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   I was talking to a friend and he was telling how easy it would be to build my own gaming computer when I could just go out to places like fry's or sites online to buy the pieces i need in order to build a great computer and save money instead of buying a thousand or so computer online. I was just wondering what people's thoughts were on that or would you be able to suggest the best budget computer I could buy here and upgrade as time goes on, something could play all best games and do everything else. 

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ctjones Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 30 Sep 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 39	Quote Reply Topic: Budget computer Posted: 27 May 2009 at 8:43pm
	I was talking to a friend and he was telling how easy it would be to build my own gaming computer when I could just go out to places like fry's or sites online to buy the pieces i need in order to build a great computer and save money instead of buying a thousand or so computer online. I was just wondering what people's thoughts were on that or would you be able to suggest the best budget computer I could buy here and upgrade as time goes on, something could play all best games and do everything else.

DST4ME Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List DS ELITE Joined: 14 Apr 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 36758	Quote Reply Posted: 27 May 2009 at 8:51pm
	what resolution will you be gaming at?
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ctjones Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 30 Sep 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 39	Quote Reply Posted: 27 May 2009 at 8:54pm
	looking at 1900x1200

ctjones Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 30 Sep 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 39	Quote Reply Posted: 27 May 2009 at 9:03pm
	I mean to say 1920x1200

B@d//j0ke Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 29 Apr 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 161	Quote Reply Posted: 27 May 2009 at 9:03pm
	FIRST of, if you don't have any knowledge of putting computers together and all there components then I would never recommend you put one together yourself! You could be likely to buy incompatible components and/or put them together wrong. however I don't know your computer background so I am just throwing that out there. That having been said DigitalStormonline takes away any need to build your own, DSO offers only the best components. And you would have a hard time saving alot of money putting one together yourself, and it would hardly be worth the hassle (especially if you've never done it before) You would be MUCH better off buying a rig from here, that way you know components and build quality will be professionally taken care of. And a rig you put together yourself will have no warranty to speak of, so if something does happen to go wrong (now or down the road) their wont be anything you can do about it.

DST4ME Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List DS ELITE Joined: 14 Apr 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 36758	Quote Reply Posted: 27 May 2009 at 9:10pm
	this is a beast and you can upgrade it as much as you want down the road: here you go Ticket# 287745 --- Price: $2513 (To see this build click here) Price after current promotion $2388 Copy of Specifications: Chassis Model: Cooler Master HAF 932 Exterior Finish: - Standard Factory Finish Interior Finish: - Standard Factory Finish Trim Accents: - Standard Factory Finish Processor: Intel Core i7 920 2.66GHz (Quad Core) Motherboard: EVGA X58 3X SLI (Intel X58 Chipset) (Supports Triple SLI or CrossFire) System Memory: 3GB DDR3 1333MHz Mushkin (Highly Recommended) (Digital Storm Certified) Power Supply: 1000W Corsair HX (Dual/Triple/Quad SLI Compatible) (Silent Edition) Card Reader: - No Thanks Hard Drive Set 1: Operating System: 1x (500GB Western Digital (16MB Cache) (7200 RPM) (SATA) Set 1 Raid Options: - No Thanks Hard Drive Set 2: Multimedia\Data: - No Thanks Hard Drive Set 3: Backup\Misc.: - No Thanks Optical Drive 1: DVD±R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 20x / 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 275 896MB (Includes PhysX Technology) Add-on Card: - No Thanks Sound Card: Integrated Motherboard Audio Extreme Cooling: AIR: Stage 2: Noctua NH-U12P High Performance Cooler (Compatible With ONLY i7 Processors) Liquid Color:- Not Applicable, I do not have a H20: Stage 3 Cooling System Selected Chassis Airflow: Standard Factory Chassis Fans Internal Lighting: Internal Chassis Lighting System (Red) Enhancements: - No Thanks Chassis Mods: - No Thanks Boost Processor: Stage 1: Overclock the processor between 3.3GHz to 3.9GHz (Requires Air Cooling Upgrade) Boost Video Card: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my video card(s) Boost Memory: Memory Fan Kit Only (Does not include memory overclocking service) Tweak Windows: - No Thanks, Please do not tweak the services on the operating system Windows OS: Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium (64-Bit Edition) Restore Kit: Digital Storm Specialized Recovery System (DVD Image Based) Virus Protection: - No Thanks Office: - No Thanks Benchmarking: - No Thanks Install/Test Game: - No Thanks LCD Display: - No Thanks Surge Shield: - No Thanks Speakers: - No Thanks Keyboard: - No Thanks Mouse: - No Thanks External Storage: - No Thanks Exclusive T-Shirt: - No Thanks Priority Build: - No Thanks, Ship Within 5-10 Business Days After Order Is Successfully Processed Warranty: 3 Year Platinum Care Extended Parts & Labor Warranty
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ctjones Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 30 Sep 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 39	Quote Reply Posted: 27 May 2009 at 11:27pm
	Thank you, so how would you recommend I upgrade later on?

