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Hey, I'll be building a new PC next month and wanted your opinion on my proposed setup.

It'll be my everything PC. I'll O/C to ~3.5GHz. The items I'm not really sure about are the case, monitor, and video card.

Case: NZXT Tempest
P/S: PC Power & Cooling 750W
CPU: Intel Core i7 920
HSF: ZALMAN CNPS9900
mobo: MSI X58 Eclipse
RAM: OCZ Gold 6GB
vid: EVGA Geforce GTX 285
HD: WD VelociRaptor WD3000
DVD: SAMSUNG 22X DVD±R
LCD: ASUS MK241H

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any chance of posting prices your going to pay for each of those? I mean they look good and all but perhaps we might be able to find cheaper sources for the parts.
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Post by Brk »

Sounds like just about every other entry Core i7 setup out there, it will be fast and work well.
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I'll be ordering off newegg.ca - so those are the prices :p . Not too many local computer stores where I live, and don't know of many other online retailers that ship to Canada.

As configured, it's ~$2700 CAD after shipping / taxes but before a couple mail-in rebates.
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ssjDoh wrote:Hey, I'll be building a new PC next month and wanted your opinion on my proposed setup.

It'll be my everything PC. I'll O/C to ~3.5GHz. The items I'm not really sure about are the case, monitor, and video card.

Case: NZXT Tempest
P/S: PC Power & Cooling 750W
CPU: Intel Core i7 920
HSF: ZALMAN CNPS9900
mobo: MSI X58 Eclipse
RAM: OCZ Gold 6GB
vid: EVGA Geforce GTX 285
HD: WD VelociRaptor WD3000
DVD: SAMSUNG 22X DVD±R
LCD: ASUS MK241H

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After a lot of research, I've changed my build around lol

Already got the LCD - BenQ 2400WD

Here's what I'm replacing
CM 680
Gigabyte UD5 mobo
Seagate 7200.12 1TB drive
ATi 4890
Mugen 2 or TRUE cooler, unsure still

New build will be cheaper and ~95% the performance of my original build. I'm hoping I'll get the d0 stepping and o/c to 4GHz...
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Post by David »

I would stay away from the Gigabyte.

These are on my short list of motherboards.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductRe ... 6813131371

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6813188039

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I've had Asus before, didn't really like their support.

Plus, from researching (although things might have changed with new BIOS updates) the Gigabyte and I think evga were the only boards that would come out of 'sleep' mode correctly once overclocked.
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Just an update, bought all my stuff! Found a store that guarantees d0 stepping. Hope to be getting everything next week.

Also noticed a typo in my earlier post, the cost estimation. I originally had $2700. Final cost was ~$1600
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