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Old 09-06-2009, 11:32 AM   #231 (permalink)
satan194p
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Default Re: The Official Core i7 (Intel's nehalem) Thread

Nice thread. well i am going to build a core i7 rig for one of my friend. he is doing btech in computer science and he will be needing it for
1. study work
2. video encoding
3. a bit of gaming
4. running linux, solaris,opensuse,fedora
budget 70k
well i have build a configuration just needed ur advice and vies about it
processor- corei7 920
motherboard- msi x58pro
ram- corsair 3gb ddr3(will upgrade it later)
hard drive- wd 500gb 7200rpm
optical drive- sony dvd writer
monitor-samsung 2233SW
GPU: zotac gtx 260 core 216
cabinet and smps and ups not decided not yet decided
alraedy having keyboard mouse and speakers

i have some queries
1. some people are saying that msi motherboards are not good as they have thin pcb and do get heat up a lot.
2. some have suggested that performance of ddr3 rams available in the market is quite poor as they have high latency. is that true?


looking forward to ur replies
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