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New Build - Collective Wisdom

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I am currently in the process of planning/buying parts for a build, my original deadline was mid August-September for assembly however there is a great sale on tomorrow at a local chain and being pathologically indecisive I need come collective wisdom as to whether I should scoop some of these up or hold out for something better/etc. I would ask this in the Hot deals thread, but apparently I am a scrub who can't post there yet.

2600k - $250, sounds like an awesome deal, probably going to grab it
Antec H20 920 - $70, again probably going to buy it or the 620 for $40
Sapphire 6970 - $280, this is where is gets iffy, I haven't this seen one this low yet, but it looks like a reference card based on the original launch. For the same price, I can try to pick up two 6850s for crossfire which should in theory get me better performance. The other option is to keep using my 5770 and just wait until the 7x series launch.
p8Z68v Pro - $150, I really wanted a 'good' p67 board instead, like the p8p67 Evo/pro/deluxe, I realize good is subjective but I really don't need SSD caching, on board video or QuickSync, then again this is a full fledged board for $150
Corsair F60 Sata3 - $60, I already have the WD SSD that egg had on sale about a month ago but $60 for a corsair sata3 seems too good to pass up

Thoughts, advice, opinions and musings would be appreciated.

Thanks.
 
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Can you post the prices with your state's sales tax (if any) factored in? Often times, local sales are negated by the sales tax.
 
I am in Ontario, taxes are 12%, but they are 12% no matter who I order from, newegg is usually shipping on top of that.

So the parts would come out as:

2600k - 280
Antec H20 920 - 79
Sapphire 6970 -314
p8Z68v Pro - 168
Corsair F60 Sata3 - 68
 
If you're doing a lot of multimedia editing/rendering and if there's no corresponding deal for the 2500K, then get the 2600K.

A single GPU would have less issues than a Crossfire setup. I.e scaling issues, power usage issues, heat issues, etc. With that said, that card is from Sapphire so you only get a two year warranty and somewhat crappy customer support.

The mobo is fine.

I have an issue with the SSD in that it uses the Sandforce controller. As such, its performance will degrade over time and its stock performance really isn't that great.
 
It's mostly for gaming, coding and very seldom batch image conversion. I did a quick look, the cheapest 2500k is currently ~215 + tax, so I might just do the 2600k, there is something about seeing 8 threads in taskman.

I'm going to hold off on the video card, I have time to shop around/wait till something else goes in sale, preferably a non reference 6950/6970.

As for the SSD, I might just put that money towards a BDR.

Thanks for the input, it is appreciated.
 
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