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    My computer build, your advice

    OK, good idea. I'll see what people are saying about the Antec Sonata vs the COOLER MASTER Sileo over in Cases and Cooling.
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    My computer build, your advice

    Sorry about the confusion. I'm maintaining two different shopping carts to compare the deals between Micro Center and Newegg. I'm thinking I will buy the $85 case at Microcenter (it is discontinued, the price is good, and my local Microcenter has only one left) and then hold off for a month or...
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    My computer build, your advice

    Is there a big performance difference between a 768MB 460 GTX and a 1GB 460 GTX? COOLER MASTER makes a computer case specifically for silence which is a it over $100 including the power supply: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811119207 My wife wants to get a tablet computer for...
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    My computer build, your advice

    I need to cut down my budget. Any opinions on this video card: ZOTAC ZT-40404-10P SYNERGY GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) 768MB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814500173 Thanks all.
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    My computer build, your advice

    Yes, I do live near a Microcenter. If price was no object, I would get this case: Antec P183 Black Aluminum / Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811129061 Even though it's very expensive I may have to splurge, a good quality case really...
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    My computer build, your advice

    Actually, there were a couple reviews that complained about the noise of the SeaSonic power supply so, what about this Silver-rated supply instead: PC Power and Cooling Silencer Mk II PPCMK2S750 750W ATX12V v2.2 / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS SILVER Certified Active PFC Power Supply...
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    My computer build, your advice

    My thought on the CPU was that the bottleneck for most games today is the VPU and I could probably get away with a cooler-running mid-range CPU. I wasn't thinking about the performance gain of two ram modules over one. Good catch there. Being able to upgrade to 8 or 12 GB should be more than...
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    My computer build, your advice

    Hmm, this processor is actually 65W at 45nm as opposed to the 73W at 32nm processor I picked above: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz 6MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor BX80570E8400 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115037 How does it compare in performance?
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    My computer build, your advice

    I've been a laptop gamer for a while but am beginning to think about buying a new desktop. Although I'm not a hardcore FPS twitch gamer I do enjoy games like S.T.A.L.K.E.R., Oblivion, Fallout 3, Mass Effect 2, etc. And, if I bought a new desktop would like to be able to play these games with...