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Looking to get a Vista or XP based system (or PC vs. Mac for that matter)?
What will you be using this PC for?
A fan of any particular brand when it comes to parts (ATI vs. Nvidia, etc)?

oh yeah sorry..


xp computer
nvidia
intell prossesing
pc NOT mac
and its supposed to be a gaming computer, but still good with all the other media stuff.

3500 is well over enough to buy a great media/graphics/gaming computer..especially with XP. I don't have the knowledge to recommend much to you, but I'd start looking into lesser known computer companies like Voodoo...Though their cheapest is still a little over your budget. Though it's something to consider.

i can realy go up to 5000, but i would prefer not to, cause i dont want to dump that much money into this

*Intel core2quad CPU Quad-Core X5355/2.66GHz/8M/1333MHz/lga774 [$500+/-][ebay or optional other online shops]

*nvidia 8800 x2 764mb SLI 1.9ghz per card [$500 each same as above]

*ABIT FATAL1TY AN9 motherboard capable of handling 32GB RAM [$133 @ buy.com]

*4GB dual channel [ocz] DDR2 pc2-5400 @$160+/- most pc parts stores i personaly use ebay.

*"Ultra X3 1000 Watt Energy Efficient Modular" PSU@$233 [ebay price]

*black thermaltake shark@$150[local shop price as well as common ebay price]

*SAMSUNG LN-T2332H 23" LCD FLAT-PANEL WS HDTV/MONITOR [using dvi output from sli video card output.@$322[ebay again]

*Hitachi 1 Terabyte hard drive @$379

*logitech g11 gamming keyboard $29.99@[ebay ftw]

*

RAZER DIAMONDBACK SALAMANDER@$44.99{ebay]

final amount:$2518.98

mmk, so far ur winning, unless someone from another foum beats that, [i have a simmalar thing posted in 3 forums.]

youhoo7 wrote:mmk, so far ur winning, unless someone from another foum beats that, [i have a simmalar thing posted in 3 forums.]

fair enough i just used what i learned from college and put that there [had to do this exact thing for a peice of course work for my portfolio]

I won't be participating, but I will recommend you buy an Apple Cinema Display if you have some cash left over that you're willing to spend. They have amazing picture quality and work on PCs.

makes scence, umm, soarry warlard, ur actualy in 2nd, place...

youhoo7 wrote:makes scence, umm, soarry warlard, ur actualy in 2nd, place...

from gtaf's post?
or another forum.

warlord wrote:

youhoo7 wrote:makes scence, umm, soarry warlard, ur actualy in 2nd, place...

from gtaf's post?
or another forum.

Pretty sure he means another forum. ;p

GametagAeonFlux wrote:
Pretty sure he means another forum. ;p

yeah im just checking because i thought he might have thought your link was a computer itself not just a way to display picture.
Well i did my best and found the best pc i could see on building.
unless he upgraded the ramm in the pc higher seeing as the mobo supports 32gb of ram.

yup another forum, well i wont decide fer a wile, cause i want to get more than just 4 ppl

Computer:

[New !!!] Nzxt Alpha Gaming Tower Case

Case Lighting (Red, Blue, or Green)

800 Watt -- XION SuperNova XON-800F14R Power Supply

[=== Quad Core ===] Intel Core 2 Quad Processor Q6600 (4x 2.4GHz/8MB L2 Cache/1066FSB)

MSI P6N Diamond nForce 680i SLI Chipset w/7.1 Sound, Gb LAN, S-ATA, USB 2.0, IEEE 1394, PCI-E MB

4GB [1024MB X4] DDR2-800 PC6400 Memory Module Corsair

NVIDIA GeForce 8800GTX 768MB

500 GB HARD DRIVE [Serial-ATA-II, 3Gb, 7200 RPM, 16M Cache]

Sony Q170A Dual Format/Double Layer 18X DVD

thats the type of thing i am looking for,im still concidering war lord alot ttho, but im looking into yours right now too, thanks for the organized post

What games are you looking to play? Also what programs are you looking to run?

Motherboard: $170 (NewEgg)
nVidia 680i SLI LT

Graphics Card: $1130 (NewEgg)
nVidia GeForce 8800Ultra (x2)

RAM: $344 (NewEgg)
G.SKILL 2GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (x4)

Processor: $280 (NewEgg)
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz LGA 775 Processor

Sound Card: $136 (NewEgg)
Creative Labs 7.1 Channels PCI Interface Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Professional Series

Case: $120 (BestBuy Business)
ASUS Vento 3600

Power Supply: $379 (NewEgg)
Thermaltake Toughpower 1200W Power Supply

Cooling System: $220 (NewEgg)
ZALAM Reserator 1 V2 Fanless Watercooling

Hard Drive: $320 (NewEgg)
HITACHI Deskstar 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive

Monitor: $379 (NewEgg) (I'd go with dual, but you can't have Dual-Monitors with a SLI Stepup. Unless, of coarse, you have the second monitor hooked up to a seperate [not-SLIed] graphics card.)
SCEPTRE 1080p Black 24" 2ms DVI Widescreen LCD Monitor

Keyboard: $68 (NewEgg)
Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard

Speakers: $87 (NewEgg)
Creative Inspire P7800 90 Watts 7.1 Speaker

Operating System: $140
Windows XP Professional Edition 64-bit

Grand Total: $3633
Grand Total (With XP): $3733

(You would probably shave off about 100-150 if you get the 8800GTX 768MB)

Updated with links to all the parts.

oohhh , i knew some one was going to do new egg, nice going tom,

youhoo7 wrote:oohhh , i knew some one was going to do new egg, nice going tom,

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