Going to be doing a entry every week or so where I outline some good hardware picks for those upgrading or building their computers.

Please check around for the prices. They fluctuate a lot and you can find great deals on ZipZoomFly.com, Mwave.com, TankGuys.com, Ewiz.com, and plenty of other E-Tailers.

Motherboard:

You really can't beat the P35 right now. I was a big fan of the X38... but it really turned out to be a dud. Don't get me wrong, the price point is great. But

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Here is a good reason not to:

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Note: The screen shots supplied in this post are 100% real and may be disturbing to intelligent life forms.

Have you seen the Industry News section recently? I have... it is abysmal:



There are 15 entry for every rumor, most of them with the same title. Note I said rumor, because the good majority of news post are rumors. Each new news post seems to contradict the one before it (or 8).
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As I watch all this mass hysteria over the new Nvidia and ATI video cards, and the 15 news posts that come with each new rumor, I can't help but to question something.

We buy very expensive fancy video cards so that we can run the latest and greatest in gaming at maximum resolutions and full eye candy.

So why is it that we base the very purchase of our video cards on their performance in a benchmark at low resolution and absolutely no eye candy....
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