Config AdvicePost Date: 2010-03-15 |
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kjk72 
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 Topic: Config AdvicePosted: 15 Mar 2010 at 10:30pm |
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Thanks in advance for the advice. Resolution at least 1920X1200 (looking at getting a monitor poss 28-30" )Monitor suggestions would be great as well.
Budget <$7000
Will be using for gaming, work, spreadsheets, internet.
Using old keyboard and mouse Logitech MX 5500.
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cheebamaster
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Posted: 15 Mar 2010 at 11:55pm |
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With a budget like that we can get a killer system going. How religious do you want to be with your money...are you looking for all around decent parts for a good machine or do you want to go all out?
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Grandpa
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Posted: 16 Mar 2010 at 1:21am |
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Let's start from the top and work our way down. They will probably recommend the classified EVGA MB, 6 GB ram, the Corsair 1000 PS. The rest looks sweet to me. You're going to be very happy
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DST4ME
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Posted: 16 Mar 2010 at 2:33am |
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monitor Dell UltraSharp 3008WFP, 2560 x 1600
Here you go Ticket# 392545 --- Price: $6987 (To see this build click here) Price after current promotion $6487 Copy of Specifications: Chassis Model: Digital Storm HailStorm (Black OPS Edition) Exterior Finish: - Standard Factory Finish Trim Accents: - Standard Factory Finish Processor: Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition 980X 3.33GHz (Hexa-Core) (Extreme Performance) Motherboard: EVGA X58 Classified 3X SLI (Intel X58 Chipset) (Supports Triple SLI or CrossFire) System Memory: 6GB 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 (256GB Solid State (By: Corsair) (Model: CMFSSD-256GBG2D) Set 1 Raid Options: - No Thanks Hard Drive Set 2: Multimedia\Data: 1x (2TB Western Digital (7200 RPM) (64MB Cache) (SATA) (Extreme Speed WD2001FASS 2TB) Hard Drive Set 3: Backup\Misc.: - No Thanks Optical Drive 1: Blu-Ray Player/DVD Writer (Play Blu-Ray and Burn DVDs) Optical Drive 2: - No Thanks Internet Access: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections) Video Card: 2x CrossFire Dual (ATI Radeon HD 5870 1GB) Add-on Card: - No Thanks Sound Card: Integrated Motherboard Audio Extreme Cooling: H20: Stage 6: Sub-Zero LCS Dual Loop: CPU & Dual SLI/CrossFire Video Cards H20 Tube Color:Red Tubing with High-Performance Fluid (UV Lighting Reactive) Chassis Airflow: Standard Factory Chassis Fans Internal Lighting: Internal Chassis Lighting System (UV) (Creates Glowing Effect for H20 Tubes) Enhancements: - No Thanks Chassis Mods: - No Thanks Noise Reduction: - No Thanks Boost Processor: FREE: 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) Boost OS: - No Thanks, Please do not tweak the services on the operating system Windows OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional (64-Bit Edition) Restore Kit: Digital Storm Specialized Recovery System (DVD Image Based) Virus Protection: - No Thanks Office: Microsoft Office 2007 Business (Word Excel Outlook Publisher PowerPoint Accounting) Benchmarking: - No Thanks Install/Test Game: FREE: Please include a free copy of a hot-selling game Display: - No Thanks Surge Shield: - No Thanks Speakers: - No Thanks Keyboard: - No Thanks Mouse: - No Thanks External Storage: - No Thanks Exclusive T-Shirt: FREE: Digital Storm T-Shirt - Black (Large) Priority Build: - No Thanks, Ship Within 5-15 Business Days After Order Is Successfully Processed Warranty: 3 Year Platinum Care Extended Parts & Labor Warranty over your budget but at least I got rid of the crap that didn't make any difference what so ever like 12GB of ram. If you ask me, you should go with a 920, for gaming you won't see any difference from the 980x Edited by DST4ME - 16 Mar 2010 at 2:34am |
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kjk72
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Posted: 16 Mar 2010 at 8:56pm |
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Thanks for everyone's help.
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DST4ME
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Posted: 16 Mar 2010 at 9:07pm |
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Our pleasure and good luck
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kjk72
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Posted: 18 Mar 2010 at 8:49am |
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Alright guys. Pulled the trigger. Can't wait for the system to arrive. Also took DST4ME's advice and went for the Dell 30" monitor as well.
I did have one question: How much difference does a TRIM compatible SSD make vs one that doesn't have TRIM? Thanks. |
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DST4ME
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Posted: 18 Mar 2010 at 1:57pm |
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trim will help keep your ssds performance level, this way you won't see performance loss, however there are other ways of returning a ssd to its first day performance level.
you gonna love that monitor, I have my eyes on it, but I might wait for the next gen, not sure yet. Congrats Let the torture begin 
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