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NEW system build need advice.

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I am building a new system and I am having trouble figuring out which one to build. please give me some advice and let me know if there is some things you think I should change. Ill be using an ACER P241 24" monitor to play games such as COD4, Crysis and Farcry 2.
Ill also be doing a lot of movie watching. I basically want this rig to see me well into the future (which isnt far with computers, I know) so I can play the latest games and games in the future at 1920x1200 without having lag or ghosting. My budget needs to be as close to 1200 and possible. I know the I7 build might be a little more expensive, but if it will see me a lot further into the future I would shell out the extra money. I basically want bang for my buck in regards to the future of gaming, gaming now, and basic computer use such as internet and music/movie downloading.

Antec Nine Hundred
Corsair 1000hx psu
EVGA 790 ultra FTW
Intel Q6600
Patriot Viper 4GB DDR3-1600
BFG 9800 GT for now until I can buy a GX2
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro 92
Sound Blaster ExtremeGamer
Samsung spinpoint F1 1Tb
Samsung dvd Burner SH-S223F
LG GGC-H20L Bluray and HD DVD ROM

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Antec Nine Hundred
Corsair 1000hx psu
Asus P6T
Intel Core I7 920
An after market CPU cooler
3x1GB Patriot Viper DDR3-1600
BFG 9800 GT for now until I can buy a GX2
Samsung spinpoint F1 1Tb
Samsung dvd Burner SH-S223F
LG GGC-H20L Bluray and HD DVD ROM
Sound Blaster ExtremeGamer.

Thanks for everyones input.
 
Go with the Q6600, spend the saved money in the graphics, and get a performance boost you can notice.
Then install FAH Client on your gx2 =D
 
Stay the hell away from Nvidia chipset motherboards and DDR3. You have no immediate plans for SLI, so you should not even be looking at SLI capable boards unless it's Core i7 and a X58 board.

Get a solid P45 based board like the ASUS P5Q Pro and some dirt cheap DDR2. DDR3 is still maturing and greatly overpriced (4GB of DDR2 can be had for ~$60 before rebates right now and is just as fast in real world applications).

How long are you planning to keep this setup? If a long while, go the i7 route. If a short while, ditch the 790i and get a P45, or even a cheap P35.

The GX2 is... an ugly piece of hardware. It's great on paper, weak and frustrating in practice. Ditch it.
 
yeah ill be keeping it for a long time. Well, as long as technological progress will let me anyway. Which is not very long in my experience.
 
With $1200, go with this setup instead. No need for sound card. The Gigabyte UD3R mobo has 8 Channel Audio with S/PDIF Out(Optical & Coaxial)

CPU - Intel Core2 Quad Q6600(2.4ghz) retail for $190 w/free shipping
Mobo - Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R for $120($15 MIR) w/free shipping
RAM - 4gig G. Skills DDR2 800 for $50 w/free shipping
Video - BFG Geforce GTX 280 for $405 ($30 MIR) w/free shipping
HDD - WD 6400AAKS 640gig for $75 w/free shipping
Case/PSU - Antec 900case + Antec Neopower 650(modular) for $165
Optical drive - LG Black Blu-ray/HD DVD-ROM for $150
Heatsink - Xigmatek HDT-S1283 120mm rifle for $32($10MIR) + Xigmatek ACK-I7751 Retention Bracket for $7

Total - $1,194 before shipping & rebates.
 
I agree with silent-circuit's advice. HG's build is good and what I was moving towards in our earlier convo.

The Z-5500 has optical input, so get yourself an optical cable from monoprice.com. ;)
 
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