Building new PC o.o

[WTF Joel]

I'm going to start working out plans for a new pc, and of course I have no idea about most of the shite I will need so it's another puzzle for you technically minded people.

I'm going to say my price will be $2000, but I will be willing to go over that by a bit if need be o.o

Other than that I want 1TB of HDD space o.o cause I just do. Also a video card with HDMI output would be nice, no monitor is needed,  because I plan on hooking it up to my TV (32" LCD HDTV) as a monitor.

o.o anything else? umm.. I just want a pc that fucking owns and will run tf2 on full with no graphical or fps craps. o.o thats not shooting high, I would probably try cyrsis on this new one, of course Im not going to pay for one that could run that on high settings ok Im done..

.... GO!

[HeK]

Other than that I want 1TB of HDD space o.o cause I just do.

Better get a mirror, thats a lot of data to loose.

[copulatingduck]

:o :o :o :o

I've built 3 systems, and I don't think I've hit $2000 TOTAL. Then again, I try to buy behind the times so I can play any game I want but for cheap. When are you planning on getting it? Cuz prices fluctuate A LOT, but whenever you DO planning on getting something, I'm sure you could get enough suggestions in a week to get something pretty fantastic.

[Fail Medic]

I mentioned this case to Joel.  It's the Antec Twelve Hundred.  It caught my eye in a magazine.  What do you others think of it?

[Budr]

I mentioned this case to Joel.  It's the Antec Twelve Hundred.  It caught my eye in a magazine.  What do you others think of it?

I've got the Three Hundred from that series. Looks real sleek and, for a high performance case, it's incredibly quiet.

[Moof]

Alright, here you go.

CASE: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6811133133
$120 Thermaltake Tsunami VA3000SWA (there is a black version as well)

MOBO: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6813136043
$140 DFI LANPARTY DK P35-T2RS

POWER: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6817159067
$200 COOLMAX CUQ-1200B 1200W

CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6819115041
$325 Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550, 2.83GHz

CPU FAN: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6835207004
$40 Sunbeam CR-CCTF

RAM (edited after posting, was originally 8GB): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6820148203
4x $29 = $116 Crucial Ballistix 1GB DDR2 800

VIDEO: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6814130338
$290 EVGA 01G-P3-N891-AR GeForce 9800 GX2 1GB RAM, HDMI support

HD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6822136284
2x $180 = $360 WD Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1 TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache
RUN THESE RAID 0 (MIRROR) OR YOU'RE ASKING FOR IT. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

Sound: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6829102006
$91 Creative SB X-Fi XtremeGamer 7.1

OPTICAL DRIVE: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6827136149
$25 LG DVD burner

OS: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6832116515
$140 Win XP Pro SP3

TOTAL COST: $1857 + shipping - a couple small rebates

Check me, guys, and make sure I didn't miss anything?

P.S. Strong recommendation from a man who does this for a living
Call an electrician and have them wire up a 20 amp outlet where you're going to put this thing. Then add this. I have three of the rackmount version of these units protecting our servers, and the system you're building here is more powerful than some of our servers. This UPS is fucking big, fucking heavy and it will protect your $2000 investment for its lifetime.
$879 (if you google around you can get it cheaper) http://www.apc.com/resource/include/tech...l_watts=50

[Wedge]

Lololololololol, you included an OS for $140.

[WTF Joel]

Alright, here you go.

CASE: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6811133133
$120 Thermaltake Tsunami VA3000SWA (there is a black version as well)

MOBO: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6813136043
$140 DFI LANPARTY DK P35-T2RS

POWER: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6817159067
$200 COOLMAX CUQ-1200B 1200W

CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6819115041
$325 Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550, 2.83GHz

CPU FAN: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6835207004
$40 Sunbeam CR-CCTF

RAM (edited after posting, was originally 8GB): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6820148203
4x $29 = $116 Crucial Ballistix 1GB DDR2 800

VIDEO: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6814130338
$290 EVGA 01G-P3-N891-AR GeForce 9800 GX2 1GB RAM, HDMI support

HD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6822136284
2x $180 = $360 WD Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1 TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache
RUN THESE RAID 0 (MIRROR) OR YOU'RE ASKING FOR IT. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

Sound: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6829102006
$91 Creative SB X-Fi XtremeGamer 7.1

OPTICAL DRIVE: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6827136149
$25 LG DVD burner

OS: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6832116515
$140 Win XP Pro SP3

TOTAL COST: $1857 + shipping - a couple small rebates

Check me, guys, and make sure I didn't miss anything?

