And here is another one for video cards. The Zotac is limited quantity so may not be around by the time my money clears. Also I'm not even sure if getting a 560/6870 is worth it at the resolutions I will be playing at. Maybe a bit of overkill? this http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=64805&promoid=1115 or http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=58512&promoid=1244 Also anything wrong with this ram? Yes I know it's 1333 I would get something better in a few months just got to cut the prices down a bit need to keep it pretty close to 750 before taxes I won't have the full 1000 until after Jan. http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=33653&promoid=1244
Well if that really is all you can afford till after January then it would be fine, but you would want to get some more and faster RAM as soon as you are able. 1333 doesnt cut it for modern processors, especially for Sandy Bridge. When you buy better RAM you should look into either 8 or 16GB of DDR-1866 or higher. If you are really hurting that much for money that you cant afford good RAM then why not drop Sandy Bridge and go with an AMD 6 core? Youd save $125 on the MB and CPU going that route and wouldnt really notice any performance difference. There are a ton of XoO members running AMD 955's and 1090T processors who are plenty happy with their gaming computers performance. Or you could just wait till January when you have $250 more and buy everything then. That way you could get your RAM at the same time as everything else and go with a better GPU.
Well here is what I have in my cart right now. http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=65246&promoid=1244 http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=64805&promoid=1115 http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=45271&promoid=1244 http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=45667&promoid=1244 http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=47698&promoid=1244 http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=63468 http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=3104 http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=34292&promoid=1244 http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=55447&promoid=1244 http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=57079 It's at $856 with tax and free shipping and blah BF3. If I go with a 955 and cheaper mb it's going to cost about the same but no free shipping. From what I can tell from what few FPS benchmarks I could find the 955/2100/4100 have about 5-10 fps out of box difference in actually playing games. whether that is worth paying 30 buck less on my total order for the 4100 or not I don't know.
Oh, I thought you had been looking at socket 1155 boards and Bandy Bridge this whole time. With Intel youd be looking at $370 for a MB and processor which is why I suggested if you were short on money to go with AMD, which would cost around $250. The FX-4100 should be considered more as a dual core with hyper-threading than a quad, which is why you see it at such a disadvantage compared to a 2500K. The Intel 2500k actually has nearly as much computing resources on it as the FX-8150 does, which is why it performs so well. The FX-4100 vs a 2500k is no where near comparable. EDIT If you buy very soon this is what Id go with: http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=55447&promoid=1244 http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=52174 http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=65246&promoid=1244 http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=58519 http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=64805&promoid=1115 http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=63468 http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=45667&promoid=1244 http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=34292&promoid=1244 http://www.ncix.com/products/?sku=41337&vpn=RR-B10-212P-G1&manufacture=COOLERMASTER subtotal: $764.91 Going with the 4100 combo deal only because of the better motherboard it comes with over buying a separate MB and a 955 for the same price. Need the heatsink because the 4100 runs HOT and keeping it cooler allows the CPU to turbo to higher speeds on a more regular basis. But Id still say wait till January when you have more money if you plan on spending that money on a computer. It would kinda suck to buy any GPU right now that doesnt have at least 1.5GB of vram on it, as that will just hold you back in the next years.
Actually that MB in the bundle is 120 on sale by it's self and I can price match a 955 down to 115. It's still cheaper to go with the bundle but not by much. And this ram is on for 37 http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=57869&promoid=1244 Can't afford that powerblock you picked though. Or 1866 ram I looked. Or an add on cooler (for now). Keep in mind I am not stuck on any part or company or anything. If you can find me a good deal on Newegg.ca or any where for that matter I'll go there. Just keep in mind that I won't order from multiple stores though and that store I'm using has easy price-matching for any place that is in Canada and has stock. Nor am I going to be doing anything but slapping this stuff together and loading the drivers up until I need to. So overclocking parts and stuff can wait all it's got to do for the next 3 or 4 months in run SWTOR and Battlefield Bad Company 2 at a good clip.
I see the MB for $140 after a MIR? http://www.ncix.com/products/?sku=61850&vpn=GA-990XA-UD3&manufacture=Gigabyte
Is this the same one http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=61850&promoid=1115 looks the same. Your link is showing me 140 as well. Some times their site is weird and you get different prices depending on where you get to the item from and some time sales just disappear or don't show up when you put the item in your cart or maybe they just wotn show the sale to you when your in the US for me its showing up as 119.99 and a $10 MIR...... Edit: Also make sure your on the Canadian site they have a U.S. warehouse now so the prices are different.
yes that is the same, so you are right about the price being lower. That is really weird that they have 2 pages for the same product and one has lower price. And ya I thought about it maybe being the US site but the URL seemed like the Canadian site one so I didnt know what was going on. Also sent you a PM about some comparisons between the older AMD processors, the new one, and the 2500k for you to look through. Check out the gaming benchmarks toward the end. But remember, the 8150 is listed there, not the 4100 which is half the cores so dont take the BD speeds to be what you would have with the lower end CPU.
here are the last two things to get when you can afford them that you asked I post: http://www.ncix.com/products/?sku=66138&vpn=F3-17000CL9Q-16GBZH&manufacture=G.Skill http://www.ncix.com/products/?sku=64385&vpn=RR-212E-20PK-R1&manufacture=COOLERMASTER
thanks man Comp ordered here's to hoping there are no CC buggerings or back-orderings or any other bullshit.
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http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10823&cs_id=1082302&p_id=6893&seq=1&format=2 They do ship to Canada. There are better ones out there, but I dont think anything can really beat these for the same price.
Even though it says it requires two AAA batteries, it actually does not. Those are only needed if you use the active noise cancelling and gain boost.
My sister offered to buy a pair for Xmas but she wouldn't let me order from an American company she never heard of with her CC so I got these http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=55389&promoid=1244 on sale for $50 I'm not all that fussy when it comes to sound and they got pretty good reviews from what I could find.
Alright thats cool. Monoprice is actually a huge distributor in America though and a ton of people buy from them. They are also located in the city next to where I am (15 minutes from where I live) and I will call stuff from their warehouse all the time. In fact, Im actually buying something from them today.