[Guamek]

Just waiting for that 6-core Phenom... bet it will beat 920 by a good amount and hoping AMD upgrade strategy keeps going. In the en upgrading next year or not does not matter, ill have to do it in 2 or 3 yr tops . As long as what i have serves its purpose...

[Compiler]

The 6~8 Core CPUs will be best for 3D / encoding / decoding... for playing games, not seeing much improvements.

OS support for 4x CPUs is still so-so.

[Guamek]

any significant difference between Antec Nine Hundred / Nine Hundred Two and Coolermaster HAF 922?

[Compiler]

Yes.

They are different cases.

[Guamek]

of course they are... >.>... but which ones better?
Up to this point this is how my build will look like
http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/Pu...umber=16237008
and
http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?p=SH-S223L&c=pw

and hoping to reach the $800 range with black friday offers


Compared to this http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/Pu...umber=11400345
doesnt mine look a lot better?

[Mosquito555]

Originally Posted by Guamek

Doesn't mine look a lot better?

Yes...Your build includes a better processor, graphics card and I believe a better PSU as well. It's going to be faster no matter what you throw at it, games or design applications.

You could still get a Radeon HD 5770 to further reduce the cost but it's your choice.

[Guamek]

just bought http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produc...odlist=froogle
for $266 NEW (shipping included).
thats $44 off !

I can still back off if there are good arguments -.-...

[Mosquito555]

Arguments???

That's an excellent card made by a good company. For that price you got a great deal.

[Compiler]

The cases are different designs... as for cooling, about the same. So choose by your visual preference. Had you tossed in something from Coolmax / raidmax... then a different response would have been generated.

Check for COMBO deals too... getting down to $800, not really seeing it.
I have a Newegg BlackFriday flyer in my mail.. the Antec300 case is on "sale" with $20 off at $50... uh, it usually goes for $56~60 on newegg and $50 locally everyday. This is an example of blackfriday sales.

[Guamek]

Not 800, but under 900 at least.
Today i needed some help with my old (the one that started this post) and the engineer who was taking care of that told me that for ddr3 memory 3 sticks must be used in order to work efficiently, is that true? in that case i would have to order 1 more or the 3 in the same package?

[Mosquito555]

Originally Posted by Guamek

Today i needed some help with my old (the one that started this post) and the engineer who was taking care of that told me that for ddr3 memory 3 sticks must be used in order to work efficiently, is that true? in that case i would have to order 1 more or the 3 in the same package?

No, that's a false claim!

You only need to use three DDR3 RAM sticks with the high end Intel platform (socket 1366). That happens because these processors utilize a triple channel memory controller.

But lower end socket 1156 Core i7/i5 are still using a dual channel memory controller and thus only utilize Dual DDR. Both AMD platforms (AM2+, AM3) can only utilize Dual DDR2 as well.

So, just get a good Dual Channel DDR3 kit and you will be fine.

[Guamek]

i think there are people buying this build already haha

[Mosquito555]

Regarding your previous question, this article may help you out:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple-...l_architecture

[Compiler]

Originally Posted by Guamek

Not 800, but under 900 at least.
the engineer who was taking care of that told me that for ddr3 memory 3 sticks must be used in order to work efficiently, is that true? in that case i would have to order 1 more or the 3 in the same package?

Me thinks the engineer doesn't know much about computers.

You use 3 sticks of the computer is a 3-channel computer like an i7/Socket 1366 system as the others have posted.

AMD and other computers are dual-channel... so its best to install in pairs (but not required usually).