Please take a look at my build

at that price range with dso its really hard to go wrong, the only upgrades you may consider, based on how much youre spending, is

Edited by !ender_ - 27 May 2010 at 8:47am

i think if it were me i would spend the little extra money on visual frills instead of a ssd or network card. i dont think either is really worth the price. as far as monitors, lots of the fans ive seen posting are in big support of the flashy ips monitors for thier "true color value" and massive price tags. in my opinion, get yourself a samsung or acer 22+ inch 70hz+ and you cant go too wrong.. no need to go over 300 to get a good quality monitor if you get some ideas and dont know the details you need to pick between them just make a post and we will iron it out for you. razers makes good stuff but you should check out roccat they make some very good looking and very nice performance items. thats what i use

let us know what resolution you will be using so we can determine what gpu u need.

we wil also need a budget for your computer and monitor. please put both seperate

we also need a detailed list of games you play and want to play.

do you have any preferences on anything?

once we have all this information i can design a kick butt rig for you. until we have the info we are really just shooting in the dark here.

if you need help choosing a monitor we can help. or if you want to look your self make sure the monitor has identical vertical and horizontal viewing angles greater then 170. that is a sign of a ips panel which is more expensive but it has better picture quality then it cheaper tn counterpart.

the monitor is the window to the digital world... if you don't get a good one you wont be happy.

well since hes going to build a kick ass rig like that lets just assume he'll get at least a 1900x1200 ips panel
Gpaint said most of the things u gotta change you should def get the 160g intel ssd for first hdd and second a 1tb hdd would be good enough. i would suggest 2xsli 480's also. dont upgrade the fans, heard they real loud and annoying, add memory kit, dont OC video card, your eyes will not notice the difference during games and if you are going to change to 480's they already run really hot in sli and OCing it wouldnt be worth the extra heat and energy, Dont tweak the OS either, the system runs extremely fast either way and you wont notice a thing if you do tweak it or not Other than that it would look like this, idk about the sound card and network card but yea not much difference id say for network card but sound card you should get if u use headphones. Heres the biuld id recommend for your budget.

Black Ops: Ticket Number: 409932
Total Price with Instant Savings: $5,363.00 <--forget if its including the 300 off after "buy now" or not lol

Direct Load URL: http://www.digitalstormonline.com/comploadsaved.asp?id=409932

Specifications:
Chassis Model: Black OPS HailStorm Edition
Exterior Finish: - Standard Factory Finish
Trim Accents: - Standard Factory Finish
Processor: Intel Core i7 920 2.66GHz (Quad Core)
Motherboard: EVGA X58 Classified 3X SLI (Intel X58 Chipset) (Supports Triple SLI or CrossFire)
System Memory: 6GB DDR3 1600MHz Digital Storm Certified Performance Series  (Highly Recommended) (Hand Tested)
Power Supply: 1250W Enermax Galaxy EVO (Dual/Triple/Quad SLI Compatible) (Recommended)
Expansion Bay: - No Thanks
Hard Drive Set 1: Operating System: 1x (160GB Solid State (By: Intel) (Extreme Performance) (Model: SSDSA2MH160G2R5)
Set 1 Raid Options: - No Thanks
Hard Drive Set 2: Multimedia\Data: 1x (1TB Seagate/Hitachi/Western Digital (7200 RPM) (32MB Cache) (SATA) (Extreme Speed)
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: 2x SLI Dual (NVIDIA EVGA GeForce GTX 480 1.5GB (Includes PhysX Technology)
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:Green Tubing with High-Performance Fluid (UV Lighting Reactive)
Chassis Airflow: Standard Factory Chassis Fans
Internal Lighting: Internal Chassis Lighting System (Green)
Enhancements: - No Thanks
Chassis Mods: - No Thanks
Noise Reduction: - No Thanks
Boost Processor: FREE: Stage 1: Overclock the processor between 3.3GHz to 3.9GHz (Cooling Upgrade Recommended)
Boost Video Card: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my video card(s)
Boost Memory: Memory Fan Kit Only (Does not include memory overclocking service)
Boost OS: - No Thanks, Please do not tweak the services on the operating system
Windows OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional (64-Bit Edition)
Restore Kit: Digital Storm Specialized Recovery System (DVD Image Based)
Virus Protection: - No Thanks
Office: - No Thanks
Benchmarking: - No Thanks
Install/Test Game: FREE: Hot-selling game with a NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 or above graphics card
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 (Medium)
Priority Build: - No Thanks, Ship Within 5-15 Business Days After Order Is Successfully Processed
Warranty: 5 Year Platinum Care Extended Parts & Labor Warranty (Highly Recommended)

you don't really need the LC it is more of a luxury. the stage 2 noctua will do very well and a haf 932 case.

everything else is perfect for a high res machine this can do 1920 x 1200 - 2560 x 1900

very true i did ask for all that info before.. but it still has not arrived