My last PC build is an Intel QX6850 @ 3Ghz an EVGA nForce 680i SLI motherboard and I was running 8GB (4x 2GB) of DDR2 800Mhz and a Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity Edition (I used to run SLI 8800GTS' I'm planning on spending anywhere between $300 - $400 on my upgrade for CPU, Mobo, and RAM What do you think of my choices and do you have any recommendations for anything better, cheaper, slickdeals general advice I know what i'm doing in terms of how to build just not sure on whats best deals out lately. I am platform agnostic and am willing to go for best bang for buck I play mostly PC games, and do some light AutoCAD and IT work on the side. I plan on keeping my current graphics card and might go crossfire with another one or replace with a newer one in the future, not a priority right now but if you have any recommendations as to which is a better idea that would be helpful as well just not in the short term.

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