YippeeKiYay

It isn't really as bad as people make it seem. They just like hopping on the bandwagon because of linus and in fear of what the community will think of them if they feel differently towards VGA. I use a dvi cable to my IPS monitor but i use a vga cable to my tv even thought my graphics card and tv supports HDMI. I can't seem to get hdmi to work properly. It looks so damn grainy. I know most people can't even tell the difference between the two but they still mouth off that VGA is crap because of the bandwagon mentality 

In Australia its called Gumtree
I'm sure its the same...
 
Lowballers, stupid offers even though you say "fixed price"
No Shows.....
Basically its a Person to Person trademart, you would NEVER use it and pay via online, strictly face to face interaction is best.
A lot of people have been stung by scams online, even tho every person should know face to face transactions are a lot better.

I didnt read through the Java installer and now I have every plugin under the sun

got stuck in a non techie infinite loop atm
have two friends wanting me to build them both a new pc each ,
 
ends up going like this
 
me. ok fine how much you wanna spend ?
them. how much it going to cost ....?
me. how much you wanna spend....?
them. depends , how much it going to cost ....?
me. you want good gaming pc...?
them . yes !
me. how much you want to spend ??
them. how much it going to cost ??
me.thud! thud ! thud!

I think it was the Antec SP1
 
ah bet me to it

Well, it can be argued that the K series from Corsair is also gimmicky in that it deviates from a plain, and well designed keyboard like Filco for example. It's a question of degrees, isn't it? Having the aluminum base and cool LED can be said to be gimmicky, right? Only brands that take themselves very seriously do not bother with deviating from a simple design......like Filco, Topre, even the BS keyboard from Unicomp. I have keyboards by Filco, Topre, HHKB, Ducky, Keycool, Cooler Master even an old Model M and each has its own intrinsic beauty.Sure, Ducky Shine keyboards stand out due to their snazzy LED lighting effects, but that does not detract from the fact that they are well built and sturdy.....like most well designed and well made mechanical keyboards.

I think it was the Antec SP1
 
ah bet me to it

Not really related to this topic, but always enrages me everytime I come across it;
I hate those 13 year old spoiled brats who get a ton of money from their parents to buid a computer, without having done a single thing in return. Then they just buy the most expensive components they can find without thinking. And then they start bragging on forums about how great they are. (Especially the ones who explicitly mention their age in the name of the build/description.)

you seem to be too worried about bottlenecks 

Like any other year, look for deals at the time of purchase.

As for the OP, I disagree with two things:

1) Your fear of bottlenecks is irrational. If you have $20 extra to spend, and that will get you the next tier of GPU but not both a tier up in CPU *and* GPU, there is no reason not to get a better GPU. 90%+ of new games, including many games that aren't released yet, do not leverage the CPU as much as they do the GPU, and thinking you HAVE to upgrade your CPU every time you upgrade your GPU is irrational, wasteful and unfounded. Because you have an i5-3570 and GTX 680 now, does not mean that you won't get a benefit from upgrading just the GPU the next generation. You get slightly less of a boost, but a boost none the less. I see a lot of people swapping out almost their entire system every generation of new hardware, and I just feel sorry for them for being so wasteful.

2) You are clearly biased towards AMD and the 8350 "hotfix" BS has been refuted multiple times. In fact, you still get what you pay for (what a shock!) until there are a lot more, and more diverse, games to leverage 6+ cores. I say 6+ cores because 6 AMD cores roughly equals 4 Intel cores at this tier. Also, recommending AMD to everyone because of Crysis 3, Battlefield 3 and Battlefield 4 - three games of which the first is bad, the second is soon dead and the third isn't even out yet, is terribly silly.