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Well i want to upgrade but im not sure what next.. im thinking kb + mouse and mousepad but then what? would would your ranking be for the upgrades.. ill give you a list of my plan on buying and what i currently have.

Case - Want: Anything that can house my 12' GPU for less than $125, Have: Old Cheap Raidmax Sagitta Modded to fit 5870.
Cpu Cooler - Want: ThermalTake Frios, Have: Stock AMD cooler, Price to upgrade: $39.99
Keyboard - Want: CM Storm Quickfire Rapid, Have: Generic KB, Price to upgrade: $74.99
Monitor - Want: Achieva Shimian Perfect Pixel, Have HP 1600x900 Monitor, Price to upgrade: $400
Mouse - Want: Logitech G9x, Have: Generic KB, Price to upgrade: $67.99
Mousepad - Want: Steelseries QCK, Have: None, Price to upgrade: $10.99
Motherboard - Want: Asus Crosshair V Formula, Have: Asus M4A88T-m, Price to upgrade: $219.99
Memory - Want: Kingston Hyper X Grey 16gb 4x4gb DDR3-1600, Have: Corsair XMS3 4gb 2x2gb DDR3-1333, Price to upgrade: $109.98
Power Supply - Want: Seasonic X750 + Sleeving, Have: Antec BP550+, Price To upgrade: $200-250
SSD - Want: Corsair Force GT 120GB, Have: None, Price to upgrade: $125.49

Currently have $140 saved. But if needed id save up if its more than what i have. What would be the biggest benefit for me to buy? also i video edit a lot and i plan on getting PD when it releases but is 16gb worth having? or should i just save $50 if its not really necessary.
    
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post #2 of 23
unless your doing something like vidio rendering 8 gig is more then enfo something to consider is the Sabertooth mobo is a awsome OC board and is on the same level as the CH5 with out the ROG progam
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Mushkin Enhanced Chronos MKNSSDCR180GB  SAMSUNG CD/DVD Burner 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW  Sony BDUx10 Ibuypower AMD AM3 CPU Watercooling All-in-one s... 
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post #3 of 23
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Im mainly favoring the CH5 cause it has the color scheme im going for. and i am video rendering but not often its more of a hobby i guess that i do every once a while.
    
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post #4 of 23
Here,I'd go with an SSD,would give the biggest overall performance improvement,would really speed up your PC.Getting a 8GB of RAM with it wouldn't be bad,too,since it's cheap...

While you could probably have some use out of 16GB in video editing,I still wouldn't do it,and I think SSD+8GB of RAM is the best deal,and only goes a little over your current $140 budget...

Thought of recommending you a CPU cooler and CPU OC,but I don't like that PSU,not sure if it'd handle an OC'd CPU well...
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post #5 of 23
i suggest the following . . .

CPU Cooler $100

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181017

RAM $100 (x2)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147096

cooling is vital and these rams are proven to be excellent.
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post #6 of 23
Quote:
Originally Posted by rdr09 View Post

i suggest the following . . .
CPU Cooler $100
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181017
RAM $100 (x2)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147096
cooling is vital and these rams are proven to be excellent.

I highly doubt Corsair H100 would fit in his case,and his PSU doesn't really look up to the task of having a OC'd CPU.I wouldn't do it...
That RAM is very good,though,but I would take only 8GB,don't think he really needs 16GB...
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Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit Samsung P2470HD-1920x1080 Razer BlackWidow Corsair TX850 V2 
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post #7 of 23
cool then diffently go CH5 its a awsome board as far as menory only you have too say is the extra 8 gig worth it also know having all slots full makes OC harder if you want 16 gig Id look at 2 sticks of 1600 8 gig
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Mushkin Enhanced Chronos MKNSSDCR180GB  SAMSUNG CD/DVD Burner 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW  Sony BDUx10 Ibuypower AMD AM3 CPU Watercooling All-in-one s... 
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Windows 7 PRO 32 bit Dell ST2320LF 23-Inch Widescreen Flat Panel LCD... GIGABYTE GK-K6800  OCZ OCZ850GXSSLI GameXStream 850W  
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Mushkin Enhanced Chronos MKNSSDCR180GB  SAMSUNG CD/DVD Burner 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW  Sony BDUx10 Ibuypower AMD AM3 CPU Watercooling All-in-one s... 
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Windows 7 PRO 32 bit Dell ST2320LF 23-Inch Widescreen Flat Panel LCD... GIGABYTE GK-K6800  OCZ OCZ850GXSSLI GameXStream 850W  
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post #9 of 23
I have no problem recomending this case I got it to replace my Rosswell Destroyer case and my temps when down by 10 degress and it fits my H100

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811124144
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Asus Sbertooth Asus GTX 570 G.SKILL Ares Series DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) G.SKILL Ares Series DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) 
Hard DriveOptical DriveOptical DriveCooling
Mushkin Enhanced Chronos MKNSSDCR180GB  SAMSUNG CD/DVD Burner 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW  Sony BDUx10 Ibuypower AMD AM3 CPU Watercooling All-in-one s... 
OSMonitorKeyboardPower
Windows 7 PRO 32 bit Dell ST2320LF 23-Inch Widescreen Flat Panel LCD... GIGABYTE GK-K6800  OCZ OCZ850GXSSLI GameXStream 850W  
CaseMouseAudio
ENERMAX FULMO Advance ECA892AG-BL  GIGABYTE GM-M6800 Noble  Sony SRS-DB500 2.1 Portable Speakers 
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Asus Sbertooth Asus GTX 570 G.SKILL Ares Series DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) G.SKILL Ares Series DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) 
Hard DriveOptical DriveOptical DriveCooling
Mushkin Enhanced Chronos MKNSSDCR180GB  SAMSUNG CD/DVD Burner 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW  Sony BDUx10 Ibuypower AMD AM3 CPU Watercooling All-in-one s... 
OSMonitorKeyboardPower
Windows 7 PRO 32 bit Dell ST2320LF 23-Inch Widescreen Flat Panel LCD... GIGABYTE GK-K6800  OCZ OCZ850GXSSLI GameXStream 850W  
CaseMouseAudio
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post #10 of 23
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yeah the h100 would not fit in my case. as i have a 120mm exhaust 120mm intake and 80mm intake only spots unfortunately. i have heard good things about that samsung ram tho. quite possibly get that instead. the way i see it is no point in getting cpu cooler until i upgrade, psu and motherboard. no point in getting psu/mobo til i get a case that can fit a CH5. i was thinking the ssd as well but the thing is i dont have a space to throw the ssd in. unless i just want to place it in the bottom of my case. i do like that enermax but id really like something w/ a window.
    
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phenom ii x4 960t black edition Asus M4A88T-M Sapphire Radeon HD 5870 4gb corsair xms3 
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2tb Seagate Barracuda Green 120gb pulled out of laptop Win 7 Antec BP550 Plus 
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Raidmax Sagitta cm storm spawn Steelseries QCK 
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Raidmax Sagitta cm storm spawn Steelseries QCK 
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