Need some advice on my first pc build

I like this better. Do you live in Canada or the US? If US Microcenter has lower prices on the i7 by $50.

Also, consider an ASUS or Gigabyte ud4 MOBO. Go with the 5870 over the 5850. Most people go with the P6T, the ST is special eddition = lower grade parts.

I did not like the 2250 tv tuner, returned it today. It is dual chan and the photo shows two cable port but one is for FM. In order to use ATSC and QAM (or wahtever, cable and HDTV) you have to unplug, replug, and retune. There was no benefit over the 1250 that was half the price, just added FM and aux video input.


Dave79 said:
Subtract AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor Model HDZ965FBGMBOX - $179.99

Add Intel Core i7-920 Bloomfield 2.66GHz 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor - $288.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115202

Subtract ASUS Crosshair III Formula AM3 AMD 790FX ATX AMD Motherboard - $199.99

Add ASRock X58 Extreme LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard - $159.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157163

Subtract Kingston HyperX 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1800 (PC3 14400) Desktop Memory Model KHX1800C8D3K2/4G - $289.98

Add Kingston HyperX 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model KHX1600C8D3K3/6GX - $174.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820104116

Total Was - $2,008.85 Total Now - $1,862.87

Keep it coming guys my goal is to have the most insane computer I can get for about $2000 give or take so lets make it better
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