Need help building gaming/high performance PC

Crossfire and SLI only make sense if you're going with two of the absolute fastest cards on the market right off -- as of right now, two ATI Radeon HD 3870X2s, or two Nvidia Geforce 8800 Ultras -- along with the necessary board (X38 based for the Radeons, 780i based for the Geforces). That's about $1100-1200 in hardware right off the bat, just GPUs and motherboard.

If you aren't going highest of the high end and two right off, chances are by the time you can get a second card to match yours for less there will be something cheap enough out that you could sell your single card and pick up the newer, faster single card and it'd cost less over all while giving similar and often times better performance than two of your old card, linked together.

Please excuse me if this is incoherent -- I've got a hellish headache right now.
 
Ok, I understand now, thanks Circuit ;)

I guess I've got the setup of the PC up to scratch.
Would all you guys mind taking another look at the first post, here?

thanks! :D
 
All I can say is I am pretty envious on your build. That system will be great and fast. Most of us here do not have those components you are purchasing. We only have some of them. Hope you got a better understanding of the hardware based on all these postings.
 
Hey, just a quick question, is that money your personal money or is it money from work to spend on your new PC? If it's work money then skys the limit! LoL I am just kidding. By the way, the posting you just listed looks great. I like the fact you listed second options also. This give you another option just in case 1 is not available. Whichever item/items you end up selecting, they are all great items. It just depends on what you are willing to get/spend on.
 
HardwareGuru said:
All I can say is I am pretty envious on your build. That system will be great and fast. Most of us here do not have those components you are purchasing. We only have some of them.
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That's really great to hear
HardwareGuru said:
Hope you got a better understanding of the hardware based on all these postings.
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I have most certainly have.
Thanks to the past few days of asking a billion questions about getting the appropriate parts.. this has gotten me to actually start looking at the more technical side with computer hardware! :D
silent-circuit said:
Looks solid to me.
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Thanks again for your input silent
HardwareGuru said:
Hey, just a quick question, is that money your personal money or is it money from work to spend on your new PC? If it's work money then skys the limit! LoL I am just kidding. By the way, the posting you just listed looks great. I like the fact you listed second options also. This give you another option just in case 1 is not available. Whichever item/items you end up selecting, they are all great items. It just depends on what you are willing to get/spend on.
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Work money, been keeping a bit aside from here and there

The last computer I purchased was over 9+ years ago.. so yeah, I guess it's about time:p

enginurd said:
If you've got the cash and want the best gaming performance RIGHT NOW, then get the Crossfire board (X38-DQ6) and a couple HD3870X2 cards. Just remember that only some games benefit from Crossfire. Here's a review on CrossfireX scaling, btw: http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3232&p=3
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I've forwarded the specs to my supplier.. I'll wait for the price estimate first, if I can fit the extra bits in, it'll be included
Btw, thank you for the link. ;)


Again, a huge thanks to everybody who took the time to read and reply, including - crhscoog, ThR!LL, HardwareGuru, tiraides, enginurd, silent-circuit & Danny Bui
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I'll keep you guys up to date with the progress on this :)
 
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