if anyone sees a good deal on a 120gb ssd either intel/crucial m4 please let me know lol

edit: and whats a good bang for buck gaming case nowadays?...id prefer it to have 4 front usb ports if possible..
(and U.S sites are ok as I have a handy Amerifriend XD)

from reading around it seems like the corsair TX850M or the XFX Pro850 xxx edition are the best bang for the buck..both of which are rebranded seasonic.

corsair is only 80 plus bronze where as the xfx is silver...but it has only 4 SATA connectors if you got tons of ssd/hdd

NZNT also has a rebranded seasonic with very similar specs (HALE82)

corsair can be had right now ~$110 after pricematch at ME
xfx is $120 with $30 MIR at NCIX
NZNT is $130 after PM at NCIX

of course..it makes sense to wait a few days for boxing sale deals..let's hope one of these are included.

I got the fractal m4 I belive it is? From Ncix

I couldn't be happier with it, amazing looking and the build quality is awsome
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i bought the ocz 850w gold psu when ncix had the one day christmas sale last wednesday...good reviews on newegg..

but i guess if a good deal comes along on boxing day i'll return it

i think its micron m4

yea yea probably gonna get the same..but hoping boxing day deals at either ncix or ME will bring it down to around $1/gb or close to it..

Actually it's R4 fractal r4I think

Either way I think I've got pics on page 1 or 2 of my rig, it was about $120 I think?
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^hmm they don't have it on ncix's site anymore...

$120 is good..the price point i'm looking to pick up one for~

Doh, R3 sorry, heres the link

Fractal Design Define R3 Black ATX Mid Tower Silent Computer Case 2X5.25 8X3.5INT USB3.0 No PS - Fractal Design - FD-CA-DEF-R3-USB3-BL
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AHH lol thanks..i thought you were talking about ssd in the beginning hahah

I got 2 (one fer the pops) coolermaster haf922 price matched it to memoryexpress

Coolermaster Haf 922 Mid Tower ATX Case Black 5X5.25 5X3.5INT Front Audio USB eSATA No PSU - DirectCanada

Cooler Master HAF 922 Mid Tower Case, Black at Memory Express

you can get it for $93.25 after the pricematch

how much was that?

I'm reviewing that case right now actually. It's a decent enough case, but there isn't much room behind the mobo tray to stuff your cables. There's enough if you have a modular PSU. And it's extremely heavy due to the dampening material.

Other than that, I like it.

yea, the dampening material seems to work very well, and its kinda nice they took the extra step to put the dampening material on all the removable panels as well

for what i use it for i'm happy, whenever i get around to getting my new heatsink i'll probably do a better wire tuck

it was $129.99 with a $40 MIR at ncix.

I went to ME to price match it for $116.50 + taxes with $30 mail in rebate instead.

Prices for both stores come out almost the same with ME slightly cheaper and the fact I would rather have a $30 than $40 mail in rebate...

so after MIR comes to about $100 tax in

HD7970 reviews out now

$549 for the 7970

and OC to over 1ghz easily supposedly

Radeon HD 7970 official: 28nm, 2,048 Stream processors, and a $549 price for January 9th | The Verge

Nvidia Kepler please dont' release too late...we need price wars

edit: here's the link to the review: http://hothardware.com/Reviews/AMD-R...ti-GPU-Review/

Here's the review I would recommend reading

AMD Radeon HD 7970 3GB Graphics Card Review - Tahiti at 28nm | PC Perspective

jumped straight to the game benchmarks

average fps for Battlefield 3 & Metro 2033 2560x1600 maxed out is 40.
someone crossfire and eyefinity this and test again :megusta:

I want mah Kepler cards. Price wars FTW.

:fullofwin:

On another note: Christmas present from Intel! Thanks Intel!

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a8/...2-21223719.jpg

so true

i'm really surprised that the 580/6970 held its value so well considering the slower economy and that it ain't a new architecture

i guess we should just be glad they aren't charging $700 a piece:okay:

High end cards didn't go down because you don't need one to even play the most elaborate games at full quality in 1080p. $200 is more than enough
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Hey guys

so i just picked up a i7 cpu from the intel edge program but looking for a suitable motherboard/ram/video card now any suggestion??
mostly for gaming

Check the last 2 pages

there's a 7970 review on eyefinity and crossfire.

on BF3 it scales linearly...double the fps on CF compared to a single card



AMD Radeon HD 7970 CrossFire Performance Review - Battlefield 3

some single card eyefinity benches from tom's hardware

http://media.bestofmicro.com/X/L/320...tra%205760.png
http://media.bestofmicro.com/X/P/320...Ext%205760.png
http://media.bestofmicro.com/Y/0/320...x11%205760.png
:lol

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...-gcn,3104.html

now just imagine more mature drivers and overclocking on stock cooling/voltage to 1.1-1.2 GHz
what are the chances AMD will make the same mistakes and let the 7950 be bios flash-able to 7970?