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Need help any suggestions my limit is 2700 bucks no more then that this is what i have in mind..


Case ( EagleTech Sidewinder Gaming Tower Case w/420W Power Supply Black )

Power Supply ( 500 Watt -- Power Supply

Processor ( Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E8500 (2x 3.16GHz/6MB L2 Cache/1333FSB) )

Processor Cooling ( [=== Silent ===] AVC Silent Intel CPU Fan and Heatsink Silent & Overclocking Proof )

Motherboard ( [SLI] Asus Striker II Formula nForce® 780i SLI Chipset w/7.1 Sound, Gb LAN, S-ATA Raid, USB 2.0, IEEE-1394 3-Way PC 3-Way SLI & EPU Technology )

Memory ( 4096MB [2048MB X2] DDR2-800 PC6400 Memory Module Kingston HyperX )

Video Card ( NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT 512MB w/DVI + TV Out Video )

Hard Drive ( 750 GB HARD DRIVE [Serial-ATA-II, 3Gb, 7200 RPM, 16M Cache] )

CD/DVD Drive ( [Lightscribe Technology] 20X Dual Format/Double Layer DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW Drive Black )

CD-RW/DVD-RW Drive ( 16x DVD-ROM + 52x32x52 CD-RW Combo Drive Black )

Sound Card ( Creative Lab Sound Blaster X-Fi ExtremeGamer )

Monitor ( LCD Monitor [--- Special ---] 20.1" LCD 16:10 Wide WSXGA HD(HDCP) Monitor Support DVI Video up to 1080P(HDMI) )

there is more but thats the important stuff im at 2100 for everything
~losgueros~

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This comment was edited at 07/01/2008 1:37 PM
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Are you against building it yourself? Itll be cheaper for a better pc.
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yeah man. newegg.com

dont worry about building. i just finished my first build no saturday, and everything went uber smooth. it POSTed and booted perfectly on my first try.
E8400GAEP35DS3L8800GT4GBXMS2
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RIP OFF!!!!!!!

E8400
Different motherboard
HD4850 or HD4870.

AND FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, BUILD IT YOURSELF. You will get alot better pc for the money.
AMD Opteron 180 @ 2.8ghz Air | Evga 8800GTS | 2GB G.SKill DDR
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i tought the asus striker had ddr3 compatibility not ddr2...
wing it
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I get a loan from work to buy a computer but you cant build it ur self its stupid so i went to the next best thing..
~losgueros~
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what do you do #7?
e8400@3.6 | D3SL p35 | evga8800gts(g92) | WD 500GB | 4GB xms2 | 520hx | Antec900
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Since you can only purchase a pre built pc then check this out, from Cyberpowerinc.

CASE: CoolerMaster Centurion 590 RC-590 Mid-Tower 420W Case

Power Supply: Corsair 650w Quad SLI

Cooling: Asetek Liquid CPU Cooling

CPU: (Quad-Core)Intel® Core™ 2 Quad Q9450 @ 2.66GHz 1333FSB 12MB L2 Cache 64-bit

MOTHERBOARD: (QX9650/9770 Support) Asus P5Q Pro Intel P45 CrossFire Chipset LGA775 FSB1600 DDR2/800 Mainboard w/GbLAN, USB2.0, IEEE1394, & 7.1Audio

MEMORY: (Req.DDR2 MainBoard)2GB (2x1GB) PC6400 DDR2/800 Dual Channel Memory (Mushkin Xtreme w/ Heat Spreader)

VIDEO CARD: ATI Radeon HD 4850 PCI-E x16 512MB Video Card
VIDEO CARD 2: ATI Radeon HD 4850 PCI-E x16 512MB Video Card

LCD Monitor: 20& quot; TFT Active Matrix LCD Display (ViewSonic VA2026W 20& quot; Widescreen Color TFT Active Matrix WSXGA LCD Display 1680x1050)

HARD DRIVE: Single Hard Drive (750GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16MB Cache 7200RPM HDD)
Data Hard Drive: NONE

Optical Drive: LG 20X DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW DRIVE DUAL LAYER (BLACK COLOR)

SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO

Operating System: Windows Vista Home Premium 64 Bit

KeyBoard : Logitech Wave Keyboard

Mouse : Logitech MX 518

Freebies : 4 GB flash Drive and Halo 2

Price w/o shipping $2289.

This comment was edited at 07/02/2008 6:39 PM
AMD Opteron 180 @ 2.8ghz Air | Evga 8800GTS | 2GB G.SKill DDR
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www.tigerdirect.com

Pick up a mobo cpu combo, or mix and match, it's not too hard to put a system together, and will be better and cheaper.
Q6600 / 4 gig XMS2 / Ati HD4870 /Ikari Laser/ CM690 case / Gateway FHD2400
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#10 if you would read his previous post, he is only allowed a pre built PC.
AMD Opteron 180 @ 2.8ghz Air | Evga 8800GTS | 2GB G.SKill DDR
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#9 is solid. if you cant spend that much, what you posted seems decent, but i'd definitely say get and HD4850 (think about CrossFire if you want) and maybe some ttpe of quad core, depending on what you do.
E8400GAEP35DS3L8800GT4GBXMS2
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#1 like #12 said, my build is very solid, but if you want to keep yours, drop the Striker 2, get an E8400, an HD4850, and only 2GB of ram unless your getting a 64 bit OS.
AMD Opteron 180 @ 2.8ghz Air | Evga 8800GTS | 2GB G.SKill DDR
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If its prebuilt an e8500 isn't going to be that much better over e8400 and since you're getting a good motherboard one way or another just overclock e8400. Also get an ati card either 4850 or 4870 cause ati is kicking major nvidia ass in performance/price right now.
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WTF ? are you ready ?? God of System!!
This is computer ??? what is this ??
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