Best $900-$1000 Gaming rig available - Final builds

[Saleen281]

Whats up blades! Like my old thread said I'm upgrading from an OLD ass Pentium 4 3.0ghz / Radeon x1600 512. Well the past few days I've been doin a hell of alota reading/surfing/studying up on the new systems/tech ect.. Revolving around the "bang for your buck" theory I've come up with (what i think) is 2 solid builds. I'm leaning a bit torwards Build 2, Few advantages on build 1 BUT - It's $75 more. I'm still very open to comments and suggestions as i want to make this the best build possible =D Thanks again guys!


APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: ASAP =D


BUDGET RANGE: $900-$1000


SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming - HD movies


PARTS NOT REQUIRED: Monitor (HP 25" 1080p), Mouse (deathadder), keyboard (Cyborg), DVD Drive (re-using), Hard drive - 750g 7200rpm. (taking it out of my old system, only about a year old)


PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: Newegg? Open to suggestions


COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: U.S


PARTS PREFERENCES: No pref at this point, but thinking AMD to get the bang for my buck


OVERCLOCKING: Probably not.


SLI OR CROSSFIRE: Yes


MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1080p 25"


ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Want the best/most power for my buck. I have a Soundblaster X-Fi Xtreme (few years old) in my old system, i don't thing they've changed much, should i toss it in the new system?



Build - 1 - $909 w/o rebates/shipping

Build - 2 - $979 w/o rebates/shipping ****$60+ in combo savings. Upgraded vid card, motherboard, ram, and debatable on Power Supply compared to Build 1, for $70 more?

 

[Mr Pizza]

Build 2 but with this ram,
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231279&cm_re=g.skill_1600_ripjaws-_-20-231-279-_-Product


EDIIIT I MEANT 2

 

[Saleen281]

Build 2 but with this ram,
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231279&cm_re=g.skill_1600_ripjaws-_-20-231-279-_-Product


EDIIIT I MEANT 2

Fixed the pics - made em bigger. Whats better about that ram Pizza? Same cas latency, both great reviews. Is it worth the xtra $15?

 

[Mr Pizza]

Yeah, just get them they are more... compatible

 

[Saleen281]

Yeah, just get them they are more... compatible

Lol.. While were talking about compatibility does any one know some fantastic ram (ddr3 2x2 - 4g @ 1600) that was designed for the AMD boards/cpu's? The ripjaws I have in this build (build 2) say they are designed for the i5's and i7's.

Also - I'm leaning torward build 2 - Will i need something like this? Artic Cooling freezer 7 Pro http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186134&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-RSSDailyDeals-_-na-_-na&AID=10521304&PID=3463938&SID=

 

[Saleen281]

Ok guys so check this out, I think i've refined build 2 even further. I have managed to fit every piece together in the entire build in combo deals. I feel this refined build has improved RAM over the last and with more combo deals its even cheaper. **Plus they are throwing in the OCZ Diesel 4g flash drive** I'm starting to feel this is the BEST machine that one can build right now for <$1000, Still very open to all comments/suggestions!!


Build - 2 Refined $950 **$85.00+ saved in combo deals, and $111.00 in instant savings = $196.00 in instant savings!! Not inc mail-in's

 

[Mr Pizza]

Lol.. While were talking about compatibility does any one know some fantastic ram (ddr3 2x2 - 4g @ 1600) that was designed for the AMD boards/cpu's? The ripjaws I have in this build (build 2) say they are designed for the i5's and i7's.

Also - I'm leaning torward build 2 - Will i need something like this? Artic Cooling freezer 7 Pro http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186134&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-RSSDailyDeals-_-na-_-na&AID=10521304&PID=3463938&SID=

Thats just marketing!

 

[Mr Pizza]

Ok guys so check this out, I think i've refined build 2 even further. I have managed to fit every piece together in the entire build in combo deals. I feel this refined build has improved RAM over the last and with more combo deals its even cheaper. **Plus they are throwing in the OCZ Diesel 4g flash drive** I'm starting to feel this is the BEST machine that one can build right now for <$1000, Still very open to all comments/suggestions!!


Build - 2 Refined $950 **$85.00+ saved in combo deals, and $111.00 in instant savings = $196.00 in instant savings!! Not inc mail-in's


http://i34.tinypic.com/vrenib.jpg

not good ram, go with the ripjaws