I'll start saying money's not really an object, but I'm not just going to throw money away either. My last gaming rig is on its last leg, I built it for around $2800 almost 4 years ago and it can still run new games like COD:WOW but I have to lower the settings a bit. Annoying for me as I mainly play FPS ... So here we go
CPU:
Intel i7 core 920
Mobo:
Asus P6T X58
RAM:
OCZ Gold 6GB (3 x 2GB) DDR3 1600
Video Cards:
Dual EVGA 896-P3-1170-AR GTX 275 896MB 448-bit (SLI)
PSU:
Silverstone element ST75EF 750W
chose because it has 4 x 6pin PCIe connections for the dual video cards
Not sure if I want to RAID a couple smaller SSD drives, or maybe RAID 2 74GB raptors, or just use one somewhat bigger SSD like a 120GB for the OS, and then maybe mirror 2 1TB drives for music/movies etc.
OCZ Vertex 120GB sata II SSD drive = $355 through newegg.
I'll be using the Coolermaster HAF 932 RC-932-KKN1-GP black ATX full tower case to house the monster =)
Recommendations on perhaps a better/different PSU, and the hard drive configuration would be greatly appreciated.
Also, I'm debating on what OS to go with. I think having an OS that is 64 bit would be great, but don't want to shoot myself in the foot for being able to get drivers and support for 64 bit. I'm probably going to end up going with some version of vista, so recommendations on the best version in everyones opinion for gaming would be great. I have free access to windows vista business edition.
Okay lets see what you got
**EDIT**
I'm in the USA, and more than likely most parts will be bought off newegg. I only plan on using my SATA dvd burner out of my current machine to go into this new machine.
CPU:
Intel i7 core 920
Mobo:
Asus P6T X58
RAM:
OCZ Gold 6GB (3 x 2GB) DDR3 1600
Video Cards:
Dual EVGA 896-P3-1170-AR GTX 275 896MB 448-bit (SLI)
PSU:
Silverstone element ST75EF 750W
chose because it has 4 x 6pin PCIe connections for the dual video cards
Not sure if I want to RAID a couple smaller SSD drives, or maybe RAID 2 74GB raptors, or just use one somewhat bigger SSD like a 120GB for the OS, and then maybe mirror 2 1TB drives for music/movies etc.
OCZ Vertex 120GB sata II SSD drive = $355 through newegg.
I'll be using the Coolermaster HAF 932 RC-932-KKN1-GP black ATX full tower case to house the monster =)
Recommendations on perhaps a better/different PSU, and the hard drive configuration would be greatly appreciated.
Also, I'm debating on what OS to go with. I think having an OS that is 64 bit would be great, but don't want to shoot myself in the foot for being able to get drivers and support for 64 bit. I'm probably going to end up going with some version of vista, so recommendations on the best version in everyones opinion for gaming would be great. I have free access to windows vista business edition.
Okay lets see what you got
**EDIT**
I'm in the USA, and more than likely most parts will be bought off newegg. I only plan on using my SATA dvd burner out of my current machine to go into this new machine.