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  Well we have decided to go with an AM3 platform. AMD has always been cheap with great performance just not an intel fan doesn't seem like you get your money's worth. Plus AMD/ATI Intel/Nvidia my friend doesn't want to ever buy another Nvidia card, he had a lot of issues with drivers, loved his 8800GT but that really is the only good card ...

Also the Corsair 650HX 7 year warranty can't beat that!!! lol Plus its from newegg!!!

well $470 vs $430 isn't bad at all but I'm gonna check that benchmark a little more in depth b/c I still don't see the i5 being worth the cash if it doesn't help in games all that much 3fps but I'm a stubborn AMD fan lol.

see an i7 without triple channel is just an overpriced CPU to me. 1336 is much better but i mean $130 for RAM $150 min for board and $280 for i7. The i5's just don't impress me for the price. My 9950 can handle anything so far then i just don't see why I should pay all that extra money I could spend on games for more power than I can use its good ...

2560x1600 is HIGHER than 1900x1080 therefore if u just calm down and add it up you can obviously support 1080p. The stupid sticker is just a lame flashy advertisement for marketing.  Everything is 1080P certified today graphic cards, monitors, tv's. It's just a little sticker/icon get over it and stop asking the same Q over and over when the ...

if you're playing all your games just fine no need to upgrade. I just do it if I can spare the cash or if something new comes out that I want!! lol. Anyways if u wanted to upgrade and be ready for DX11 even though no real titles come out till February for an i7 machine CPU, Motherboard & RAM you're looking at $600 plus $260 or $380 for a DX11 ...

 Not sure if money is an issue at all but http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139010&Tpk=750Hx that bad boy will be more than enough for xfire or no xfire, Tier 2 PSU i believe and modular just like you wanted...back to the money thing the AMD Phenom II X4 955 is a much better choice, lower power consumption 3.2Ghz ...

nah i5 is too expensive & I just don't like Intel then he'd be stuck with an intel or nvidia chipset for his NB. i5 just seems pointless just new CPU for the new socket but no triple channel support if I had him go intel it would be i7 but at $279.00 just not worth the money a Phenom II 955 can handle anything you throw at it so no need for ...

But I'm lost here it has to be his motherboard and RAM right? The Q6600 overclocks easily and it has what a 6MB L3 cache so its no slow by any means. Idk but I might just surprise him & get him an AM3 motherboard for xmas or sooner.

I figure if its anything it is his RAM b/c my system isn't top notch but my 1066 and AMD 9950 don't slow down my 4870 one bit just thought it was weird for his system to lose to mine in same res or even higher with that card.

I just installed a Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 1GB for my friend and he doesn't get much improvement, my 4870 has beet him in 3 in game benchmarks. I realize 1 his comp is a little dated 2 NEW card, so NEW launch drivers that are not very good at all & I also realize most benchmarks available for the 5000 series are done with an i7 at 4.Ghz and ...

 Nah the 5870 fits fine in the Antec nine hundred my buddy just got one.

  Thanks, I''ll check out the site but I'm a HUGE eggfan, I got a 15ft HDMI cable for $13 free shipping!

  Thanks for the replay, I plan on switching to 7 on launch b/c I can even describe all the horrible issues I've had with Vista :( but I just solved my problem a few minutes ago. I don't believe Panasonic perfected the voltage control in the TV b/c in my manual it specifies I can only use the side port and even that doesn't work. So I tried ...

  Honestly I just used CCC and took it to 790Mhz & 1100MHz b/c I'm not too sure what it was I already know how to OC but I don't know all the ins and outs. Anyways I know where my NB is in my BIOS and everything for my CPU along with my PCIe slot so I really dont' know what it was. lol. I'm just gonna leave it be though haha. I was just ...