Help me build my new $2500 gamin rig

How about these parts:

CPU
Motherboard
Graphics Card
Memory
Power Supply
Hard Drive

Hope this helps!

I personally wouldn't recommend the raptors, if you want speed for a reasonable price just stripe two 640gb WD Blacks. For overclocking I would go with this HSF. BTW the system I listed above is highly upgradable, you can double the RAM to 12 gb (if that ever becomes necessary ) Crossfire another 4890, switch out the processor, and as I said above add a second hard drive in raid.

thanks rags. did just stick a corsair 650 in my old comp before i'm passing it on to my pop. things are nice.. was debating the 850 or 1000 for this build.. modular cables would be SWEET..

what about a sound card? looks like a debate if they are still needed. used a x-fi in my last comp..

thanks gkay.. read that earlier but, my old comp, including my two 8800gt's are getting passed on to my pop. so, startin from scratch..

basically, if you had 2500$ to spend and wanted the best gamin rig you could build from scratch say, off newegg, what would you get......?

thanks gkay09.. just found a great combo deal with that card.. little nervous about the reviews on the sdd

ok.. so far..

hans g 27.5 in monitor

case: haf 932 $132

combo deal $469!!!
PSU: corsair 1000hx
ram: 6gb corsair dominator 1600 -is this as good?
gpu: evga gtx 275

1 more 275 $234

combo $529.98
cpu: i7 920
mobo: asus p6t delux v2 -is this worth upgrading? like 2 a rampage 2 extreme?

bd player/burner: lg ggw h20l $179.99

that's $1,544.97 so far....

still debating hard drives.. ssd and a storage or 2 raptor 300's??
and maybe a water cooler like a thermaltake, swiftech or the new corsair....
any opinions on a sound card?

thanks loudr1.. i'll keep that in mind. buddy i play w has one runnin on his two 4870X2's and loves it..

The above is just a reference. I would get a full ATX board and case. I personally would not spend that much for graphics. I'd rather put in one card and if it's good enough put the rest of the money aside for a DX11 card in two years.

Keep your eye on Larrabee. There might be something to getting a single graphics card and leaving a second PCIe x16 slot free for a Larrabee board in a year or two. Larrabee has the potential to supplement either the CPU or graphics so it's interesting technology.

Audio:
Auzentech Forte X-Fi 7.1 (on sale now and then at NCIX for $110)

Windows:
Windows 7 x64 (no question; get the Release Candidate for free and buy the OEM version later)

Headphones:
Look for reviews. Don't get surround sound headphones. Sound cards like the Forte have a Virtual surround mode for headphones that works INCREDIBLE.

bump.. lookin to buy tom.. any more suggestions?

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to be honest, with that money you have no budget restrain, I recomend picking the parts you like the most, so you wont feel like you have to change them down the road, trust me..you can do 1000 hours research and ended up buying sumthing that doesnt satisfice you, and thats the worst feeling..

put some pics when the build its done,,i will love to see how it turns out>>

thanks guys and yeah snake, i'm bad about that.. research for ever
will do on the pics and ya, that classified is bad ass! been lookin at it already.. in a haf , paint the inside black.. ohhhhhh... have to clean up now...