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My friend wants to upgrade parts of his computer. He wont be buying right away, but probably in the next 2 or 3 weeks. He only needs a new Mobo,ram, cpu, and gpu.
So far we have these choices:
Mobo: Newegg.com - ASUS P6T LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard - Intel Motherboards
RAM: Newegg.com - OCZ Platinum 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Desktop Memory
CPU: He is going to buy a i7 920 D0 at microcenter
GPU: He wants either a gtx275,280, or 285 depending on the price. I want him to get a gtx285 openbox on newegg. No ATI. No ATI. No ATI. The reason: Unavoidable problems with ATI cards that can't be fixed by the user, wont be fixed by ATI, and so he should save himself the hassle and just not buy ATI. Lets just leave it there please.
Or
We can get a deal for this stuff:
Asus X48 Rampage Formula
2-2gb Crucial Ballistix Tracers PC2-8500 DDR2 1066
Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 3.00 GHz cpu
+ he buys the gpu somewhere else
for around $550 off of somebody.
Waddyathink we should do? And any suggestions?
So far we have these choices:
Mobo: Newegg.com - ASUS P6T LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard - Intel Motherboards
RAM: Newegg.com - OCZ Platinum 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Desktop Memory
CPU: He is going to buy a i7 920 D0 at microcenter
GPU: He wants either a gtx275,280, or 285 depending on the price. I want him to get a gtx285 openbox on newegg. No ATI. No ATI. No ATI. The reason: Unavoidable problems with ATI cards that can't be fixed by the user, wont be fixed by ATI, and so he should save himself the hassle and just not buy ATI. Lets just leave it there please.
Or
We can get a deal for this stuff:
Asus X48 Rampage Formula
2-2gb Crucial Ballistix Tracers PC2-8500 DDR2 1066
Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 3.00 GHz cpu
+ he buys the gpu somewhere else
for around $550 off of somebody.
Waddyathink we should do? And any suggestions?