$2000 Budget??

dsolash

dsolash

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leopardforest said:
Thank you bomberboysk! This is all very interesting, but I dont need to read this argument. I have seen many different reviews on various sites, and I think I know what I am going to choose for a GPU.
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also remeber theres dual 4890 but if you have the money to beat the dual 4890 with dual gtx 285 go for it my friend. Which you said you might upgrade sli later so i think you went with the gtx 285. But there is a 4890x2 coming out soon. HOLD THE PHONE just though of this, check this out! http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150349 that will beat gtx 285! DOnt argue with me about that. But remeber also just get the gtx 295 over 285. here it is 4890>GTX 285>4870x2>GTX 295. The 4870x2 will save you $110 for you 24" dual monitor setup though.
 
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leopardforest

leopardforest

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dsolash said:
also remeber theres dual 4890 but if you have the money to beat the dual 4890 with dual gtx 285 go for it my friend. Which you said you might upgrade sli later so i think you went with the gtx 285. But there is a 4890x2 coming out soon. HOLD THE PHONE just though of this, check this out! http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150349 that will beat gtx 285! DOnt argue with me about that. But remeber also just get the gtx 295 over 285. here it is 4890>GTX 285>4870x2>GTX 295. The 4870x2 will save you $110 for you 24" dual monitor setup though.
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I dont want to spend that much. Please move this on to your other thread.

Thanks.
 
dsolash

dsolash

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leopardforest said:
I dont want to spend that much. Please move this on to your other thread.

Thanks.
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dude its in your $2000 budget.... and this isn't an argument anymore im trying to get a better card for you and it cost the same as GTX 285 or like $20 more or something. I could get you a system with gtx 285 for you budget including 2 gtx 285's and everything else but you would have to sacfrifice some things. Its sounds like you angry for me building a better system in your budget and why is that so? ill post it in a few minutes once i have it together.

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Ok, everything is the same as the list before. Remove the hardrives and add this on:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136298

Now new case:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146054 Comes with a shiny mouse.. Not good looking mouse though.

New graphics:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130480
there are GTX 285x2 and tatal is around $1920 with rebates there you go your new system.
These are all reliable products as you see from the reviews.
Here are a list of products you can trust:
ASUS, Samsung, Gateway, LG, Vizio, VeiwSonic, and Acer are all good monitors (from experience) Vizio makes lcd televisons though.
HDDS- Samsung, Seagate, Western Digital, HP, Fujitsu, and HITACHI are all trustworthy one.
PSUS- many unheardbrands make very good psus but the top of the line are Corsair and ABS. Check the reviews on newegg if you find a cheap PSU that you never heard of. It may still be good.
GFX- All cards from ATi and NVIDIA are reliable, XFX, EVGA, and ASUS are some of the best manufacturers.
MOBO- Stay away from companies you never herd of, the usually have bad motherboars, but they are cheap.
RAM- Listed in this thread a million times those are all good manufacturers.
Sound: ASUS, Creative are good.
Cases- Antec, CoolerMaster, Zalman, ABS/Tagan, are the most known for good qality and cooling, there are other though.
 
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leopardforest

leopardforest

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dsolash said:
dude its in your $2000 budget.... and this isn't an argument anymore im trying to get a better card for you and it cost the same as GTX 285 or like $20 more or something. I could get you a system with gtx 285 for you budget including 2 gtx 285's and everything else but you would have to sacfrifice some things. Its sounds like you angry for me building a better system in your budget and why is that so? ill post it in a few minutes once i have it together.

NEXT EDIT.

Ok, everything is the same as the list before. Remove the hardrives and add this on:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136298



Now new case:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146054 Comes with a shiny mouse.. Not good looking mouse though.

