That sounds great. Ill probably get that combo when I get some cash.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.356956

I would probably go with this over the gigabyte, lifetime warranty on EVGA parts rocks and they have wicked customer support. I had a dead video card that NewEgg wouldn't take back cus some sticker was missing and so I had to RMA it thru EVGA and shit went extremely well.

Hey Dave, I spoke to travis last night and he told me that ATI is pretty much the way to go for cards. Hes a GeForce guy so he doesn’t know which to pick exactly, suggestions? Price range 250$. Thanks man

Chris you may find this article helpful:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/bes ... ,2569.html

It seems like the Radeon 5830 is the card in your price range, but I'm not sure if your board has crossfire, I haven't looked too much into your other parts.

I'd get something in the 5k series if I was upgrading - Luke and I were talking about this on vent the other day. The high end 5000 series cards are pushing $300 and up.

If you can swing the extra $ I'd go 5830 / 5870, or another option would be 2 5770's in crossfire..... (I'd have to look at exact specs etc).

I like EVGA as well but the overclocking utility and the usb 3.0 is selling me on the gigabyte, not to mention the better chipset cooling.

If EVGA got their new board out sooner w/ usb 3.0 i'd get it.

i use a gigabyte mobo. i love it. very well made, quality parts.
also comes with a shit tonne of cables.

How fucking canadian.

Hey guys, heres the final setup. IM still looking for a swap if anyone notices. Will be purchasing tomorrow if it looks good

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ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2 92mm Fluid Dynamic CPU Cooler

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Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5
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CORSAIR XMS3 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model TR3X6G1333C7 G

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COOLER MASTER HAF 932 RC-932-KKN1-GP Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case

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Logitech G15 USB Wired Standard Gaming Keyboard

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SAPPHIRE 100297L Radeon HD 5830 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card w/ ATI Eyefinity Technology

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ASUS VE246H Black 24

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CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply

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GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD3R LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Intel Core i7-930 2.8GHz LGA 1366 Quad-Core Desktop Processor Model BX80601930

buy it.

Oh the pain.

trade your CPU Cooler for this one:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103065&cm_re=hyper_212%2b-_-35-103-065-_-Product

and I would go with XFX over Sapphire cards, it may be 10$ more but they have a lifetime warranty:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150481&Tpk=xfx%205830

looks like it comes with a free game too lol

FYI, used Sapphire most of my life, currently have 2 4870's in the house, 1 Sapphire and 1 DIAMOND. Never had an issue with the Sapphire, RMA'd my 2950 after I fucked up something trying to get the fan off and they gave me the 4870 as a replacement

Thats because they know their cards are crap so they have to send you a decent one.

my buddy had a nightmare experience with his 8800gt xfx and it's warranty so i won't do it.. I don't mean to keep disagreeing with you vinnie but after much reading it seems most people are having better experiences with the sapphires.. I will say this though.. the aesthetics do seem very nice on the XFX