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Traak
2011-10-14, 11:23 PM
This will help those of you who want SSD speed with some general ideas on what kind of box to build

First, a fast, positively-reviewed SSD, 120GB (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227706)
Antec, good quality at a good price 750W power supply (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371051)
Case: Antec popular tower gaming case with plenty of ventilation and space (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129097)
DVD burner, SATA (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151233)
Creative Labs 7.1 Sound (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829102034)
G.Skill RAM, 16GB (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231309)
OCable Motherboard (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157253)
OC me! i5 CPU (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx? Item=N82E16819115072)
No compromise CPU cooler (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118091)
Gaming network card, a little less for your MoBo to process (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833189002)
Video Card: Scalable for up to five displays: (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161385)

For a grand total of $1476.89 with the included 40 dollars of mail-in rebates.

For those who would like to find a board that does automatic overclocking, Tom's tried four motherboards, and this is the link to the results and conclusions page. (http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/automatic-overclock-motherboard-cpu,3048-17.html)