1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means what types of tasks you'll be performing.
Gaming workhorse
2. What YOUR budget is. A price range is acceptable as long as it's not more than a 20% spread
$1500 +/- a little
3. What country YOU will be buying YOUR parts from.
USA
4. IF YOU have a brand preference. That means, are you an Intel-Fanboy, AMD-Fanboy, ATI-Fanboy, nVidia-Fanboy, Seagate-Fanboy, WD-Fanboy, etc.
Intel CPU, ATI GPU
5. If YOU intend on using any of YOUR current parts, and if so, what those parts are.
Case: LIAN LI PC-7B plus II (Most likely replacing this with Corsair Obsidian 800, but not a factor in budget)
Monitor: BenQ FP241VW
Hard drive: 2x Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 7200rpm
DVD-RW: LG 22X DVD±R DVD Burner
6. IF YOU have searched and/or read similar threads.
Yes, but would like opinions on my specific build.
7. IF YOU plan on overclocking or run the system at default speeds.
Mild overclock, if any. It is something I am interested in, but not a requirement for my system.
8. What resolution YOU plan on gaming with.
1920x1200
9. WHEN do you plan to build it?
Within the next 30 days
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Setup I am leaning towards so far...
SAPPHIRE Toxic 100281-2GTXSR Radeon HD 5870 2GB when it is back in stock at Newegg.
And the following parts...
Gaming workhorse
2. What YOUR budget is. A price range is acceptable as long as it's not more than a 20% spread
$1500 +/- a little
3. What country YOU will be buying YOUR parts from.
USA
4. IF YOU have a brand preference. That means, are you an Intel-Fanboy, AMD-Fanboy, ATI-Fanboy, nVidia-Fanboy, Seagate-Fanboy, WD-Fanboy, etc.
Intel CPU, ATI GPU
5. If YOU intend on using any of YOUR current parts, and if so, what those parts are.
Case: LIAN LI PC-7B plus II (Most likely replacing this with Corsair Obsidian 800, but not a factor in budget)
Monitor: BenQ FP241VW
Hard drive: 2x Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 7200rpm
DVD-RW: LG 22X DVD±R DVD Burner
6. IF YOU have searched and/or read similar threads.
Yes, but would like opinions on my specific build.
7. IF YOU plan on overclocking or run the system at default speeds.
Mild overclock, if any. It is something I am interested in, but not a requirement for my system.
8. What resolution YOU plan on gaming with.
1920x1200
9. WHEN do you plan to build it?
Within the next 30 days
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Setup I am leaning towards so far...
SAPPHIRE Toxic 100281-2GTXSR Radeon HD 5870 2GB when it is back in stock at Newegg.
And the following parts...