[QUOTE="joshua2424"]
[QUOTE="gameguy6700"]
Yeah, never go off-brand with a PSU. Off-brand PSUs are notorious for crap construction, not delivering their full advertised wattage, exploding, etc.
Some good PSU brands include Corsair, Enermax, Antec, PC Power and Cooling, OCZ, and Silverstone.
Also, I've noticed that you've been posting an awful lot of help threads on here today and seem to not know much about PC hardware yet. I highly recommend that you not rush through this just yet. Gaming PCs are expensive, as you've no doubt noticed, and the last thing you want is to finish building it only to find out a week later that there's this awesome component that costs half as much as the one you bought yet is twice as good.
I'm getting ready to build another rig myself and I've spent the last week or so doing almost nothing but research on hardware. As a result I've saved myself from a lot of regrettable purchasing decisions and over a thousand bucks. Every component I'm putting into my PC has had at least several hours of meticulous research done it so I know exactly what to expect when I put everything together, and also so I know that I got the best prices on everything I bought.
My advice is this: Take a step back, spend at least a full week doing research, and then come back with your new list (and you will have a new list, I guarantee you this). You'll know if you've done enough research if, when you post your next build thread, you're able to tell us exactly why you chose the parts you did and why you're stuck deciding between Part X and Part Y. You should be aware of the big brand names for each type of component and what qualities in each you need to be paying attention to. And make sure to do some price shopping, I've saved myself several hundred dollars by looking around at different sites.
gameguy6700
why are you underestimating me?
if you read any of my threads fully you would know this is all several months in advance and all im trying to do is get my head around computers. 4 days ago all I knew was that my monitor wasn't my computer. thats about it. look at my first thread i made about 4 days ago until todays batch. you will see a steady progression through all that is computer. I have been googling/wiki'ing like crazy as well as talking with very knowledgable people. I feel fairly comfortable with my knowledge now and i started hypothetical builds to try to see where I still have confussion and send me on my newest path of discovery.
let me say this one more time; I currently do not have a job, I am doing research now so when I am actually in a possition to make a purchase I am ready to discuss matters with you folks with some background and general info.
you really have no idea how far i've come in these few days and how much time I have spent researching.
next time try asking a question b4 doling out a lecture. This isn't really directed totally at you as I have been getting a lot of this, and I have been trying to avoid the aforementioned by explaining my situation in my posts. Apparently people don't read entire posts though. sorry if this comes off as somewhat abrasive, I really have no intentions to offend you, I just don't want people thinking Im a 14 year old with a dream when infact I am a 21 year old with a dream!! that was some humor. anyways, thanks for the advice but I already know, I just really want to talk with people who know the stuff. I'm pretty darn good at finding out what I need to from people so hopefully in the future people will be more willing to talk directly about my questions/statements without all the precautions now. THANKS EVERYONE WHO HAS TAKEN THE TIME TO HELP ME THIS PAST WEEK. IT HAS TRUELY BEEN A GREAT EXPERIENCE AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORT YOU FOLKS ARE PUTTING FORTH!
Whoaaaa...I wasn't attacking you dude. It's just that earlier today you had no idea what clock speed, DirectX, and overclocking were, you weren't aware of the tier system for nVidia and ATI GPUs, and you were under the impression for a little while that MS made GPUs. That's all pretty basic stuff and I seriously doubt that in just a few hours you've progressed from being very naive about PC hardware to knowing enough to go dive into building your own PC. Considering that you admit that only four days ago you thought your monitor was your computer this only further serves to confirm my perceptions.
Again, I'm not saying you're immature, just that I think you're getting too ahead of yourself here.
im sorry TC but i have to agree with this man right here since they have more experience than ur self for one and for the fact that u think a simple OC (which isnt simple at all) will give u a good enought performance boost to bring you from dead last wiht ur rig to first place again. OCing doesnt have as much performance gain as u would think. mainly becasue that cpu wont get u farther than maybe 4.0Ghz on a good cooler that is and even at 4.0Ghz ur fps will go up to about 2fps *not goood at all*. also if u oc 2 5870's as u say ur going to get another in the future u need a very goood full tower case like the haf 932 to even get that 10fps increase in games, but again it all depends on the cards ability to oc. so trust me dont put ur heart and soul on hoping OC will give u mad performance increase, ur only going to be disappointed. 
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