Yall do know the X2 is going to come in 2GB and 4GB formats right?

Juniper XT andLE will be officially named Radeon HD 5770 and Radeon HD 5750 respectively when launched. HD 5770 card is codenamed Countachwhile HD 5750 is codenamed Corvetteand they bothcome with 1GB GDDR5 memories on 128-bit memory interface.Juniper will possess all the features ofits higher end counterpart like 40nm, DX11, Eyefinity technology, ATI Stream, UVD2, GDDR5andbest of all,it is going to be very affordable.

One of thereason why AMD is not mass producing Radeon HD 4700 (RV740)series now is because HD 5700 series will be replacingit soon and will come one month after HD 5800 series. Itwill meet head on against the NVIDIA's D10P1 (GT215) series in October so expect a full fledge war then. With a performancetarget of 1.6x over the HD 4770 and 1.2x over the HD 4750, they are surely packed with enough power to pit against the NVIDIA's lineup. Pair them up and you will get a boost of 1.8x which is roughly the performance ofa Cypress card.

http://vr-zone.com/articles/juniper-xt-is-radeon-hd-5770-and-juniper-le-is-hd-5750/7626.html?doc=7626

Expected price is around $100-$125 for the 5770. The 5770 is probably going to perform around a 4870.

C2D and C2Q are a dead bread now. LGA 775 is NOT future proof. LGA 1156 and LGA 1366 are the only future proof sockets, as well as AM3, right now.

I know it's used a lot, but you could put a Antec 900 in that build and still be under $1000.

Nvidia's launch cards for a new series are usually priced very high... $600 or more.

Also, how about you ask for suggestions when the times comes to actually buy it. Then we could give your suggestions on technology then, not technology of today for tomorrow....

Strike that.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.262085

Get that combo instead. It's $6 more, better RAM better MoBo.

Bigger hard drive and faster for $5 more.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136319

Best thing I would suggest doing is getting something like a TRUE 120 or Noctua NH-U9B. Cooler Master V8 and V10 or NOT worth the price.

Watercooling, GOOD watercooling, costs a pretty penny. $300+ or more.

I'm going to guess he has LGA 775.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103065

[QUOTE="kilerchese"]

You still have to buy the motherboard though...

Plus the CPU and RAM

RedxSniper

YOU though have to buy new CPU, RAM and MoBo... Your on LGA 775 still.

If someone doesn't have a i5 or i7 LGA 1156 they HAVE to but a new CPU, Mobo and RAM. If they are on LGA 1366, they may have to wait a while to get a Hydra board for them and or go to LGA 1156, having to buy a new CPU and MoBo.

You still have to buy the motherboard though...

Plus the CPU and RAM

You could use an ATI GPU and an Nvidia GPU in tandem. So you will be able to like run a game that runs great on an Nvidia GPU on ATI and get great performance and vice versa in the same machine.