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Post Date: 2011-09-13
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    Posted: 13 Sep 2011 at 10:05pm
Hello all, my name is Matt and I am looking at getting a new gaming pc  and wanted some advise on my build.

My budget is around $3000 just for the pc monitors etc are not included in budget
this will mainly be a gaming rig playing mostly battlefield 3 and modern warfare 3 on highest settings, my resolution will be 1900x1200 on an ips monitor, not sure which one yet

thanks in advance for any help and advise

Ticket Number: 596590
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Chassis Model: Special Deal Hot Seller - Cooler Master 942 HAF X
Exterior Finish: - Standard Factory Finish
Trim Accents: - Standard Factory Finish
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) <b></b>
System Memory: 8GB DDR3 1600MHz Corsair Dominator DHX (High-Performance) <b></b>
Power Supply: 1050W Corsair Pro Silver 1050HX (Dual/Triple/Quad SLI Compatible)  <b></b>
Expansion Bay: - No Thanks
Hard Drive Set 1: Operating System: 1x (120GB Solid State (By: Intel) (Model: 320 Series) <b></b>
Set 1 Raid Options: - No Thanks
Hard Drive Set 2: Multimedia\Data: 1x (1TB Western Digital Caviar (7200 RPM) (64MB Cache) (Model: Black Edition) <b></b>
Hard Drive Set 3: Backup\Misc.: - No Thanks
Optical Drive 1: DVD-R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 24x / CD-Writer 48x)
Optical Drive 2: - No Thanks
Internet Access: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections)
Video Card: 2x SLI Dual (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 2.5GB (PhysX) (EVGA 025-P3-1579-AR) <b></b>
Add-on Card: - No Thanks
Sound Card: Creative Labs X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional <b></b>
Extreme Cooling: AIR: Stage 2: Corsair A70 Dual 120mm Fans High Performance Cooler <b></b>
H20 Tube Color:- Not Applicable, I do not have a FrostChill or Sub-Zero LCS Cooling System Selected
Chassis Airflow: Standard Factory Chassis Fans
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Enhancements: - No Thanks
Chassis Mods: - No Thanks
Noise Reduction: - No Thanks
Boost Processor: Stage 2: Overclock CPU 4.5GHz to 4.8GHz (Requires Pro or Deluxe Series Motherboard) <b></b>
Boost Video Card: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my video card(s)
Boost Memory: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my memory
Boost OS: - No Thanks, Please do not tweak the services on the operating system
Windows OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium (64-Bit Edition)
Recovery Tools: Windows Recovery Toolkit (Bundled with Windows 7 CD)
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Priority Build: - No Thanks, Ship Within 5-15 Business Days After Order Is Successfully Processed
Warranty: Life-time Expert Customer Care with 3 Year Limited Warranty
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I think for gaming at 1920x1080 or 1920x1200 that build is great, but wait for a few more replies or for DST4ME (our local config expert) to drop by, but IMHO it looks pretty sweet.
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Dranzogger, thanks for the response and info!! much appreciated

Matt 
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Posts: 36758 		  Quote DST4ME Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 14 Sep 2011 at 12:21am
you don't need the 2.5Gb version of 570 at that res, the extra vram is for high aa at higher res, just fyi.

if you think in the life of this pc you will be adding more ram to it, then go with win7 pro, premium has a 16GB total limit, your config has 13GB already, pro does not have that limit, it has a 128GB limit, for $30 IMHO its worth it.

Don't forget that the haf x fits another 200mm fan on top, for some reason CM no longer offers the non led ones, so either grab a red led one and add it yourself or ask DS to put one on top for you, so that you endup with the best airflow case can do, here is the fan you want, you need to specifically ask for this fan to be added:

200mm red led fan

other then that, your build is solid.

Edited by DST4ME - 14 Sep 2011 at 12:22am

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DST4ME, thanks for the advise and info, I will probably switch to 1.2G 570's and go win7 pro.

I am new to ssd's and wanted to know if its a must for gaming?

Thanks again
Matt
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SSD is a must if you want a well balanced system, a well balanced system has all high performing components to eliminate bottlenecks that can take away from your system's performance, so not only will it help with gaming, it will help with overall performance of your pc.

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DST4ME, thanks again, knowing that I will definately keep the ssd in the build

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My pleasure and good luck                         

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Posts: 12 		  Quote mlwhitaker Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 16 Sep 2011 at 9:04pm
DST4ME,

I have been looking around at monitors and would like to know what my current builds max resolution would be and what I would have to change to play at max resolution on either the dell u2711 or the dell u3011?

Thanks in advance for your help and input
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Posts: 36758 		  Quote DST4ME Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 16 Sep 2011 at 9:22pm
u30 has 2560 x 1600 res, for that res we recommend sli 570 2.5GB with option to go tri sli, the current p67/68 platform can't do that, for tri sli you need to wait for the new platform of x79 to get here.

but you can use

sli 570 2.5GB

sli 580 3GB

cf 6970 2GB

any of those configurations will give you similar performance but you need option to go tri cf/sli, for example for games like bf3 at that res you may need tri cf/sli.

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Thanks for the input DST4ME, any idea on when the x79 will be out?
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Suppose to be oct/nov, but those are just rumors, I'm not aware of any official release date.

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