Just stopped in to thank you guys for the tips and advice.

I ended up spending a little extra dough though for the Q9550. Decided to draw the line there instead of going all out with the I7. I figure the price/performance ratio will only get better in the next few years.

At 8/14/09 05:41 AM, ThoseSneakyFrench wrote: The ram you selected is triple channel; only i7 can take Ram in pairs of three. Get these. Everything else is great.

Thanks for the pointer, that would have totally fugged up my order and delayed the build.

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2GHZ Black Edition (HDZ955FBGIBOX) 266,23$

MoBo: Asus M4A79T DELUXE Motherboard ATX 204,92$

PSU: ANTEC TruePower TP-750 750W 148,96$

Case: ANTEC NINE HUNDRED TWO 146,16

RAM: Corsair 6GB 1600MHz Triple Channel 164,27$

GPU: ASUS EAH4890 TOP/HTDI/1GD5 238,50$

HD: Seagate Barracuda® ST3500320AS 7200.11 SATA 3Gb/s 500-GB 82,80$

Sound Card: Diamond XS71 XtremeSound 7.1 53,50$

Heat Sink: ASUS Triton 85 63,45$

Total Cost: CA$1,388.59

Yeah I definitely blew the top off my budget after certain considerations (mostly the longevity of investment). Is this rig gonna make it a solid 2 years?

Thanks for any/all comments and suggestions guys.

Ok guys... I need a word with you knowledgeable folk about a few points that are bugging me.

I'm currently on a Pentium D 3.4, 8600GT 1BG GDDR2, 3GB rig... I guess it's O.K, runs your average game on medium settings, blazes through your average daily demands. I've noticed the aging of my CPU especially when it comes to Direct X10 games. Bottom line: I've gotten the itch to buy a new rig.
Now come the questions.

1- Is it preferable to wait until the fabled Windows 7 release? Is this new OS such a vast improvement over Vista?

2- Direct X 11 GPU's are right around the corner, is it really worth waiting? Is this another revolutionary advance? NVidia or ATI? Why?

3- AMD? Intel? Which would deliver more bang for my buck? Do I really need a quad core machine to be future safe for the next 2 years? Has the gaming market swiched to fully utilize multiple cores? The waiting game can be played indefinitely with PCs... I'm sorta getting impatient.

I'm not looking for a "hardcore" rig. No fancy pants cases, no SLI or crossfire... no need for a HD over 320 gigs. I'd like for it to fluidly run games such as Diablo 3, Battlefield: Bad Company, and whatever MMORPG that strikes my fancy. No absolute need for ultra high settings.

I've got a good buddy who's a pro at assembly, so that part's covered.
Can I get something decent out for 1000 CAN$ (before taxes)?

Thanks for all and any adice guys. It's really appreciated.

Heh.. The xenophobes are gonna have a field day with this one.

Nice way to celebrate the assault weapon's ban.

Military ammo is cheap? Look at how the price of 5.56 Nato has increased as of late. The thought makes me a little less sloppy when I bring the AR-15 to the range, though.

At 4/13/07 06:48 PM, Memorize wrote:

You don't know much about "wars" do you? You think everything the US and allies do is a success?

Haha, you're nothing but a tool of the media. You're probly one of those protestors in Oregon who burned an effigy of a soldier chanting "it's not just Bush, it's soldiers too". At least I have respect for the soldiers, rathar than do what you people do which spit in their faces.

Don't associate me with bleeding heart opponents of the war. I simply don't look highly upon incompetence of that caliber. We're showing those Iraqis too much mercy, is all I'm saying.

If you're such a lover of the current state of things, then why not throw yourself into the fray? Would you feel comfortable placing your life in the hands of such weak-kneed leadership? Would you die for the sake of some devil-worshiping muslims?

At 4/13/07 10:52 AM, ba11z wrote: How did this go from a thread about sub- saharan africans to arab north africans when the topic stater obviously didn't mean them! Also, I find it funny in a sad way that South Africa, one of the regional powers of sub-saharan african nations was dominated by whites throughout most of it's history.

Even more disenchanting is the fact that once the blacks will be granted control ( I suppose the whites will finally relinquish after enough of them end up raped and gutted with machetes) it will slink comfortably back into the prevalent african standard: mediocrity.

At 4/13/07 09:49 AM, Memorize wrote:

At 4/13/07 01:15 AM, Bolo wrote:

The nature of the attack is not a shock to me. The fact that it occurred in the "green" Zone—the heart of American support—and in the Iraqi Parliament (the beacon of hope for that country's future) is what shocks, and perhaps bothers me.

And it shouldn't. After all, it's you guys who keep complaining about how "war-torn" it is no matter what the progress. Also, only 1 person died, and the only real mess was of the cafe.

Wow.. Discrediting an attack of this importance and potential magnitude shows how much of a tool you really are. If the sheer fact that the stronghold of the American presence in Iraq was so easily violated doesn't phase you at all, you're clearly beyond any measure of reason.

