2011 Gaming PC advice appreciated

1. Budget: $2000 ish

I'm not sure about the res, right now I do not have a PC. I'm guessing the res is dependent on my choice of monitor? My budget for a monitor would probably be around $200 ish maybe $300 if its a big upgrade.

Most important thing about a monitor is its picture quality, that comes from the panel, that asus has a tn panel that does not have the best picture quality, this dell has an IPS panel for superior picture quality:

Dell UltraSharp U2311H 23

for your price range I would go with that, lot of time there are specials or coupons and you can pick it up for around $250.

to go sli you need a mobo and a psu that can do that for yo.

For 1900 x 1200/1080 res and sli ability:

Here you go Ticket# 525492 --- $2415 (To see this build click here)

Copy of Specifications:
Chassis Model: Special Deal Hot Seller - Cooler Master 942 HAF X
Exterior Finish: - Standard Factory Finish
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Processor: Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40GHz (Unlocked CPU for Extreme Overclocking) (Quad Core)
Motherboard: ASUS P8P67 Deluxe (Intel P67 Chipset) (New & Improved B3 Revision Without SATA 3G Issue)
System Memory: 8GB DDR3 1600MHz Digital Storm Certified Performance Series (Highly Recommended) (Hand Tested)
Power Supply: 1000W Corsair (Dual/Triple/Quad SLI Compatible)
Expansion Bay: - No Thanks
Hard Drive Set 1: Operating System: 1x (120GB Solid State (By: Intel) (Model: 320 Series SSDSA2CW120G3K5)
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Internet Access: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections)
Video Card: 1x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 1.2GB (Includes PhysX Technology)
Add-on Card: - No Thanks
Sound Card: Integrated Motherboard Audio
Extreme Cooling: AIR: Stage 1: Noctua NH-U12P SE Dual 120mm Fans High Performance Cooler
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we can drop the ssd you can always add that later, or if you don't need sli ability then we can lower the price.

The cpu is the brain of your pc, ocing it is making it work faster, what would happen if we were able to make your brain work much faster then it is now? that is what ocing a cpu does for your pc, it makes it more powerful, cause it can do things much faster.

For other things than gaming, the higher oc makes a good difference, the heat from stage 1 oc on 2600K is minimal and nothing to worry about, specially with the Noctua, the heat you would be worried about comes at much much higher ocs.

if you like go with the 3.9GHz oc but no less.

its a good idea to change win7 pro to home if you have no use for xp mode or remote connections.

you don't worry about your cpu's life till temps go over 85c or vcore is over 1.42.

Edited by DST4ME - 19 Apr 2011 at 5:29pm

Current setup I am thinking about incase others are in the same boat as I.

Edited by OriginOfRed - 21 Apr 2011 at 1:25pm

I think I've decided to wait until September or November to buy my gaming PC. Would you be able to link me to an article or maybe provide me some information about the release of the new Sandy Bridge chips? I'll probably wait for those and hopefully they come out on time in the fall. Gives me time to save some extra money for the new technology.

Most people don't know what they are talking about OriginRed, that is why we are here to clear up all the BS you get from reviews and people that are not very correct.

response time is BS cause there is no real way of measuring it, the closest you gonna come to measuring it is from white to white, but that number will be very big, and not accurate, as its the closeset to but not the real response time, to fool users, companies use gray to gray (GTG) or black to black (BTB), they use those cause it yeilds a smaller number, than there are different ways of measuring it, to get a smaller number, and you can't compare one with the other cause the different ways of measuring it will yeild different numbers, so what you are left with is a bunch of BS tests that you can't even compare.

So in short response time is BS, cause there is no real way of measuring it, and different tests will give different results, so you can't compare one monitor with the other, unless you know what type of tests they used for each.

the same goes with contrast ratio, ghosting will have to with your panel, the newer IPS panels like the ones from Dell I recommend, don't have a ghosting issue and have superior picture quality, we have many members that have these new ones, and no ghosting has been reproted, and they all love how much better the picture quality is on them.

that Dell I showed you will eat that samsung for snack.

first and most important things about a minitor is it's panel, the panel decides the quality of the picture and monitor, the samsung that idiot advised you of is a tn panel and they have much less picture quality, the Dell is an IPS panel and comparing it to the samsung is like comparing a diamond to a rock, Thats how much superior an IPS panel is.

Its unfortunate but a lot of people on the net, think they know what they are talking about and give their ill advice to others and waste their money or short them of performance for their money.

Don't use tom's for reviews they are not very creditable, and that article is old, but kinda yes, the 6 core and 8 core are gonna be extreme chips while the   4 core is gonna be the high-end.

Be careful reading reviews, we don't know the user, so we don't know if any mentioned problems are due to user or hardware.

For example I can find you thousands of people that will tell you about their oc experience and how its a bad things and messed up stuff.

what they don't know or can't tell you is that there was never anything wrong with oc, what was wrong is what they were doing.

Also reviews most times speak of a short time after receiving the product, and not long term reviews, which IMO is more important.

On top of that, a person for example that gives you a review on the samsung, did't have an IPS panel to compare it to, otherwise his review would be different.

You figure the guy at the computer store should the info I just told you, but go figure, its nothing new tho, and like I said why many of us are here to help clear up this BS you guys get every where, remember what I said about the response time, the samsung you mentioned has a supposed GTG response time of 2ms, but now you know where the BS is.

Edited by DST4ME - 26 Apr 2011 at 4:04pm

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