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Need help. New System build Sandy bridge based.

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Hi Guys,

I will be the first to admit i would like some help with an upcoming PC build.

I am current on a e8400 OCed to 3.6ghz, evga 9800gtx+, 4GB ram.

Looking to get something new. I was thinking 2600K, and i really wanted a good SSD for my OS/applications.

looksl ike ASUS P8P67 is a good board... but theres a regular, an EVO, and a PRO. not sure whats good and what would be best. system primarily for gaming... maybe SLI in the future, wont be using the chip's GPU as ill be buying a video gard as well.

what is a good SSD to get? i heard intels arnt very good? Only looking for 80-100gb for my OS/apps.

what kind of memory is good? once it gets to memory i always fall apart... lol. i will be doing minor overclocks.

whats a good video card these days?

I imagine there should be a nice performance boost from my current system?

any ideas? im not very good with this. Thanks

Are current prices good? Would they decrease much if i waited a few months?
 
Well you might want to address specific questions to the appropriate forums, or perhaps post this whole thing in the general hardware forum.

There are a number of P67 ASUS boards. In increasing order of cost/features: LE, plain, PRO, EVO, DELUXE. There's also micro-ATX versions of a couple of them. If you want SLI you'll want to go with PRO at least.

Intel SSDs are some of the best. Intel and OCZ kind of lead the pack here and everyone else is following along as best as they can.

I'm not going to be much help on memory questions.

What kind of video card you should get depends mostly on how much performance you need. How many monitors are you on and what resolutions are they running at? Are you willing to pay top dollar to run top settings in the latest games, or are you budgetting more conservatively and don't mind turning down a few settings?

Your current system isn't bad. Certainly an upgrade can boost performance, but the question is whether you find your current system's performance lacking enough to want to spend money on a whole new build.

And prices always go down over time. However, it's not easily predictable when and how much. When they do go down, it's usually because more better hardware has come out. If you're waiting until desired hardware X comes down in price, then when it does it usually means hardware X has just gotten that much farther from the top of the line.
 
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