P.S. Strong recommendation from a man who does this for a living
Call an electrician and have them wire up a 20 amp outlet where you're going to put this thing. Then add this. I have three of the rackmount version of these units protecting our servers, and the system you're building here is more powerful than some of our servers. This UPS is fucking big, fucking heavy and it will protect your $2000 investment for its lifetime.
$879 (if you google around you can get it cheaper) http://www.apc.com/resource/include/tech...l_watts=50

I approve o.o though the extra 800+ for the last thingy I cant do o.o my limit is my limit :x this would be going way over what I would be able to pay o.o Also, for the record, hopefully by the end of october I'll have the money for this. o.o

[Mission Difficult]

HD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6822136284
2x $180 = $360 WD Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1 TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache
RUN THESE RAID 0 (MIRROR) OR YOU'RE ASKING FOR IT. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

I think you mean RAID 1

[copulatingduck]

For $2000 there's no fucking way you shouldn't be going with an SLI motherboard, maybe even buy two cards out the gate (though if shear power is what you're going for, I would suggest 4870's or GTX 280's). And yes, RAID 1 would be the one that protects against data loss.

[A. Crow]

Get a phenom/crossfire setup, come on, you know you want to stick 4 of these into this.  Also, on ram, come on, go with the higher standard, 2x this

[WTF Joel]

Im all for getting the most power out of the money I got to offer o.o

[CaffeinePowered]

HD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6822136284
2x $180 = $360 WD Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1 TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache
RUN THESE RAID 0 (MIRROR) OR YOU'RE ASKING FOR IT. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

If you are going to spend $2000 or more then just get three of them and do RAID 5

[WTF Joel]

like I tried to make an account on newegg and I cant cause it seems to be US only... so.. yeah o.o

[Moof]

[quote author=Moof link=topic=1350.msg36778#msg36778 date=1220734541]
HD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6822136284
2x $180 = $360 WD Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1 TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache
RUN THESE RAID 0 (MIRROR) OR YOU'RE ASKING FOR IT. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

I think you mean RAID 1
[/quote]

Yikes. Glaring typo. Thanks.

[Moof]

[quote author=Moof link=topic=1350.msg36778#msg36778 date=1220734541]

HD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6822136284
2x $180 = $360 WD Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1 TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache
RUN THESE RAID 0 (MIRROR) OR YOU'RE ASKING FOR IT. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

If you are going to spend $2000 or more then just get three of them and do RAID 5
[/quote]

He kinda has a choice. I went for his specs and a single video card that will play any game out there right now, especially TF2, at max or close to max settings (except maybe Crysis), then maxed the raw CPU power.

But yeah, Joel, you have a choice: trade raw graphics power for CPU/multitasking power, or trade some of one or the other and buy more redundancy for your HDs. If you want raw gaming power, and that's *all* you're going to use this rig for, I would take CopulatingDrunk's suggestion and get a cheaper CPU.

If you dial back the graphics and processing power a bit and also pull your power supply back to 950W, you can probably go for a 1500VA UPS too, and you can get those in consumer grade ($200ish instead of $850ish).

[copulatingduck]

like I tried to make an account on newegg and I cant cause it seems to be US only... so.. yeah o.o

Yea, you're going to have to use NCIX. Whose site, imo, sucks.

[WTF Joel]

I just want a rig for gaming. Something that can handle most games maxed out, with the possible exception of crysis

[HeK]

[quote author=Moof link=topic=1350.msg36778#msg36778 date=1220734541]

HD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6822136284
2x $180 = $360 WD Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1 TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache
RUN THESE RAID 0 (MIRROR) OR YOU'RE ASKING FOR IT. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

If you are going to spend $2000 or more then just get three of them and do RAID 5
[/quote]

Unless you get a dedicated hardware raid controller you will feel a huge performance hit when writing.

For the price vs performance just do a mirror.

[Fail Medic]

I just want a rig for gaming. Something that can handle most games maxed out, with the possible exception of crysis

Is Crysis still *the* trial-by-fire Destroyer of All That Lives?  What is expected to be the next back-breaker?