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Socket 2011 and SNB-E are basically leaving the same taste in my mouth that Bulldozer did compared to Phenom II. Not much performance gain, trade features like QuickSync for a full 16 PCIe lanes while in multi-card configuration and the neat but questionable quad-channel memory. Nice to have, slight boost when clocked all the way up and under full-core duress, but it is ultimately a waste of money next to the more efficient Sandy Bridge (and Ivy).

Speaking of Bulldozer, though, they get increasingly faster when you OC them. That is to say, it doesn't scale linearly when you do so. A 4.7GHz FX-8150 is better than a 4.5GHz i7-2600K. That doesn't sound impressive (200MHz clock lead), but considering how deficient BD is at stock, it is a feat. Downside? Unholy power draw.

Also, I'm buying two 7970s next month. Slightly OC'd, you get the power of a GTX590 in one card. For $550? Not too terrible.

Alright so I will probably end up buying this setup:
Link Depot 6ft. DVI-D Dual Link Cable x2
ASRock 870 Extreme 3 R2.0 AM3+
And maybe:
ADATA XPG Gaming Series RAM (2x2gb sticks)
Roeswill RNX-N150PCe
Total of all 4: $139.55
The two cables are so I can 3 screen game. The mobo is so I can finally Crossfire with my other 6870 I have lying around. I said maybe about the last two things is because I have 4gb already of RAM, and i'm not sure if that PCIe card is any good.

Thoughts?

A-DATA is the new G.Skill. They've really been stepping up their game, and I can see them becoming a top brand for any type of storage (RAM, eHDD, or SSD) in a couple of years.

Good board is good, I've already vouched for it. I see that you've gone with the DVI cable I showed you. Not really much else to say. The wireless adapter is $15; that's throw-away money when you're talking about computer parts and so it's not much of a risk. Rosewill, to me, has been very reliable in the past. Ran with a Rosewill PSU that came with my case for 6 years before it finally gave way, and even then I think fuzz was the culprit.

So about 2-3 days ago my ancient desktop decided to kill itself. Today my father went out and bought an Acer Aspire. It certainly looks shiny, but the keyboard and mouse are cheap as all hell.

Intel Celeron G530 2.40 GHZ Processer
2 gigs of DDR 3 RAM
500 gig Hard Drive
...Intel HD Graphics...
WINDOWS 7 IS SO FUCKING WEIRD. I've been using XP for far too fucking long.

How good is this machine? I'd still like to build my own but I know this one will have to do for now.

Terrible. That's how good it is. The hard drive is the best part. Even better than the Windows 7, because it's Windows 7 Home Premium (read: home bullocks uselessness).

TeeKup I'm so sorry for your loss :(

my computer from 2005 can beat up your computer :-3

Oh jesus. I consider buying that Acer a loss. A loss of money. You should have told us sooner so we could recommend something to look for during boxing day sales. Too late now I guess. Oh well, you can always build a system that's 8x more powerful than that for around $400.

So I got a new processor, ram modules, and motherboard. It's working great right now and I average Crysis and Crysis 2 on MAX settings at 30-35 fps. With the High resolution pack and DX11 tesselation enabled, the frame rate drops to 25-32 fps.

Asus Sabertooth x58 motherboard.
Nvidia GTX 580 1.5 GB.
12GB DDR3 1600mhz
Intel core I7 960 3.20GHz
Corsair H60 Liquid CPU Cooler
Western Digital 640GB 5400RPM x 2

It feels as if I could get more frames with this set up, but I don't know exactly what it could be that is bogging it down from its potential. I don't think it's the 5400RPM HDDs, but what do you guys think? (I also use Vsync, but doubt that it could be locking at 30fps because I believe Vsync tries to lock at 60fps?)

WEELLL. Good thing it wasn't my money. I insisted I was there to help buy it for him but he went ahead and did it anyway.

I do get higher FPS without Vsync, but the only reason I have it on is because of image tearing.