OK so now im preety sure this is my final build
this rig is going to be used mainly for gaming and general use.....music, web-browsing,recording music,and some video editing....
ihave case (A900) and psu (Rosewill Xtreme 950) so far.
BELKIN BE112234-10 10 feet 12 Outlets 4120 joule Surge Suppressor with Phone/Modem, RJ45 and Coax Protection - OEM ($29.99)
all this comes down to $1,258.91 + tax ($91.27) + shipping ($16.56)
a whopping $1,366.74.So what do u guys think? I want to oc the cpu to atleast a stable 3.2ghz......
Now for my last question........the monitor
what do u guys recommend for a nice 24 inch monitor w good display and low input lag for gaming my limit is about 500$...
Dump the 9800 gx2. I think the GTX 260 might be a better card. Consider a hd4870. I think you have a crossfire board and thats ATI most powerful card (at least for a few weeks, I think the dual GPU version of that is coming out) and if it aint enough, put in another hd4870 (or just go ahead and get 2 hd4850's because that whoops a GTX 280's rear end)
I have to disagree with some of the selections you made. For one, you could get a much better DFI motherboard for ~235$ on newegg.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813136047 The next thing is OS. I somehow doubt you need the benefits of Ultimate over Home Premium 64bit. Save yourself another $70.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6832116488 For the graphics; you selected an Nvidia video card, on a motherboard that utilizes Crossfire. With that money you save on the two things aforementioned, get two 4850s, you'll get amazing performance gains, by spending slightly more than the cost of 9800GX2.
The last thing I have to pick on you about is the Heatsink. Don't get me wrong, that Zalman thing is nice-But I have a problem with one's designed in that fashion. Should the Fan ever fail/crap out, you can kiss your heatsink goodbye. With something like this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6835207004 You get more cooler performance, with the option of replacing the fan with something that has high airflow, or silent operation. It also saves you a few bucks.
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