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[zuXi]

Overclocking is generally safe, but you can make stuff break if you don't do it right. If you're overclocking, you'll need a decent motherboard (ie, the P6T or many others) and proper cooling for your processor. However, it will be nice down the road to have the extra performance--my i7 runs at 2.66Ghz stock, and right now it's at 4.1Ghz--all with the i7 920, the ASRock X58 Extreme, and 6GB of DDR3 1600.



Solid states are more expensive because they're newer technology. Basically, you buy a smaller SSD (say, 64-120GB) for your Windows installation and programs, and then put the rest of your info on another regular hard drive (ie, the 1TB I linked earlier). The solid state drives are much quicker when doing things like opening programs, booting into windows, etc--the random access times are <.1ms while normal hard drives are usually 8ms-14ms.

Hah wow i didnt even notice that post with all the links.
Between the mobo you chose and the one i picked, are
there any real differences besides the 60bucks ?

The mobo you picked doesnt have 1600 DDR3 as standard
memory, or does that really matter ? I feel dumb asking so
many question.

If i go to OC my computer, will 750W be enough ?

As for RAM i had chosen CORSAIR XMS3. Bad choice ?
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145235

I read W7 is less than about 5GB clean install, so i guess
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220455

 

[Jet]

Hah wow i didnt even notice that post with all the links.
Between the mobo you chose and the one i picked, are
there any real differences besides the 60bucks ?

The mobo you picked doesnt have 1600 DDR3 as standard
memory, or does that really matter ? I feel dumb asking so
many question.

If i go to OC my computer, will 750W be enough ?

As for RAM i had chosen CORSAIR XMS3. Bad choice ?
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145235

I read W7 is less than about 5GB clean install, so i guess
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220455

Not a whole bunch of differences--if you want to save money, get the cheaper one.

Instead of a 12GB set, buy 2 sets of 6GB. The memory you linked, while not bad, is much slower than the Geil memory I linked. Just buy two of the Geil set and you're good!

750W should be fine.

That SSD I'd stay away from. There were certain SSDs with a bad controller in it--and that looks like it's one of them. This looks like a better one:

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820141419

 

[zuXi]

Man, youve been awesome with all this help.

Question about windows, the 32 as oppose to the 64.
What the difference in those two ? Ive always had the
32, and never had a problem with windows ever.

Also the 3 types of windows, i assume home is all that
is required, the other other one have added features.
Noticed linkin93 uses Windows 7 Ultimate x64.

Money isnt a real issue, but im curious to what the
TurboV is about. The cheaper ASUS doesnt have that.
Is it for OCing ?

In your opinion, this build should last me awhile right ?
Id like to have something that can play games on the
highest graphics for at least a year and a half or so.
Aion is my main game currently, not really a demanding
game, yet.