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OutlawedPanther 
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 Topic: Almost!Posted: 18 Jun 2010 at 8:16am |
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Greetings Fellow Computer freaks and geeks! Like most here I want a Kick ass Computer in preformance and looks! When I get back to the states I am building from the ground up. The only thing I am keeping from my old computer is the mouse and the HD as a 3rd/back up drive! So I am looking for a new monitor. The use of the computer will be mostly for gaming, video editing, and movies. Video games: Unreal Tournament, Call of Duty, Need for Speed, And I would like to try out Starcraft, Metro and Crysis after reading all the great reviews. As for budget about $4,500 give or take!
My dream would go like is this:
I just dont like the price, lol.
Side notes:
1. I would like to keep stage 2 OC
2. I would like liquid cooling
3. LC chipset is cooling what?
4. Cases- HAF X or HAF 932 are my favorite on looks
Any thoughts?
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Mr.
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Posted: 18 Jun 2010 at 8:54am |
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Well buddie I'm afraid your set up is quite all right. If you want that kinda lc then u must buy from the black ops section which means you gotta pay a high price. I rly find nothing wrong in your set up except if u need the sound card or not but if u gonna make that kinda rig then why not inckude a sound card. Another option you got is to go special deals and use only stage3 or 4 liquid cool, forgot which but yea that would cut the price way down but I think those are your only choices. Also I hear to make the lc go to max performance or for quiet u gotta buy a diff rad or fans or both, forgot but either one haha
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!ender_
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Posted: 18 Jun 2010 at 10:02am |
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well you can get down to your price range by dropping the sound card and the ssd, these are definitely your lowest cost:gaming performance ratio
$4552
but if it were me personally, i would drop the second 480... this will drastically open up your options, give you back the ssd, and put a chunk of cash in your wallet to buy the next big card instead of subjecting yourself to the nightmare of sli
$3811
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ablahblah
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Posted: 18 Jun 2010 at 10:14am |
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aight aight what RES are you gaming at....that determines exactly what video card you need, unless you game at higher that 1920x1080, then you probably don't need TWO 480s...lol
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OutlawedPanther
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Posted: 18 Jun 2010 at 11:54am |
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Well if I were to get 2 480s I would buy a monitor to do it just! My old monitor has a loose conection and is a 14' crt.
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!ender_
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Posted: 18 Jun 2010 at 1:53pm |
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ouch. well check out my second build choice, add on a little if you want, then use the rest to get a freaking sweet monitor (or 2)
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Cretae
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Posted: 18 Jun 2010 at 7:28pm |
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24" 1920x1200 you want the HP ZR24w. ~ $400.Way best bang for your buck in this size, and the single card will be great. Gorgeous panel. Full review here:
The 80g SSD is really all you need. Not everything goes on here. OS, apps you use a lot. Rest of the space is for a few games, but not everything you've got, just the ones you're using now. Rotate 'em in and out. Most games don't get that much of a boost from an SSD.
I DK about the PSU choice unless it's for the LC. I didn't think it was that power intensive. For 1 480, 750 Corsair. For 2, (not recommended as !ender_ said) you need 1250 Enermax.
Chipset cooling is the mobo.
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OutlawedPanther
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Posted: 20 Jun 2010 at 1:14am |
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So I remade my configuration with the fathers day sale and it comes out $800 cheeper! Is the warranty really worth that much or did prices go down? If they went down, when are they going down again? lol
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Cretae
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Posted: 20 Jun 2010 at 1:40am |
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The Black OPS section is giving out Special Deals prices!! BEWARE!!!!!
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