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Few things you can do to balance price -

1. Get rid of the liquid cooling system. AMD processor's can only go a few hundred of MHz over their stock speed. A decent air cooler can handle that.

2. You do not need a 1000 watt PSU for even a dual 6970 rig. My recommendation is to go for a lower wattage PSU from a reputed brand.. A good 750 watt power supply from brands like Corsair, Antec, XFX will suffice.

3. You may also think about going for a HD 6950 for the video card as it can be flashed to a HD 6970.

4. Lastly, opt for the X4 955 BE (C3) for the processor. That saves you some good cash without taking away any performance.

where is a good place to shop online?

Depends what country you're in. If in the UK try Overclockers.co.uk, Ebuyer.com, or Aria.co.uk They are very competitive, and i use these sites to buy stuff. If in the US NewEgg.com is good

I would look at the storage side too. Look at getting a SSD drive, and a 1Tb HardDrive. I currently have a 64Gb SSD drive, and two 500Gb harddrives (not in Raid), for storing my Work and docs etc. Having a SSD drive as the system drive will make a big improvement when it comes to load times and booting up the system.

This topic has been moved from the section CPU & Components to section Systems by Mousemonkey

first question: What will your daughter be doing with her computer?

Does she play hardware accelerated games like FPS, World of Warcraft or other MMOS? Or is she more web browsing/facebook and flash games?

If she's just facebook and web browsing, email and writing papers, and flash games, you can go for a MUCH smaller PC (an Atom or Zacate build will handle it), I designed a bargain-basement MMO-machine for $350 (just the tower). A budget all-around gamer can be had around $500-600. After that, you're just adding more features

for her shell being gaming 90% of the time games like Aion and Swtor when it comes out, were into rpgmmo's

ok. Whats your budget for the system, and what resolution will she play at?

$1100, resolution we like running maxs in every game so what ever you recommend for rpgmmos the motherboard has to be crossfire ready incase she has to add another card later

ok. $1100 is pretty good. Will you be gettinga new monitor or using an existing one? if you use an existing one, is it 1440x900, 1600x900, 1650x1080, 1920x1080?

Basic idea, assuming you want a new monitor:

Acer 23" Monitor, 1920x1080: $150
i5-2500K: $225
MSI P8P67A-G45: $140
8 GB DDR3-1333: $80
1 TB HDD: $65
GTX 560: $240
DVD Burner: $18
XFX 550W 80+ Bronze PSU: $70
Rosewill Destroyer case: $50

Total: $1023

Logitech Keyboard & Mouse: $25
Logitech 2.1 speaker set: $28
$1075 total

Where you getting those prices from? i looked up on newegg and amazon and prices are no where near that just curious

this what im looking at but price still high:

Newegg.com- Computers, Computer Parts and Electronics

Shopping Cart

Qty. Product Description Savings Total Price
1
LG DVD Burner - Bulk Black SATA Model GH24NS50 - OEM
Item #: N82E16827136177
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy
$19.99

1
COOLER MASTER HAF 932 Advanced RC-932-KKN5-GP Black Steel ATX Full Tower Compucase Case with USB 3.0 and Black Interior
Item #: N82E16811119160
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy
$159.98

1
NZXT Sentry-2 5.25" Touch Screen fan controller
Item #: N82E16811992005
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy
$24.99

1
Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKX 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
Item #: N82E16822136769
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy

-$10.00 Instant
$49.99
$39.99

1
ASUS M4A89TD PRO/USB3 AM3 AMD 890FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
Item #: N82E16813131655
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy

-$5.00 Instant
$184.99
$179.99

1
Open Box: SAPPHIRE 100311BFVSR Radeon HD 6970 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity
Item #: N82E16814102916R
Return Policy: Open Box Refund Only Return Policy

-$109.00 Instant
$389.99
$280.99

1
COOLMAX RM-1000B 1000W ATX 12V v2.2/ EPS12V v2.91 SLI / CrossFire Ready Active PFC and Compatible with Core i3/i5/i7 Power ...
Item #: N82E16817159101
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy

-$20.00 Instant
$119.99
$99.99

1
CORSAIR XMS3 8GB (4 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMX8GX3M4A1600C9
Item #: N82E16820145261
Return Policy: Memory Standard Return Policy

$99.99

1
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor HDZ965FBGMBOX
Item #: N82E16819103727
Return Policy: CPU Replacement Only Return Policy

$158.99

1
THQ Gift - Darksiders PC Game
Item #: N82E16800995099
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy

-$39.99 Saving
$39.99
$0.00

1
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders - OEM
Item #: N82E16832116754
Return Policy: Software Standard Return Policy

$99.99

Subtotal: $1,164.89
Calculate ShippingZip Code: 78413

Shipping: $35.31


Grand Total: $1,200.20

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I'll repost my build with links:

Acer 23" Monitor, 1920x1080: $150
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

i5-2500K: $225
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

MSI P8P67A-G45: $140
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

G.Skill 8 GB DDR3-1333: $80
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

1 TB HDD: $65
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

Sparkle GTX 560: $230
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

XFX 550W 80+ Bronze PSU: $70
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

dvd burner: $19
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

Rosewill Destroyer Case: $50
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

Cooler Master 4-pk of fans: $15
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

Logitech Keyboard & Mouse: $25
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

Logitech 2.1 Speakers: $27
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

Total $1081

you didnt list a ram selection?

yes I did:


G.Skill 8 GB DDR3-1333: $80
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

sorry lol maybe i should wear my glasses thank you