new computer please give advice

[blackhawk60L]

I'm building a new desktop and wanted some advice. First off a good reccomended motherboard, second processor, and a vid card.
any reccomendations would be nice. im pretty settled on xp x64 sp 3. and nick n any advice would be awsome.

[brantmacga]

Recommendations can be found in this thread >> http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1190754444


It is the first post on this page.

[blackhawk60L]

yes i seen that one but it was posted in 07. more or less should i go with the 285GTX video card and i7 processor or downgrade to the q series. 1366 is gonna be the new and i dont want to set myself up for failure.

[brantmacga]

i gotcha.


there may be some newer stuff at the end; i don't know i haven't read through it.


other than that, i'm not qualified to give you any answer; sorry.

[HarvesteR]

this post is merely an overture to what i'm hoping the hardware geniuses here will advise, but a good computer these days basically consists of:

an i7 processor
a compatible socket 1366 mobo
DDR3 RAM
a  260/285 GTX card

and given that i7 CPUs require the new socket, any step short of it would mean having to buy another motherboard when you decide to upgrade CPUs again...

i don't think i'm informed enough to give any more specific advice than this... hopefully Nick or the other geniuses will come for help soon  ;)

Cheers