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Post Date: 2011-04-22

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    Posted: 22 Apr 2011 at 8:58pm
Hey DS Community I'm looking for some advice and help on my new computer.

Budget: Ideally $2500, but I can probably swing up to $2800.

Use: I will be using this computer for general home computing as well as gaming and video editing. The main games I play are World of Warcraft, Starcraft 2, Civ5 and in the future I would like to be able to handle SW:TOR and BF3. I expect this computer to be a great machine for a few years.

Special Needs: I have keyboard, mouse, and speakers but I need some advice on what monitor to purchase with a budget of $200.

Ticket Number: 527385
Total Price with Instant Savings: $2,773.00

Direct Load URL: http://www.digitalstormonline.com/comploadsaved.asp?id=527385

Specifications:
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)
System Memory: 8GB DDR3 1600MHz Digital Storm Certified Performance Series (Highly Recommended) (Hand Tested)
Power Supply: 1000W Digital Storm Certified (Dual/Triple/Quad SLI Compatible) (Silent Edition Highly Recommended)  
Expansion Bay: - No Thanks
Hard Drive Set 1: Operating System: 1x (120GB Solid State (By: Intel) (Model: 320 Series SSDSA2CW120G3K5)
Set 1 Raid Options: - No Thanks
Hard Drive Set 2: Multimedia\Data: 1x (1TB Western Digital Caviar (7200 RPM) (64MB Cache) (Model: Black Edition WD1002FAEX)
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 SLI Dual (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 1.2GB (Includes PhysX Technology)
Add-on Card: - No Thanks
Sound Card: Integrated Motherboard Audio
Extreme Cooling: AIR: Stage 1: Noctua NH-U12P SE Dual 120mm Fans High Performance Cooler
H20 Tube Color:- Not Applicable, I do not have a FrostChill or Sub-Zero LCS Cooling System Selected
Chassis Airflow: Standard Factory Chassis Fans
Internal Lighting: Internal Chassis Lighting System (Red)
Enhancements: - No Thanks
Chassis Mods: - No Thanks
Noise Reduction: - No Thanks
Boost Processor: FREE: Overclock the processor between 3.6GHz to 3.9GHz
Boost Video Card: FREE: Yes, Overclock the video card(s) as much as possible with complete stability
Boost Memory: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my memory
Boost OS: FREE: Yes, Disable and tweak all of the non-crucial 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)
Virus Protection: - No Thanks
Office: - No Thanks
Benchmarking: - No Thanks
Install/Test Game: - No Thanks
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 5-15 Business Days After Order Is Successfully Processed
Warranty: Life-time Expert Customer Care with 3 Year Limited Warranty

Questions
1. Do have the best SSD picked in terms of price vs. Performance?
2. Is 2xGTX 570 my best option and is it neccessary for the games I play?
3. Is there any play I can save some money on this build?
4. How does the Sabertooth board compare to the Deluxe?
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  Quote DST4ME Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 22 Apr 2011 at 10:36pm
Only thing I would change about your build is that I would go with one gpu, then if I see I need a second I would add that in, for the games you mentioned, a single 570 should do, bf3 I'm not sure about.

change your psu to corsair.

drop the os and gpu boost.

1. the 320 has the best controller so yes that is the one to get now.

2. I pretty much covered this at the begining of this post.

3. if you go with one gpu like I said you can save some money.

4. in short, deluxe is the way to go.

for monitor I would go with this, its on sale alot for $250:

Dell UltraSharp U2311H 23
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  Quote Linkunreal Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 22 Apr 2011 at 11:29pm
Thank you for your feedback DST4ME, you seem to be a staple of the Digital Storm forums. I will definitely use your advice and I'm going to ask DSO for the extra fan that you always recommend with HAF X.

Also a note to DSO:
The main reason I've decided to go with this company is because the wonderful community I found here and all of the happy customers.
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  Quote DST4ME Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 23 Apr 2011 at 1:45am
LOL yes you beat me to it , get the specified extra fan, just in case or for reference:

haf 200mm non led fan
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