[excelerater]

^^ I found a pretty bad ass MOBO for pretty cheap.

triple channel means having 3 banks (6 slots), but that only comes in x58 MOBO. when I've been told to use p67 mobo...now i'm confused lol

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.575817

This gets you the fastest PSU made today,a video card that
will run anything ,buy Win7 ,

a card reader

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...rd_reader_internal_3.5-_-20-223-103-_-Product.
a CD Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204

and your set - but you can do this all day,diff memory,diff vid card ,power supplys etc etc
if you want to save some money buy an i5 2500K combo,http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.575820

if you want to save more buy
an AMD 955/965 combo......I did an AMD build 2 weeks ago,almost as fast as my i7 950
for hundreds less.......http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.573823

 

[Djstorm100]

The only boards that support triple channel memory are the x58 boards and those only allow the high end i7 and not the 1155 sockets/h2 uses the p67 boards.

I was told that i7 only like triple channel and not dual?

 

[ItalianJohnny]

to run solid-works, and Auto-cad you need a true "workstation" Video Card, not a Gaming Card. Look for a Nvidia Quadro Video Card. To run more than 4 GB of memory You "must" Run a 64 Bit OS! 32 Bit OS's Will only support 4 GB Ram
Get as Much Memory as you can afford, as well as the Best Processor you can afford, and as Much Hard Drive Space as you can...

Look at this Chart from Nvidia http://www.nvidia.com/page/quadrofx_family.html This will help you with choosing the Right Video Card...

 

[Djstorm100]

could you take two different new nivida cars that are SLI ready and combine them?

like one for gaming and one for 3D cad?

 

[Commander Napalm]

ibuypower.com

 

[pokerface]

Alienware...that is all....:smt110

 

[Jeremy J]

Start off right and build around a Sandy Bridge processor. Comparable price and 1155 socket.

 

[Jeremy J]

Alienware...that is all....:smt110

Why would anybody want to pay $1000 more for a name?

 

[pokerface]

liquid cooled what?

 

[WarnerRacingEngines]

i could build you one

 

[RRRAAAYYY2]

to run solid-works, and Auto-cad you need a true "workstation" Video Card, not a Gaming Card. Look for a Nvidia Quadro Video Card. To run more than 4 GB of memory You "must" Run a 64 Bit OS! 32 Bit OS's Will only support 4 GB Ram
Get as Much Memory as you can afford, as well as the Best Processor you can afford, and as Much Hard Drive Space as you can...

Look at this Chart from Nvidia http://www.nvidia.com/page/quadrofx_family.html This will help you with choosing the Right Video Card...

I remember getting excited about how fast my new 486 ran autocad.

 

[dagamore]

Why would anybody want to pay $1000 more for a name?

:cough: Apple :cough:

 

[Djstorm100]

Just got on tiger direct/new egg and they no longer have anything listed for the LGA 1155 socket....anybody know whats up???

 

[Jeremy J]

Just got on tiger direct/new egg and they no longer have anything listed for the LGA 1155 socket....anybody know whats up???

Intel announced the other day there is a defective chipset for the SATA port. It only affects the II and not the new III that is on the boards. Unfortunately that chipset is on every single 1155 motherboard so nothing is available from the big retailers. I'm doing a Sandy Bridge build (get the rest of my stuff tomorrow) and ordered one of those boards. Luckily I placed the order hours after they got word of the defect. I went back to Newegg not a couple hours after I placed my order and everything 1155 related was removed from their site. Even the processors. Good thing is I have no plans on using the SATA II ports so it's no big deal. Intel said the boards should be out around April with the new fix. Anybody who bought one with the defective chipset will get a new replacement.

Oh, they did send me this along with the Email regarding the replacement. Probably could have saved some time had I remembered this video before I posted.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJcE2alQPvY

 

[Djstorm100]

Great i needed a computer using 2600k processor yesterday going to order everything today!!

 

[Jeremy J]

Great i needed a computer using 2600k processor yesterday going to order everything today!!

How badly do you need it?:-D

 

[excelerater]

I would hold off on anything SandyBridge for a few months if not forever...........Its been recalled like a bad toyota and they are scrambling just the same
Laptop companies are refunding money,MOBO companies and getting crushed and and NewEgg pulled SB off the shelf.......

AMD on the other hand just slashed prices in a big way ,30 bucks or so a CPU - 6 cores for 175 bucks and up
your only other intel choice now is go back to first gen i5 i7 intel (i5 760/ i7 950)

 

[bdr82z28]

I just got a Sandy Bridge setup going, it's phuckin quick compared to the old P4 2.4 ghz. I'll just do their little work around and use it till replacement boards are available. Only have the one SATA drive in the system so it's not hurting me at all. On Newegg's forum they have a thread going with info about the problem. All sorts of people are whining about thermal paste replacement of all things. You can pick up a tube of that at Radio Shack for next to nothing and that little tube will last a long while.

 

[Djstorm100]

Don't know much about AMD but if I'm dropping the coin for it I want it to be one if the fastest bitches on the market lol


I need one bad bc my whole build was around one

 

[727specialist]

I have built all of my computers and overclocked them.
Here is a great forum for info on building a computer with compatible parts.

http://www.overclockers.com/forums/