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    Building a PC - Opinions on my selections?

    Might stick to the 260 then. There are a bunch of mail-in rebates associated with the motherboard and graphics cards that expire on the 30th of October, so if the prices haven't dropped at all and free shipping hasn't been offered then I'll bite the bullet and buy them at that point. :)
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    Building a PC - Opinions on my selections?

    Thanks so much everyone for all your help and advice. I saved a lot of money between the RAM and the MB so I might pour that into a 280 instead of a 260 (I think they're only about $100 more currently). I'm going to hold off a few weeks also to see if the prices come down at all for the CPU, MB...
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    Building a PC - Opinions on my selections?

    Yes, most likely at a later point when I buy extra cooling for the system. I'm new to overclocking so I'd want to do a lot of reading up on it anyway before trying anything. I decided to go with Samsung for the optical drive and I'll definitely look more into the antec power supply in comparison...
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    Building a PC - Opinions on my selections?

    Specs updated - and yep, I'm a victim of Logicrap. I bought my 5.1 open box a few years ago - they're not great but I've gotten my money's worth. I plan on buying a nicer 7.1 system after christmas :) Thanks for the help; I've never been disappointed in Samsung so I'll gladly switch over for...
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    Need help finishing my build ~$1500 budget

    For a Hard Drive, I received the following recommendation from multiple people: Western Digital 6400AAKS For the other stuff I defer to the experts :)
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    Building a PC - Opinions on my selections?

    Sounds good - I think based on your recommendations I'm leaning toward the Gigabyte DS3R. However, I would still prefer NVidia over Radeon (so I definitely would not need Crossfire) based on the benchmarks I've been reading. I don't want to fire up another ATI vs. NVidia debate, but does this...
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    Building a PC - Opinions on my selections?

    Thanks Danny! This is incredibly useful info - kind of surprised I didn't see it the first go-around. I definitely like the option to add a second graphics card later if I choose.
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    Building a PC - Opinions on my selections?

    1. Right now I've got a 19" square monitor - however soon enough I plan on a 22"+ Widescreen at roughly 1680 x 1050 with the square monitor as my second. 2. Total budget would be around $1500. I'm not including the monitor, keyboard, or mouse in this price as I'll upgrade them later. 3. I...
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    Building a PC - Opinions on my selections?

    Hi everyone, I can't believe I've never heard of this site before; between the articles and the forums I've found so much useful information! Good timing too, because I'm putting together my own system and would love to hear some feedback on what I'm thinking of building. Using information...
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