Well I made the leap

drydog · Jan 26, 2011

Good day all. Well I finally did it.lol

I made the leap to intel after a decade plus of AMD.. I am helping my son build his first system.

I found some great deals here in the classified section.

So far I have:

MB-EVGA P55 FTW SLI
CPU-( thinking i5 760)
GPU-( not sure yet)
Mem 2x2gigs Mem
PSU- 650 watts
500gb HD

Any feedback on the MB or anything else is appreciated

Going to continue to keep an eye on the classified section.

Learned lesson #1 yesterday.

When being the first poster of any item for sale.

Post "DIBS" rather then PM sent.lol

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DD

JPC · Jan 26, 2011

Looks like some solid choices but why not go with Sandy Bridge? Personally I'm waiting for the bugs to be worked out.

EarthDog · Jan 26, 2011

Yeah, Sandybridge would be my choice too...

i5 2500k
P67 motherboard
4GB DDR3 1600Mhz CL7 ram...

What is your budget?

drydog · Jan 26, 2011

Would have loved to have gone P67 and Sandybridge.

However, my COH screams NO WAY.lol

So I figured this would be a great leap for a 13 year old to go from a AM2 Gigabyte GA-M57SLI to a P55. At 13, he is already editing games, writing simple programs, and of course gaming.

Thanks for the replies!
DD

EarthDog · Jan 26, 2011

Thats a $200+ motherboard you have listed so you can easily go P67. Also the i5 760 is $200. The i5 2500k is $225 at newegg, or less if you have a Microcenter around you...

drydog · Jan 26, 2011

EarthDog said:
Thats a $200+ motherboard you have listed so you can easily go P67. Also the i5 760 is $200. The i5 2500k is $225 at newegg, or less if you have a Microcenter around you...

I got a deal and paid, $110 for MB and RAM. Slightly used of course.lol

EarthDog · Jan 26, 2011

Damn. well... i5 760 is a decent leap from what he has. See if you can snag an i7 860 as that has HT and could help him out a bit down the road with horsepower.

drydog · Jan 26, 2011

Thanks Earthdog:

He's stoked.

Seebs · Jan 26, 2011

Hey drydog...

Glad to see you were able to get your MoBo and Ram...

I'm sure your kid will enjoy the hell out of the new system.

drydog · Jan 26, 2011

Thanks xXSebaSXx! I'm sure he will.

LOL Had to chase his butt off the computer last night... He was researching the EVGA P55.

He is pumped.lol

EarthDog · Jan 26, 2011

Hit me up if you want any help on that board... I owned one and a i7 860 for quite a while.

drydog · Jan 26, 2011

EarthDog said:
Thats a $200+ motherboard you have listed so you can easily go P67. Also the i5 760 is $200. The i5 2500k is $225 at newegg, or less if you have a Microcenter around you...

EarthDog said:
Hit me up if you want any help on that board... I owned one and a i7 860 for quite a while.

Will do, and much appreciated!

DD

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