[Deal] Black Friday!

[Perrywinkle]

I picked up the Cooler Master Silent Pro Gold Series 800w for $99.99, and got the G. Skill Ripjaws 8GB (2x4gb) 1600 for $99.99 (Got a couple of these because there is way to many people I know who will want RAM in the future.) Missed out on the posted Radeon 5770 cards for $100 each or I would have gotten those as well.

[Ryan3636]

Cost so far: $1135.00 – $50.00MIR = $1085.00 after MIR

CPU: i70-950 $279.99
Motherboard: Asus P6TD Deluxe LGA 1366 $229.99 *** $30 MIB
GPU: Need to buy
Memory: Need to buy
SSD:G.SKILL Phoenix Pro Series FM-25S2S-120GBP2 2.5" 120G (SSD) $186.99
Power supply: Corsair 750watts $95.00 ***$15.00MIR
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master RR-B10-212P-G1 Hyper 212 Plus 775/1156/1366/AMD/AM2/AM3 Universal Direct Contact Heat-Pipe 120mm Fan CPU Cooler $30.00 ***$15.00 MIR
ARCTIC COOLING MX-2 Thermal Compound: Need to buy
CASE: COOLER MASTER HAF 932 RC-932-KKN1-GP Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case
$90.00 **$20.00 MIRHard Drive: Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive $78.00
CD Drive: LITE-ON Black 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW $20.00
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders – OEM $85.00
Keyboard: Logitech Illuminated Ultrathin Keyboard with Backlighting $40.00


My planned budget is 1600-1700 dollars...I'm very tempted to get a GTX 580. Think it's worth the money? I'm trying to hold out till the 69xx series comes out it's hard though.

[Lew Therin]

I picked up the 4gigs of G Skill ripjaws from Newegg for $50. I bought the same ram in july for $100. I figured 4 more gigs wouldnt hurt.

[Brian]

Cost so far: $1135.00 – $50.00MIR = $1085.00 after MIR

CPU: i70-950 $279.99
Motherboard: Asus P6TD Deluxe LGA 1366 $229.99 *** $30 MIB
GPU: Need to buy
Memory: Need to buy
SSD:G.SKILL Phoenix Pro Series FM-25S2S-120GBP2 2.5" 120G (SSD) $186.99
Power supply: Corsair 750watts $95.00 ***$15.00MIR
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master RR-B10-212P-G1 Hyper 212 Plus 775/1156/1366/AMD/AM2/AM3 Universal Direct Contact Heat-Pipe 120mm Fan CPU Cooler $30.00 ***$15.00 MIR
ARCTIC COOLING MX-2 Thermal Compound: Need to buy
CASE: COOLER MASTER HAF 932 RC-932-KKN1-GP Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case
$90.00 **$20.00 MIRHard Drive: Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive $78.00
CD Drive: LITE-ON Black 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW $20.00
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders – OEM $85.00
Keyboard: Logitech Illuminated Ultrathin Keyboard with Backlighting $40.00


My planned budget is 1600-1700 dollars...I'm very tempted to get a GTX 580. Think it's worth the money? I'm trying to hold out till the 69xx series comes out it's hard though.

Power consumption on that thing is way too high for me. I'd hold out for the 69xx series, considering that they'll probably be as powerful and consume less power.

[blastb]

Cost so far: $1135.00 – $50.00MIR = $1085.00 after MIR

CPU: i70-950 $279.99
Motherboard: Asus P6TD Deluxe LGA 1366 $229.99 *** $30 MIB
GPU: Need to buy
Memory: Need to buy
SSD:G.SKILL Phoenix Pro Series FM-25S2S-120GBP2 2.5" 120G (SSD) $186.99
Power supply: Corsair 750watts $95.00 ***$15.00MIR
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master RR-B10-212P-G1 Hyper 212 Plus 775/1156/1366/AMD/AM2/AM3 Universal Direct Contact Heat-Pipe 120mm Fan CPU Cooler $30.00 ***$15.00 MIR
ARCTIC COOLING MX-2 Thermal Compound: Need to buy
CASE: COOLER MASTER HAF 932 RC-932-KKN1-GP Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case
$90.00 **$20.00 MIRHard Drive: Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive $78.00
CD Drive: LITE-ON Black 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW $20.00
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders – OEM $85.00
Keyboard: Logitech Illuminated Ultrathin Keyboard with Backlighting $40.00


My planned budget is 1600-1700 dollars...I'm very tempted to get a GTX 580. Think it's worth the money? I'm trying to hold out till the 69xx series comes out it's hard though.

I suggest you grab some of the G. Skill discounted RAM fast

[MathieuB]

Cost so far: $1135.00 – $50.00MIR = $1085.00 after MIR

CPU: i70-950 $279.99
Motherboard: Asus P6TD Deluxe LGA 1366 $229.99 *** $30 MIB
GPU: Need to buy
Memory: Need to buy
SSD:G.SKILL Phoenix Pro Series FM-25S2S-120GBP2 2.5" 120G (SSD) $186.99
Power supply: Corsair 750watts $95.00 ***$15.00MIR
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master RR-B10-212P-G1 Hyper 212 Plus 775/1156/1366/AMD/AM2/AM3 Universal Direct Contact Heat-Pipe 120mm Fan CPU Cooler $30.00 ***$15.00 MIR
ARCTIC COOLING MX-2 Thermal Compound: Need to buy
CASE: COOLER MASTER HAF 932 RC-932-KKN1-GP Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case
$90.00 **$20.00 MIRHard Drive: Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive $78.00
CD Drive: LITE-ON Black 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW $20.00
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders – OEM $85.00
Keyboard: Logitech Illuminated Ultrathin Keyboard with Backlighting $40.00


My planned budget is 1600-1700 dollars...I'm very tempted to get a GTX 580. Think it's worth the money? I'm trying to hold out till the 69xx series comes out it's hard though.

