you should just get office via torrentz

gtx465 is bad

stick with 460's

antec 900 cases arent so good. id suggest going with the HAF 922

honestly, if you're going with an i7, tri channel 3x2GBRAM 1600MZ is more than enough ^^

but the i5 would do the trick just fine imo. using dual channel 6 GB RAM


anyways since your budget seems to be more like 3k USD, (around 18-20k)

u can go with i7

This post was edited by BiG_BeN on Sep 16 2010 08:31am

xt 12 mhz cpu. u can play prince of persia with it, maybe med settings.

Agree with bolded statements, I've actually seen the Antec 900, and I love it, and don't go with an I5, might as well get a Deneb AMD 965 at that point.

i5 is an awesome proc for the price ^^

if he doesnt need hyperthreading well the i5 is the right choice

@ OP: if you dont plan on doing any video processing / folding / encoding, go with i5



and with a 3k $ budget, AMD has lost is reason to exist

This post was edited by BiG_BeN on Sep 16 2010 08:34am

The budget has also increased 3 times, I will grant that with near infinant money Intel is better, I guess I just find it hard to see the value in Intel...seeing as I'm poor

hah

well I'm guessing his company is doing well recently xD

Ok, so if I go with 3x2gb ram, is there slots for an additional 3x2gb ram if I'd wanted in the future?
on the HAF 922 (I think it looked sweeter), cooling is just as good? But will no dustfilters be a problem? There were dustfilters in the 900 two case.
Going for the gfx card that bitg_pj linked, and maybe if needed add one more in the distant future. Makes a bit sense, is that just as good as going for 2x 260s?
Would 850w be enough? I read that one card takes 400w
What do you mean by dual channel ram? I don't know what hyperthreading is, but I probably don't intend to do it.

Thanks both of you again for being patient with me ;P

your mobo has 6 RAM slots, so yea if you think u need more ram later on just get another 3x2GB kit.

the HAF 922 is a really good case. About the dust problem, just vaccum once per 2 weeks , it takes 1 minute. Air flow is really good. But Id suggest getting an aftermarket Cpu heatsink with the i7, if you plan on overclocking.

heres a nice one you could use http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103065

the 460 is a really good card, two of these in SLI makes you run any game at max settings except like 2 or 3

i wouldnt spend so much cash on a gtx 480

850 W is enough to run 2x 460's for sure, but if you plan on getting 2x480's one day youll need 1000w

dual channel RAM is when its a dual RAM kit like 2x3GB or 2x2GB. Thats what the i5 and i7 8xx serie uses. (socket 1156)

triple channel RAM is when its a triple kit like 3x2GB or 3x4GB. Thats what the i7 9xx serie uses.(socket 1366)

Not a pro about hyperthreading but I just know its only useful when you plan on doing the things i mentionned above.

if you dont plan on doing anything like that, go with I5 760.

This post was edited by BiG_BeN on Sep 16 2010 09:02am

The 480 is the price of his 2 x 465s, didnt you see that

lol i just like 460's in SLI

best performanve/price ratio

but ofc if hes that rich, he could go dual gtx480 and watercool everything...(cause that card produces lots of heat)

sky is the limit xD

This post was edited by BiG_BeN on Sep 16 2010 08:58am