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    New build advice, with guidelines!

    Nah I said to myself screw it, who knows how long I could be waiting. If it's only to save a few bucks for price drops happening to CPU's then I don't care much for a few bucks. I'm not broke, just have other plans for money so don't want to drop a fortune on a new computer. so if I were to...
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    New build advice, with guidelines!

    Would it not be better to go with a Q6600 (and overclock it) and a 4870x2? Rather than the better CPU with a lesser video card?
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    New build advice, with guidelines!

    OK, despite what I've been told, I want to go ahead and build one because I'm just a very impatient person. Could anyone be of some assistance in putting together some parts. The places I'll be buying from will be either www.canadacomputers.com www.tigerdirect.ca or www.ncix.com (CAN)...
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    New build advice, with guidelines!

    Posted twice for some reason.
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    New build advice, with guidelines!

    Thanks for your help! Is this on the basis that the server chips will be released first? If I only have to wait 1-2 months that's fine, I can do that. Otherwise I'd rather upgrade now.
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    Quick and dirty response. New rig now or wait for Nehalem?

    Thanks for the reply. This would imply that there should be a consumer ready version in the next 1-2 months?
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    New build advice, with guidelines!

    So I've had my current box for around 4 years (AMD X2 3800+) and felt it was about time to upgrade! I have no idea what to get as most sites reviews on things are now 6 months old so new hardware isn't included obviously. I'm looking at spending around $1500 (Canadian, which is still more or...
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    Quick and dirty response. New rig now or wait for Nehalem?

    I want to build a new rig mainly for gaming, I've read the i7 core will not give gaming such a boost as the 20%-50% increase they're claiming. That being said, is it worth waiting for? I'm only willing to wait a month-2 months and I've heard that it won't readily be available until mid 2009...