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siriusdog_33   11-01-2009 at 11:57:49 PM

APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: this week

BUDGET RANGE: 2500.00 Before rebates

SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming, watching movies

PARTS NOT REQUIRED: keyboard, mouse, speakers

PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: Newegg

PARTS PREFERENCES: Best bang for the buck

OVERCLOCKING: Yes

Maybe SLI OR CROSSFIRE: Yes

MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1920x1080

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: I'd Like to water cool the cpu for best over clocking. I need at least a 24" monitor 1920x1080 Also water are two drives to set up in a raid 0 for max performance. I just need help I keep going back and forth between intel and amd on cpu so point me in the right direction. I just want a kick ass rig

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Get 2 5870 and forget water-cooling... you will spend a lot of money only for cooling.

 

Still, if you really want to do some water-cooling, I suggest you to get a... REALLY good case...

 

You can get a Corsair or an already designed water-cooling case, but the price will be 400$ minimum...

 

The Corsair case is 300$... so it's really an expensive hobby.

 

If you add DangerDen water-cooling parts, you will need to spend around 600$ for the case and the heat sinks, pump, radiator and the reservoir.

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Bronze Home Brew badge jbakerlent   11-02-2009 at 12:09:19 AM

Well with your budget, you can get a nice 1156 i7 build complete with a monitor and OS.

Intel Core i7 860 Lynnfield 2.8GHz 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1156 95W Quad-Core
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819115214

ASUS P7P55D PRO LGA 1156 Intel P55 ATX Intel
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] -_-Product

OCZ Platinum 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820227478

XFX HD-585A-ZNFC Radeon HD 5850 (Cypress Pro) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814150442

SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD502HJ 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] f3%20500gb

Intel X25-M Mainstream SSDSA2MH080G2C1 2.5" 80GB SATA II MLC Internal
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820167016

Antec TruePower New TP-750 750W Continuous Power
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817371025

COOLER MASTER HAF 922 RC-922M-KKN1-GP Black Steel + Plastic and Mesh Bezel ATX Mid Tower
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811119197

SAMSUNG Black 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6827151192

COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus Intel Core i5 & Intel Core i7 compatible RR-B10-212P-GP 120mm "heatpipe direct contact" Long life sleeve
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6835103065

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6832116754

DELL S2409W 24" Widescreen Flat Panel Monitor
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As for the H2O cooling, do you have experience with this, it's quite complicated and I wouldn't really recommend it.

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siriusdog_33   11-02-2009 at 12:36:11 AM

The monitor I can exclude out of the budget

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redgarl   11-02-2009 at 05:02:22 AM
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Get 2 5870 and forget water-cooling... you will spend a lot of money only for cooling.

 

Still, if you really want to do some water-cooling, I suggest you to get a... REALLY good case...

 

You can get a Corsair or an already designed water-cooling case, but the price will be 400$ minimum...

 

The Corsair case is 300$... so it's really an expensive hobby.

 

If you add DangerDen water-cooling parts, you will need to spend around 600$ for the case and the heat sinks, pump, radiator and the reservoir.


Message edited by redgarl on 11-02-2009 at 05:06:12 AM
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siriusdog_33   11-02-2009 at 02:18:14 PM

will 2 5870 bottle neck an amd 955?

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