QUOTE (Chris @ Jul 18 2009, 03:58 PM)
He wants the X2 CPU because of the combo deal and in the end will pay less for parts.
The Radeon 4870 and Geforce GTX260 are pretty close together in performance, after the MIR's it will only be $35 more and he will get the two games with the card (he wants cod5) and with more video memory on the side. Beret and myself already talked about the exact same cards and he chose the GTX260 since i'm not forcing him to take certain parts.
I'v never heard much about Seasonic Power Supplies.
If you've read anything about actual quality power supplies, Seasonic comes up. Often. Between OEMing for Antec, Corsair, and PC Power & Cooling, they're responsible for some of the highest quality and most popular enthusiast units. They do a lot of OEM work and not just for those three. There are literally boatloads of servers running off of Seasonic-built power supplies. Most notably, look at the still-incredibly-popular Corsair 650TX and their own lines of S-12 and M-12 units. The reviews are almost universally perfect. The new PC P&C Silencer 910W is a Seasonic unit, the Corsair 400CX, 450VX, 650TX, 520HX, and 620HX are all Seasonic units. The 550VX, 750TX, 850TX, 850HX, and 1000HX are all Channel Well. The first two on the list and the last one (550vx-750tx-1000hx) are good for normal desktop use though really aren't in the same performance category as the 650/850tx or the 520/620/750/850HX's. They provide good power but it's not as clean as it could be. Quite a few of the Antecs (especially higher end) are Seasonic as well.
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