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1) What will you be doing with this PC?
Gaming, Photoshop
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
~400
3) Where do you live?
Mass
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. Please be very specific.
CPU,Mobo, Ram
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
Harddrives. 700w ocZ modXstream
6) Will you be overclocking?
Yes
7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
26" 1920x1200
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
Today, Next Week, Within a month
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? etc.
Crossfire/SLI
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license?
Yes
Original Post:
Looking to upgrade my computer, its used mostly for gaming, music and Windows Media Center.
It's currently a e5200 @ 2.5 (I have a good processor, when it was on a bench it would boot 4.1g prime 95 stable) Too hot to OC now.
Gigabyte board
Crossfire 4850's
4Gig Ram
WD 640AAKS
WD 500G
What im looking for is a midranged upgrade so I can keep the above pc in its media center case but have a smaller machine that will game like hell. Westinghouse 26" @ 1920x1200 Res.
MSI x58m (Chose this for Crossfire, Memory support, Price, and Visual Appeal) 169.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130227
Intel i7 920 @ Microcenter 200.00
Patriot Gamer Series 6Gig Kit 129.99 (cheepest 6gig kit i could find but im sure theres better and it matches mobo)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220399
Total ~500.
Now that's a big price. Does AMD have anything going for them that would offer a better price to performance ratio? About the visuals, we all love looking at our pc's internals, and if I decide to keep the computer on the bench setup, I want it to match as best as possible.
1) What will you be doing with this PC?
Gaming, Photoshop
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
~400
3) Where do you live?
Mass
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. Please be very specific.
CPU,Mobo, Ram
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
Harddrives. 700w ocZ modXstream
6) Will you be overclocking?
Yes
7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
26" 1920x1200
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
Today, Next Week, Within a month
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? etc.
Crossfire/SLI
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license?
Yes
Original Post:
Looking to upgrade my computer, its used mostly for gaming, music and Windows Media Center.
It's currently a e5200 @ 2.5 (I have a good processor, when it was on a bench it would boot 4.1g prime 95 stable) Too hot to OC now.
Gigabyte board
Crossfire 4850's
4Gig Ram
WD 640AAKS
WD 500G
What im looking for is a midranged upgrade so I can keep the above pc in its media center case but have a smaller machine that will game like hell. Westinghouse 26" @ 1920x1200 Res.
MSI x58m (Chose this for Crossfire, Memory support, Price, and Visual Appeal) 169.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130227
Intel i7 920 @ Microcenter 200.00
Patriot Gamer Series 6Gig Kit 129.99 (cheepest 6gig kit i could find but im sure theres better and it matches mobo)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220399
Total ~500.
Now that's a big price. Does AMD have anything going for them that would offer a better price to performance ratio? About the visuals, we all love looking at our pc's internals, and if I decide to keep the computer on the bench setup, I want it to match as best as possible.
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