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I am leaning towards the Crucial but am wondering if Newegg might be have better sales on or after Christmas. Some may call me cheap but I prefer thrifty. ;)

I have three Sata III SSD's (120GB or 128GB) that I am looking at for my new desktop build and would like your opinions on preference and why. I am pretty much leaning towards either the Samsung or the Crucial. Crucial M4 CT128M4SSD2 - Newegg.com - Crucial M4 CT128M4SSD2 2.5" 128GB SATA III...

Thanks for the link to Quick Sync as I had not heard of that. I will have a bit of reading to do. Some of my build components are gifts from my daughters so I will have the time to do some reading before I build.

Thanks. Unfortunately both are off the weekend sale. I will watch prices this week. When you say best stock cooler, which card were you refering to?

How would this one be for my mobo? Newegg.com - XFX HD-677X-ZNFC Radeon HD 6770 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card It's $89.99 after rebate. Or this one... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125353 It's $119.95 after rebate.

I haven't determined that yet for converting camcorder analog VHS-C and 8mm family tapes. For existing HD mkvs, I am using Handbrake to convert movies for use on iPod/iPad2. Is it best for the gpu to have two dvi outs rather than one dvi and on vga? Any gpu suggestions? For now, I check for 5...

Sounds like a silly question but I am assembling a new desktop pc and am wondering if my CPU graphics will serve me well enough. I am going with an i5-2500k on an ASUS P8Z68 DELUXE GEN3 mbo. I am not a gamer but will be using the pc for video encoding. If a gpu is necessary, what card gives me...

Here is my progress for my first build. I am not a gamer although I would not rule it out for the future. I maining will be encoding video as I have years of analog video to convert. I already have lots of pictures, music, TV shows and HD movies and plan to run from an SSD with storage kept...

That's good to hear. I noticed the heat spreader difference but figured there must be more to it than that. I picked up a pair of RL's on today's deal at Newegg for $37.99 shipped. One more item towards building my first computer.

Can you tell me if there are any specific differences between GSkill F3-12800CL9D-8GBRL Ripjaws RAM and F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL Ripjaws RAM? The XL says “IntelXMP certified, designed for Intel P67 & Z68”. Will the RL work for both too?Thanks...

Happy shopping!

Fingers are crossed. Update when you get it. I called the store and they held mine behing the counter until I got there.

I will focus on a 120GB SSD then. The motherboard suggestion has only one DVI out. How do I run both HP 2311x monitors? Also,do I need to count how many things need to be plugged in so I can see if the mobo has enough plugins? I will have up to five internal HDs plus one SSD, a media card...

Coming from an LCD, it took a little adjustment to LED but I like them. I am in no means a connesuier (sp?) but for a hundred bucks, I ran for my nearest Staples yesterday. Funny thing though... it was in the Sunday ad but by chance my house got missed for delivery yesterday and I saw it on...

If you have a Staples nearby, these are still available at some of their stores. I have two of these at work... they paid $240 each. I just bought two yesterday. HP 2311x 23" LED Monitor | Staples®