Tom's Hardware: Topic Build $1200-$1400 (maybe 1500)
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I think that your purchase time is a bit too far away. we can find the parts that you need, but till christmas they can fall down, so the price won't be accurate, i would recommend asking for advice like at the end of the next month. But then you might not have enough time for getting that pc till christmas, but if you know a shop where they can build pc for you in few days, then it's ok. but as i can see, probably you will be directed to newegg shop, which is one of the best sellers for PC components. so you definitely need to find a shop that could put all parts together (friend that knows computers good can help you, or you can read guids how to build up pc, and do it yourself 
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EDIT: Oops, I read $2200 in the text and "forgot" about the budget in thread title. Gonna have to come back and give ya some cheaper options later as gotta run atm.
Well, I am in the process of helping build my teenage son's rig over the enxt two weekends so I'll post you his w/ a few mods:
ASUS Rampage II Extreme $359.99
Intel Core i7 920 Nehalem 2.66GHz $279.99
**Two ASUS EAH5850/G/2DIS/1GD5 Radeon HD 5850 $259.99 x 2
Mushkin Redline 6GB (3 x 2GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Model 998692 w/ 6-7-6-18 timings $212.99
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB 7200 RPM SATA $89.99
AFT XM-35U BLACK USB 2.0 Kiosk Card Reader (3.5" ) $34.99
Antec Twelve Hundred ATX Full Tower Computer Case $169.99
Two Antec 761345-75024-0 120mm Blue LED Case Fan $14.99 x 2
Antec Signature SG-850 850W $229.99
Plextor Model PX-B320SA w/ LS Support OEM $124.99
Two Enermax Magma 120mm Heat Sink Fans 69 cfm @ 18 dba 0.34 amp $7.99 x 2
**Windows 7 Home Pro 64 bit $99.99
Prolimatech Shadow $79.99 (Megahalem is $20 cheaper...only difference is looks)
IC Diamond 7 Carat Thermal Compound $6.99
Comes to $2276. All parts from newegg.com but italicized items which came from FrozenCPU.com
** My son went with Win7 Ultimate 64 bit and a different video card setup (GTX 295) cause he's interested in PhysX and changes his cards every 18-24 months. To tell the truth, I am pretty impressed by PhysX graphics in Batman Arkham Asylum
http://www.firingsquad.com/hardwar [...] /page2.asp
You guys can add a cheap nVidia card (9800 GT) to the 3rd slot following the procedure here to get PhysX:
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/n [...] ,8786.html
I'd forget 12 GB as no game nor any application you are likely to use will ever touch over 5 GB.
BTW, if ya wanna let the kid have a little "bling", ya might wanna let him grab this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] %20Station
When he "suggested" it to me , my 1st reaction was it was overpriced for something ya can do in BIOS manually but considering that we had like $69 in there already for a fan controller, it was only $80 more. Also if you are uncomfortable overclocking, this does make it kinda easy seeinga s you can do all OC'ing from within Windows.
We also spent about $80 on sleeving, heat shrink, tools, UV lights and other odds and ends at frozen CPU in order to "bling it up a bit" by sleeving the wires with UV reactive sleeves. This was over his budget but dad threw it in ... Hey, he paid his own tuition, he works full time while attending school....who am I to complain, least I could do I figure taking that laod off my back
Message edited by JackNaylorPE on 10-18-2009 at 01:55:06 AM
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