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Kalzin, you're recommending a core i7 930, which is on 1366 and it's a dead platform.
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It is by far a dead platform, in fact the reason i chose this was that he does not need to be bleeding edge of everything. I chose this because ASUS recommends this processor line for their Military Certified TUF board also listed... if money where of no issue and the asus board recommended it in the QVL(qualified vendor list) I'd say go with nehalem...
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the velociraptors offer a minimal speed increase when compared to SSDs (laughable, in fact).
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SSD's are starting to show rather sad performance, I currently have 6 of them, 2 were purchased about 8 months ago and already im starting to see a sharp drop in speed, SSD's (until the enterprise class was released) show a burn-out rate that make them unreliable long-term... see the following link:
http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blo...ctor/?cs=36187
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If you're thinking about buying a videocard for all around gaming performance you'll get a better bang for your buck with AMD right now. most hardware sites will rank them at the top or near the top for every price category and unless you only play a specific game that suits nvidia better (like WoW or any blizzard game) then you'll be better off with an AMD videocard
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the only reason I suggest Nvidia here (I usually opt for ATI/AMD myself) is that we are using an Intel Board. Again I reference the QVL and do see some of the recommended video cards are in the ATI category... I suppose if you wanted to use an ATI card you could substitute for one of the following:
ASUS EAH6950 DCII/2DI4S/2GD5 Radeon HD 6950 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
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ASUS EAH6670/DIS/1GD5 Radeon HD 6670 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card
again though either ati or nvidia will suit whichever needs are required; I tend to stick with ATI is for AMD's Nvidia is for Intel's I don't really know why that has gotten into my head, but that is a bias on my behalf.