Also, do you know if that memory is any good? I don't know anything about G.Skill ... I've only really used Corsair or OCZ and both have been very solid for me. Is it pretty much memory is memory?
I thought it did, based on things I was reading like:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-460-sli-geforce-gtx-480,2694-11.html
The conclusion was that it make MUCH more sense to SLI 2 460's as opposed to a single 480. Not sure how true that is, but that's one of the places I was...
I know I said originally that I wouldn't want to wait a few months, but I'm wondering what the honest opinion out there on waiting... Is it completely silly to build right now? Should I piece together something to make things work until we see what's coming down? I really don't know much...
I thought that two 460's would out-perform a single 480 (by a lot), based on charts and so on... Real world, I guess I have no idea how that would affect me.
The parts suggested to me were:
Intel Core i5 760 169.99 http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0341729...
I'm not sure I need $500 worth of GPU right now. Maybe that is overkill...
I probably don't NEED both. I just remember I used to like being able to burn disc-to-disc. The DVD-ROM was only $18...
I wasn't counting the LCD, yet. I figured I could always buy that in a month or two, once I...
The difference in the i5 760 build I was suggested was only $84.00 less.
$1451.90 vs. $1367.90 ... And I'd only have 4GBs of RAM, instead of 6GBs on the i7.
Seems like not that much savings, really... Any other thoughts?
It's been suggested that there's no need for a i7, when for this type of system an i5 760 makes much more sense.
I've also been linked to charts that show 16x / 16x for SLI isn't a huge improvement over 8x / 8x ... Any suggestions or comments there?
Would it make a lot more sense to go i5...
Been in use since 1/18/2010, I think. It was a replacement for another older power supply that died.
I think the power has been pretty stable here... No blackouts or anything like that, if that's what you mean...
It's been a while since I've built a system. It seems (since I haven't been keeping up with things) that everything is so different. I've been doing some research trying to get up to speed on things... First, I'll answer the requisite questions:
1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means...
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