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Originally Posted by Raavak
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Isn't Tom's Hardware where all the overclockers hang out? When I built my last system I believe I looked there but found they tend to rate things better based on how well they work overclocked/in an overclocked system.
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Yeah they're more of fans of taking lower end components that have solid parts and pushing them to the limit rather than relying on stock speeds. Sometimes they outperform stock parts with as much longevity and for a much cheaper price, but that's more of an advanced thing. They still have good recommendations and I'd follow them more than NewEgg because 80% of the reviews on there are from complete and utter morons that think the component sucks because they chose UPS Ground and the part got broken in shipping.
EDIT: I will say that with what you're looking to use the computer for I wouldn't go spending $1.5k, although that is a damn fine computer. You should be able to build a decent enough rig for 800 - 1k if you do it yourself, and cheaper if you find good parts/deals