Another gaming rig request

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Ambixx

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the eye in the sky said:
1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc

2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?

3) Where do you live?

4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. Please be very specific.

5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.

6) Will you be overclocking?

7) What size monitor do you have or plan to have?

8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?

9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? etc.

10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license?
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For starters I've never built a computer before. The main thing I'm having trouble with is choosing the parts I want and making sure they're all compatible. Another problem is i'm not sure if I need to order parts like ethernet cards and things like that that I take for granted. I plan to order all the parts I need from tigerdirect or newegg.

Any help would be appreciated.....It's probably a better idea to let someone else do this for me and learn as i go.



Now then:

Can you build me a computer?

I'd like to build primarily a gaming computer and if the hardware makes a diffrence i'd like to be able to run dedicated servers and bittorrent efficiently as well.

The budget shouldn't be that big of a concern unless common sense comes in to play (i.e. you can get X part cheaper and its basicly the same as your first choice). If it's possible i'd like to spend between $1000 and $1,500. The main thing is I don't want to have to make any major upgrades for a tidy few years.

I live in northern Mississippi just south of Memphis, TN.

I need a complete list of parts minus the accessories but if you have any input on keyboards, mice, bitchin speakers, or moniters its appreciated as well. The parts I don't want to skimp on are the motherboard, CPU, Graphics card, RAM, and case.

I'd like to overclock and I plan to buy the parts sometime in the next 4-6 months. Unemployment blows.

Like I said I don't want to skimp on the mother board. Use your best judgement.

What are your opinions on crossfire? Is there a giant diffrence in performance or is it worth buying the extra graphics card? I'm used to a whopping 10 frames a second for WoW on my crappy 6 year old dell and integrated graphics card.

Theres alot of crap I need to know and i'm sorry if i was really vague about it....Thanks in advance if you can help.

EDIT: ahh forgot....I need a new windows XP pro key and boot disk as well.

Is Vista worth it yet?
 
Please answer the questions you've copied in the quotes. You haven't given us enough details (like, for example, what monitor you're using, or what the computer is going to be used for) to work with.

You can also check out some of the more recent build threads for ideas as to which parts you could get within your $1000 to $1500 budget. This thread is an example of what I'm talking about.

For now, forget the four-to-six month mark... how much do you have to spend on your computer right now?
 
Please answer the questions you've copied in the quotes. You haven't given us enough details (like, for example, what monitor you're using, or what the computer is going to be used for) to work with.

For now, forget the four-to-six month mark... how much do you have to spend on your computer right now?
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The post answers most of the questions in the quote.

The monitor isn't important to me....The only thing I need help with is the box and i''ve got about 400 bucks right now which isn't anywhere near enough.

I just wanted a rough list to start with,

lowteckh said:
Come back in 4-6 months...
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Fair enough...

Just ignore the thread....ill ask later.
 
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