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In the end, I splurged anyways - Ended up with: Intel Core i7-870 Lynnfield 2.93GHz LGA 1156 95W Quad-Core Processor BX80605I7870 ASUS P7P55D-E LX LGA 1156 Intel P55 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel XFX HD-587X-ZNFC Radeon HD 5870 1GB 256-bit DDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready...

What about dropping down to the i5-750 and then going up to 8gigs of ram?

My big question is - downgrade to an i5-750 and then upgrade the video card to a 5870? or stay at the i7-870 and 5850?

Current Newegg Cart: LG DVD Burner - Bulk Black SATA Model GH24NS50 $24.99 Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive $54.99 Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders $104.99 XFX HD-585X-ZAFC Radeon HD...

So, I'm building a new computer system (Upgrading from a C2D system), ready to purchase immediately, have some general questions to direct my research however: 1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc Gaming (Mostly MMO's, Starcraft 2, but the odd FPS here...

I found that one but it doesn't seem to provide any info on the "generic" intel gpu's... I'm basically torn between these two computers, one is an AMD QL-60 Dual Core CPU, 3gb of ram and a 9100M (256MB of dedicated ram) and the other is a Pentium Dual Core T3200 with 4gb of ram and an intel...

I've been trying to find a list of rankings of current mobile video card offerings that includes integrated video cards (nvidia, ati, AND intel brands) and compares them to discrete cards.. I'm looking to buy a mid-range notebook, but of course I want to know where the video processing power...

max resolution is not important because I'm helping price out a high end lappy for someone who is visually impaired and will not be using it at native resolution anyways.. (and yes, bigger screened desktops may seem better but portability is a big factor for this situation)

Looks good thanks -- I got a response about this one as well, anyone have any ideas about it? http://explore.toshiba.com/laptops/qosmio/X305

Have 2-2.5k, want the best I can get at 17inch screen size (anything bigger is too big) I started looking for myself, but I"m not the keenest on the best places/brands when dealing with laptop computers so I require assistance of people smarter then myself.. Thanks in advance..

Well, it was an x1950 Pro 256 vidcard -- I couldn't see any visible defects on it that would have caused this to happen -- no blown caps or anything (they're all solid caps) nothing seemed out of place when I pulled off the heatsink either. The manufacturer of said card was from Korea (I bought...

Well.. This blew my mind, and I expect it might blow a few of yours.. My no start was not caused by my CPU, MOBO, or PSU.. It was my Vidcard.. I'd get No power whatsoever when I pushed my power button, swapped out the videocard on a whim, and wham booted right up.. So I bought an...

Sweet, thats the kind of information I was looking for.. Thanks.

The motherboard is less then a year old, but I have no receipt or anything that shows the date of purchase. I bought the motherboard overseas (I was working in Korea) sometime last may/june. Would I still be able to get an RMA from them?

yeah I know I'd need the ram/gpu to boot -- but I'm not getting that far.. I am just wondering if I can rule out either the PSU/CPU -- unfortunately I have no 'known good' parts to test. I am just wondering if the CPU can cause this type of behavior (no power upon start up) I should add...