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[sage]

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
Gaming, CAD, video editing, web browsing and for other daily chores

2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
$3500 w/o tax and shipping.

3) Where do you live?
Long Beach, CA

4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. "Everything" is not a valid answer. Please list out all the parts you'll need.
CPU
RAM
Video Card
Monitor
PSU
Case
Motherboard
Optical Drive
CPU cooler

5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
Hard disk. WD 1 TB @ 7200 rpm 16MB Cache

6) Will you be overclocking?
Yes. I haven't done it before though.

7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
I am thinking about an Nvidia Surround system (2D), probably 3 X 23'

8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
End of this month-first week of September though I can delay the whole thing if some substantial upgrade is around the corner.

9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? etc.
SLI, SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0

10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If yes, what OS? 32bit or 64bit?
Yes. Windows 7 Ultimate X64

 

[lt_shiro]

CORSAIR Hydro H70 CWCH70 120mm High Performance CPU Cooler $100

3x Acer GD235HZbid Black/orange 23.6" 2ms Widescreen 1080p 120Hz NVIDIA 3D LCD Monitor $370 ea

or

Asus VG236H 23'' 2ms 1920*1080 Full HD 120Hz 3D multimedia Height & Swivel Adjustbale WideScreen LCD Monitor w/ nVidia 3D Vision Kit hard bundle 400 cd/m2 100,000:1 (ASCR) $500

2x EVGA 012-P3-1472-AR GeForce GTX 470 (Fermi) SuperClocked 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support ... $330 ea

2x Mushkin Enhanced Blackline 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model ... $150 ea

EVGA X58 FTW3 132-GT-E768-KR LGA 1366 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard $270

Intel Core i7-930 Bloomfield 2.8GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80601930 $290

CORSAIR Professional Series AX1200 1200W ATX12V v2.31 / EPS12V v2.92 SLI Certified 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Modular Active ... $300

any cases you were looking at? my current dream case is NZXT's Phantom in storm Trooper Black and white.

 

[sage]

Yeah I was thinking about HAF 932. Looks like a pretty good case to me. I saw a post about Phantom on engadget, looked amazing. I don't need 3D man,there aren't enough game out there supporting 3D. And what about getting gtx 480 in sli? Wouldn't that be more future proof? I won't be upgrading for another two years and need a machine which can cruise through the games coming out in next two years.

 

[lt_shiro]

GTX 470 SLi would be more than enough horsepower to run 3 1080p displays.

I would suggest dell u2311h for the displays

 

[sage]

No response

 

[lt_shiro]

something else you need help with?

 

[sage]

@Shiro The 3D thing. And what about the new 485 card coming up?

 

[Dangman]

@Shiro The 3D thing. And what about the new 485 card coming up?

Well what do you want to know? Did you want to use the 3D aspect or were you just fine with the Nvision aspect? Or did you want both?

From the early rumored specs, the GTX 485 will only be a tad faster than the GTX 480. However the key advantage of the GTX 485 is that it'll run cooler and quieter.

 

[sage]

Is 3D worth it? I am does it add to the experience? Because if I want to build a 2D surround system, three 23" monitors would cost me in vicinity of $600 but that costs just doubles up when it comes to 3D. And about 485, well if its going to be only tad faster then I think I would be better off with 480.

 

[lt_shiro]

its up too you, if you want it or not...

 

[Dangman]

Is 3D worth it? I am does it add to the experience? Because if I want to build a 2D surround system, three 23" monitors would cost me in vicinity of $600 but that costs just doubles up when it comes to 3D.

Yeah as lt_shiro noted, that's something you're gonna have to decide for yourself if it's worth it or not. If you have a Fry's or Microcenter nearby, they often times do have a demo station on hand showcasing Nvidia's 3D Vision. In addition, look at all the reviews of the 3D nvision as well.