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    Who's struggling to justify upgrading their CPU?

    Yeah, I'm in this boat too. I need to upgrade a relative's PC -- an old AMD 64. It's become more of a pain for me to maintain it than it's worth. So, I am trying to decide if I go buy them a prebuilt Athlon2 X4 635 (or something of the like - I can get something suitable for around 400-450)...
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    Single GPU P67 Mobos

    The H67 boards don't seem that much cheaper than the P67 boards, though (at least on the low end). You raise a good point, however. My last two systems were built for overclocking and then I really didn't do it...I could save some coin and go stock. I probably would want a few 6 GB SATA ports...
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    Single GPU P67 Mobos

    Well, I'm certainly not looking at the H67 -- I use a discrete GPU, i just do not anticipate running two in SLI. I've never done so in the past, and don't anticipate doing so in the future. That doesn't mean I wouldn't want to get a K series and overclock, though. I do game, but I am also a...
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    Single GPU P67 Mobos

    Has anyone done a decent wrap up of the lower end sandybridge mobos? I've done some hunting around the net, and I've seen some reviews of individual boards, but I haven't seen many good suggestions or roundups about what the best options are for people (like me) who are unlikely ever to do SLI...
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    Considering a two machine Q6600 upgrade

    Thanks all, very helpful. I'm in agreement I think on the videoboard. I am guessing that I am not CPU-bound with my Q6600/GTX260 setup (are there any sites with decent charts that explain this...I've seen the GPU charts at places like Tom's, but I haven't stumbled across one that gives you an...
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    Considering a two machine Q6600 upgrade

    Yeah, I've been around the power supply world of pain. They don't need a 700W modular PSU, they need something that doesn't suck--I am kind of leaning to getting a higher wattage corsair for my machine and passing along the 500. That thing is whisper quiet...great purchase when I bought it.
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    Considering a two machine Q6600 upgrade

    I am considering a 2-machine upgrade path from my current machine, am looking for suggestions: Q6600 - OEM cooling Gigabyte P35-DS3P (I think) Mobo 4x1GB Crucial Ballistix DDR2 800 2 WD JB 500MB HD drives XFX GTX 260 Core 216 896MB Antec 900 w/ Corsair 500W PSU The machine runs stock and is...