Game Time!

OK its time for a new rig.

I have a budget of $2000 to $2500.
I am looking for something that will run flight simulators with ease and the highest graphics. (dont like watching my planes skip through the air  ). Will also be playing some FPS. I have never had the power for photo editing so if i can fit that in the budget i might start doing that too. I will be using multiple monitors (2+) when using flight sim. Do not have the monitors yet either but planning on at least 20".

Also if I can get a setup that is budgetless but not rediculous just out of curiosity.

Sneaky has a good build for you. I would consider getting WIN-7 Pro incase you want or need to add more memory. I would also go with the stage 2 OC. If this is getting out of your reach budget wise you might consider the ODE-3.

ODE-3 located here.

Frank

Edited by FrankW - 19 Oct 2011 at 3:48pm

Every body has good info, but there is some info they did not know about, which is that fsx as far as I know does not utilize sli correctly, so for fsx a single 570 will do.

however many fps games do utilize sli correctly, so sli 570 will benefit, as mentioned for tri monitor you gonna want dual sli with option to go tri sli, however the budget is holding us at a point.

so now the options due to budget are:

for sli ode 3 (over budget)

for single gpu ode 1.

or third option, we customize a config that has one 570 but can support 2, and that will land us right around $2000, well I'm coming in around $2100, can teh budget be around $2100?

LOL I wish .

liquid cooling is not needed. its a luxury. you can have decent OCs on air.

OK I have been studying the forums a bit and came up with this...
Please fix anything that needs fixin. I also keep reading people should
wait a month for something new to come out. Should I wait let me know?
As far as the gpu goes can i get one for now and add others later or does
it void anything by me adding/changing things inside?
Thanks for all the input.

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Ok then i am waiting for the x79 to come out then.
Maybe by then I can get all the gpu at the same time

Yes I do plan on gaming on all three screens for flight sims (veiw panel on main screen and switch panel and gps etc on other 2 screens but for things like BF3 how would you be gaming on more than one of the screens at a time?

Well looking forward to next month, then i'll be part of the team so to speak.

Is Nvidea surround vision the same as eyefinity or is eyefinity way better is why you recomended it? Curious if I should change gpu if that's the case but I just like Nvidea so much more.

I have never played or seen a game like BF played on more than one monitor. So if I have the screens side by side will it stretch the picture to fit or does it add peripherals to the two outside monitors? Reason I ask is because when I used my laptop for 2 screens I just dragged windows from FSX to the monitor for easier veiwing but BF doesnt have multiple windows to move around like FSX does.

PS: I was looking around the forums and happened to find the address to DSO and I only live 2 hours away.. how cool would it be if I could go look around the shop?!?