What would be the cheapest price for a budget i7 build?

[philbar71]

Newegg.com - Intel Core i7 920 Nehalem 2.66GHz 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor - Processors - Desktops

Newegg.com - GIGABYTE GA-EX58-UD3R LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard - Intel Motherboards

Newegg.com - G.SKILL 3GB (3 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Desktop Memory

Newegg.com - Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - Internal Hard Drives

Newegg.com - SAMSUNG Black 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 16X DVD+R DL 22X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 22X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe - CD / DVD Burners

Newegg.com - CORSAIR CMPSU-650TX 650W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply - Power Supplies

Newegg.com - Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Computer Cases

Newegg.com - EVGA 512-P3-N879-AR GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards

it all comes to $1000 so i'm close but just for the mobo cpu and ram it's about $550.

 

[AP4LIFETN]

No it's not comparable to the i7's, its comparable to the mid range C2Q, even the higher end C2Q will beat it.

 

[veg1992]

No it's not comparable to the i7's, its comparable to the mid range C2Q, even the higher end C2Q will beat it.

Ya, its only an upgrade option to the AMD users, or who have an AM2 board and are too cheap to buy a new board and new Cooler, or the other users here who just do not like Intel in general

 

[veedubfreak]

The i7 will be top dog for at least the next year, if not longer. Nehalem has been greatly anticipated for at least the last 2 years.

 

[zedman3d]

When will the mainstream i7 stuff be available and whats going to happen with the current X58's and LGA1366?

 

[philbar71]

supposedly q3 of 09 is when the main stream stuff is coming out.

 

[dario03]

Weren't those suppose to use a different socket (LGA1156) and only have dual channel ram? In any case I would think the current boards would still be fine since their suppose to be the higher end and there will probably be new chips for them later.

 

[veg1992]

Weren't those suppose to use a different socket (LGA1156) and only have dual channel ram? In any case I would think the current boards would still be fine since their suppose to be the higher end and there will probably be new chips for them later.

Yep, they were called..... Westmere

 

[philbar71]

no i thought it was lga 1066. westmere. and ddr2/ddr3

 

[dario03]

You know I thought it was lga1066 to but I think they changed it, maybe more than once.

Fudzilla - LGA 1160 is now LGA 1156