Recent content by tarbelly

If you want to be somewhat futureproof, I'd go for the core i7 as well. I just did a build for under $1300 with a i7 920 cpu ati 4890 etc... http://forums.anandtech.com/me...=2289256&enterthread=y

So I held out a bit waiting for the shift in the graphics market and will be going with a 4890 vs the 4870 (essentially the same price on newegg for the asus versions). The total came out to be $1254.60 after shipping/rebates/deals etc (microcenter's $199 core i7 920 sale helped the bottom...

I am pulling the trigger on an asus 4890 now that newegg has the rebate up. Ill be going from an old rig with a radeon 9800 pro (it has served well over the years) to a new core i7 build.

Yep, he's right. Or you can put up the bucks for VMware workstation

unix or linux... isnt that like asking car or 4 wheeled passenger vehicle? Essentially you learn unix systems of which linux is a part of. Im sure I will get heat from the linux purists who say "linux is not unix". When you boil it down to the basics, you have mostly the same commands, a...

Good call on the WD6401AALS, not too sold on the SSD drives yet, at least until they figure out the cleanup routines for rewrites, my system usually stays on all the time anyway. Im not necessarily stuck on asus, it seemed like a good idea to match vid and mobo, but I was also considering...

PLEASE when you POST threads asking for input on system builds tell us... 1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means what types of tasks you'll be performing. A bit of gaming (SC2/D3 when they are out, FO3, etc..), virtualization prob 2 VMs for programming/testing environments, and...