Help this lazy researcher.

[asurething]

Hello everybody. I want to replace my mb, memory, and cpu. I would like to just get a little more performance than what I have now:
ASUS MAXIMUS II FORMULA
E8500 CPU
MUSHKIN 4 GIG DDR2

I don't want to spend the same amount of money as I did on the Asus mb, but I would like the latest technology. I do not want to overclock (too paranoid). I will be using my old video card that is in the middle of a second RMA: EVGA 9800 GX2 SC. My power supply is a cooler master 1000 watt. My monitor will only go as high as 1900 x 1200 which I usually game at. I am not brand inclusive, intel or amd. Right now I am using the nice sound card that came with the asus mb (xfi). But, I can use a sound card if yall recommend it (not on board sound). And I will be buying and installing win 7 64 bit pro oem from new egg.
I really have no idea how much I want/need to spend, it depends on your ideas. Thanks to all.

 

[Dangman]

Please answer the following questions so that we can help you better:
1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? etc.

 

[asurething]

Here are the answers as best as I can answer them.

1. I do game, web browsing, and use financial software.
2. Since you insist on an amount, I will be spending $500.00 total more or less if recommended.
3. Plan on building asap.
4. No raid, crossfire, sli. Need at least 4 usb ports in the back, one firewire, and one network connection.

Thanks for the quick response.

 

[Dangman]

$245 - AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition CPU + Asus M4A89GTD PRO AMD 890GX ATX Motherboard Combo
$70 - G.Skill F3-10600CL9D-4GBNT 2 x 2GB DDR3 1333 RAM
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Total: $315 plus tax and shipping

That mobo has 2 x USB 3.0 ports, 6 x USB 2.0 ports, 1 firewire port as well as eSATA.

 

[asurething]

Thanks for the suggestions and not complaining or bitching. I posted this same question on another usually trusted hardware website and I got some smart ass right away.

 

[Dangman]

Thanks for the suggestions and not complaining or bitching. I posted this same question on another usually trusted hardware website and I got some smart ass right away.

Complaining and bitching about what though? Don't see how a person can complain and bitch about your post

Oh and you're welcome.

Another option would be this:
$285 - Intel Core i5 750 CPU + Gigabyte GA-P55-USB3 Intel P55 ATX Motherboard Combo
$70 - G.Skill F3-10600CL9D-4GBNT 2 x 2GB DDR3 1333 RAM
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Total: $355 plus tax and shipping

Read up on some reviews and decide for yourself whether or not the i5 750 route is worth the extra $40 over the AMD Phenom II 955 route.

 

[asurething]

Here, check it out. I would be interested in your view.
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2113706
Maybe it's just me, but I think sometimes I can't post anything there without a flame or unhelpful side comment. Compared with Hard forums anyway.

 

[Dangman]

Here, check it out. I would be interested in your view.
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2113706
Maybe it's just me, but I think sometimes I can't post anything there without a flame or unhelpful side comment. Compared with Hard forums anyway.

Dude has a point though. But at least in this part of the HardForums (not sure about the other parts), I just "do it" for the person any way since it's just faster that way.

 

[asurething]

Yes, exactly. I don't disagree with what he is saying about my laziness, but why say it? I think anandtech recently changed there video card moderator because he got sick and tired of all the complaining. I don't see the same here. Really fascinating. Thanks again.