Any one know when Intel CPU prices will drop? I can't play BF3 on shit PCs forever. I'm tempted to go out and build the following rig if prices don't come down by November :/

Quote Originally Posted by Amit View Post

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition - $119.00
MB: ASUS M5A97 AM3+ ATX - $95.00
RAM: Corsair CMX4GX3M2A1600C9 2x2G 1600Mhz DDR3 - $38.00

The RAM timings are slow, but I don't give a fuck, this is a budget build. The prices written into the hyperlinks are different than newegg because those are the prices I'm getting these items for at my local computer shop.

I'm pairing the above items with these things that I already have:

GPU: Sapphire ATi Radeon HD 5750 Vapor-X 1GB 128-bit GDDR5
Case: Antec Three Hundred Illusion Black Mid Tower ATX

ThePlague recommended this CPU cooler: CoolerMaster Hyper 212 Plus. It's cheap and it gets unreal reviews. I think I'll use that to OC the 955 Black, after all, that's what the Black edition is for. My only concern is that coolermaster doesn't say that it's compatible with AM3+ motherboards, but I'm sure it'll work no problem since the mounting hasn't changed for AMD boards since the AM2 socket I think.