Yea...and no. Right now its a tossup as you can overclock the q9450, and run a true 64bit OS and get some impressive power out of them, where the i5/i7 tend to run hotter for the same speeds, from what I have been reading.

 

i understand you like you counter strike to go super-dumb-and-hyphy. and i am not interested in starting a e-tard fight. but my ****/torrents/free movies come in just as fast as yours and i am on my mac.

 

my computer is water cooled (the cpu/gpu) that's all i have to say!!!!

 

yes, pretty significant and very noticeable

i5 just came out last tuesday!

 

I guarantee they don't but that's ok (pats the new D-3 series cable modem)

Its not really that I hate macs, its the users. Macs were made for people who can only think one way, and can only deal with one mouse button at a time. They were never built for power users like myself.

 

I just read that 6GB of ram is 90 bux, dirt cheap.

 

Even if you go with the super high end stuff like dominator its only 120 bucks or so. Remember cheap ram will lead to problems down the line. Better to spend some more dough and get solid tested, matched ram.

 

build a new comp, go i7!

 

I think both systems have their merits. Windows 7 is going to be solid. As a Mac guy though, I will say this in defense. I have no problem using this (Logitech VX Revolution) mouse. So that "one button" thing is the most outdated poke at Apple users. If you wanna get technical, sure, the "right click" isn't an actual right click from a programmer's standpoint, it's just replacing the ctrl+click function. If I was an avid gamer who isn't much of a console gaming guy, I'd be retarded to buy a Mac, however.



Way to bunch all of us into a stereotype. :P I'm a graphic designer by profession, so OSX is just more efficient for me as far as window arrangements and floating windows are concerned for my own work flow. Not all of us are hippies who blog about the interwebs and indie bands like the general stereotype perceives us. Anyway, building a rig is really fun though. My preference of mobo/processor combos have always been Asus or Gigabytes with Intel processors. What's everyone's preference? Also, are all hard drive brands fair game? I usually stuck with Seagate and Western Digital, once in a while, Maxtor. Optical drives, I just stuck with Pioneer optical drives, but I hear Samsung and Lite-On are comin' up though. As for cases and cooling equipment, I normally stuck with Cooler Master stuff in the past. I'm a little biased towards nVidia-based video cards too. It just seemed as if ATI's lagging behind in the market a little bit. Haha.

 

I have that mouse, bad *** =) laptop pwnage!

 

Dude, do you ever have that mysterious double left click issue? Sometimes when I click stuff, it'll double click with a single click. I read it's a common issue with Logitech Revs. I freakin' love this mouse, otherwise. I never ever want to touch an Apple mouse ever again. That roller ball scroll thing freakin' sucks. Haha.

 

I tried that mouse out, It just didn't feel right in my hand so I went back to my G5 and G7 gaming mice.

The one I wish I had was my orgininal mX1000 laser mouse. Man that thing rocked, but I used it so much, I wore the left mouse button out. When you try to use it now it double and triple clicks things

 

Never had a left click issue. But this is a good laptop mouse... for gaming I'd definitely stay corded and get a laser mouse. Right now I was lookin' into building a cheapo gamin' PC, found a good one...

Great site

www.tomshardware.com

Has good comparisons and benchmarks, and they have plenty of articles for the best bang for your buck computer you can build yourself. =) I love this site

 

Hmm I want to build a new computer now, I hate you guys now!

-Gio

 

Way over my head. It would be nice if I can build my own computer....
I don't like my dell.