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Sorry about the double post, but does the 2x2 GB RAM really make that much of a difference over a 4x1? Also, I see that the HDD is bare. Will I need to buy any cables extra? Edit: So the 430 watt power supply will definitely be enough? Or would 550 be a better choice?

Thanks for the input. I'll shaft the SSD for now and get the HDD, they really are much cheaper and the performance improvement for my needs are debatable. I'll go with the i5 and motherboard combo you listed, and for now I'll stick with the 768 mb graphics card (I plan for that to be the most...

I've been looking, and the new Sandy Bridge processors are fairly expensive. I saw the quad core AMD units are fairly low in price ($140) compared with the Intel processors. Is the performance really that much better with Intel at this point (not counting the new AMD processors next month)...

Alright, I'll go back to the drawing board for the CPU/mobo. Does everything else seem satisfactory though? There's not much RAM but I plan to upgrade later.

1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means what types of tasks you'll be performing. *Gaming, schoolwork 2. What YOUR budget is. A price range is acceptable as long as it's not more than a 20% spread *$900 to $1100 3. What country YOU will be buying YOUR parts from. *The United States...

I'm going to start a new thread, this one's title is no longer appropriate.

I came up with a $1,024 wishlist on Newegg, but I'm still very much open to suggestions you might have. I went with the SSD, hexa-core processor, and a $150 monitor so I could probably go lower.

Thanks, this is probably just what I'm looking for to play the games I would want, like MW3 (when it comes). I'm still thinking but I'll definitely save this as a wishlist. I may go for the 768 MB graphics card for now, that would be able to run MW3 when it comes out, right?

I think my parents would like me building my own computer as well, more educational than dropping a grand on a prebuilt gaming netbook. For my price range, though, how much could I do? I could always upgrade later, I suppose. I've been looking at some parts, but I don't know how they would all...

My friend is pretty savvy and he was telling me I should build a desktop instead. It appears that it more in line with the opinions here. I don't have any experience building computers, but my friend said he could help me. Would that be a much better alternative considering my $1100 budget?

Alright, that would really be all that I need from a computer.

If I were to get the same rig with a Core i5 1.4 GHz processor turbo boosted to 2.3 GHz, with a 1 GB DDR3 NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M, would that at least be able to handle the games that came out recently or are coming out within this next year? I'm talking like Crysis 2, Modern Warfare 3 and...

I know you're right in that suggestion, but I just can't get over Alienware. I think I'll take some time to think before purchasing anything impulsively.

Up to $1100, but that would be absolutely all of the money I have saved currently. I'm 16, so I'm thinking of getting a job after the summer. I'm also working for my uncle over the summer for a little money, but I don't know if I want to wait that long to purchase.

Then I will probably have to get the newer M11X R3 with i5 or i7. I know Alienware is overpriced, but I have a weird compulsion to get it.