New build ideas?

[braz]

New gaming build ideas?

I was thinking about building a new pc some time this winter-summer. Ill keep my E8400 cpu and case, but I will need new ram (4gb), motherboard, and video card (nvidia). 700-900$ budget. Post all suggestions. thanks!
I really like the GTX 2xx series cards. Also, I want to stay away from crucial for ram because ive had 4 pairs of bad sticks already through them, not giving them another cent. I was thinking an EVGA video card with an EVGA motherboard. thanks

 

[philbar71]

since you got $900 to spend you could most likely go for an i7 and one of the new DX11 GPU's that are coming out this fall.

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 - EVGA 141-BL-E757-TR LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX X58 SLI LE Intel Motherboard - Intel Motherboards

Newegg.com - G.SKILL Trident 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL6T-6GBTD - Desktop Memory

that adds up to about $700. leaving $200 for a new card.

 

[Nubbleet]

You can also sell your E8400 for some extra cash.

 

[braz]

how much do u think I can get for the E8400? Its like 4 months old only.

 

[philbar71]

you could get like, $120 mabye? really depends on the steeping and who is buying.

 

[Hefemeister]

Wow cas6 for a reasonable price. Could save like $60 on some cas8 but that ram smells tasty for some OC action.

 

[philbar71]

i know. i want that ram so bad. because i am finding out now that my crappy 1333Mhz ram is holding back my OC.

 

[braz]

I dont plan on OCing at all. got my e8400 to 4ghz, dont Oc anymore. I dont see the point.

 

[scrimstar]

lol.. they're talking about the i7.

 

[Hefemeister]

If you are not planning to OC the i7 then save some cash and get the OCZ Gold 1600 3x2gb set. The gskill set while sweet will be wasted in a stock machine.