At 4/12/07 11:12 PM, Inganno wrote:

At 4/12/07 11:10 PM, Der-Ubermensch wrote: Life is so full of blatant contradictions. Keeps things interesting, no? ;)

I'd hardly call an intersting contention a valid one on that premise :]

Heh.. I make no claims to the contrary.

At 4/12/07 11:08 PM, Inganno wrote:

At 4/12/07 10:57 PM, Der-Ubermensch wrote:

At 4/12/07 10:55 PM, Inganno wrote:

That's the exact kind of anti-Semitism that Nietzsche was so adamantly against.

No one man holds all the answers.

I just find it funny that the philosopher you get your username from would be opposed to the point you made. That's all.

Life is so full of blatant contradictions. Keeps things interesting, no? ;)

At 4/12/07 10:55 PM, Inganno wrote:

That's the exact kind of anti-Semitism that Nietzsche was so adamantly against.

No one man holds all the answers.

At 4/12/07 10:49 PM, Memorize wrote:

At 4/12/07 10:48 PM, Der-Ubermensch wrote:

This was no orchestrated coup d'etat..but a failed conquest.

History tends to highly disagree with you.

A history written by Zionist propaganda machines, perhaps. I couldn't care less.

I see my comments, perhaps overly contained, were misinterpreted. I feel that we western nations are wasting our time in being overly indulgent. Supplanting a government is one thing, but altering entrenched ideology is a colossal endeavor.

This was no orchestrated coup d'etat..but a failed conquest.

If you want to crush the will of an enemy nation, at least do it right.

The harm has been done, but many pig-headed leaders still refuse to lose face and admit that this is a hopeless task. We're not making any friends over in that cesspool of barbarism, so why not actually BECOME the demons they make us out to be?

Love it or hate it.. We're at war.

America needs to pull out.. Westerners shedding blood to "save" the middle east is a folly in itself. What more proof do we need that enlightenment is beyond the intellectual and moral scope of these people? I can't help but evoke the metaphor of the animal that would shit in it's own bed.

Couldn't we possibly be content in destroying/containing the threat of extremism WITHOUT so much wasted humanitarianism? Some of our own people are poverty stricken, lacking in education and struck by the bane of various illnesses. This whole middle eastern venture (Afghanistan/Iraq) is a waste of resources, period.

Don't let them fool you, most women still get off proper to being treated like shit.

At 4/12/07 11:36 AM, Tancrisism wrote:

At 4/11/07 07:50 PM, JakeHero wrote:

It's a bit strange, considering Japan's constant diffusion.

Not to mention how obscenely racist much of Japan is against Whitey.

Hah.. They must truly fond of dark skinned folk.

At 4/11/07 12:27 PM, JoS wrote: Facism. democracy is just too inefficiant for my liking sometimes.

I'm more inclined to say that people in general are plainly too stupid.

Bliss is the acceptance of one's insignificance.

At 4/10/07 10:09 PM, cellardoor6 wrote:

This is not the case at all in Canada or Australia. In fact, even though I have alot of differences with Canada, Canadians (especially suburban Canadians) are incredibly nice to Americans and I get along with Canadians very well.

New Englanders make for the greatest drinking buddies. -Tip of the hat-

We need to end this nonsense and segregate already.

Fascist, militaristic dictatorship.

Heil!

At 4/8/07 12:30 PM, Gul-Dukat-DS9 wrote: Well, wars are won by the violent and by the strong. Muslim peopel are very brave, both in the battlefield and out of it. If Christianity doesn't become a brave race, it will simply disappear from Earth, and others will write its lifestyle. History is written by the victor. I salute the Christians who have taken a more brave perspective of things.

Western Nations brimming with renewed, blood-thirsty religious zeal.. Can you imagine if that were to happen? We are brave.. but overly restrained.

At 4/8/07 02:16 AM, LtSurge659 wrote:
There is confort, though, in the belief that we have control over ourselves, and in a sense we do. At least, that is what I choose to believe.

I think it's awesome that you do, honestly. The less jaded people we have on this earth, the better. Yes, I am putting myself down quite blatantly.

At 4/8/07 12:18 AM, poxpower wrote: And now I have read the answers. You guys are so predictably retarded.

If anything, human nature itself is.. I doubt the argument of retaliation is flawed, since it's fact.

The institutions of organized religion are just trying to survive.. You may as well see it as spiritual capitalism.. that's all it is. Propaganda and hidden agendas.

At 4/7/07 11:56 PM, Elfer wrote: So how abouts this shits: Would your answer change if he was something like a genetic researcher working to cure some disease that's super shitty to the max?

Yep. 'Cause I'm a hypocrite like that.

At 4/7/07 11:49 PM, Grammer wrote: The only good reason I could think of to punish the man is to bring comfort the the family who lost the loved one, really.

My sentiments exactly.

At 4/7/07 11:19 PM, Sigma-Lambda wrote:

The purpose of punishing someone is to stop them from doing whatever they did again. Punishment is simply a way to bring about rehabilitation.

Kudos for being the optimist here. I honestly wonder though if that's a sound way of dealing with the potentially horrendous nature of certain crimes.