I finally pressed <buy> :) new upgrade

Sadly, my third fastest PC (XP3200+ on NF7-Sv2) has been having serious issues for awhile. I decided that instead of putting any money into that old beast I'd be better off to just go for the gusto. :)

So here's what I bought --

Ci7 920:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115202

Corsair 3x2GB PC12800:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145222

MSI X58 Pro motherboard:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813130221

Vista SP1 64 bit Home Premium:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16832116488

a cheap Lite On burner (had a $25 credit to burn):
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001JHNM2Q

Card reader-panel-thingie:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820132022

I'll use my Visiontek Radeon HD 3870 OC, 320 GB Seagate SATA hard drive, Antec Super LANBoy case ( http://www.silentpcreview.com/article134-page1.html ), 20" LCD monitor & other peripherals. I use a 1TB NAS ( http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?DriveID=586 ) for storage which still has 449GB free so I can easily get away with only having 320GB on that PC. Doing this makes my aging top dawg C2D E6400 have to regress back to use the old 7900GS but for the 9-3 year old games I still like to play that works just fine. If I ever need more GPU power I could just move that Radeon back to the C2D & get something else.

*sigh*. I'm just glad I could help out the economy... ;)

That 400 watt ps maybe to small. Just a caution there.

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Originally Posted by Train

That 400 watt ps maybe to small. Just a caution there.

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I second that opinion. There is a time to buy cheap and then there is a time to buy quality.

A 750-850 watt power supply will run longer with less strain and a low watt one will. Buy a good PS and pull the one in the case to keep as an emergency spare.

Yes, I totally agree. That's why I pulled my 550W from the other PC and put it in the LANboy case. Still waiting for FedEx... The 550W has been running the 3870, 2x 320GB hard drives, 1 optical, 4x1GB DIMMs and other misc stuff for well over a year and I'm hoping it's enough for 1 hard drive, 1 optical, 1 beefy video card and 2 120mm case fans. If it shows any sign of instability I'll stroll down to Best Buy & get a ~BigHeavyMutha~ power supply.