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13s SuperPi here - Stock i7 930.

Good to know. Anyone have any suggestions? Other then find another 2tb disk to copy the data to?

6600GT died on me. 1/10 or so.

Hey guys, I stupidly used the onboard "fake" win7 raid 1 to setup a RAID1 mirror with my two new WD20EARS (2TB 64MB cache) drives as media/etc disks to my 64GB ssd. I mounted one as a NTFS formatted disk, copied over some data (80GB worth). Setup the 2nd disk as a mirror of the first...

http://www.sharcnet.ca/ Our high performance computing lab at my old school, has a 4K TV for various display functions. Amazing resolution. 40" or so display.

The ram was rushed because of the sale on the i7 930, I wasn't sure what to get and the Dominators seemed like a good bet for 200$. (20$ MIR) Haven't taken any, pretty standard antec 300, and 3007wfp-hc on a terrible desk.

Yes, displays bios with no issues.

Ended up with the following: XFX 5870 - 405.00 i7 930 -267.77 Gigabyte X58A-UD3R - 207.98 Corsair XMS3 Dominator TR3X6G1600C8D 6GB DDR3 3X2GB DDR3-1600 CL 8-8-8-2 - 219.99 Corsair TX750W - 109.99 Came out to 1270 after tax and shipping, Minus a 20$ MIR. Runs really well, just need...

I'd rather not spend 1500, but if I cannot pull acceptable frame rates @2560x1600, I will. Mid April to Late April is when I would like to purchase the PC. Just looking into options now. 5870 seems to be the best bet for a video card right now for me.

What are the thoughts on X58 chipset vs P55? i7 930 looks appealing?

2 years of top of the line gaming would be nice, Which is what I have been maintaining for the last 3 computers I have built since '05, all around the 1K price point. Now with the extreme resolution, I know I have to move the price up to keep that 2 years.

Ontario Canada, but I have been to the California one! I forgot, HDMI out on the video card is a must. I can always upgrade to SSD later, once the technology matures.

Hey guys, wandered over to Hardforum a couple times over the years, never needed to ask anything: So: 1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc Gaming, Browsing, Java Dev. 2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? 1200-1250, yes. 3)...