are you willing to hold off for the X38 chipset and 45nm intel cpu's?

this chipset is for DDR3 (super expensive) but some mobo's will have DDR2 support....

 

I cant afford "top of the line" crap. Looks like I'm going with Intel's quad core Q6600 with EVGA mobo (been featured in 3 mags and was choice on Maximum PC Dream Machine '07).

AMD isnt even announcing the Barcelona till Sept 10 and then the time to get them out in the market. Plus they'll be starting out slow (not even 2GHz) and I'm sure they'll be pricy.

 

GeForce 9 Series http://www.answers.com/topic/geforce-9-series

... i would wait if i was u... 2X faster than 8800 ultra

 

Its rumored...

 

What makes you think that they'll be cheaper. I'm not made of money. [:'(]

 

hey dude if you dont want to build your pc i went to digitalstormonline.com... i got this setup right here

Case: Digital Storm Twister VALUE (Black Edition)
Power Supply: 500W Thermaltake (Silent PurePower Edition)
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 2.66GHz (1333MHz Front Side Bus) (4MB Cache)
Motherboard: nVidia 650i Core 2 Quad (By: eVGA) (nForce 650i Ultra)
Memory: 1GB DDR2 Corsair at 667MHz
Floppy / Media: Digital Media Card Reader (Black)
Hard Drive 1: 160GB (Western Digital / Seagate) (16MB Cache) (7200 RPM) (SATA)
Hard Drive 2: 160GB (Western Digital / Seagate) (16MB Cache) (7200 RPM) (SATA)
Raid Option: Setup my two hard drives in a Raid 0 Stripe (Read and Write Performance Boost)
Optical Drive 1: DVD±R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 20x / CD-Writer 48x)
Optical Drive 2: - No Thanks
Network Card: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections)
Modem: - No Thanks
Video Card: nVidia GeForce 7600GT 256MB (Promotional Price) (While Supplies Last)
TV Tuner: - No Thanks
Sound Card: Motherboard Multi-Channel High Definition Audio (7.1 Channel)
Physics Card: - No Thanks
Cooling: Air Cooled Stage 3 (Silent Artic Cooling (TwisterBoost Overclocked)
Case Lighting: Blizzard Internal Lighting (Blue Edition) (Cold Cathode Tubes)
Round Cables: - No Thanks
User Manual: Personalized Platinum Digital Storm Binder (Includes Paperwork/Benchmarks/CDs/Manuals)
Windows OS: Microsoft Windows XP Home (Includes Service Pack 2)
Restore Kit: Digital Storm Specialized Recovery System (DVD Image Based)
Protection: - No Thanks
Office: - No Thanks
LCD Display: - No Thanks
Surge Shield: - No Thanks
Speakers: - No Thanks
Keyboard: - No Thanks
Mouse: - No Thanks my keyboard comes with a mouse
Warranty: 3 Year Platinum Care Extended Parts & Labor Warranty
Support: Lifetime Toll-Free Platinum Care Technical Support


cost me $1063.

they also over clock it for you if you get stage 3 cooling. so they said it should clock to 3.2 at the least. i think they are good website. just check out the ratings at resellerratings.com... i didn't go with the 8800gts 320mb for now waiting for it to get cheaper my wife has that in her cpu with a x2 5200. so yah just check it out and do more research. 3 year warranty on these cpus ... hope that helps

 

Thats ok. I can do way better than that price.


I just ordered the Quad Q6600 and came with a free copy of GRAW 2.