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http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/307604-30-dell-dimension-4600-upgrade#t2067206

I just had a question after thinking about it a bit more and seeing some parts I thought I might as well wait for a bit and get a decent tower, for the price its great but after seeing a better GPU I thought I might as well take it up a notch. And save a bit more, my estimated budget would be around $700 to $800.

I found this one and thought if you recommend a better case with power supply that can handle it, also I thought about it and think spending a little bit more on a i5 processor will be worth it, since the computer will be used for gaming more than anything else. And won't really need to upgrade any sooner with a i5 than i3.

The case I was looking at was this one, the reviews on it are great and I really would love to see this as my main pc. Really love the look of it and the future upgrades to would be possible if I ever needed to.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119240

Also saw this bundle but don't know about the GPU for what I have seen its kinda the same as the R6870 Hawk.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.770956

So I would love to hear on your thoughts and I got time so no rush. For what I have hear though and correct me I am wrong but is the ivy bridge specs that I found kinda showed that the most improvement would be to the built in graphics on the i5, but not much in performance. According to what I understood on the article but to be honest I won't really be using the built in graphics just the HAWk.

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Benchmarks-Intel-Ivy-Bridge-CPU-sandy-bridge,14144.html

Thanks again for your time and input.
 
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U know, it used to be the CPU, that was the bottle neck of the system after few years,

well not with this CPU : ))
 
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LOL this will be the fastest thing in my block :)

Man really glad to hear that well I will just cash my checks lol and start building hey man some few building questions?
First how do I know if i have a DOA unit/part?

And two I seen this thermal tube looking stuff that cost around 10 bucks do I have to buy that for the CPU?
 
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This one is one of the best and the guy on the video is showing how it is done : )

[flash=640,360]http://www.youtube.com/v/9VSDkB-3st4&rel=0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&version=3[/flash]
 
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Well looks like I got a couple of days to get the stuff ready and thanks for helping me out I will try my best to build this PC and hopefully I won't have any problems, hopefully next time I am on here it will be with my new pc thanks again for all your help and time. :)
 
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Follow this great guide to troubleshoot any issue.

I like to use surgical gloves so I don't short anything.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/261145-31-perform-steps-posting-post-boot-video-problems

And if anything, u can PM or just post it and drop me a link.
 
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Oh cool thanks was looking for one and thanks for the great tip didn't know that would help, well if there is anything I can't figure out i will be sure to take you up on your offer and pm you. Hopefully everything will go great and wont' receive any dead part. Well goodnight man and thanks for all your help. :)
 
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