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Awesome, that's good to know. I'm leaning towards the Phenom II X6 build at this point, since I don't foresee needing more than 8 GB of memory anytime soon, and I think that the processor power of the i7 would be wasted for my purposes.

Thanks for the input! What do you know in terms of longevity for the different socket architectures (and processors) that have been mentioned here?

Hmm, I'll think about it some more tomorrow. If anyone else has any suggestions, feel free to add them :)

I guess I can do without the SSD for now... it'd be nice, but it's kind of a luxury. :p Is the i7 not a bit overkill for this system though? What do you think?

Sorry, let me clarify. $400 to monitors, ~$1000 to core components.

Well, my previous PC decided to (finally) die off after a five faithful years of abuse, so I'm looking to start from scratch. 1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc Gaming, Photoshop/Illustrator 2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? I'd...

tackprime @ gmail . com Thanks, mate! ...free food, here I come... :D

looks like i didn't miss much last night.. wine's almost done LOL more wireless adapters... this one's mimo Netgear WPN511 RangeMax 802.11g MIMO Notebook Adapter, $18

what is it with woot and logitech? it seems that over 50% of the items they have are from the company... on another note, looks like these headsets may drag on for a while.

no and no here

that's a good deal on a wireless keyboard/mouse though... i'd get one if i needed wireless.

PC Defender Wireless Screen Lock, $10

Early Warning Radar and Laser Detector EW-3400, $59 always wondered if these things work/are legal.. anyone know?

Adaptec ACS-100 USB 2.0 Portable Hard Drive Enclosure Kit, $15

hopefully 39%... somebody buy the rest of these, now! 2%... come on.... lol