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   Hello everyone first time poster ok im looking for a new rig i built my current pc back on 07 and im ready for a new one. I have a 5000 dollar budget. And im looking for something to run DCS a10 and black shark on my current display with a resolution of 1920 by 1080 thats its native res I also play WoW and Swtor and BF3. I really want water cooling to for the cpu board and video card or cards.

I have looked at all the desktops and im really at a loss as what i should get for what i play.

Any advice would help me out a lot 
Thank you Kurt

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Kurtwk5 Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 07 Mar 2012 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1	Quote Reply Topic: Need advice for new desktop Posted: 08 Mar 2012 at 6:32am
	Hello everyone first time poster ok im looking for a new rig i built my current pc back on 07 and im ready for a new one. I have a 5000 dollar budget. And im looking for something to run DCS a10 and black shark on my current display with a resolution of 1920 by 1080 thats its native res I also play WoW and Swtor and BF3. I really want water cooling to for the cpu board and video card or cards. I have looked at all the desktops and im really at a loss as what i should get for what i play. Any advice would help me out a lot Thank you Kurt

bprat22 Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List DS ELITE DigitalStorm East -- (Unofficially!) Joined: 08 Jun 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 20391	Quote Reply Posted: 08 Mar 2012 at 11:05am
	Hi Kurtwk5....Welcome to the forums. Here's a build to start with. Config # 663568 Cost $ 3699 Chassis Model: Special Deal Hot Seller - Black OPS HailStorm Edition 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: 1050W Corsair Pro Silver 1050HX (Dual/Triple/Quad SLI Compatible) Expansion Bay: - No Thanks Hard Drive Set 1: Operating System: 1x (120GB Solid State (By: Intel) (Model: 320 Series) Set 1 Raid Options: - No Thanks Hard Drive Set 2: Multimedia\Data: 1x (1TB Western Digital Caviar (7200 RPM) (Model: Black Edition) Hard Drive Set 3: Backup\Misc.: - No Thanks Optical Drive 1: DVD-R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 24x / 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 570 2.5GB (PhysX) (EVGA 025-P3-1579-BR) 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:- Not Applicable, I do not have a FrostChill or Sub-Zero LCS Cooling System Selected Chassis Airflow: Standard Factory Chassis Fans Internal Lighting: - No Thanks Enhancements: - No Thanks Chassis Mods: - No Thanks Noise Reduction: - No Thanks LaserMark: - No Thanks Boost Processor: Stage 2: Overclock CPU 4.5GHz to 4.8GHz (Requires Pro or Deluxe Series Motherboard) Boost Video Card: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my video card(s) Boost Memory: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my memory Boost OS: - No Thanks, Please do not tweak the 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 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: FREE: Digital Storm T-Shirt - Black (Large) 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 For your resloution the i7-2600k and sli 2x gtx 570's will max out gaming for some time. This will run A10, Blackshark which aren't that demanding and BF3, which is, no problem at all. Their is a newer paltform, the X79 but the 6 core cpu and quad cahnnel RAM wouldn't be seen in gaming. 8GB RAM is all gaming needs. I guessed on the SSD and HDD The Hailstorm 800D case is great for water cooling and you have stage 6 cooling on cpu and sli gpu. I'm not up on water cooling but from what I've seen this is good. Others with more info might chime in to agree or pick it apart You don't really need water cooling, air cooled options would do ya, but your call as always. Keep in mind new gpu's from Nvidia are close to release but who knows when how much or performance. Check it out and Good Luck This should be in Config Discussion for more hits, if Alex sees this. Edited by bprat22 - 08 Mar 2012 at 11:08am

kenage Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 03 Mar 2012 Online Status: Offline Posts: 59	Quote Reply Posted: 09 Mar 2012 at 7:14am
	With a $5000 budget, you can get some extra niceties like the latest Intel SSD, as well as case lighting and fan controllers and whatnot... Here's a Z68 build for a 2600K that will do very well for a good while: Saved Ticket Number: 663795 http://www.digitalstormonline.com/comploadhailstorm.asp?id=663795 Total Cost: $4106 Chassis Model: Special Deal Hot Seller - Black OPS HailStorm Edition 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 Sabertooth P67 (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: 1050W Corsair Pro Silver 1050HX (Dual/Triple/Quad SLI Compatible) Expansion Bay: - No Thanks Hard Drive Set 1: Operating System: 1x (120GB Solid State (By: Intel) (Model: 520 Series) Set 1 Raid Options: - No Thanks Hard Drive Set 2: Multimedia\Data: 1x (2TB Western Digital (7200 RPM) (Model: Black Edition) (SATA 6Gbps) 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 2.5GB (PhysX) (EVGA 025-P3-1579-BR) 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 & Chipset H20 Tube Color:Red Tubing with High-Performance Fluid (UV Lighting Reactive) Chassis Airflow: Upgrade Chassis With LED Performance Fans (Red) (Up to 6 Fans) Internal Lighting: Internal Chassis Lighting System (Red) Enhancements: Touch V12XT Aerocool Temperature Display & Fan Controller (Requires Chassis Airflow Upgrade) Chassis Mods: - No Thanks Noise Reduction: - No Thanks LaserMark: - No Thanks Boost Processor: Stage 3: Overclock CPU 4.9GHz to 5.2GHz (Requires Extreme Series Motherboard) Boost Video Card: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my video card(s) 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 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: FREE: Digital Storm T-Shirt - Black (Large) 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 Like bpratt says, the X79 is out, but that's more for video rendering and other programs that can exploit multi-threaded CPUs better than games out today.
	— Kenage MCTS, MCP, Security+, Network+ Never put off until tomorrow what you can avoid doing entirely.

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