1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
Moderate gaming (World of Tanks), Adobe CS5 suite (Photoshop, Premiere, InDesign, Illustrator, Flash, Dreamweaver), Engineering software (Matlab, Xilinx, LabView, etc.)
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
Hopefully less then $600 for the CPU, CPU cooling and motherboard. All the other part upgrades are of very low priority. Tax and S/H not included.
3) Which country do you live in? If the U.S, please tell us the state and city if possible.
Los Angeles, CA
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget?
Intel CPU (leaning towards i7-2600k or a i5-2500k)
A solid motherboard for overclocking (mATX or ATX is fine)
CPU Cooler to achieve satisfactory OCing results without being horribly loud. (Most likely a self-contained water loop like those Corsair H100's)
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
Nvidia 8800GTS 512mb G92
Corsair HX620
(2x) Mushkin Enhanced Silverline 8GB kit (PC3 10666)
Some ATX Case that has a single 120mm rear fan.
Rebranded Intel X-25M 160gb SSD
6) Will you be overclocking?
Most likely, I want to try to achieve a 4.5ghz+ with less fuss as possible (from what I have heard from many people).
7) What is the max resolution of your monitor? What size is it?
(2x 22") 1680x1050, would like to expand to more monitors in the future.
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
Hopefully within a month.
9) What features do you need in a motherboard?
USB 3.0, eSATA would be good bonuses but can shove in an add-in card if this limits motherboard choices. CFX/SLI is necessary for driving multiple monitors.
Onboard video or RAID is not necessary.
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If yes, what OS? Is it 32bit or 64bit?
Yes. Windows 7 Professional, 64-bit
I am not up to snuff about which best bang-for-buck parts to build a new PC from, but I am aiming towards features that can somewhat future-proof the computer as long as possible, such as IB compatibility for certain NB chipsets.
Also barely leaning towards an mATX build so I can lug it around easier.
Moderate gaming (World of Tanks), Adobe CS5 suite (Photoshop, Premiere, InDesign, Illustrator, Flash, Dreamweaver), Engineering software (Matlab, Xilinx, LabView, etc.)
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
Hopefully less then $600 for the CPU, CPU cooling and motherboard. All the other part upgrades are of very low priority. Tax and S/H not included.
3) Which country do you live in? If the U.S, please tell us the state and city if possible.
Los Angeles, CA
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget?
Intel CPU (leaning towards i7-2600k or a i5-2500k)
A solid motherboard for overclocking (mATX or ATX is fine)
CPU Cooler to achieve satisfactory OCing results without being horribly loud. (Most likely a self-contained water loop like those Corsair H100's)
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
Nvidia 8800GTS 512mb G92
Corsair HX620
(2x) Mushkin Enhanced Silverline 8GB kit (PC3 10666)
Some ATX Case that has a single 120mm rear fan.
Rebranded Intel X-25M 160gb SSD
6) Will you be overclocking?
Most likely, I want to try to achieve a 4.5ghz+ with less fuss as possible (from what I have heard from many people).
7) What is the max resolution of your monitor? What size is it?
(2x 22") 1680x1050, would like to expand to more monitors in the future.
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
Hopefully within a month.
9) What features do you need in a motherboard?
USB 3.0, eSATA would be good bonuses but can shove in an add-in card if this limits motherboard choices. CFX/SLI is necessary for driving multiple monitors.
Onboard video or RAID is not necessary.
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If yes, what OS? Is it 32bit or 64bit?
Yes. Windows 7 Professional, 64-bit
I am not up to snuff about which best bang-for-buck parts to build a new PC from, but I am aiming towards features that can somewhat future-proof the computer as long as possible, such as IB compatibility for certain NB chipsets.
Also barely leaning towards an mATX build so I can lug it around easier.
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