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APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: around christmas.. making use of the on-sale if any

BUDGET RANGE: $5000 - $7000

SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: heavy gaming.., heavy video and audio too. just for benchmark.. i'm looking for sick score.


PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: dont matter

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: U.S

PARTS PREFERENCES: atleast 40" LCD and also need Boss speaker system

OVERCLOCKING: Yes and i'm good at it

MONITOR RESOLUTION: up to you guys

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: as long as it doesn't make my room HOT like summer...
 
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Yea, if you really want the best of the best now, get something similar to the supreme combo level 10 posted above, but get an i7 920 instead and maybe a 5970 instead of 2 5870s, this'll save you prob like 1k. Buy a nice 30" monitor with that 1k and then some nice speakers. What ever money you save you can spend down the road on upgrades.
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Go to Newegg and open a tab for each component, like cpu, cases, monitors, and so on. Then click on the link that says "see all (items)" Then go to the upper right hand corner and open the box that says best match. Then click on the option called "Highest First." Then, once you you found the most expensive stuff that you like or that you think looks cool, come back here and we'll tell you if its all compatible or not. Cheers!
 
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You want to spend up to 7000 and are looking for Christmas specials? Please. if you are thinking of saving money you should seriously drop the budget to 1500 bucks and realize that in 8-12 months your 7000 pc will be 2nd best, tops. It doesn't take long at all for components to become obsolete so your sick gaming pc will be a waste of money.

I can't take this serious when you want to spend that type of money on hardware that will be 2nd best in 6 months and you want to try and save money.

If you really want to make a difference, take the other 5500 bucks you would've wasted and make a difference in a foster home for kids that wont have a Christmas this year.

I love trying to help people when they make reasonable posts here but this one doesn't make sense at all...
 
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www.alienware.com


Go make yourself an Area 51 ALX because anything over 3k on a gaming computer in most peoples eye is just a waste due to the fact of every 6 months their is something better. So what better place to waste money then on a dell..i mean alienware.


I mean seriously dude your going to get flamed if you want to spend more then 4k on a computer in these forums; Its economically unintelligent. So you might as well throw your money away at an Alienware; Hell that way you don't even have to worry about building it!!!

I mean hey..at least you get a pretty rad case; you know what i mean?
 
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Man, I was just about to put together a real build that probably would have looked similar to that but you beat me to it. Oh well.

Or, he can get 194 Sempron 140s with $7000. You could like, build a litttle mini castle with the packaging or something.
 
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A person can spend what they want on what they want. I just call it like it is when its senseless spending. Most people like that have no idea their system will need to be updated every 6-12 months with new hardware releases if they intend to keep that mindset.

The 7000.00 becomes 15000~20000 in 3-5 years. It just doesn't make sense to me so someone else can recommend the build.

My 2 corn kernels
 
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Budget is overkill, but why not spend $1500-2000 on a rig that you can OC under LN2 or DIce? Use the rest of the $ for a nice gaming rig ($2000-3000), use the reast of the money for future upgrades. Like englander753 said, your $7k PC will be history in 5-6 months esp. when i9 comes out.
 
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Yea, if you really want the best of the best now, get something similar to the supreme combo level 10 posted above, but get an i7 920 instead and maybe a 5970 instead of 2 5870s, this'll save you prob like 1k. Buy a nice 30" monitor with that 1k and then some nice speakers. What ever money you save you can spend down the road on upgrades.
 
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CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115212&cm_re=core_i7_extreme-_-19-115-212-_-Product

MOBO: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128362&cm_re=i7_motherboard_gigabyte-_-13-128-362-_-Product

RAM: X2 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145224&cm_re=ddr3_triple_channel-_-20-145-224-_-Product

GPU: X3 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150460&cm_re=5970-_-14-150-460-_-Product

PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703012&cm_re=PSU-_-17-703-012-_-Product

HDD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148506&cm_re=2_tb_harddrive_7200-_-22-148-506-_-Product

SSD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227473&cm_re=250_gb_ssd-_-20-227-473-_-Product

CASE: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133049

TOTAL: ~5800 without shipping, without monitor. Can't get much more expensive than that! Unless I overlooked something, which is entirely possible as I don't like Intel, everything should work. I warn you, however, that, as pretty much everyone has already said, this build is a total waste of money. Hope this helps!

 
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^Agreed, There is NO WAY you can get an (current gen) i7 to 8Ghz.

@OP:
shipment-of-fail.jpg

 
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Good advice from most - regardless of the fact that you can spend however much you want on this, the guys on this forum typically know their way around components. I'd listen.

Assuming you choose to ignore said advice, this is a bad place to ask about anything that will run you more than $3k.

 
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ASUS P6T7 WS Supercomputer "Ultimate Gamer" 3Way SLI + PhysX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131390

Intel Core i7-975 Extreme Edition Bloomfield 3.33GHz
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115212

(2) CORSAIR DOMINATOR 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145253

Antec Twelve Hundred Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129043

(2) Antec 761345-75020-2 80mm Blue LED Optional Case Fans
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835209007&cm_re=antec_led_blue_fan-_-35-209-007-_-Product

Antec Signature SG-850 850W
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371018

(2) Intel X25-M Mainstream SSDSA2M160G2 in RAID 0
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167024&cm_re=Intel_G2-_-20-167-024-_-Product

(4) Western Digital Caviar Black WD2001FASS 2TB 7200 RPM RAID of your choice
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136456

PLEXTOR Black 4MB Cache SATA Internal Blu-ray Burner Blu-ray Disc Burner Model PX-B940SA SW
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827249057

Prolimatech Megashadow w/ IC Diamond Karat 7 Thermal Compound
http://www.frozencpu.com/products/9655/cpu-pro-05/Prolimatech_Mega_Shadow_Megahalem_Nickel_Plated_Black_Edition_Intel_CPU_Heatsink_LGA_775_1156_1366_AM2_AM2_AM3_Hot_Item.html

(2) Emermax Apolish 120 x 25mm CPU HS Fans
http://www.frozencpu.com/products/9694/fan-615/Enermax_Apollish_120mm_x_25mm_Twister_Bearing_Fan_w_ON_OFF_White_LED_UCAP12-S_.html?tl=g36c331s518

AFT XM-35U BLACK USB 2.0 Kiosk Card Reader (3.5")
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820176016

(2) XFX HD-597A-CNB9 Radeon HD 5970 Black Edition 2GB 512
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150460

(1) XFX GX260XAWFC GeForce GTX 260 896MB dedicated PhysX card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150458

HT | OMEGA Claro Halo XT 24-bit 192KHz Sound Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829271005

(3) Dell U2410
http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/products/Monitors/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19&sku=320-8277

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826104079
Logitech G9 Black 9 Buttons Tilt Wheel USB Wired Laser 3200 dpi Gaming Mouse

Logitech G19 Black 104 Normal Keys USB Wired Standard Gaming Keyboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823126053

Win7-64 Ultimate
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116760

Ok, does it all fit, I dunno....it's not my money :)
 
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