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That's a tight budget to cover a tower and peripherals. You may want to save up some more money before ordering, particularly if you need a monitor now too.

Though if you must.. I'd say the only real option is the cheapest prebuilt with a few modifications (like maybe going ATI instead of Nvidia and changing to a high performance cooler)

That said, what resolution do you think you'll be gaming at? or what size monitor best fits your budget?

well see the things here is that we can get a pc for $1500 which will be ok, but then has no room to grow and in a few years will not be as powerful, due to newer games being more demanding.

or

we can spend say $2200, and get a pc that will kickass now and in a few years when things get too demanding, we can upgrade it for a little cost and have it be powerful again, instead of buying a new pc, or wishing we could.

now what is the resolution you wnat to play games at highest settings and what games, for example at 1900 x 1200 res, if you wanted to play crysis at highest settings:

a. you would need a minimum budget of $2700.

b. even with that budget you still couldn't play it at highest settings with hight aa.


so as you can see, its not a matter of how we spend on a pc or what we think is a lot to spend on a pc, its a matter of what we want and how much what we want will cost.

so tell me your res and lets see what works for you.

what size monitor is this pc going to run? fallout 3 you can max out, crysis you won't, not with high aa.

ok the recommended res for that monitor is 1366 x 768, which means very low gpu needs, now lets see with your budget this is about the best we can do without monitor, and it will run most games well, but not crysis.

Here you go Ticket# 380236 --- Price: $1663 (To see this build click here) Price after current promotion $1663

Copy of Specifications:
Chassis Model: Special Deal Hot Seller - HAF 922
Exterior Finish: - Not Available
Trim Accents: - Not Available
Processor: Intel Core i7 920 2.66GHz (Quad Core)
Motherboard: EVGA X58 LE Edition SLI (Intel X58 Chipset) (Supports SLI or CrossFire)
System Memory: 3GB DDR3 1600MHz Digital Storm Certified Performance Series (Highly Recommended) (Hand Tested)
Power Supply: 750W Corsair TX (Dual SLI Compatible)
Expansion Bay: - Not Available
Hard Drive Set 1: Operating System: 1x (500GB Western Digital (16MB Cache) (7200 RPM) (SATA)
Set 1 Raid Options: - Not Available
Hard Drive Set 2: Multimedia\Data: - No Thanks
Hard Drive Set 3: Backup\Misc.: - No Thanks
Optical Drive 1: DVD±R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 22x / CD-Writer 48x)
Optical Drive 2: - No Thanks
Internet Access: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections)
Video Card: 1x ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB
Add-on Card: - No Thanks
Sound Card: Integrated Motherboard Audio
Extreme Cooling: AIR: Stage 1: Cooler Master V8 High Performance Cooler (Compatible With ONLY i7 Processors)
H20 Tube Color:- Not Available
Chassis Airflow: Standard Factory Chassis Fans
Internal Lighting: Internal Chassis Lighting System (Blue)
Enhancements: - Not Available
Chassis Mods: - Not Available
Noise Reduction: - Not Available
Boost Processor: FREE: Stage 1: Overclock the processor between 3.3GHz to 3.9GHz (Requires Air Cooling Upgrade)
Boost Video Card: - Not Available
Boost Memory: - Not Available
Boost OS: - Not Available
Windows OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional (64-Bit Edition)
Restore Kit: Digital Storm Specialized Recovery System (DVD Image Based)
Virus Protection: - Not Available
Office: - Not Available
Benchmarking: - Not Available
Install/Test Game: - Not Available
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 5-10 Business Days After Order Is Successfully Processed
Warranty: 3 Year Platinum Care Extended Parts & Labor Warranty


you need to be around 1800 to have a kickass, and even then you will have 3GB of ram, but your gpu will play all games very well including crysis



Edited by DST4ME - 03 Feb 2010 at 2:51am