1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means what types of tasks you'll be performing.
Almost exclusively gaming. I have a laptop for doing everything else. I may use Virtual PC or Sun's VirtualBox to play around with other operating systems and whatnot.
2. What YOUR budget is.
Around $3,000 as I already have the BenQ G2400WD. I also have an old Dell 20" LCD I want to use as a second monitor.
3. What country YOU will be buying YOUR parts from.
U.S.A. - Newegg, Buy.com, whatever has the best price/shipping that week.
4. IF YOU have a brand preference.
I want the i7 so Intel for CPU. As for GPU, no real preference...not a fanboy for either.
5. If YOU intend on using any of YOUR current parts, and if so, what those parts are.
As I mentioned before, my monitors. That's about it as I have to sell my old one to get the new one.
6. IF YOU have searched and/or read similar threads.
I have but I'd still like to get people's opinions.
7. IF YOU plan on overclocking or run the system at default speeds.
I plan on overclocking the CPU at a minimum, I'm leaning mostly towards the i7 920. The cost of the 965 or whatever it's called is just too dang expensive.
8. WHEN do you plan to build it?
Within a month I'd say. I'm waiting on my reenlistment (Air Force) bonus and then I can get cracking so it might be a little longer.
Almost exclusively gaming. I have a laptop for doing everything else. I may use Virtual PC or Sun's VirtualBox to play around with other operating systems and whatnot.
2. What YOUR budget is.
Around $3,000 as I already have the BenQ G2400WD. I also have an old Dell 20" LCD I want to use as a second monitor.
3. What country YOU will be buying YOUR parts from.
U.S.A. - Newegg, Buy.com, whatever has the best price/shipping that week.
4. IF YOU have a brand preference.
I want the i7 so Intel for CPU. As for GPU, no real preference...not a fanboy for either.
5. If YOU intend on using any of YOUR current parts, and if so, what those parts are.
As I mentioned before, my monitors. That's about it as I have to sell my old one to get the new one.
6. IF YOU have searched and/or read similar threads.
I have but I'd still like to get people's opinions.
7. IF YOU plan on overclocking or run the system at default speeds.
I plan on overclocking the CPU at a minimum, I'm leaning mostly towards the i7 920. The cost of the 965 or whatever it's called is just too dang expensive.
8. WHEN do you plan to build it?
Within a month I'd say. I'm waiting on my reenlistment (Air Force) bonus and then I can get cracking so it might be a little longer.