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After spending months doing some research and watching the market, I think I have my next system lined out. I plan on building this in the next week or two.
Basic questions answered:
1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
High end gaming. I want to be able to have full AA, video card-forced settings, etc. I want the best-looking gaming performance possible. I primarily play on Source-based engines and am using a native 1440x900 LCD (which I'm happy with). I also play Fallout 3, and plan on playing StarCraft 2 and Star Wars: The Old Republic (MMORPG). I consider a playable frame rate to be about 60 FPS or, preferably, above.
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
I would like to keep the system at about $2,000 give or take. Since the video card (to my understanding) is the bottleneck of systems (aside from HDD loading times) I would like to get the highest performing video card possible (i.e. ATi's 5970).
3) Where do you live?
I live in Oregon. No sales tax so no need to worry about adding that to the price.
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. Please be very specific.
Everything. New case and all.
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
If necessary, I will be using my 2600XT video card until the 5970 is available for me to purchase. I will also be reusing my 500GB hard drive since it suits my needs. (Loading times are not a huge deal for me). I am thinking about getting a SSD later, but I've been reading mixed reviews currently showing that it could easily cause more problems than it would help. Am I accurate on this account?
6) Will you be overclocking?
Yes. I would like to overclock both the video and the processor (I like to do video stuff so I think the processor would be important for that).
7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
As I said before, it's just a 19" 1440x900 monitor and am very happy with it. I may go with a 1920x1200/1920x1080 monitor later on, but not now.
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
The next week or two.
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? etc
Nothing special. Just the standard X58 board.
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license?
No. I will be purchasing Windows 7 Ultimate with this system (retail).
I have a system in mind at this point, but I'm going to let you guys run wild without the limitation of what I have built already. I would like to know your true unbiased opinions on a build like this.
I will say, however, that I plan right now on getting a V8 cooler. It's my understanding that it's an extremely good cooler, but I haven't seen any real reviews for it on the i7 besides user reviews on newegg.com. I'd like some specific input on the CPU cooler because of this.
Thanks in advance.
Basic questions answered:
1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
High end gaming. I want to be able to have full AA, video card-forced settings, etc. I want the best-looking gaming performance possible. I primarily play on Source-based engines and am using a native 1440x900 LCD (which I'm happy with). I also play Fallout 3, and plan on playing StarCraft 2 and Star Wars: The Old Republic (MMORPG). I consider a playable frame rate to be about 60 FPS or, preferably, above.
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
I would like to keep the system at about $2,000 give or take. Since the video card (to my understanding) is the bottleneck of systems (aside from HDD loading times) I would like to get the highest performing video card possible (i.e. ATi's 5970).
3) Where do you live?
I live in Oregon. No sales tax so no need to worry about adding that to the price.
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. Please be very specific.
Everything. New case and all.
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
If necessary, I will be using my 2600XT video card until the 5970 is available for me to purchase. I will also be reusing my 500GB hard drive since it suits my needs. (Loading times are not a huge deal for me). I am thinking about getting a SSD later, but I've been reading mixed reviews currently showing that it could easily cause more problems than it would help. Am I accurate on this account?
6) Will you be overclocking?
Yes. I would like to overclock both the video and the processor (I like to do video stuff so I think the processor would be important for that).
7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
As I said before, it's just a 19" 1440x900 monitor and am very happy with it. I may go with a 1920x1200/1920x1080 monitor later on, but not now.
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
The next week or two.
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? etc
Nothing special. Just the standard X58 board.
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license?
No. I will be purchasing Windows 7 Ultimate with this system (retail).
I have a system in mind at this point, but I'm going to let you guys run wild without the limitation of what I have built already. I would like to know your true unbiased opinions on a build like this.
I will say, however, that I plan right now on getting a V8 cooler. It's my understanding that it's an extremely good cooler, but I haven't seen any real reviews for it on the i7 besides user reviews on newegg.com. I'd like some specific input on the CPU cooler because of this.
Thanks in advance.
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