Need advice on Good machine within budget

Hey everyone, total noob here at having a machine built so please go easy on me.

Well im a noob too when it comes to this but from what they have told me so far you might want to upgrade your power supply to the 1050hx.  Also im not sure about the performace difference in upgrading to the 2000mhz ram vs the 1600 or 1800. DST4ME will know for sure.  The bigger power supply would be needed for sli if you choose to later on. Not sure if your motherboard will support sli either, but as I said others will know for sure. 

I can't tell you what to get, if I don't know what its gonna need to run.

you need to match gpu power with monitor otherwise you gonna endup wasting money or not having enough power.

I can tell you right now that I would not recommend that config, and that 800w is not gonna do sli 580.

don't pay twice for monitor, wait and get what you want in the meantime use the tv or something.

Edited by DST4ME - 26 Oct 2011 at 7:47pm

We do have to make you a new config, but first we need to know what the res of the monitor you gonna want to run is gonna be, so first decide on the monitor that you would want to upgrade to.

lets do this, how much were you expecting to spend on the monitor you would really like?

Ok great that is a start, now what was the budget for it going to be? keep in mind we are talking about the monitor you said you would eventually upgrade to.

Edited by DST4ME - 27 Oct 2011 at 12:03am

Dell UltraSharp U2311H 23

Most important thing about a monitor is its panel, right now there are 2 major ones, TN and IPS, IPS has superior picture quality/clarity.

1. response time is a bs number, its there to fool you and does not represent the true response time of the monitor, there is no real way of truly finding what response time is, the closest to it is white to white but you don't see that, you see grey to grey or black to black cause they give small numbers to fool users but they don't mean anything, there are different methods to get these numbers also, and each will give a different number as results, therefore you can even compare one to the other, cause we don't know what method was used for which, and even if we did, still GTG or BTB don't mean anything.

2. contrast ratio is also bs number.

that dell monitor is an ips panel.

Its a great ips monitor.

now to run that monitor at max settings, for custom config its gonna be around $2800 that has ssd, sli 570 etc, or you get ode 3, which can't do what the custom config can as far as future upgrades go but as far as game performance they would be equal.

or we can build you a system for around $2100 with single 570, you add the second 570 in a few months.

let me know which you like to see/do.

Edited by DST4ME - 27 Oct 2011 at 1:32am

Without ssd $2,123, with ssd $2,399

which you want to see?

Here you go Ticket# 609800 --- $2,399 (To see this build click here)

Copy of 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: 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) (64MB Cache) (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: 1x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 1.2GB (Includes PhysX Technology) (EVGA Edition)
Add-on Card: - No Thanks
Sound Card: Integrated Motherboard Audio
Extreme Cooling: AIR: Stage 2: Corsair A70 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: - 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
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

Ask DS specifically for this fan to be added to the top, so you endup with 4 x 200mm fans:

haf 200mm non led fan

other then adding another 570 to that config, there is nothing you can do to make it better at that res, and all it needs really to be complete is a 570.

in 2 to 3 years upgrade sli 570 and it will feel like a new pc in gaming.


Edited by DST4ME - 27 Oct 2011 at 2:06am

My pleasure and good luck boss