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$1800 Gaming/Simulating PC

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Approximate Purchase Date: within a couple weeks

Budget Range: $1800-2000

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Running simulations with programs like Comsol and fluent also for gaming.

Parts Not Required: Mouse, Keyboard, Speakers

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg or tigerdirect

Country of Origin: United States - Alaska

Parts Preferences: by brand or type: I would like to use an Intel CPU & an Asus mobo (not mandatory) with duel Monitors of at least 20" LCD and full tower case)

Overclocking: No

SLI or Crossfire: Yes

Monitor Resolution: 1680x1050, 1920x1080 or 1920x1200)

Parts the I have looked at:

ASUS 24X DVD Burner
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6827135204

COOLER MASTER HAF 932 Advanced RC-932-KKN5-GP
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811119160

2x - Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822136533

2x - ASUS VW224U Black 22" 2ms(GTG) Widescreen LCD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6824236050

EVGA 01G-P3-1561-AR GeForce GTX 560 Ti FPB (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814130604

CORSAIR Professional Series HX750 (CMPSU-750HX) 750W
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817139010

Rosewill RCR-IC001 40-in-1 USB 2.0 3.5" Internal Card Reader
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820223103

2x - G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 12GB (3 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820231358

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6832116986

ASUS P6X58D-E LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131641

Intel Core i7-950 Bloomfield 3.06GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819115211


This build is around $1880 from newegg. If anyone has ideas for better parts or if I'm missing anything. FYI - this is my first attempt at building a PC.



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