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>_< Lol I really am trying to be frugal. But ya, I posted the wrong HDD. I had originally had the 640gb up, but as the cost of other items rose, I was trying to undercut other items to keep the balance. This was my first post HDD: Newegg.com - Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB...

Okay. Thanks. Newegg.com - Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD3200AAKS 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - Internal Hard Drives New price = 949.73

Ya I figured in that $200... $100 of it goes to the Windows Vista 64-bit OS, because I don't have an OS off-hand. Here's what I've got-- Already Bought: Apollo Case-- Newegg.com - NZXT Apollo Black SECC Steel Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Computer Cases Ati Radeon GPU-- Newegg.com -...

Savings of $59 if can go local: Micro Center - Intel® Boxed Core® i7 Processor 920

Ah, man. I scrounged for a less expensive 1366 socket mobo...but there isn't one to be had on neweggs. The thing that has me worried about that motherboard are the reviews. I wouldn't go solely based on them, but there are some pretty negative events (for me in particular, since I have an ATI...

Okay, so I know this is the worst thing to show do-it-yourself builders but... in lieu of the i7 crusade, I was looking around newegg and found these two pre-builts for $979.00: Newegg.com - CyberpowerPC Gamer Xtreme 1002 Intel Core i7 920(2.66GHz) 3GB DDR3 500GB NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT Windows...

Hah this is getting really interesting. I would love to see how low you guys can get the i7. Lol perhaps my decision might hinge upon this! :D

Sorry for the double post in advance! True true Pinscher. My compounded finances are due to school, school in Paris this summer (which is killing my savings lol), and the cpu. Hah I will DEFINITELY have to scrounge for money. But it makes complete sense to spend the extra 300 and not have to...

Ugh I know it is! I REALLY want to do that kind of a build (Especially for the price!). But 300 dollars = 3 months of food. Lol...measuring it THAT way... My priorities change. X )

Wow...so I just crunched the numbers...and together, and I mean everything minus the monitor (That monitor you suggested Pinscher is stellar!) comes out to $875. That is a relief.

Ya thanks for the insight and i7 post Pinshcer (I AM DIGGING THE AVATAR. Thursday night man!). You were right---I was being exaggerated about the out of date in a month---but I am building to play the stuff that's out today and this year. I know I said 1k-1.2k budget...but the more and more I...

Thanks for the suggestion! Lol ya I just read the thread and got a good idea of what I want...which is to game well now...and if something comes out later that I cant run: Upgrade to Quad later. I want a BUDGET system, not a system of the future. (Which will be outdated within a month lol) So I...

Ya I got a lot of great advice from GT. When you say you would put the extra fan in "the front", where would that be? Would there be enough room? And what would you screw it to for stabilization? Hah, I'm such a newb at this, I have no clue! And ya, I'm still pondering between the Quad and...

Thanks a lot all for your help!

Okay sweet. Thanks. And the Case? Do you think it will provide sufficient cooling and ventilation? Or would it be best to get another case with more fans?