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Recommended HIGH-end/budget parts
CPUs
Intel
Core 2 Duo
E8400
[N] Core 2 Quad
Q6700
[N][Z]
Q6600
[N][C] (G0 Stepping [SLACR]) Xeon
E3110 OEM
[T] (Same as E8400) AMD Athlon X2
6000+
[N]
6400+
[N] (Black Edition [Unlocked multiplier]) Phenom
Phenom 9750
[N] Motherboards
Intel
Crossfire
DFI DK X38-T2R
[N]
Gigabyte EP35-DS3P
[N]
Gigabyte EX38-DS4
[N]
Abit IP35 Pro
[N]
Abit IX38 Quad GT
[N]
ASUS P5E X38
[N]
ASUS Maximus Formula
[C] SLI
EVGA 122-CK-NF68-A1 680i
[N]
EVGA 132-CK-NF78-A1 780i
[N] or XFX 780i
[N] AMD
SLI
ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe
[N]
Foxconn C51XEM2AA- 8EKRS2H
EVGA 122-M2-NF59-TR
Crossfire
DFI LP UT 790FX-M2R
[N] (AM2+)
MSI K9A2 Platinum 790FX
[N] (AM2+)
Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6
(AM2+) RAM
2 x 1GB Patriot Extreme Performance DDR2-800
[N]
2 x 1GB Crucial Ballistix Tracers DDR2-800
[N]
2 x 1GB GeIL DDR2-800
[N]
2 x 1GB OCZ Reaper HPC Edition DDR2-800
[N]
2 x 1GB Team Xtreem DDR2-800
[N]
2 x 2GB G. Skill DDR2-800 PQs
[N]
2 x 2GB Crucial Ballistix DDR2-800
[N]
2 x 2GB OCZ Reaper HPC Edition DDR2-800
[N] Graphic Cards
ATI
HD
3870
[N]
3870 X2
[N]
HD4850 [
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HD4870
[N] Nvidia
GeForce
8800GT 512
[N]
8800GTS 512
[N]
9800GTX
[N] Power Supplies
Modular
Corsair 520HX
[N] or 620HX
[N]
Thermaltake Toughpower 650W
[N] Non-Modular
Corsair 550VX
[N]
SeaSonic S12 550W
[N]
Antec Tru Power Trio 650W
[N]
FSP Group FX600-GLN V2.2/EPS12V 600W
[N]
Silverstone SST-ST56ZF 560W
[N]
PC Power & Cooling Silencer 610W
[N]
Corsair 650TX
[N]
Silverstone SST-ST75ZF
[N] Hard Drives
Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB
[N]
Seagate Barracuda 7200.
11 Series
[N]
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD7500AAKS 750GB
[N] Aftermarket CPU Coolers
Scythe SCNJ-CU1000 5th Anniversary Edition
[N]
Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme
[S] (Doesn't include a fan) w/ Scythe Slipstream 120mm
[N]
Thermalright IFX-14
[S] (Doesn't include a fan)
Enzotech Extreme-X
[S]
Tuniq Tower 120
[N]
Thermaltake Big Typhoon
[N]
Xigmatek Achilles S1284
Cases (Personal preference)
Mid-Towers
NZXT Tempest
Cooler Master 690
[N]
Antec Nine Hundred
[N]
Antec P180 Series
Silverstone TJ09
[N] or TJ10
[N] Full-Towers
XCLIO Windtunnel Advanced
[N]
Thermaltake Armor Series
[N]
Gigabyte 3D Aurora Series
[N]
Cooler Master Stacker & COSMOS Series
[N]
Lian-Li Full Towers
[N]
Silverstone TJ07
[N] ...or your choice
Widescreen LCD Monitors
Samsung 226BW
[N] or CW 22" 2ms
Acer AL2416WBsd 24" 5ms
[N]
LG L226WTY-BF 22" 2ms
[N]
Gateway HD2200 22" 4ms
[N]
Gateway FHD2400 24" 3ms
[N]
Samsung SyncMaster 305T 30" 6ms
[N]
Gateway XHD3000 30" 6ms
[N] Thermal Pastes
Arctic Cooling MX-1
[N] or MX-2
[N]
OCZ Freeze Extreme
[N]
IC Diamond 7 Carat
[P]
T-C Grease 0098
[J]