Quote Originally Posted by Movieman View Post
Let me ask: What Harpertowns are you planning on buying?
My question is because if one is spending say $2000.00 on chips why chinse on the board?
The 5400 seaburg is THE way to go if your building from scratch.
Yup, $500.00, but even a X7DAL-E open box is $300.00 at the egg and almost $400.00 new..
Buy the 5400 even if it's a stretch..I guarantee you you'll be happy you did in 3 months especially if you get 1600FSB cpu's..
1. I plan on buying the $250~ E5405s = $500~ total.
2. I won't get 1600 Mhz FSB until Nehalem simply because I won't be upgrading this lineup. Nehalem will be my next upgrade and it has a different socket anyway. The difference between 1600 Mhz and 1333 Mhz is very insignificant in my work.