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bluebarracuda LSU Fan Baton Rouge Member since Oct 2011 3758 posts	re: Building a computer for my brother (Updated 1/23/13) (Posted on 1/16/13 at 4:49 pm to jcole4lsu) I've only had sapphire (since they usually have the cheapest non-reference) and they've been outstanding
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bluebarracuda LSU Fan Baton Rouge Member since Oct 2011 3758 posts	re: Building a computer for my brother (Updated 1/23/13) (Posted on 1/16/13 at 7:31 pm to puffulufogous) quote: puffulufogous The Seasonic x850 is on sale right now for $109.99 after MIR
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Mr Gardoki New Orleans Saints Fan Auburn, AL Member since Apr 2010 2780 posts	re: Building a computer for my brother (Updated 1/23/13) (Posted on 1/16/13 at 8:24 pm to bluebarracuda) What operating system would you put in a new build right now?
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jcole4lsu Virginia Fan The Kwisatz Haderach Member since Nov 2007 21957 posts	re: Building a computer for my brother (Updated 1/23/13) (Posted on 1/16/13 at 8:30 pm to Mr Gardoki) win 7 64bit 8 is stupid on a desktop
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Lucky Tiger13 LSU Fan Baton Rouge Member since May 2012 201 posts	re: Building a computer for my brother (Updated 1/23/13) (Posted on 1/16/13 at 10:20 pm to bluebarracuda) quote: The Seasonic x850 is on sale right now for $109.99 after MIR Where? If you don't mind me asking
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puffulufogous USA Fan New Orleans Member since Feb 2008 4777 posts	re: Building a computer for my brother (Updated 1/23/13) (Posted on 1/16/13 at 10:34 pm to bluebarracuda) quote: The Seasonic x850 is on sale right now for $109.99 after MIR woot!
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bluebarracuda LSU Fan Baton Rouge Member since Oct 2011 3758 posts	re: Building a computer for my brother (Updated 1/23/13) (Posted on 1/16/13 at 10:58 pm to Lucky Tiger13) It's on newegg
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Lucky Tiger13 LSU Fan Baton Rouge Member since May 2012 201 posts	re: Building a computer for my brother (Updated 1/23/13) (Posted on 1/16/13 at 11:25 pm to bluebarracuda) Your'e my boy blue. Just ordered one.
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The Sockster LSU Fan Grayslake, Illinois Member since Oct 2006 752 posts	re: Building a computer for my brother (Updated 1/23/13) (Posted on 1/17/13 at 7:45 am to bluebarracuda) The Corsair TX850M is also on sale for $89.99 after rebate and promo code. Corsair is also one of the few computer component hardware companies that send you rebate out quickly. For those interested. FYI for those who are new to building computers, NZXT is real, real, slow with mailing out the rebate. I'm talking about 6 months slow.
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Lucky Tiger13 LSU Fan Baton Rouge Member since May 2012 201 posts	re: Building a computer for my brother (Updated 1/23/13) (Posted on 1/23/13 at 7:29 am to The Sockster) *UPDATE* 01/23/13 So today is ordering day, and after a week of reading info and research I have changed some things around. I have already ordered the case and PS. $99 LIAN LI CASE $109 SEASONIC 850W GOLD RATED PS Here is what I have chosen for the remainder of the build SAMSUNG DVD Burner SATA Model SH-224BB - OEM $15.99 Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive $79.99 MSI R7970 Lightning Radeon HD 7970 3GB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX $489.99 G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model $47.99 ASRock Z77 Extreme4 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard $134.99 Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor $229.99 ZALMAN CNPS9500 AT 2 Ball CPU Cooling Fan/Heatsink $46.99 Subtotal: $1,045.93 Additional $15 in mail in rebates = $1030.93 Total build will be around $1250 Thoughts?
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