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$1300 gaming build

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1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
Mostly gaming FPS style, and web browsing
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
$1300, including tax and shipping
3) Where do you live?
Mississippi (Plan to do all ordering from Newegg)
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. The word "Everything" is not a valid answer. Please list out all the parts you'll need.
Motherboard, CPU, RAM, PSU, video card (possibly case and hard drive(s)
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
150GB Raptor hard drive (probably dated, let me know)
250GB 7200RPM hard drive (no idea on make/model but most likely dated)
6) Will you be overclocking?
Not afraid to, but not necessary going to.
7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
Three 22" or 24" 1920x1080 monitors (not included in budget price)
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
Within' the next couple weeks, waiting on a bonus check.
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? USB 3.0? SATA 6Gb/s? etc.
RAID and probably need CF/Sli for the Tri monitors..
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If so, what OS? Is it 32bit or 64bit?
Windows 7 Ultimate


Basically this is a friend of mine who is upgrading his current setup to something newer. He is on an Intel quad core, 9650 I think and a 460 GTX video card. I'm thinking a new Sandy Bridge i5 or i7 will be a nice upgrade for him. Since he mostly just games on his computer, I think 4Gb ram would be plenty for now and not sure about the tri monitor setup at 1920x1080; probably gonna need CF/SLI video cards to handle it. His current game is BFBC2, but he plays all FPS games as they come out from Crysis, COD, BF, etc...

His case I'm not 100% for sure about, he says its a cooler master case, but I'm not sure which model. I plan to just suggest the case list that Danny posts all the time if he wishes to upgrade it as well, but not included in the budget.
 

150GB Raptor hard drive (probably dated, let me know)
250GB 7200RPM hard drive (no idea on make/model but most likely dated)
If your friend has the 150GB VelociRaptor drive, then yes worth reusing.
If your friend has the 150GB Raptor (no "Veloci in front), then no not worth reusing.

Yes that 250GB drive is pretty dated no matter what the make/model is. 250GB drives don't see the same kind of performance increase or development as their 500GB, 1TB or even 2TB brothers.
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? USB 3.0? SATA 6Gb/s? etc.
RAID and probably need CF/Sli for the Tri monitors..

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not sure about the tri monitor setup at 1920x1080; probably gonna need CF/SLI video cards to handle it.

Just to be clear: Is your friend planning on gaming across all three monitors or is just gaming on one?
 
I am pretty sure it's just a raptor. No veloci.

Yes he intends to game across all three monitors.
 
In that case, wait about another week or two for the release of the GTX 560 card. Right now, your best bet for good multi-monitor and multi-GPU gaming is SLI. However the current prices of Nvidia cards are relatively high for the performance they offer. The GTX 560 should fall within the GTX 460 and GTX 470 in price and/or performance.
 
In that case, wait about another week or two for the release of the GTX 560 card. Right now, your best bet for good multi-monitor and multi-GPU gaming is SLI. However the current prices of Nvidia cards are relatively high for the performance they offer. The GTX 560 should fall within the GTX 460 and GTX 470 in price and/or performance.

Alright, I'll bump this thread when that happens.
 
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