 | Asus Rampage II GENE Core i7 / Intel X58/ DDR3/ CrossFireX & SLI/ A&2GbE/ MATX Motherboard
Buy new: $229.18 1 of 2 microATX boards to choose from. DFI came out with the 1st one, ASUS is the newest board available. I'll be adding more info since it doesn't look like Amazon has all the parts that I would recommend.
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 | Intel Core i7 920 2.66GHz 8M L3 Cache 4.8GT/sec QPI Hyper-Threading Turbo Boost LGA1366 Processor
Buy new: $289.99 / Used from: $245.00 |
 | OCZ OCZ3X1600LV6GK PC3-12800 6GK Intel Extreme XMP Tri Channel Kit
Buy new: $191.99 At the beginning of this year, DDR3 memory was selling for $229 for 1600. Now look at the price! OCZ, good brand, they make SSD's & power supplies too. PC Power & Cooling is owned by them but is still it's own brand of power supply.
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 | Corsair CMPSU-620HX 620-Watt HX Professional Series Modular Cable Design 80 Plus Certified Power Supply compatible with Core i7 and Core i5
Buy new: $139.82 / Used from: $135.00 All you need for a SFF with enough power to grow and overclock. The heart of any computer system is the power supply. It's amazing that someone would spend so much time choosing a processor, memory, motherboard, video card and hard drive then neglect the power supply by going for the cheapest one.
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 | Corsair CMPSU-1000HX 1000-Watt HX Professional Series 80 Plus Certified Power Supply compatible with Core i7 and Core i5
Buy new: $231.52 For extreme overclockers. For the most part, if you are building a small form factor (SFF) you would never need this monster of a power supply unless you happen to be building a unit with a pair
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 | Intel 80 GB X25-M MLC SSD 2.5-Inch / 7.0 mm
Buy new: $596.95 / Used from: $249.99 My 1st choice. The sad thing is that this was $319.99 only a few days ago and it's already jumped up to $324.99. By this time next year hopefully we will be paying closer to $2 per GB, so maybe $160 for an 80GB SSD? We can only dream for now.
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![Western Digital 300 GB VelociRaptor SATA 10,000 RPM 16 MB Cache Bulk/OEM Desktop Hard Drive WD3000HLFS [Amazon Frustration-Free Packaging]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513mtGlmx-L._SL75_.jpg) | Western Digital 300 GB VelociRaptor SATA 10,000 RPM 16 MB Cache Bulk/OEM Desktop Hard Drive WD3000HLFS [Amazon Frustration-Free Packaging]
Buy new: $209.99 / Used from: $169.95 My 2nd choice for a boot drive (or 2 in a RAID 0 configuration). My first choice is above but it's still a bit expensive.
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![Western Digital 640 GB Caviar Black SATA 7200 RPM 32 MB Cache Bulk/OEM Desktop Hard Drive WD6401AALS [Amazon Frustration-Free Packaging]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51PUXGxAdhL._SL75_.jpg) | Western Digital 640 GB Caviar Black SATA 7200 RPM 32 MB Cache Bulk/OEM Desktop Hard Drive WD6401AALS [Amazon Frustration-Free Packaging]
Buy new: $74.99 My idea is to use this as the 1st or boot drive (OS/Applications) since it has 2 platters of about 335 GB each or 320, it's supposed to be faster than the 750 or 1TB. This would be for those that don't have the budget for the $229.99 WD 300GB drive above or the Intel X-25 Solid State Drive (SSD).
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 | "1TB 7200RPM 32MB BUFFER, SERIAL ATA II/300, 3.5INCH, SEAGATE BARRACUDA 7200.12"
This would be the data drive (2nd hard drive) consisting of 2 platters of approx. 500 GB each. This hard drive is going to be the next hot product. I look forward to seeing benchmarks between this Seagate and the Western Digital Caviar black line of hard drives.
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 | LG Electronics GGC-H20LK LightScribe Blu-Ray/HD DVD Combo Drive with Software - Bulk (Black)
Buy used from: $179.99 The non blu-ray recordable version of the LG.
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 | LG GGW-H20L Super Multi Blue - Blu-ray Disc Burner / HD DVD-ROM Drive w/ Lightscribe - 6x2x6x/3x - Serial ATA - internal - 5.25"
Buy used from: $199.99 It's either this or the newer 8x version of this LG for HD-DVD, Blu-ray and Blu-ray/DVD-/+R disc recording.
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 | Dell 2408WFP UltraSharp 24-inch Widescreen + High Definition Flat Panel Monitor
Buy used from: $475.00 1080p, multiple monitor inputs, I wish I had the money for the 27" or 30" version. I use one of these now for my satellite tv, xbox 360, main computer and test computer.
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 | Microsoft Natural Keyboard Elite
Buy new: $19.99 / Used from: $24.99 Best Ergonomic keyboard that I've ever used.
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 | Microsoft Natural Ergo Keyboard 4000
Buy new: $29.95 / Used from: $24.34 What I'm using now because my Natural Keyboard broke after 5 years of constant typing. I still dream of getting a Natural Keyboard though, if only Microsoft would make one with back-lit keys.
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 | Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard (Black)
Buy new: $69.00 / Used from: $41.95 Another keyboard, for gamers or lan party types. I wish they made an ergonomic version like this.
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 | Logitech MX 518 High Performance Optical Gaming Mouse (Metal)
Buy new: $39.99 Great mouse even if you aren't gaming. I've given these Mice as Christmas presents to non-gamers and they have absolutely loved it.
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 | SilverStone Sugo SG02B-F ABS/SECC Steel MicroATX Desktop Computer Case - Retail (Black)
Buy new: $69.99 Fits a full sized video card but not as spacious as a NZXT Rogue SFF.
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 | APC BE750G 10-Outlet Power-Saving Uninterruptible Power Supply
Buy new: $85.98 Great for shutting down computers during blackouts in the Northeast.
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 | Windows XP Pro SP2
It has to be said, that if Microsoft plans to put a virtual copy of Windows XP Pro into the future release of Windows 7 that, XP Pro can't be that bad of an O/S.
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