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yeah so i am going to spend around $2000 on a pc i need everything down to the cpu paste, can people post some ideas please.

 

-i would love 8 gigs ddr3

 

-im partial to nvidia but i can be swayed to radeon.

 

-need amazing cpu cooler

 

-good sound card please

 

-without monitor

 

-i have a 125 gig ssd so i dont need a harddrive

 

-also if you choose a monitor it has to be 2ms response time.

 

-it will be around $2500 with monitor/headphones/keyboard

 

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CURRENT PC SPECS:

 

CPU:

Core2Duo E6700

 

Memory:

4 gigs OCZ 1333 mhz ddr2

 

HardDrive:

westerdigital 300 gb 7200 rpm

 

Video Card:

Dual-SLI 8800 gtx's

 

Monitor:

Lg 19 inch 2 ms

 

 

-PS i love you all

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Here you go:

 

http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=16336268

 

Took me a while to put that wish list together. After shipping, it is a bit under $2000. This is by far the best you can get for that price range.

 

most of those looked quite good for what he was talking about actually, except for that hard drive. For gaming you dont want a larger hard drive (unless it spins ALOT faster). i just woke up but i believe there are raptor hard drives which are 500gigs but spin ridiculously fast resulting in almost immediate data reading.

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most of those looked quite good for what he was talking about actually, except for that hard drive. For gaming you dont want a larger hard drive (unless it spins ALOT faster). i just woke up but i believe there are raptor hard drives which are 500gigs but spin ridiculously fast resulting in almost immediate data reading.

 

If he gets a 1 terabyte hard drive he can partition it off into 4 250GB for more organization.

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most of those looked quite good for what he was talking about actually, except for that hard drive. For gaming you dont want a larger hard drive (unless it spins ALOT faster). i just woke up but i believe there are raptor hard drives which are 500gigs but spin ridiculously fast resulting in almost immediate data reading.

 

raptors arent all that great

for the money a raptor is he can get ssd's

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yeah so i am going to spend around $2000 on a pc i need everything down to the cpu paste, can people post some ideas please.

 

-i would love 8 gigs ddr3

 

-im partial to nvidia but i can be swayed to radeon.

 

-need amazing cpu cooler

 

-good sound card please

 

-without monitor

 

-i have a 125 gig ssd so i dont need a harddrive

 

-also if you choose a monitor it has to be 2ms response time.

 

-it will be around $2500 with monitor/headphones/keyboard

 

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

CURRENT PC SPECS:

 

CPU:

Core2Duo E6700

 

Memory:

4 gigs OCZ 1333 mhz ddr2

 

HardDrive:

westerdigital 300 gb 7200 rpm

 

Video Card:

Dual-SLI 8800 gtx's

 

Monitor:

Lg 19 inch 2 ms

 

 

-PS i love you all

 

Oh lol. I guess I have trouble reading. I will redo the wish list in a bit, I thought you needed a monitor and HDD and didn't know you needed a sound card.

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Oh lol. I guess I have trouble reading. I will redo the wish list in a bit, I thought you needed a monitor and HDD and didn't know you needed a sound card.

 

no no no, i posted that today after you posted your stuff, because i realized i didnt post what i kind of wanted and what i already had. thanks you for all your effort

 

and im thinking about this monitor: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824005127

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Two directions you could go Koth. If you want top of the line and you WILL overclock, I'd go Intel i7.

 

For videocards, the ATI 5870 is the best for the $, but its OOS, if you can't wait, go with a GTX 285. I personally would advise you to use your 8800's until you can get an ATI 5870, but its up to you of course. I would not go with a GTX 295, it has some tearing issues that most people don't know about and performance is not that great for the $

 

 

AMD/ATI

 

From a gaming perspective, AMD Phenom II is your best bet, especially if you are NOT overclocking. If you go AMD, do NOT go DDR3, it is a waste of $, there is zero performance benefit. Use the DDR2 that you currently have with the motherboard i picked out, it will work perfect.

 

 

Intel/Nvidia

If you want top of the line with no expense spared, i7 of course. i7 on 1156 platform is stupid, that socket will not last long, so go with 1366 motherboards like I've listed below. Stick with 6 gigs for now, you will not use more than that, trust me. Also with X58/1366 socket you can run dual/triple nvidia OR ati cards with no issues.

 

For the CPU, i7 920. All i7 CPU's are created equal, some overclock better than others, the difference on the higher GHZ cpu's is the multiplier, they will all reach around the same overclock on AIR cooling. The 920 has proven time and again it will hit 4ghz, I wouldn't waste $ on a 950 UNLESS you aren't overclocking. Then again if you aren't, you should be getting AMD ;)

 

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Terry didn't you tell me to go here? or was it someone rlse.

 

http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/

 

Not me...that site is not bad though if you aren't comfortable putting it together yourself. Lots of selection and I haven't heard anything bad about them.

 

any idea for the case? terry

 

I usually don't pick a case for someone, it's more a personal decision. A few come to mind, I'm attracted to the more expensive cases as quality is pretty important to me. I don't know if you like the flashy lights and big fan looks or a more clean look. Nothing wrong with either way. Thats my 2cents. Here's a few to look into though.

 

Cheaper, good quality. These work fine, descent amount of room but not great.

 

 

Antec 900 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129021

 

Thermaltake V9 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133074

 

CM HAF (more room than the above) - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119197

 

 

Top quality cases, expensive, better taste IMO. Any Lian Li or Silverstone case will be top quality and usually have a very clean look, here's a few to look into.

 

Antec P183 (kind of cramped) - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129061

 

Lian Li PC K62 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112239

 

Lian Li PC B25 (personal favorite under 200$- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112148

 

Lian Li PC A71 (baller status case, excellent cooling and looks amazing)- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112144

 

Silverstone TJ09 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811163073

 

Silverstone FT01 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811163121

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Two directions you could go Koth. If you want top of the line and you WILL overclock, I'd go Intel i7.

 

For videocards, the ATI 5870 is the best for the $, but its OOS, if you can't wait, go with a GTX 285. I personally would advise you to use your 8800's until you can get an ATI 5870, but its up to you of course. I would not go with a GTX 295, it has some tearing issues that most people don't know about and performance is not that great for the $

 

 

 

AMD/ATI

 

From a gaming perspective, AMD Phenom II is your best bet, especially if you are NOT overclocking. If you go AMD, do NOT go DDR3, it is a waste of $, there is zero performance benefit. Use the DDR2 that you currently have with the motherboard i picked out, it will work perfect.

 

 

 

Intel/Nvidia

If you want top of the line with no expense spared, i7 of course. i7 on 1156 platform is stupid, that socket will not last long, so go with 1366 motherboards like I've listed below. Stick with 6 gigs for now, you will not use more than that, trust me. Also with X58/1366 socket you can run dual/triple nvidia OR ati cards with no issues.

 

For the CPU, i7 920. All i7 CPU's are created equal, some overclock better than others, the difference on the higher GHZ cpu's is the multiplier, they will all reach around the same overclock on AIR cooling. The 920 has proven time and again it will hit 4ghz, I wouldn't waste $ on a 950 UNLESS you aren't overclocking. Then again if you aren't, you should be getting AMD ;)

 

If you plan on keeping that comp for a while then don't get AMD. They tend to crash. Also Nvidia is probably much better than ATI. I used to have a ATI and it failed. Right now I have a Nvidia 9800 GT and it's great. AMD/ATI=Cheaper. Intel/Nvidia = Cheaper in the long run. But I agree with Terry there is no need for 8 gigs. I have 4 gigs and when the time comes I will upgrade but currently even the best games require only 2.5 gigs and that's if you have Vista.

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