New graphics:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130480
there are GTX 285x2 and tatal is around $1920 with rebates there you go your new system.
These are all reliable products as you see from the reviews.
Here are a list of products you can trust:
ASUS, Samsung, Gateway, LG, Vizio, VeiwSonic, and Acer are all good monitors (from experience) Vizio makes lcd televisons though.
HDDS- Samsung, Seagate, Western Digital, HP, Fujitsu, and HITACHI are all trustworthy one.
PSUS- many unheardbrands make very good psus but the top of the line are Corsair and ABS. Check the reviews on newegg if you find a cheap PSU that you never heard of. It may still be good.
GFX- All cards from ATi and NVIDIA are reliable, XFX, EVGA, and ASUS are some of the best manufacturers.
MOBO- Stay away from companies you never herd of, the usually have bad motherboars, but they are cheap.
RAM- Listed in this thread a million times those are all good manufacturers.
Sound: ASUS, Creative are good.
Cases- Antec, CoolerMaster, Zalman, ABS/Tagan, are the most known for good qality and cooling, there are other though.
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Thank you.
I would love to get dual high end cards, but I dont see myself doing a lot of gaming and I think the other components are more important to start off with. Like a nice keyboard, and mouse maybe an extra hard drive etc. But i am taking all your input into account so THANK YOU!
 
dsolash

dsolash

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leopardforest said:
I would love to get dual high end cards, but I dont see myself doing a lot of gaming and I think the other components are more important to start off with. Like a nice keyboard, and mouse maybe an extra hard drive etc. But i am taking all your input into account so THANK YOU!
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Ok so you want a keyboard and mouse, but you wont be doing much gaming but alot of video/photo editing, so i wouldn't suggest you get a gaming keyboard, i would suggest a comfortable keyboard. The microsoft is very comfortbale, I tried it at Besy Buy,
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823109038
both a mouse and keyboard. There are many others but this is among the only ones i have tried, and it felt like my hand was floating, if you want theres also expensive editing mice but they are $150+. And for harddrives, all are good basicly. 640GB would be enough but if you want more space, there are 1TB hdds out there. If you just want a beatiful keyboard the Razers look amazing, but they are limited on features. There keyboards dont contain anything that helpful to anyone, they just look amazing. The may have 10 macros on one board (i don't recall, but they're odly placed.) if you want monster storage, drop one GTX and HDD and if you want alot space i would suggest getting an external harddrive because they work very well with videos/photos. (not games). Get 2 of theres even three if you want that much one should be enogh though. But if you want
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822145233
With the keyboard and mouse it is for close up dektop use, not long range. Hese are some other products you can check out
if you right handed http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823126038
same right hand http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823126042
would you want speakers or headphones?
 
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leopardforest

leopardforest

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Here is an update to what I ended up doing with my $2000 build that ended up being a "tad" bit more than $2k.

I haven't done any benchmarks yet, but I will in the future.

Enjoy and let me know what you think!

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I ended up changing around the fans from the way they are in the pics and everything is running cool and quiet. I plan to overclock to maybe 3.2 or so but everything is running stable right now and I running Windows & RC 7100.

My SLI setup runs hot and the top card runs about 10* hotter than the lower, because of the minimized airflow. I added the airduct that came with the ATCS 840 case and that has helped a little. Other than the hot cards I love it!
 
linkin

linkin

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Wow, if i had $2k i'd do something like that! That looks like an awesome system!
Post some benchies if crysis! Maybe you'll actually get playable performance on very high settings... lol.
 
susik89

susik89

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Sick build, you shouldn't have any problems getting it to 3.2. The only thing i would change would be getting megahalems instead of noctua but since you dont plan to go crazy with your overclock the one you got should be plenty. Btw did you get C0 or D0 stepping ?
 
leopardforest

leopardforest

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susik89 said:
Sick build, you shouldn't have any problems getting it to 3.2. The only thing i would change would be getting megahalems instead of noctua but since you dont plan to go crazy with your overclock the one you got should be plenty. Btw did you get C0 or D0 stepping ?
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I am not sure. How do I check?
 
susik89

susik89

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Well basically D0's are newer and can get to higher frequencies with lower voltages. They are supposed to run cooler too but they dont!!! At least mine doesnt :/ Or maybe its just my heatsink :x Should have gone with megahalems :<
 
bomberboysk

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susik89 said:
Well basically D0's are newer and can get to higher frequencies with lower voltages. They are supposed to run cooler too but they dont!!! At least mine doesnt :/ Or maybe its just my heatsink :x Should have gone with megahalems :<
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Yup, the D0 is a newer stepping. And yes, the prolimatech megahalems are awesome.
 
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citruscomputers

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I'd build it from scratch and make sure you get a really good processor and board before you go spending too much on everything else. You want to have a good foundation to keep adding to.
 
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