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Krugar

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Its been a long time since I've done this so looking at building within the next 2 months. Something that will last a couple years playing the latest and greatest at respectable frame rates, upgradable down the line would be nice. Looking for a good air cooled case and thats quiet (will upgrade fans if need to be) black is preferred with a sleek easy on the eyes look. Also i do have a micro center nearby if they have any specials.

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
Heavy Gaming, Web browsing, watching movies, music.
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
1500-1800 inc. Shipping.
3) Where do you live?
cleveland, oh
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. Please be very specific.
New build, need it all.
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
WIll be using my 74GB Raptor as boot drive. will need storage drive.
6) Will you be overclocking?
I would like to eventually. something modest not going to go extreme.
7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
24" Dell 1920x1200
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
before the new year.
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? etc.
Would like SLI/Crossfire support.
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license?
Yes, Win7 64bit.


Dont really have a build at the moment but a good start would be with the i7 920 I would imagine. will add things as I find them.
Build:
$200 - Core i7 920 Microcenter
$290 - Corsair Obsidian 800D
$70 - Corsair H50 CPU Cooler
$27 - Lite-on CD/DVD Burner
$240 - Asus P6T Intel X58 ATX Motherboard
$160 - 2 x G.Skill Ripjaws F3-12800CL8D-4GBRM 3 x 2GB DDR3 1600 RAM
$139 - Corsair 850W Power Supply
$409 - HIS H587F1GDG Radeon HD 5870
$100 - 2x WD Caviar 640GB 7200RPM Sata
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Total $1639 + Ship
 
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Quick and dirty build:
$200 - Core i7 920 from Microcenter
$240 - Asus P6T Intel X58 ATX Motherboard
$160 - 2 x G.Skill Ripjaws F3-12800CL8D-4GBRM 3 x 2GB DDR3 1600 RAM (yes you can run dual channel RAM on X58 and get the same performance as triple channel)
$300 - XFX HD 5850 1GB Video Card
$110 - Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
$29 - LG GH22NS50 DVD Burner
$100 - Antec Truepower New TP-650 650W PSU
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Total: $1140 plus tax and shipping.

I'm 100% sure that there are better deals and setups for the money but this should give you somewhere to start from.

Some case recommendations:
$50 - Cooler Master RC-590-KKN1-GP ATX Case
$70 - Cooler Master RC-690-KKN1-GP ATX Case
$80 - Lian Li Lancool PC-K7B ATX Case
$80 - Lian Li PC-7B Plus II ATX Case
$100 - Cooler Master HAF 922 RC-922M-KKN1-GP ATX Case
$120 - Thermaltake ElementS VK60001N2Z ATX Case
$130 - Cooler Master Storm Sniper ATX Case
$140 - Antec P183 ATX Case
$130 - Cooler Master HAF 932 RC-932-KKN1-GP ATX Case
$180 - Cooler Master ATCS 840 RC-840-KKN1-GP Full Tower ATX Case
$200 - Cooler Master Cosmos S 1000 RC-1100-KSN1-GP Full Tower ATX Case
$230 - Silverstone FT01-B ATX Case
$250 - Lian Li PC-V1200B Plus II ATX Case
$240 - Lian Li PC-A71B ATX Case
$285 - Silverstone TJ09-B Full Tower ATX Case
$320 - Silverstone TJ10-B Full Tower ATX Case
$330 - Silverstone Temjin SST-TJ07B Full Tower ATX Case
 
Thanks for the reply, after going through all the cases I think im gonna go with the corsair, easy on the eyes and plenty of room for things now and later. Updated first post with a full build right around where I want to be.
 
Will I see a dramatic difference at the resolution im going to be gaming at? I dont plan on upgrading my monitor any time soon.
 
At the resolution you're playing at, yeah there's a difference.

Ditch the Dominator RAM as they are not worth the additional costs whatsoever. You would not notice an iota of difference between the Dominators and the G.Skill ram I chose. And that's a $100 difference.

Motherboard wise, you're really not gonna notice a difference between that EVGA motherboard and the Asus mobo I chose. It's not gonna last that much longer than the Asus P6T.
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I know that picking a case is entirely subjective, but a friend of mine did a maximum dollar build minus a SSD, he picked the HAF 932 case to use. That's a really good case and it's absolutely massive.

That's a good case if you're having a hard time deciding, but as I said, picking a case is really subjective once you get past your basic needs (slideable mobo? window? top or bottom PSU slot?)
 
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