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Tom's Hardware recently published a review of higher-end vid cards here: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-geforce-comparison,2007.html Based on that review, I'd say "no", unless you can get the 280gtx for the same price or only slightly higher than the cost of a 4870.

Wow... I just noticed that AVA Direct added these to their Showroom, in their forums. http://www.avadirect.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=457 Way cool, and stuff. ;)

Check my thread here... http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1326145 Folks gave some great info and advice for the same price range you're looking for.

We received the PCs from AVA Direct last Friday, but I just now have taken the chance to update this thread. Each system's specs (they're identical, and I need up update my sig...): + CUSTOM COMPUTER, Core™2 DDR2 Performance Series System 2 # ANTEC, Performance One P180 Silver Mid Tower...

Punch in the configuration on their website and it'll give the most up to date pricing.

Delivery and Tax vary with your location, so my totals likely wouldn't be the same as yours. I'd suggest getting a quote from their website for the most accurate totals. :) UPS just picked up the systems from AVA Direct today, and should be here on Friday if there are no delays. Looking...

I'll reiterate what the others here have said: Your best bet is to get a laser printer. Most inexpensive inkjet printers cost more to repair than it costs to just replace them. More often than not, the inkjet (bubblejet, deskjet, etc.) printers' parts are more fragile and prone to breakage...

My wife is very arachnophobic... IF it weren't so costly, I'd get one! :D

I don't have a clue. I'd guess it's an Antec, but I really don't know for sure. It's listed with the case just as a "450W PSU", but I'm sure that the folks at Ava Direct wouldn't build a PC with a sub-par power supply. ;)

Welp... I ordered the wife and I a couple of new PCs from a boutique shop; I chose Ava Direct, since they're highly rated and have some of the best configuration options I've seen on a website. I figured that it was worth the extra bit of cash to get the computers pre-built, pre-tested, and...

Mine is an old rig, though I've upgraded a few parts over the past couple of years... Asus A7N8X Deluxe AMD Athlon XP 2600+ 2X512MB Kingston PC2700 BFG Tech Geforce 7600GS OC (new component) Antec PerformancePlus1080 - with 430W Power supply 320GB WD IDE HDD (newer component) LG L227WTG...

Ok... Before I bite the bullet and get the systems, here's what I have so far. Let me know what you folks think... The price dropped today on the Q9550. :D Prices from Newegg... Case: $139.99 - Antec P182 Gun Metal Black Power supply: $119.99 - CORSAIR CMPSU-520HX 520W Motherboard...

Heheh... Yeah. I think I will. It's a nice lookin' case, too. :D That's a really nice little ITX setup, with some good HD info in the thread, too. I think I may go with one of the AMD solutions. Lower cost, and it should do just about everything I need in a HTPC. Still not sure which...

Wow... Lotsa bad reviews on that thing. Mostly network card failures.

Here's a relatively inexpencive HTPC setup that I'm thinking of building... I don't know a lot about HTPC systems, except that they need to be able to handle multimedia tasks, file conversions, and HD video. So, this may not be the best selection for a ~$500 system. Any feedback would be...