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Looks pretty good to me. If I were you though I'd get different Ram. Get triple-channel at DDR3 1600.

Comparing the i5 with Phenom II 965... the i5 does perform a bit (I wouldn't say noticeably) better than the Phenom. The phenom does cost 15$ more (but I imagine that would balance out in motherboard cost). Plus the i5 build is going to support triple-channel Ram and such that the AMD...

True, because I believe Dell acquired them :D Check this link out: http://www.dell.com/us/en/home/desktops/desktop-gaming/ct.aspx?refid=desktop-gaming&s=dhs&cs=19&~ck=mn

I prefer to let the numbers talk. http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/2009-desktop-cpu-charts/Performance-Index,1407.html Keep in mind though, that generally AMD motherboards will cost less than the equivalent Intel motherboard.

I've written a guide for that purpose, just check the sig. Everyone elses' suggestions look solid though.

Looks like a good build, but I agree with what some of the other posters suggested. You should probably go with triple-channel RAM. Windows 7 does come out tomorrow, I'd get that instead of Vista (the RC is awesome, so I'm assuming the release will be better). I can vouch for that graphics...

How small. Mini-ITX motherboards are usually less than 7"x7" but do you really need it that small? For boot speeds and quick read/write times you'll probably want a solid state disk, with a secondary drive for data (or just use your external). What kind of price are you looking for? I'd be...

I second that motion.

I wouldn't suggest godaddy to anyone. I purchased a domain from them for what was a reasonable price, but they wanted cash for anything else you could think of. Private WHOIS, hit statistics, etc all cost extra. However, this was just a domain, not hosting. For free hosting though, I can...

Unless you're thinking of a renderfarm. Which is essentially a cluster of computers working together to render significantly faster.

Sounds to me like hardware going bad. When I worked for a school district we had a certain set of computers that were restarting randomly. After a while, they would completely die (not turn on at all). In this case it was the power supply. However, still check into the error code because...

It should be achievable. My current build (the 5yr old one) can still play newer games like Age of Conan and Crysis (not so much this one) with decent framerates on "mud" settings. I do plan on upgrading a bit during that time frame thought. Thanks for all the advice, definitely made a good...

EDIT: I just realized I'm not sure if sfc.exe is on recovery console, but I'd give it a whirl anyway. I've seen this before. Just what it says, missing or corrupt files. I usually just format but try this: Insert your cd do the press any key to boot thing... wait for all the files to...

It's not so much the games I play now (since my last build was almost 5 years ago) it's the games I will play. Age of Conan and Crysis for now and I'm anticipating Diablo III, Starcraft II, and Star Wars the Old Republic. I want this box to get me through college and hopefully a few more years...

Oh, I'm really liking that cooler. I'll have to measure everything when I assemble it before I buy. I plan on doing some virtual OSs so I figured I'd might need the RAM there, I'll just wait and see. I'm mostly looking at another one of the same hard drives, or another GFX card just like it...

Hi all, just joined, first post. I'm fairly knowledgeable and hope to be able to contribute as much as possible to this awesome site. So anyway, I have parts coming for a new Desktop for all purpose use and gaming, but I have a little bit of money left over plus some rebates, and I'm not...