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I just ordered this card (Visiontek Radeon HD5850 1 GB PCI Express Card 900297) for its lifetime warranty and reference design that seems to nearly phased out. Card is replacing a XFX GTX260 216sp @ Asus 22in 1680x1050. This will be my first ATI card since 9800 pro. Reason for upgrade is to...

Thanks guys for the recommendations on the cases and psu's. I went ahead with LIAN LI Lancool PC-K56 for $79.99 FS and this psu CORSAIR CMPSU-650TX 650W for $89 FS($99 - %10 promo code) I like free shipping:D. Sorta biased on the case decision since I have the K-62 for my own rig it was a joy...

$170 for Case and PSU the price of ram and DVD has been factored into the budget.

Update 3/23/2010 I went for Intel Core i5 750 & Gigabyte P55-UD3 combo at Fry's for $224+tax out the door. Comes out to $135.66 for the CPU and $89.33 for the motherboard, not bad in my book even with a Microcenter around...

Yes there is both, forgot to mention that. I rather stay away from Fry's past experiences weren't too good. A question about the video card I happen to have a BFG 8800GTOC2 512mb, and would like to use it unless its performance is horrid, I doubt it since his current machine is running a BFG...

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc Mostly CAD stuff pretty much anything AutoDesk. No gaming, pure workhorse this one. 2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? $700USD without Taxes and Shipping. 3) Where do you live? DFW, Texas 4)...

I placed the order for the motherboard and ram combo off the egg. As for the 1156 bolt thru kit, does anyone know any other online shops that are selling the kit besides off the thermalright website? They have it listed at $10 plus shipping, doubt Micro Center or any other brick and motar store...

I'll be placing the order for the motherboard and ram real soon and be heading for Micro Center this weekend to pick the processor. Thanks again.

Current Specs: E6600@2.4GHz (stock) 2GB Ram ddr2 800 P965 Asus Commando s775 XFX GTX260 Corsair HX520 psu Thermal Right Ultima 90 Heat sink w/ S-Flex 12cm Fan 1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc Mostly Gaming,web browsing and streaming video...