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    Hammerhead Shark slair76116's Avatar
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    Please help with MOBO+CPU+VGA combo for Max $850!

    This is actually for my cousin,

    Can you recomend

    1.) CPU
    2.) MOBO
    3.) VGA

    His absolute maximum budget is US $ 850!

    Thanks a lot guys.

    This is what he came up with him-self, The only shipper that will ship to my country is ExcaliberPc, We found these over there.

    1.) ASUS MAXIMUS III FORMULA Intel P55 LGA 1156 ATX Intel Motherboard = $239.00

    2.) Intel BX80605I5750 Core i5-750 2.66GHz 8MB Cache LGA 1156 Quad-Core Processor = $199.90

    3.) ASUS VIDEO CARD HD5870 1GB DDR5 256BIT PCIE2.1 DVI HDMI DISPLAY RETAIL = $456.42
    QX6700||Corsair XMS2 2X1024mb PC8500 @5.4.4.15 2.2v||Asus P5W DH||8800GTX||150gb Raptor+160gb hdisk||18x LG supermulti drive||Creative X-Fi Elite Pro||Gigaworks S750||Shure e3c||Samsung 244T||Logitech G15 Keyboard+MX1000||Vista ultimate 64bit||Antec Trio 650||stacker 830||

    Head gear :- Sennheiser HD-650, Shure E3c's,
    Source :- PC X-FI Elite Pro, Creative ZEN VISION, 32GB Ipod Touch||

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    Does the ram he has go with that motherboard and what kind of power supply and what wattage is it.
    i7 920 @3GH, P6T Deluxe V2, OCZ HP 6GB(3x2)Kit(7-7-7-16), 128GB Patriot SSD, 250GB SATA(7200)Hitachi, WD 500gb, 1000W BFG PSU, SATA Pioneer DVD CD burner, XFX5870 XXX edition(900/1300), LG LED 2350V, XFI Titanium Fatal1ty champion, Logitech X-540, Lian Li PC-B70 Full Tower Case, Win7 HP.

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    He has 4 GB DDR3 1333 Kingston ram and a 750W generic PSU.
    Last edited by slair76116; 04-21-2010 at 10:10 AM.
    QX6700||Corsair XMS2 2X1024mb PC8500 @5.4.4.15 2.2v||Asus P5W DH||8800GTX||150gb Raptor+160gb hdisk||18x LG supermulti drive||Creative X-Fi Elite Pro||Gigaworks S750||Shure e3c||Samsung 244T||Logitech G15 Keyboard+MX1000||Vista ultimate 64bit||Antec Trio 650||stacker 830||

    Head gear :- Sennheiser HD-650, Shure E3c's,
    Source :- PC X-FI Elite Pro, Creative ZEN VISION, 32GB Ipod Touch||

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    Quote Originally Posted by slair76116 View Post
    He has 4 GB DDR3 1333 Kingston ram and a 750W generic PSU.
    IMO, he might have to replace that power supply, keep an eye on voltage output under load.
    i7 920 @3GH, P6T Deluxe V2, OCZ HP 6GB(3x2)Kit(7-7-7-16), 128GB Patriot SSD, 250GB SATA(7200)Hitachi, WD 500gb, 1000W BFG PSU, SATA Pioneer DVD CD burner, XFX5870 XXX edition(900/1300), LG LED 2350V, XFI Titanium Fatal1ty champion, Logitech X-540, Lian Li PC-B70 Full Tower Case, Win7 HP.

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    Sure he can get a new PSU, but does any one have anything to say about the combination ? any yay's or nai's ?

    Is that a good combo for that price? or can he do better could use some input here..thanks
    QX6700||Corsair XMS2 2X1024mb PC8500 @5.4.4.15 2.2v||Asus P5W DH||8800GTX||150gb Raptor+160gb hdisk||18x LG supermulti drive||Creative X-Fi Elite Pro||Gigaworks S750||Shure e3c||Samsung 244T||Logitech G15 Keyboard+MX1000||Vista ultimate 64bit||Antec Trio 650||stacker 830||

    Head gear :- Sennheiser HD-650, Shure E3c's,
    Source :- PC X-FI Elite Pro, Creative ZEN VISION, 32GB Ipod Touch||

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    Great White Shark lonewolfroger's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by slair76116 View Post
    Sure he can get a new PSU, but does any one have anything to say about the combination ? any yay's or nai's ?

    Is that a good combo for that price? or can he do better could use some input here..thanks
    I don`t know what the prices are in your neck of the woods, but sounds like a good combo for the money.
    i7 920 @3GH, P6T Deluxe V2, OCZ HP 6GB(3x2)Kit(7-7-7-16), 128GB Patriot SSD, 250GB SATA(7200)Hitachi, WD 500gb, 1000W BFG PSU, SATA Pioneer DVD CD burner, XFX5870 XXX edition(900/1300), LG LED 2350V, XFI Titanium Fatal1ty champion, Logitech X-540, Lian Li PC-B70 Full Tower Case, Win7 HP.

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    thanks
    QX6700||Corsair XMS2 2X1024mb PC8500 @5.4.4.15 2.2v||Asus P5W DH||8800GTX||150gb Raptor+160gb hdisk||18x LG supermulti drive||Creative X-Fi Elite Pro||Gigaworks S750||Shure e3c||Samsung 244T||Logitech G15 Keyboard+MX1000||Vista ultimate 64bit||Antec Trio 650||stacker 830||

    Head gear :- Sennheiser HD-650, Shure E3c's,
    Source :- PC X-FI Elite Pro, Creative ZEN VISION, 32GB Ipod Touch||

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