Recent content by Gehrig

Thank you all very much for the input. I think I will switch out the psu, I was looking at that one also. I will check out the combo to see if it is available when I make the purchase.

$20 difference between the CPU's. I've read that most just oc the 955 to 3.4 instead of paying it. What do you think? Regarding the hdd, I have read here that the blue drives are faster, as lt_shiro had stated above. Hadn't thought about the raid set-up. Don't know much anything about...

I picked that because danny bui has recommended it in a few other posts. Something about platters that I don't understand ;)

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc General use, gaming (Mostly rts, rpg, total war, civ 4, and mmorpgs) 2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? Started around 600-700 but wanted to future proof and be done upgrading for a year or so...

I just bought this online for in store pickup for $49.99, was this a steal or am I wrong?

Huge difference in price but all I can see is the ud5p vs ud5 descriptor. Any help for a newb? http://www.frys.com/product/5842583#detailed http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128377 Thank you.