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gonhunter

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1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
Gaming, Web browsing, and some photoshop

2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
1.8k without tax

3) Where do you live?
U.S

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

5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
none

6) Will you be overclocking?
50/50

7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
24 - 26 inches

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

9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? etc.
Crossfire or SLI, no RAID

10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license?
Yes
 
Can you provide a more specific time when you're planning on building this PC?
 
$280 - Intel Core i7 920 CPU
$250 - Asus P6T Intel X58 ATX Motherboard
$95 - G.Skill F3-12800CL8TU-6GBPI 3 x 2GB DDR3 1600 RAM
$400 - 2 x XFX HD-489A-ZDFC Radeon HD 4890 1GB PCI-E Video Card
$141 - 2 x OCZ Vertex OCZSSD2-1VTX30G 2.5" 30GB SSD (Ror RAID 0 setup)
$100 - Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
$24 - Lite-on iHAS124-04 DVD Burner
$140 - Corsair 850TX 850W PSU
$40 - Xigmatek Dark Knight-S1283V 120mm HSF
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Total: $1611 plus tax and shipping.

Two HD4890 in CF is more than enough for a 24" to 26" monitor. In addition, the OCZ Vertex 60GB RAID 0 setup is far faster than a Velociraptor drive while the WD 1TB Black drive will be for fast storage.
 
@OP: Did you have any cases in mind? cases are subjective, but Danny's got a huge list of recommendations if you didn't have any in mind. :p

Danny Bui said:
LOL! Got a pretty sizable budget there so thought a little splurging was warranted :)
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I agree, and that SSD splurge is gonna make a huge impact on system performance. :D
 
enginurd said:
@OP: Did you have any cases in mind? cases are subjective, but Danny's got a huge list of recommendations if you didn't have any in mind. :p
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Oops, totally forgot about case list:
$60 - Cooler Master RC-590-KKN1-GP ATX Case
$70 - Cooler Master Sileo 500 RC-500-KKN1-GP ATX Case
$70 - Lian Li Lancool PC-K1B ATX Case
$75 - Cooler Master RC-690-KKN1-GP ATX Case
$80 - Lian Li Lancool PC-K7B ATX Case
$90 - Lian Li PC-7B Plus II ATX Case
$90 - AeroCool Masstige ATX Case
$90 - Lian Li PC-K6 ATX Case
$120 - Thermaltake ElementS VK60001N2Z ATX Case
$145 - Antec P182 ATX Case
$140 - Cooler Master HAF 932 RC-932-KKN1-GP ATX Case
$160 - Antec P183 ATX Case
$200 - Cooler Master Cosmos S 1000 RC-1100-KSN1-GP Full Tower ATX Case
$200 - Cooler Master ATCS 840 RC-840-KKN1-GP Full Tower ATX Case
$200 - Lian Li PC-V1100A Plus II ATX Case
$220 - 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
 
Danny Bui said:
$280 - Intel Core i7 920 CPU
$250 - Asus P6T Intel X58 ATX Motherboard
$95 - G.Skill F3-12800CL8TU-6GBPI 3 x 2GB DDR3 1600 RAM
$400 - 2 x XFX HD-489A-ZDFC Radeon HD 4890 1GB PCI-E Video Card
$141 - 2 x OCZ Vertex OCZSSD2-1VTX30G 2.5" 30GB SSD (Ror RAID 0 setup)
$100 - Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
$24 - Lite-on iHAS124-04 DVD Burner
$140 - Corsair 850TX 850W PSU
$40 - Xigmatek Dark Knight-S1283V 120mm HSF
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Total: $1611 plus tax and shipping.
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Can't get any better than that. :)
 
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