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7/22/11 Update: I7 920 ASUS Sabertooth X58 Thermaltake Blackwidow 850w modular Antec 900 v2 (took the 300 back as the 900 was on sale for 69.99) G.SKILL PI Series 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Cas 7 1.5v GPU: GTX 480 Reference version. This is where I'm a...

Thanks Erocker and Twilyth. I hadn't thought of just going to the summary page. :o

I remember a while back seeing a link comparing the fps / heat / voltages of GPU's that I believe W1zzard had done. I've attempted to locate that link again, but have been unable to find it. I'm not looking for the GPU database, but rather a link comparing the newer GPU's. Would anyone...

I already have the Antec 300, GTX570 and PSU, the only thing I'm using from the original Dell is the chip and board. I'm going to see how the board runs with the new upgrades and then decide whether to invest in a new board. I'll probably just use the board and wait until late 2011/2012 for...

XPS 435 @LordJummy - ATM I'm looking at upgrading pretty much everything on the Dell. The only thing I was planning on utilizing was the CPU. Also, I am only running the one GPU so for the time being I may just stick with the dell factory board. Again, thanks for the info!

Thanks for all the info folks. Glad to know the 920 is worth keeping to help save with some of the costs of upgrading. As for the board, I had that ASUS Sabertooth open box @ NEgg for a couple of days, then I was going to pull the trigger and get it, but it's not available when adding to...

Greetings, my first post for TPU here. A couple of years ago I purchased a prebuilt from Dell. It has the i7 920 CO cpu and everything else is just basic. I purchased this preplanning to upgrade this system part by part in the future knowing this cpu may stick around for a while. Well...