sdelu Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 05 May 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 304	Quote Reply Posted: 27 May 2009 at 11:39pm
	you'll be able to upgrade: RAM CPU GPU HDD/SSD For a few years at least, so when your parts are becoming "stale" a few hundred bucks will have it back to being a beast.

GeneralShrooms Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 19 May 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 197	Quote Reply Posted: 28 May 2009 at 1:35am
	If your going to pay that much you might as well start with 6 gigs of RAM IMO. Edited by GeneralShrooms - 28 May 2009 at 1:35am

DST4ME Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List DS ELITE Joined: 14 Apr 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 36758	Quote Reply Posted: 28 May 2009 at 6:00am
	sorry that should have had 6GB here you go Ticket# 287814 --- Price: $2610 (To see this build click here) Price after current promotion $2485 Copy of Specifications: Chassis Model: Cooler Master HAF 932 Exterior Finish: - Standard Factory Finish Interior Finish: - Standard Factory Finish Trim Accents: - Standard Factory Finish Processor: Intel Core i7 920 2.66GHz (Quad Core) Motherboard: EVGA X58 3X SLI (Intel X58 Chipset) (Supports Triple SLI or CrossFire) System Memory: 6GB DDR3 1333MHz Mushkin (Highly Recommended) (Digital Storm Certified) Power Supply: 1000W Corsair HX (Dual/Triple/Quad SLI Compatible) (Silent Edition) Card Reader: - No Thanks Hard Drive Set 1: Operating System: 1x (500GB Western Digital (16MB Cache) (7200 RPM) (SATA) Set 1 Raid Options: - No Thanks Hard Drive Set 2: Multimedia\Data: - No Thanks Hard Drive Set 3: Backup\Misc.: - No Thanks Optical Drive 1: DVD±R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 20x / 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 275 896MB (Includes PhysX Technology) Add-on Card: - No Thanks Sound Card: Integrated Motherboard Audio Extreme Cooling: AIR: Stage 2: Noctua NH-U12P High Performance Cooler (Compatible With ONLY i7 Processors) Liquid Color:- Not Applicable, I do not have a H20: Stage 3 Cooling System Selected Chassis Airflow: Standard Factory Chassis Fans Internal Lighting: Internal Chassis Lighting System (Red) Enhancements: - No Thanks Chassis Mods: - No Thanks Boost Processor: Stage 1: Overclock the processor between 3.3GHz to 3.9GHz (Requires Air Cooling Upgrade) Boost Video Card: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my video card(s) Boost Memory: Memory Fan Kit Only (Does not include memory overclocking service) Tweak Windows: - No Thanks, Please do not tweak the services on the operating system Windows OS: Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium (64-Bit Edition) Restore Kit: Digital Storm Specialized Recovery System (DVD Image Based) Virus Protection: - No Thanks Office: - No Thanks Benchmarking: - No Thanks Install/Test Game: - No Thanks LCD Display: - No Thanks Surge Shield: - No Thanks Speakers: - No Thanks Keyboard: - No Thanks Mouse: - No Thanks External Storage: - No Thanks Exclusive T-Shirt: - No Thanks Priority Build: - No Thanks, Ship Within 5-10 Business Days After Order Is Successfully Processed Warranty: 3 Year Platinum Care Extended Parts & Labor Warranty now listen, only thing you might want to upgrade here is the HDD, next year get a good fast SSD and push the 500GB to HDD2 so that OS/games/apps are on the SSD HDD1 and HDD2 will get used as file storage Other then that there is nothing you need to upgrade, that thing is a beast and ready to handle what ever you throw at it at 1900 x 1200 however you have room to upgrade any parts you like and remember this system will take the new 6 core CPU coming out in H2 of 2010, so you can upgrade to that down the road,
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