Building a desktop

j3c

j3c

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Building a gaming pc

I have a budget of $1,000. Im looking to build a computer for gaming (Mass Effect), photoshop, and Avid.

I'm looking to spend money on a computer case and other computer parts such as a processor, hardrive, and so on.

I already have a monitor, keyboard, mouse, and a windows cd, so Ill just be spending money on components.

I would appreciate any help.
 
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j3c

j3c

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I looked at this thread http://www.computerforum.com/170089-new-gaming-desktop-budget-1150-a.html

And followed linkin93 suggestions. Expect I tried to find a lot of the parts on Amazon, since I pay tax on the newegg. They were all the same price so Im :D

Processor (Newegg_Amazon)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...t_shr?_encoding=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&v=glance

RAM (Newegg_Amazon)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...t_shr?_encoding=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&v=glance

PSU (Newegg_Amazon)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...t_shr?_encoding=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&v=glance

Hardrive (Newegg_Amazon)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...t_shr?_encoding=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&v=glance

Drive
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...t_shr?_encoding=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&v=glance

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I got a different motherboard from the ASUS P6T Deluxe V2 LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...3131365&cm_re=asus_p6t-_-13-131-365-_-Product


Motherboard
http://www.amazon.com/Asus-P6T-Inte...1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1266123763&sr=8-1

Not sure which video card to get though.

I couldn't find the same one as http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102868&cm_re=5770-_-14-102-868-_-Product
 
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linkin

linkin

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yup. don't get an XFX one right now if plan on doing crossfire. otherwise go for it. double lifetime warranty is nice :good:
 
j3c

j3c

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I had one question about the CrossFireX & SLI feature on the motherboard.

In the future when I get a new video card will I just be able to use it with the old video card or do the video cards need to be the same?
 
linkin

linkin

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you need to keep cards within the same series and only with the same GPU. (eg, a 5750 and a 5770, or a 5850 and a 5870)
 
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