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This is what it ended up being CPU: Intel xeon v1230 v2 RAM: GSkill 16gb 2 x 8 gb Vid card: nvidia GTX 650 2gb (will change in future) Mobo: MSI B75 micro atx, H77 board failed, haven't tried the replacement, will probably sell at a loss. PSU: PC power and cooling 400W psu, Corsair PSU...

Why not two e5520's because that setup just isn't gonna happen, a two core setup just isn't cheap. Opteron isn't a go because a starting 8 core is almost if not the same price as an i7-3770k/2600k the 6 core valencia is at the same price point. I could check amazon but not gonna go that...

Your right...Well ram cooler height isn't that high only about .5inch higher than normal RAM. Not even that. Worst case I'm taking the stock cooler. yep I think these two should clear it. ZALMAN CNPS9500A-LED 92mm 2 Ball CPU Cooler COOLER MASTER Hyper TX3 RR-910-HTX3-G1 "Heatpipe D...

ah okay, so should opt for a 92mm fan instead. Yea I couldn't figure out the measurements in my head so that is why I had to ask. Another concern was making sure fan didn't cover up the RAM slots

fixed. Also this is the current status of the build USB stick: Kingston DataTraveler 111 16GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive... - this is so I can boot and install ubuntu. Current case: Rosewill LINE-M Micro-ATX Mini Tower Computer Case... RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DD... CPU...

Update: Almost finished up. I'm waiting for another case. I have a case already but had ordered this guy. XION Gaming Series XON-560_BK Black Steel / Plasti... I ordered it from amazon but still waiting on it. It has PSU mount on bottom which I guess is an okay deal. There is also a spot...

Uh huh thank you for the tip... you need a professional something but I'm not gonna let it fly out of my mouth. also don't plan on playing games. Next up considering that I already knew about quadro's and firepro's and was distancing the thought of blowing 500 bucks on them. Since people who...

I've been searching a few threads, and have been looking around. Kinda on the fence about a graphics cad, I know I can go cheapo, but when working with Maya, and houdini in the viewport kinda wondering if I should take a GTX 650 / radeon 7850. I know I'm buying the video card last unless...

I agree partly on the SSD For 128gb actually I would argue the OCZ agility 4 despite it's slightly nerfed nature it still handles itself well. at 256Gb this is when I argue in favor the vertex4 with the corsair series drives following behind it. those are the only drives I would go...

Updating this - Started buying some parts, ASUS VS Series VS247H-P Black 23.6" 2ms LED Backli... this is the monitor I bought but saw this monitor this came out to 180$ cuz its on promo ASUS VS239H-P Black 23" 5ms (GTG) HDMI Widescreen ... I saw this and thought uh-oh might have made a...

yea no good mAtx boards for the 8core amd... there are some m-atx for the 8xx series but it looks like they only can handle 16gb of RAM. the 9xx series doesn't carry any HDMI but I figured that doesn't matter. why recommend the gtx 650 when I would take a bandwidth hit? Just curious...

Yea I see what you mean. on the Xeon right now. Have an H77 board picked out its gonna either be this or the b75 board as an alternate. The price diff aint that much. ASRock H77 Pro4-M LGA 1155 Intel H77 HDMI SATA 6Gb... since I'm going linux though I've heard support has been better for...

Well just finished up pricing and this is where it stands i7 sandy bridge $955 shipped xeon renderbox $975 shipped amd 8core renderbox $899 shipped So yea right under 1000 bucks. I get a little bit of leway on the amd and the i7 because I can run IGP till I decide to invest in a...

So it's looking like a xeon huh, hmm guess I get to research how these things stack against opterons so if that is the case

APU setup you might have my attention on that one... hmm I just wonder what the performance in the viewport would be like....

I know about ncix but I don't live in Canada, I live in california.

@ ilikemacandpc - I originally was gonna go that route but hey if I can shave the price down but just taking a 1080P monitor I don't think it is that big of a deal... Though I did want to consider LED backlit and the response at 5ms. -I'll be building it, I've built 3 pc's all from newegg...

1. Need to build a renderbox. Why? well I got a laptop and renders are pretty slow on it. 2. I can't use macs at school to render and I can't render overnight at the junior college and cloud based rendering I've decided to pass on that. 3. The main purpose is so I can do lighting. I want to...

a friend of mine is planning to invest in a ASUS G73Jw I haven't studied out too much on but its packin an i7, anyone have any suggestions for lappy's that may be equivalent to it? He works with 3ds max, mudbox, maya, etc. Wants to be an game dev. The main question is what would his...

Only 1 slot?? man that is kinda lame....Is it under the keyboard?? Also were you able to look the specs for the RAM?? was it ddr2 800 or was it ddr2 667?? EDIT: Checked intel website, says it can only support 533 and 667....:P I do want to throw an SSD drive in there but they are kinda...

well you type in the coupon code VAIOSTYLE300 at the checkout counter. I think it knocks it down too...199, then if you have an employee discount which is 10% off everything. That knocks it down to 159 shipped... Anyways I guess I need to look up more info on this thing, doesn't look like...

http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&categoryId=8198552921644650994&parentCategoryId=16154 that is the link to the sony style site, I haven't really seen any other info on it besides a few heresay reviews.

yea you can tell by the name of title I'm kinda out of the loop?? Actually is way better than vista?? because I might consider buying it for my netbook. I plan on updating myself about 7 next week I just wondered you know. Might even buy a copy of it.

Man have I been out of the loop, anyone happen to know anything about the new W series laptops from Sony??? I got mine for 150 bucks, I'm just wondering if anyone knows anything about em, because I might shove another gig of ram in there, and try to add windows 7 or run linux off an sd card or...

I was considering that but the laptop is old and the consumer SSD's are sata only.... The pata ones are terrible. I didn't think to much on the speed of the CF card, I actually wanted to test it out for boot speed purposes. Either that or toss linux on it, CF cards are only about I think 30 or...