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Warsoul

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Hi All,

Well I'm planning on performing my very first computer build at the beginnig of next year (Jan. or Feb.).

I'm giving myself a Budget of $5,000 (including monitor). A few hundred over that would be ok I suppose.

What kind of system setup would you recommend for that amount?

I want it mainly to play games, but also to do school work.

The types of games I play are WoW, Star Wars Galaxies, BF2, Doom 3.

I know a lot of new things are coming out next year, but what's the best system I could get right now?

Thanks for any input you may have. I know you all see this question about 10 times a week.
 
5K is alot if you're building it yourself. You could get 2x Dell 3007FPW 30" Widescreen monitors, and still have ~$2200 for the system, lol. As for the system, you'd be lookin at (whatever isn't out yet, prices are just guesstimates):

315 - Intel E6600
200 - nForce 650 SLI (comes out in nov)
215 - 2GB DDR2 667
350 - GeForce 8800GTS (comes out in nov)
350 - GeForce 8800GTS (comes out in nov)
150 - CoolerMaster Stacker Full Tower
100 - 600W OCZ PSU (after rebate price)
95 - 320GB Seagate 7200.10
95 - 320GB Seagate 7200.10
85 - 300W BoosterX GPU PSU
55 - Scythe SCNJ-1100P
35 - NEC or Lite-On DVD Burner
25 - Samsung Combo drive
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$2070 + tax and shipping

If you only got 1 3007fpw (~$1600) or 2x 2407fpw (for ~$1600) instead, you could bump that system budget higher and get 2x 8800GTX's and/or an E6700, X6800, or Q6600 (when it comes out). You really don't need 5k for a great system unless you really want dual 30" LCDs. Otherwise, you'll still have a kickass system for around $2.5 - $3K (one 2407fpw).
 
Good Points.

What I really want is to be able to play games like I listed above without any lag/stuttering and quick load times. Of course it also has to perform quickly with daily tasks.

Now... how does a 30" monitor stand up to gaming? I've heard bigger monitors are not really ideal for gaming.

So pretty much I want a rig with powerful graphics, great storage, and quick overall response to everything. I would like to have a nice Sound System set up as I do most of my Movie Watching on my computer so I'll need a good sound card. I do plan on getting Vista when it comes out so I don't know if that would change anyone's recommendation on hardware.

Thanks for the replies!

Oh Yea! I'm not really interested in OC'ing anything because... quite frankly I just don't understand it. I know it speeds the system up, but it seems like an awful lot to deal with. I don't think I want to have any kinda RAID setup either... I'll just keep a large external drive to make frequent backups of the files.
 
i would get a westy 37" monitor. it wont strain your gfx that bad and its a beauty:)

you dont need to spend 5k to accomplish lag free gaming. heck, you dont need to spend 2.5k.
 
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