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TopicPC building help
Wanglicious
09/04/11 11:54:00 AM
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130573
seems to be the closest thing resembling that motherboard you have listed there, including the rebate. downside is it costs more up front, but considering what you've got selected there costs from the other sites listed too... yeah no, it's not working out. sorry to say here, but you missed that sale. motherboards are frequently on sale though so if you're not needing it asap, it works to wait. at least wait until tomorrow so we get the last labor day sales.

but otherwise, a decent consideration goes to:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138320
it's has a couple less features and PCI-E slots (MSI boards are great overall at this), but is a lot cheaper up front. up to you there.


power supply is... not $80 as it was listed in your list, but $70 post-shipping cost. so keeping that as the measure, it's a high quality 520 watt PSU.

after rebate however:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139020
this one runs you the same price and is also pretty much made by Sea Sonic, just with the Corsair label slapped on and some minor tweaks. end result, this one's a flat out better one in all regards. even before rebate it costs $15 more (or $5 more than you intended to buy there), and is probably worth that difference on its own as 520 to 650 watts can make a pretty sizable difference.

also:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139028
gets you something a bit cheaper even BEFORE the rebate (after the code), and a good amount less afterwards. however the one you listed is not bad by any stretch, did a quick check on johnnyguru and he loved it (like pretty much all sea sonic products). this one is if you want to save some money on a good PSU that's still got some more juice in it.


vid card takes about as much time as these two combined probably, so i'll get around to it later.
it's also the least important one since at least changing a vid card isn't gonna be a complete overhaul.

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