Forum Overview :: American McGee's Honda Civic :: I've been PC shopping the last couple of months

[quote name="Ray of Light"]That CPU is ridiculously good value for the money. The motherboard, too, though for $15 more <a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Productcompare.aspx?CompareItemList=N82E16813128386%2cN82E16813130220&bop=And">MSI X58 Platinum</a> has 6 memory slots and a couple extra doodads. Memory - OCZ has a shitty reputation. Corsair and Kingston are good. Memory is so cheap that I would buy as many 2GB parts as it will hold (and worry about how to use it later). Video - <a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125256">ATI Radeon 4870 HD</a> appears to be the <a href="http://www.anandtech.com/printarticle.aspx?i=3520">thing to buy</a>, both in FPS/$ and actual framerate terms. Cases - <a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129024&Tpk=sonata%20iii">Antec Sonata III</a>, $120, 500W PSU, eSATA port on the front, nice drive cages mounted on grommets. I have one and would buy another.[/quote]