yes but for CPU-oriented softwares and operations, such as Flash animations, Photoshop, and other things that won't ask GPU processings, and the fact i could upgrade my video card later on quite easily also... there's a 15.57$ difference between the i5 650 and i5 750: 190.05$ for the 650 and 205.62$...

@ces: do you still suggest me the i5 650 instead the i3 530/540?

is it easy and safe to use the TurboBoost feature? (as safe as pushing that "Turbo" button on those old Intel 486 computers?)

ok but i picked the installations and testings (50$) so i'll be sure it will work fine when i get everything. And that incluse installation of the heatsink and fan. Should i ask them to install the Nexus 120mm fan (black and white) on the Scythe Mugen 2 rev.B instead of the fan that come with it? So...

so there's no big difference between a i3 530 and a i5 650? i mean...good features worth switching from i3 530 to i5 650. Do you think i should still take a case in my order? so they can just install everything in a case and it might be better for shipping means. For example, a cheap but good-enough...

so for a silent hard disk, anyone would recommend me one? (that exclude Seagate, i hate them, they don't have AAM and their seek noises are pretty loud if you ask me)

the 500gb WD5000AADS hard disk seem to run at 7200rpm even if it's a Green hard disk.

but i would stick with the TX650 if i were you, stable PSU with enough power for a quad-core and power-hog videocards, it even support SLi

so should i stick with that green WD 500gb hard disk? i think it's 7200rpm still.

There's the WD10EALS which is a WD Blue 1Tb drive also, and not that expensive

i think running on lower power consumption on a higher Wattage PSU gives more stability to your system

for example, if your computer takes around 400W and you have a 600W PSU, it'll be more stable and maybe more efficient also.

hmm are you sure? At least for vibrations, i can suspend easily in my Sonata 2...

Is the WD1002FAEX any good and have a rather quiet seek and spinning noise with AAM set to quiet mode?

well value and good cooling wise, i might take the Mugen 2 rev.B after all...if it's still avaible in a month... Also, changing the hard disk for a Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB (part number HD103UJ) is a good idea? (SPCR list it as the quietest hard disk with the biggest storage size, and without being ...

ok well, i just checked and they seem to have the Mugen 2 rev.B back in stock. But what would be better cooling-wise while using a Nexus 120mm Black-white fan? the Megahalems rev.B or the Mugen 2 rev.B? I really need to know if one wouldn't fit on this P7P55D-E LX main board, the Megahalems do seem ...

i noticed, on the Intel website, when you compare CPUs with the i5 650, the i3 540 and i3 530, only the i3 540 have the "Embedded", what does that mean? http://ark.intel.com/Compare.aspx?ids=46472,43546,46473, for the heatsink, do you think the Megahalems would fit on this P7P55D-E LX board and Sona...

check here:
http://www.ncix.com/search/?categoryid=0&q=scythe+1156

what's the difference between the I3 540 and the i5 650 exactly?

ok...and which should be better for me, the i3 540 or the i5 650?

It seem like the Mugen 2 rev.B is back-order on NCIX, so which one would replace this? (just in case they won't have it in stock anymore)

they haven't done a review for the Mugen 2 rev.B. yet

Do you think this board and heatsink will have enough clearance for everything around?

since the CPU is 32nm, it's going to heat less and easier to cool down than my actual 90nm 3700+? i'm also considering the Core i5 650 right now... and a Nexus black-white 120mm fan would be good for the Mugen 2? I noticed the Mugen 2 have different ways of installing the fan...which one would be th...

well there's the Noctua NF-P12 which pushes more air and seem to be efficient as a CPU fan, and they seem to include this one with their 120mm-fan-compatible CPU heatsinks.

i think i shouldn't take chance and let the NCIX technicians do the assembly and testing, just in case something go wrong if i do it myself... the Prolimatech Megahalems seem to have spaced enough fins for a Noctua NF-S12-1200, and in the review, they're saying "Top-notch performance with both low a...

do you think Scythe have the same quality as ThermalRight? i mean do i have chance the Mugen won't have a perfect contact with the CPU?

ok do you think i'll still have good cooler temperatures with the MUX-120? Because the Venomous X is kinda really pricey and it doesn't come with a ThermalRight fan by default. Or should i take the Scythe Mugen 2 rev.B which is even less expensive? Another question...can i use a Noctua NF-S12-1200 o...

i think Vista was like the new "Windows ME", the in-between Windows that failed horribly :lol: But coolers like this seem to be hard to install with tons of bolts & nuts and brackets...is there an option on NCIX so they can build it up for me instead? i would be willing to pay for that... There's a ...

what would be the very best? the Ultra-120 Extreme?

Is Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit much better than Vista 64bit Home Premium?

@psyopper: my WD2000JS is already suspended with clothing elastics in my PC right now (but i think i will have to redo the suspension since the elastics doesn't actually "hold" the hard disk in place). In fact i have 2 x WD6400AAKS, 1 in my NMT and 1 in my 2nd PC, both are used mainly for storage, g...

then which quiet drive should i take instead? and since i'll take parts out of a PC case, which one should i use? my Sonata 2 or my Three Hundred? Because my worry is still the higher temperatures, a lot of peoples are reporting their i3 530 being around 35 Celcius at idle, i fear mine could be at 4...

yes well, i'm already using, on my 2nd PC, a 80gb IDE (ATA100) drive for Windows, critical apps and patches and softwares such as antivirus, FTP software, etc... and this Windows XP partition is about 13gb only and i still have around 3-4gb free on it. So i know what you mean by using a partition fo...

here's a screenshot of the stuff in the cart so far.

so which WD drive would be a silent one while being fast and enough space? about 500gb would be enough i think, since the 2nd PC is used for downloads and other things.

Is the WD5000AADS a good choice?

I like WD drives since the seek noise can be silenced more with AAM.

well i don't like MicroATX in an ATX case because they seem to make stuff too cramped together. here's a list of stuff i've put in my NCIX cart for now ($CAN): -Asus P7P55D (148.71$) -Kingston HyperX KHX1600C9D3K2/4G (139.99$) -Western Digital Caviar Blue SE16 640GB (72.99$) -Intel Core i3 540 Dual ...

so you're saying i would be better with a Core i3 530 ot 540? there seem to have a nice bundle for the Core i3 530 on NCIX right now: http://www.ncix.com/products/?sku=49424 But what bothers me is the MOSFETS don't have a heatsink on them, and the fact it's a MicroATX board...and maybe this Chipset ...

@ces: 161$ for the i3 540 and 135$ for the i3 530.

so if i understand, right now quad-cores are more for extreme multi-taskings, and also, they can make dual-cores which could be as good as its quad-core counterpart?