1800 Budget Build. Open for advice

Tonix

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Here's what I got so far
http://secure.newegg.com/Shopping/ShoppingCart.aspx?Submit= Shopping cart quick reference.

Case- Antec Lanboy Air-http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129091
I'm not a big fan of red, but it was 30 dollars cheaper and free shipping compared to same case in other colors.

Motherboard-ASUS Crosshair IV Formula AM3 AMD 890FXhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131644
I wanted to get a good foundation, and trust worthy board.

CPU-AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition Thuban 3.2GHz"]AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition Thuban 3.2GHzhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103849
I'm thinking about getting a non black edition and over-clocking my self to save money, what do you guys think? Also still might be considering an I5 or I7.

Graphics Card-
SAPPHIRE 100314SR Radeon HD 6870 1GB http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102909 X2
nice card for the money, and saves even more with free HDMI cable.

PSU- Corsair cmpsu=750tx 740whttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139006
Think I might go up to 1kw with 80 or 90 cert.

Memory- Corsair Dominator GT 2133. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145316

HDD- WDCB 500g 6g/shttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136769

SSD- Kingston 30gbhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820139162
Just wanted something to put an OS on.

Blue Ray drive-http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136183

Monitor- Samsun 24 LED backlight LCD monitorhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824001421

only picked due to it currently has 50dollars off with promo, if theres a better LED or LCD monitor for the price please tell.

and of course some arctic silver thermal paste.
 
We can't see your shopping cart, you need to make it public.

PSU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817207003&Tpk=XFX Black edition 750 - Just as high quality, same price after rebates and modular too.
Memory - 2133 unnecessary unless you are an extreme overclocker, for that amount you could get 8GB of CL7/8 DDR3 1600
HDD - Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB faster, more capacity, $10 more
CPU - The black edition runs at the same speed at stock, just has a unlocked multiplier to make overclocking easier, I'd definitely get it. Besides, the non-BE version is pretty hard to find.
Cheaper combo drive - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106292
Cheaper boot drive - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...227510&cm_re=Onyx_32GB-_-20-227-510-_-Product
Case - Do you really need something like the lanboy air? I've seen that case get ALOT of criticism, links can be given if requested. You're better off going with something like http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119137&Tpk=Coolermaster%20690
What's the usage of this PC? Also, you haven't listed a CPU cooler.

All of the above is assuming you want to build it now, Sandy Bridge is out on January 5th, new Intel CPUs, woo! I'd wait till then.
 
Alright thanks, Ill keep that in mind. As for the new Intel cpu's, have they released a price range yet, all I know about that is that their ranging from 4 core to 8 or so. Oh also about the bad reviews on Lanboy, are talking about random people on new egg reviews or reviews form actual magazines/publishers?
 
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I would get this board and memory. With the money saved, upgrade to a 6950.

Board.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128441
Memory.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231351

With the money saved.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007709%20600083901%20600095873&IsNodeId=1&bop=And&ShowDeactivatedMark=False&Order=PRICE&PageSize=20
or
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...DeactivatedMark=False&Order=PRICE&PageSize=20

Get a western Digital black or Samsung F3 or Seagate 7200.12 harddrive.

And I think that is a piss ugly case, but thats up to you. lol
 
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And I think that is a piss ugly case, but thats up to you. lol

Yeah that it is lol, was looking at the case for more moding platform. Though after some research found out the motherboard plate doesn't rotate. I'm Just going get a cheaper one I can hack up for my desired look. Will post pics when ever done, not sure if this website is big into case modding.
 
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