I know performance/dollar I am totally crazy, I understand this. I am looking for the best performance in a range of 1500 and not over 1600. I am very particular about my mod price as all have been at 1500 something and pretty decent. If you think I can get a better performance and not go over the 1599.99 let me know. All the links come from newegg, so you can probably hit me with a range of 1800 from newegg and I can get everything for around 1500 by just shopping around or using my rebates. Case Nine Hundred $139.99 Newegg.com - Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Computer Cases CPU BX80569Q9550 $329.99 Newegg.com - Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 Yorkfield 2.83GHz 12MB L2 Cache LGA 775 95W Quad-Core Processor - Processors - Desktops RAM OCZ2FX12002GK $69.99 x2 OCZ FlexXLC Edition Dual Channel 2048MB PC9600 DDR2 1200MHz Memory (2 x 1024MB) OCZ2FX12002GK at TigerDirect.com Graphics Card ENGTX280 TOP/HTDP/1G $470.16 Newegg.com - ASUS ENGTX280 TOP/HTDP/1G GeForce GTX 280 1GB 512-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards Power Supply ES-800 $182.78 Newegg.com - BFG Tech ES-800 BFGR800WESPSU Continuous 800W ATX12V 2.3 / EPS12V 2.92 HYBRID-SLI Power Supply - Power Supplies Motherboard 132-CK-NF78-A1 $249.99 Newegg.com - EVGA 132-CK-NF78-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard - Intel Motherboards Thremal Compound ARCTIC SILVER 5 $12.98 Newegg.com - Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound - Thermal Compound / Grease Total 1530.87 For the ram it is ddr21200 the mobo asks for ddr800 will it still work? Also, I will overclock, but don't worry about the airflow I have that covered.
Why are you shopping at an American retailer when you come from the UK????? anyways if you are worried about your budget then you do not need to get a Q9550 get a Q9450 instead and overclock it near to 4Ghz that would save you some money.
