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    Attention System Builders: Ideal Build 6/4/08

    updated slightly with a couple comments on Nehalem and the idea of 'future-proofing'
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    Build your own Blackbird (except better and 1K less)

    Other than the case and liquid cooling (which I'm actually not sure the model in question even has), enlighten me as to how what I listed is not comparable to a blackbird?
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    Build your own Blackbird (except better and 1K less)

    It's definitely a nice-looking case. Very, very nice looking. I just don't think I'll ever see a case I like enough to pay $1000 bucks for it. But I get your point. People still buy Ferrari's even though a Corvette will give them equal performance at a third of the price. Edit: It'd be...
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    Build your own Blackbird (except better and 1K less)

    Another good reason not to watercool. ;)
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    Build your own Blackbird (except better and 1K less)

    I would build something very different than those specs, and wouldn't be likely to go with SLI. I was just trying to stay close to the blackbird's hardware. Totally agree about 24'' monitor. I'm not sure the blackbird at 3200$ even includes ANY monitor however.
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    Build your own Blackbird (except better and 1K less)

    You'd be surprised how many people still argue that a system like the blackbird is a "good value for what you get."
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    Build your own Blackbird (except better and 1K less)

    If the blackbird case and watercooling (and having someone put it all together for you) are worth $1000 to you, then so be it. Yes, the intent was to replicate (and actually upgrade) the hardware. The markup on high-end gaming rigs just never ceases to amaze me. FWIW, with that Xigmatech...
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    Build your own Blackbird (except better and 1K less)

    Big News: The HP Blackbird 002 will be in big box retailers soon. For only $3200 one can be yours. Of course, with the new GPU release upcoming, it'll be obsolete by the time it hits shelves. story...
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    Attention System Builders: Ideal Build 6/4/08

    Thanks for the good feedback. I'll try to keep it up to date.
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    Advice for the suggested E2180 budget build

    Fair enough. I've never been big on MIR's though. I'm quite sure he'd be happy with either MB, though I agree with you that the Abit has more features. Both overclock extremely well.
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    Advice for the suggested E2180 budget build

    Toaster - I like the Abit IP35 Pro MB also for all the reasons you mentioned. It's in my list of parts linked in my previous post in fact. But it is 60-70 bucks more than the DFI, and the OP is planning on buying an E2180. If it were me, instead of spending an extra 70 bucks on the MB to get...
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    $3,500 Budget, read on.

    I'm not sure why so many people expect to be able to build a computer that will let them play all the newest games at high settings for 3-4 years. That's an absolute eternity in computing terms. Not that it's impossible, but even if you build a bleeding edge system today, you'd still start to...
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    Advice for the suggested E2180 budget build

    You should take a look at this MB: DFI BloodIron P35-T2RL LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813136038 Plenty of other parts recommendations: http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1312483
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    Quick gaming rig question

    You're much better off going with the E7200 imo. At stock speeds, the E8400 C2D chip are 20-50% faster than the E2200. Since the E7200 easily oc's to 3.0 - 4.0 GHz, it will outperform the E2180 class chip by even more. It's worth the extra 60 bucks...
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    Attention System Builders: Ideal Build 6/4/08

    Updated the OP significantly. I agree, the 750i SLI seems to be one of the more stable of the Nvidia chipsets/MB's, but I'd still take the p35 or X48 over it personally for stability. I added this board to the OP in the midrange MB category as an option. thanks: EVGA 123-YW-E175-A1 LGA 775...
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