Power consumption on that thing is way too high for me. I'd hold out for the 69xx series, considering that they'll probably be as powerful and consume less power.

Thing is, we don't know when the 69xx series is launching, there has been delays. We also have no info on how it will do performance/power consumption wise.

GTX 580 is one heck of a powerful card and will last you for a very long time. Power consumption is a tad lower than GTX 480, while noise and temperatures are definitely lower. Compared to the GTX 480, it's definitely a step up. Better than anything AMD has to offer right now, whether you want to wait to see if the 69xx series is worth or not is up to you.

[Brian]

Cost so far: $1135.00 – $50.00MIR = $1085.00 after MIR

CPU: i70-950 $279.99
Motherboard: Asus P6TD Deluxe LGA 1366 $229.99 *** $30 MIB
GPU: Need to buy
Memory: Need to buy
SSD:G.SKILL Phoenix Pro Series FM-25S2S-120GBP2 2.5" 120G (SSD) $186.99
Power supply: Corsair 750watts $95.00 ***$15.00MIR
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master RR-B10-212P-G1 Hyper 212 Plus 775/1156/1366/AMD/AM2/AM3 Universal Direct Contact Heat-Pipe 120mm Fan CPU Cooler $30.00 ***$15.00 MIR
ARCTIC COOLING MX-2 Thermal Compound: Need to buy
CASE: COOLER MASTER HAF 932 RC-932-KKN1-GP Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case
$90.00 **$20.00 MIRHard Drive: Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive $78.00
CD Drive: LITE-ON Black 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW $20.00
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders – OEM $85.00
Keyboard: Logitech Illuminated Ultrathin Keyboard with Backlighting $40.00


My planned budget is 1600-1700 dollars...I'm very tempted to get a GTX 580. Think it's worth the money? I'm trying to hold out till the 69xx series comes out it's hard though.

Power consumption on that thing is way too high for me. I'd hold out for the 69xx series, considering that they'll probably be as powerful and consume less power.

Thing is, we don't know when the 69xx series is launching, there has been delays. We also have no info on how it will do performance/power consumption wise.

GTX 580 is one heck of a powerful card and will last you for a very long time. Power consumption is a tad lower than GTX 480, while noise and temperatures are definitely lower. Compared to the GTX 480, it's definitely a step up. Better than anything AMD has to offer right now, whether you want to wait to see if the 69xx series is worth or not is up to you.

But if the 68xx is any indication, these new GPUs should continue to be extremely energy efficient.

[Ryan3636]

Thanks everyone for the replies.

Yea I would of loved to pick up some ripjaw's on sale but my motherboard is designed for triple channel RAM I believe so I was hoping to get some of that but as far as I know the Ripjaw triple channel RAM was not on sale. Maybe it will be tomorrow for cybermonday.

Yea I probably will just end up getting the GTX 580, I just don't feel like waiting around for ATI.
Did any of you see that deal that newegg had on the 5870 for $215 after MIR and using the code VGA112235. It's sold out now but it was going for about four days. I came so close to buying it everyday lol. Finally I decided that I'd rather go with a new series card for better future proofing.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6814102883

MathieuB, what do you think of the build itself? I used your great $1500 gaming machine as a template. I'm still gonna try to get the memory you recommended. Don't know if I made the right move with a SSD but I figure it was a decent price and from what I'm told it really speeds up windows. Looking forward to that 12 or 13 second boot.

I think I'll be more than pleased with the GTX 580, especially since I'm upgrading from a 9800GTS. I figure it should last me at least three years...Thanks again for the hard work you clearly have put into this site.

[Brian]

Thanks everyone for the replies.

Yea I would of loved to pick up some ripjaw's on sale but my motherboard is designed for triple channel RAM I believe so I was hoping to get some of that but as far as I know the Ripjaw triple channel RAM was not on sale. Maybe it will be tomorrow for cybermonday.

Yea I probably will just end up getting the GTX 580, I just don't feel like waiting around for ATI.
Did any of you see that deal that newegg had on the 5870 for $215 after MIR and using the code VGA112235. It's sold out now but it was going for about four days. I came so close to buying it everyday lol. Finally I decided that I'd rather go with a new series card for better future proofing.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6814102883

MathieuB, what do you think of the build itself? I used your great $1500 gaming machine as a template. I'm still gonna try to get the memory you recommended. Don't know if I made the right move with a SSD but I figure it was a decent price and from what I'm told it really speeds up windows. Looking forward to that 12 or 13 second boot.

I think I'll be more than pleased with the GTX 580, especially since I'm upgrading from a 9800GTS. I figure it should last me at least three years...Thanks again for the hard work you clearly have put into this site.

Enjoy your GTX 580. There's really nothing I can use with that power though. I literally play two games (Civ 5 and L4D2).

[Ryan3636]

Hey would this RAM be good for my build? It's really cheap for cyber monday... the frequency is only 1333mhz though. I dont think I have any need to overclock my cpu at this point in time, so I was thinking that it would be ok for a lower frequency memory. I just dont want it to become a bottleneck, what do you guys think?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6820145298