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#2 BOONE123
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Are ya saying a duo is goiing to be faster on games like WoW, Dawn of War, Empire, Civ, Crysis than my i-7 920?
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#3 BOONE123
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Just got another $500 extra on top of my $1000 left over from my budget, so in other words, If you could make one change or add something what would it be? Because I didnt change anything from what I posted above.Maybe another GTX 285, better case, or this Thermal right 120 extreme 1336(heatsink) on top of my Zalman 9900 or just wait for a better GPU
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OK I just built my first pc and have Vista 64 bit OCZ Gold 6gb DDR3, so say if I wanted to play Rome:Total War(which I have always wanted to) will I be able to
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#5 BOONE123
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Thanks, so am I going to have a problem with Crysis and if so I will order another 285 right now.
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#6 BOONE123
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Looks good. You'll be very happy with it!TheDuffman26
Great, I just got off the phone with newegg, I asked them about swaping the cases before they ship tomorrow and he said I would have to wait for it to get here and dont open it and ship it back. B/c im scared this case isnt going to be good enough or fan. Also somebody tell me what should be my first game, I like everything especially RTS, RP, action whatever.
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#7 BOONE123
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Yes I ordered it last night(Thursday), I am just ready to play some of these games that I will likely never see on the consoles(XBOX 360,Wii,Ds, dont own a PS3). With that being said, this is what I got from newegg.com:

Intel 920

GIGABYTE GA EX-58-UD4P LGA 1366

XCLIO Windtunnel(Builders suggestion) and please tell me I didnt mess up by getting this, tell me it will keep my cpu cool OC

Zalman 9900 This will work right and also I saw some setups with XCLIO/Intel 920 OC being kept cool with case fan + something like the Zalman 9900

OCZ Gold 6 gb DDR3 1600(PC3 12800) Triple channel kit(In a year or two, it want be hard to upgrade, meaning could I pull out the old ram and replace it with something better easily instead of calling my builder to come and pull EVERYTHING out to upgrade)

Corsair/CMPSU 850W

WD Caviar 640G 32MB 7200

Pioneer DVD burner

GTX 285 01G-P3-1281

Vista home

Logitech X-540 speakers 5.1

Logitech mouse nano

T240 monitor

How did I do guys? Oh yeah total was 2,032

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#8 BOONE123
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[QUOTE="BOONE123"][QUOTE="TheDuffman26"]x58 mobo's already support 8 channel audio. Not necessary for a sound card at all.TheDuffman26
Thanks, So will my Corsair 750 not work and need to go with Corsair 850, and the Zalman heatsink, will it not keep everything cool, and whats wrong with XCLIO(that was what my builder preferred, but that was before I changed the processors and ram.

Corsair 750w will work just fine, but if you plan to add a 2nd gtx 285 in the future or even now, it's best to have a bit more power. That's why I'd go with the 850w. The Zalman heatsink is good, but the thermalright ultra 120 is the best air cooling solution available. The Xclio is good, but the antec 1200 and haf 932 are better. I'm just tryin to get your money's worth.

Oh yeah I changed to OCZ Gold 6 GB DDR3
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#9 BOONE123
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x58 mobo's already support 8 channel audio. Not necessary for a sound card at all.TheDuffman26
Thanks, So will my Corsair 750 not work and need to go with Corsair 850, and the Zalman heatsink, will it not keep everything cool, and whats wrong with XCLIO(that was what my builder preferred, but that was before I changed the processors and ram.
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#10 BOONE123
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K you can do pretty much anything you want with a $2500-$3000 budget. This is what I'd do. Take it or leave it. CPU:Intel 920 Heatsink: Thermalright Ultra 120 Mobo: EVGA X58 Case: Coolermaster HAF 932 or Antec 1200 RAM: Corsair Dominator 6gb 1600MHz DDR3 PSU:Corsair CMPSU-850TX 850W HDD:WD Caviar SE16 WD6400 AAKS 640GB 7200 RPM (get one with 32mb's of cache) Optical Driveioneer 20X DVD/CD burner GPU:EVGA Geforce GTX 285 OS:MS Vista home premium 64-bit Speakers:Logitech X-540 70 watts 5.1 Monitor: Samsung T240 24 in Mouse:Logitech V450 Nano 910-000619 Optional Devices:HT OMEGA STRIKER 7.1 24-bit (what's this?)TheDuffman26
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