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Originally Posted by SamJoDo (Post 237909)

Motherboard:* Asus® P8P67-LE Featuring USB 3.0 and SATA 6G

Port Expansion Adapters:* Discrete SATA Controller

Processor:* Intel® Core™ i5 2500K 3.3GHz/3.7GHz Turbo 6MB L3 Cache GT2

Processor Cooling:* MAINGEAR Certified Intel® Retail Cooler

Memory:* 8GB (2x4GB) Crucial DDR3-1333

Graphics and GPGPU Accelerator:* NVIDIA® GeForce™ GTX 560 Ti 1GB GDDR5 w/PhysX

Power Supply:* 620 Watt Seasonic® S12II 80+ Bronze Certified Power Supply

Hard Drive Bay One:* 1.0TB Samsung F3 7200rpm 32MB Cache SATA

Optical Drive One:* 24X Dual Layer DVD RW Drive w/ LightScribe Technology

Audio:* 7.1+2 Channel High Definition Surround Sound Supporting S/DIF Optical In and Out

Operating System:* Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

I realize there have been a lot of questions of this type on the forum..probably because of the great feedback. Sorry to burden you with another one..

i looked up your choices and have provided what i think are better options in price range and performance for you core components

motherboard (i have this one :::::::)) $90
ASRock 870 EXTREME3 AM3 AMD 870 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard $90
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813157198

CPU = $229 AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Black Edition Thuban 3.3GHz, 3.7GHz Turbo 6 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 125W Six-Core Desktop Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103913

VIDEO= $210 SAPPHIRE 100314SR Radeon HD 6870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814102909

RAM= $85 G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231311

PSU= $160 SeaSonic X750 Gold 750W ATX12V V2.3/EPS 12V V2.91 SLI Ready 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817151087

S!

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Originally Posted by Thee_oddball (Post 238042)

If you really must go AMD I would suggest waiting for Bulldozer. MSI have announced a M/B which suggests the Bulldozer release is not too far off:

http://www.nordichardware.com/news/7...-in-april.html

Thanks for the responses everyone..I knew I could count on this group.

Anyone know anything about MainGear or CyperPower as far as reliability and that kind of thing?

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Originally Posted by WTE_Galway (Post 238046)

If you really must go AMD I would suggest waiting for Bulldozer. MSI have announced a M/B which suggests the Bulldozer release is not too far off:

The ones we care about are expected at the E3. ;)