKED! help me pick a motherboard and make sure these pieces will perfectly fit and work, i have 700 pluss tax and shipping for this project, recomend me some better pieces and this is not a gaming computer so dont...

First build (For Gaming) v2. APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: Now to Christmas BUDGET RANGE: 400-500 SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming, internet, video coding, video editing PARTS NOT REQUIRED: Moniter, keyboard, mouse, hard drive, 2 gig...

First build (gaming). APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: As soon as I get a good list of parts SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming, movies, music, video editing, internet. PARTS NOT REQUIRED: keyboard, mouse, speakers, OS, case PREFERRED WEBSITE(...