I've been mulling this over for a while and had decided to wait until Windows 7 came out. I've settled on Maingear as the source for either their small case, or the regular old minitower. They're both within about $150 of each other and I like the idea of finally having a small PC.
I'm a bit perplexed by the X58 vs. P55 choices, as well as i7 vs. i5. I feel like the more I read the more confused I get. My primary usage is playing games. Anything else is too lightweight for the CPU/MB choice to matter. I think they offer Core2 on one of these models but I'm not sure if the reduction in cost is worth it when I'm upgrading from an old machine and would rather move forward than stick with older tech.
Looking at the video card choices a 275 seems to be the best bang for the buck. Pretty much everything else will just be the defaults. If I can just get my CPU/MB choice sorted out I'll be good to go.
I'm a bit perplexed by the X58 vs. P55 choices, as well as i7 vs. i5. I feel like the more I read the more confused I get. My primary usage is playing games. Anything else is too lightweight for the CPU/MB choice to matter. I think they offer Core2 on one of these models but I'm not sure if the reduction in cost is worth it when I'm upgrading from an old machine and would rather move forward than stick with older tech.
Looking at the video card choices a 275 seems to be the best bang for the buck. Pretty much everything else will just be the defaults. If I can just get my CPU/MB choice sorted out I'll be good to go.