My Attempt at building a $3000 powerhouse pc =)

very meh, as you could get a tri-sli GTX480 and i7 rig for that kind of money, and i usually go AMD rigs, but there is not point not to get the small amounts of extra from the i7 at this price range, and also dedicated PhysX card, maybe 16 games or so will be able to use that

Theres really no reason for a physX card. Hardly any games utilize them... better off spending that $100 bucks on 8gb of Ram or just saving it.

Also, for LAN parties, you may want to consider a case with a handle - something like this one http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/ite...

Why did you choose that ram? they look like little christmas trees. haha nothing i'd want in my computer

What is meh?

Doesnt the gtx 480 suck alot of power and produce alot of heat?
So what imagine 3 and i dont like liquid cooling because of the risks.....

and i dont understand most of the answer you give

Ok i will try making a i7 build
and make some adjustments to my amd build and compare the two builds

yes the GTX480 uses a lot of power, but they are the fastest single GPU cards out there (3 will usually beat 2 x 5970), and really it's only $1500 of the budget then another $250 for a good PSU to handle them leaving a lot left. And you wouldn't need liquid cooling, just a case with good airflow

and i said meh because for the budget it really isn't that fast (in terms of gaming)

So what mother board would i use for the 3 way sli?
EVGA?
I have little to no knowledge with intel
So far i know that intel uses 3 slot memory

idk on the EVGA (there are people who know their boards a bit better)

normally i would say that Gigabyte would be good to look at, though you would have to grad a case with 8 expansion slots (as the last pci-e slot is in the last position which is 7 meaning you would need a case with 8 slots)

or you could grab the ASUS P6T6 WS Revolution

(pfuu..3k PC)Here is what i recommend:

Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... -it has 2 handles on each side for easy transportation, a fan that blows cold air from outside directly on the video cards and the design is just super, touch sensitive start button, you can check their site and watch the videos if you want.

HDD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... 2 Tb drive

Video cards: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... 2xgtx480 with a massive cooler for heat dissipation, low noise and low full load temperatures. You also get a free star craft 2 free trial game coupon with each card.

PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... OCZ 1000W GOLD class efficiency power supply to power your system.

Thermal paste: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... arctic silver 5

Thermal paste removal kit: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... corsair, 6Gb triple channel kit 7-7-7-20 CAS, 1600 MHz

Motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... MSI Big Bang -XPower LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard, one of the best motherboards for overclocking, high quality and multiple PCI-E slots that can accommodate your 2 3 slot video cards.

CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... 2.8GHz I7 930 model, get it to 3.4-4.0 GHz.

CPU cooler: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... or http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

Optical drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... blu ray RW

SSD drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... very fast 128 Gb SSD Sequential Access - Read up to 230MB/s
Sequential Access - Write up to 180MB/s

Grand Total:* $3,004.88

I had to edit because i accidentally hit the 'Submit your reply' button ha ha ha..

If you think you have too much power inside just remove one of the video cards wile on LAN party and put it back if you want at home a great gaming experience.

I think this will suffice your needs and if you, by some chance win something and want to give this PC give me a message..ha ha ha.