APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: ASAP BUDGET RANGE: 2000-2500 AUD ($2000 USD approx)
SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: gaming. more gaming. movies and such.
PARTS NOT REQUIRED: keyboard/mouse/screen
PREFERRED WEBSITE FOR PARTS: most of the parts are found at www.pccasegear.com.au if not, searched on staticice.com.au in top 5 prices (ram. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Australia mate!
OVERCLOCKING: Naturally
SLI OR CROSSFIRE: Mabye if i get a 5870
MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1680x1050 but hope to soonish get a second screen @ 1920x1080
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: I havnt built a computer myself before but i look forward to it. Im not particularly sure about the graphics card as i few quite a number of nvidia physix games.
Would the PSU be enough if a put in a 200 series nvidia card for physx later (not a necessity)?
Or if i did get a 5870 i would hope to crossfire it in the future but there are so many different brands/types of them its hard to know what one to get. anyway, any advice u
Case: Lian Li PC-60FNBW (would prefer Lian Li PC-8FIB but I can't find it anywhere)
PSU: XFX 850W Black Edition
CPU: AMD 1090T (already bought)
HSF: Zalman CNPS10X Extreme
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-890FXA-UD5 Motherboard
GPU: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 480 1536MB (possibly a second physx card later)
RAM: Kingston KHX1600C9D3K2/4G
HDD:Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB HD103SJ
SSD:Intel X25-M 80GB
Optical: Old LG dvd burner; maybe a bluray drive in the distant future
Keyboard/Mouse: Already own
OS: Windows 7 Pro 64bit Dont need to buy
TOTAL(including CPU): approx $2280 AUD
EDIT: i don't mind if you link your recommendation of items @ newegg.com and such, provided i can find it at an aussie website
SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: gaming. more gaming. movies and such.
PARTS NOT REQUIRED: keyboard/mouse/screen
PREFERRED WEBSITE FOR PARTS: most of the parts are found at www.pccasegear.com.au if not, searched on staticice.com.au in top 5 prices (ram. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Australia mate!
OVERCLOCKING: Naturally
SLI OR CROSSFIRE: Mabye if i get a 5870
MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1680x1050 but hope to soonish get a second screen @ 1920x1080
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: I havnt built a computer myself before but i look forward to it. Im not particularly sure about the graphics card as i few quite a number of nvidia physix games.
Would the PSU be enough if a put in a 200 series nvidia card for physx later (not a necessity)?
Or if i did get a 5870 i would hope to crossfire it in the future but there are so many different brands/types of them its hard to know what one to get. anyway, any advice u
Case: Lian Li PC-60FNBW (would prefer Lian Li PC-8FIB but I can't find it anywhere)
PSU: XFX 850W Black Edition
CPU: AMD 1090T (already bought)
HSF: Zalman CNPS10X Extreme
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-890FXA-UD5 Motherboard
GPU: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 480 1536MB (possibly a second physx card later)
RAM: Kingston KHX1600C9D3K2/4G
HDD:Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB HD103SJ
SSD:Intel X25-M 80GB
Optical: Old LG dvd burner; maybe a bluray drive in the distant future
Keyboard/Mouse: Already own
OS: Windows 7 Pro 64bit Dont need to buy
TOTAL(including CPU): approx $2280 AUD
EDIT: i don't mind if you link your recommendation of items @ newegg.com and such, provided i can find it at an aussie website