Sorry for the noobing, but I'm getting a bit frustrated with MSI's documentation, or lack thereof. I've waiting far too long in the grand scheme of things to actually implement a RAID in any of my systems, and now that I want to, it appears I don't know what I'm doing.
Motherboard:
MSI z87...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150671
Just got the price alert, and purchased... comes with the AMD gold pack, (3 games) and Crysis 3.
210 Base
30 MIR
Free Shipping
180 AR
Was reading reviews on Newegg for the 7870 ghz edition... Seemed like a lot of cards were failing after a short time...most likely heat related...so that turned me off to any odd those"double dissipation" cards... Maybe I'm just reading too much into it and Newegg had a bad batch go out... Not...
Speaking of price range, I'm looking at around the 200 mark... So 660ti or 7870/7950...which is why I'm looking at the radeon offerings... seems like more performance for your buck.
Finally doing a new system build, since my opty 185 is just not cutting it anymore. (Yes that's a socket 939, yes I know it's long overdue). Dropping my pair of Zalman edition XFX 8800gt, and looking for a single card to start the new build with, but while i used to stick with bfg, evga, and...
Just saw the shell shockers today and there's actually something worthwhile.
Antec 900, (w/ USB 3) for 59.99 AR. Only a few hours left though.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129021
79.99
-20.00 Rebate Card
Free shipping
Paying $200 shipped. I don't need HSF, just the processor. If it's had its heat spreader removed, I'll need the shims to go with, but that's not a deal-breaker.
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