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    Building a new computer

    I'm about to build a new computer as my current one is getting a bit dated I will probably keep the cd drive, and HDD from it but everything else will be new.

    http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...82E16811119160 HAF 932 adv case

    http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...82E16819115072 Intel 2500k

    http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...82E16813131702 sabertooth p67

    http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...82E16820145291 2 x 2GB corsair dominator ddr3 1866

    http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...82E16817153127 thermaltake 750w psu

    http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...82E16814102909 Sapphire hd radeon 6870

    Was wondering if this build looks pretty decent also was wondering if anyone has any suggestions for whats best for wireless internet a usb or a network card.

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    Check out this thread: http://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/...ighlight=sweet
    - If the g.skill ram is not available, you could go with those corsair or any other 1866mhz is "overkill" meant by you wont fell it. 1333mhz is good.

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    After looking at some of their suggestions I think I'm going to stick with most of my parts I will switch out the ram though

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    I'd suggest swapping out that PSU. Unless you plan on doing crossfire, you don't need 750w. You can save a few here and put it into your GPU.

    Thermaltake TR2 TRX-650M
    SeaSonic M12II 520 or 620
    COOLER MASTER Silent Pro M600
    Antec TruePower New TP-550 or 650

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    4GB of RAM is a joke nowadays with a 64-bit OS and wanting to do any real multitasking. I honestly suggest 8GB or you are wasting time with any build. Just double up that 2x2 and you will be fine.
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    Interesting. I have Dirt2, Ventrilo, Steam, iTunes, 10 Firefox tabs (9 of which are myspace.com's homepage), and Winamp playing Majesty by The Black Dahlia Murder (.AVI video, DVD quality) yet I'm only using 60% of my RAM. My boot time is about 15 seconds (would be shorter but I have avast). Considering you don't gain anything going past 4GB for games, I'm left wondering how much more multi tasking I need to do before I max out my system that uses 4GB.
    Last edited by Samskeyti; 2011-04-21 at 12:24 AM.

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    +1 for the Sabertooth. Kickass looks, solid build, just make sure you flash it to the latest bios and you're good to go ^_^
    I'd suggest swapping out that PSU. Unless you plan on doing crossfire
    I'd keep that PSU for exactly those reasons :P 6870 Crossfire has been one of THE best setups in 2010 (and this year) when it comes to brutal performance at a decent value. He's obviously aiming for more gamer-oriented build with that CPU/mobo/RAM choice :P

    Note to OP: The CPU will just down-clock the RAM to 1333mhz by default, you'll have to manually turn it up. The Performance setting in EZ-mode can also help nudge CPU/RAM clocks up, but don't expect fantasitic overclocks >_< my board got a 4.2ghz (with turbo) if I set it to Performance. I'm not sure what it was doing with the voltages though, maybe it automatically adjusts it? Meh, manually doing it FTW.
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