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Ok after much research I have finally came up with a system. Grand total comes to just under $1200. I have XP Pro (32 bit) for the OS for now but hope that I will be able to upgrade to 64bit when Windows comes out with their next OS (I hear June 2009:confused:)

Mobo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130158
CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115041
RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820104060
Vid Card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127378&Tpk=n82e16814127378
Power: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341010&Tpk=OCZ600SXS
HDD1 (OS): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148262
HDD2(data): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148262
Case: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2765147&CatId=1859
Backup: http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage/index.html

Please let me know any and all comments. Thanks for the help
 
I knew I was forgetting something....eventually will probably get a blu-ray but for now just a simple DVD/CD burner will do...Lite-On
 
want to stick with the sli...from what I have read people either prefer or have less problems with sli over ati
 
want to stick with the sli...from what I have read people either prefer or have less problems with sli over ati
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ATI CrossfireX is actually better (more efficient) than SLI. Where have you heard such rumors from? I can guarantee that is not true.
 
just reading the video card posts on here...I know alot is personal preference but many people stated that they had problems with or finding ATI updates...when you speak of efficiency are you talking power consumption or speed
 
when you speak of efficiency are you talking power consumption or speed
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I was talking about efficiency of CrossfireX. It scales better i.e. adding more cards in a CrossFireX setup yields better performance improvements than adding cards in SLI. In practice, SLI setups are limited to 2 cards because adding more will give insignificant performance gains.
 
Very nice build.

I went with a similiar configuration recently, but went with dual 9800GT 512G, which I now understand was probably a mistake. Also got VISTA 64byte.

I also went for only 1 hard drive because I had it built for me (yeah, I didn't feel comfortable trying to build it myself), but thought I could add one later.

btw, costs way more to pay someone to build it for you. But I learned from it, and won't ever go HP or DELL again!
 
I will be using it mostly for Media and 3D modeling but might do some gaming. Not sure if I will ever jump to a second vid card but wanted to leave that option open
 
For media, you're not gonna need a graphics card that powerful. 3D modelling (from experience in Autodesk 3DS Max 2009 and Lightwave) isn't really governed by your GPU, only your CPU. Gaming's the only thing your really gonna need a GPU for. Should be a nice build, but you might wanna consider upgrading that PSU to 750-800W and save yourself some money in the future, in case you do go SLi. Gives you more overhead too. Enjoy.
 
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Actually for complex projects a professional card (Quadro/FireGL) would be beneficial more than a mainstream card because of the sheer bruteforce they use to work with all the textures needed in 3ds Max. A mainstream one would be still good though if you wanted to game as most pro cards are weak in that area.
 
I am currently working on a mesh/model in 3DS Max with textures of 4000+ px and the model has a little over 4 million pollies, and 3.8 million vertices. Even with GTX280 TriSLi, I haven't noticed a difference (yes, I took them out just to test that). Saved an animation, and rendered in only two seconds more time. Two seconds on a 7 hour render is nothing.

Might get a new Quad machine with a Quadro if it makes a lot of difference though. Will keep the GTX280's in my current rig for gaming.
 
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