so recently i stumbled a great deal on 500gb HDDs ($35 each) at a Anime con. so i have re-opened the project, and i am taking more part suggestions as i havent taken the price of the HDDs out of the budget
also i locked the maximum budget.
Syfe Wrote: [ -> ]so i was looking at the ATI RadHDs (5830)s is there a certain build i should get or just pick one?
These days, you also have the NVidia GTX460, which would probably be the best card to go between the Radeon 5770 and 5850.
GTX460, unlike the earlier Fermi designs, does not suck donkey (doesn't overheat, doesn't use massive amounts of power, and isn't overpriced).
Oh, for anyone interested, I also heard news that
Intel's next generation Sandy Bridge absolutely cannot overclock, unless you buy some expensive K version.
:( Intel was really good at overclocking too...
it is a knob though.
but thanks for the info Assassinator
this is the month people... i still need certain part suggestions
for example should i upgrade to a 6 core or just do 4? I'm also looking at prices at some of them...
my budget may adjust so i could get better parts
I'd recommend an i5 2500 over a Phenom II X6 now, unless you really can utilise the 6 cores.
2500K if you want to overclock.
i7 2600/K if you really have the cash and can make use of HT - probably still won't recommend it.