First Time Computer Builder Looking for Help on $1500 Rig

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Wein13

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Main Things You Should Know:
+I'll be using my computer mostly for my major work (I'm a Com Sci major), though I do my share of gaming, mostly RTS and RPG.

+I'm shooting for no more than $1500, not including monitors or OS.

+I wouldn't call myself a fanboy, but my hard drive experiences have been nothing but positive with WD, whereas half my Seagates have died on me.

+I have a 250 GB WD I will be reusing, but that will be for extra storage.

+I plan to Overclock, though I have never done that either, so I will be taking it slow and doing lots of reading :)

+I plan to build my computer within the next month.


Other things you should know:
-I want a Quad, I'm currently looking at the Q9550
-I want my motherboard to be capable of Crossfire, for future expandability
-I want 2 hard drives (250-320 GB) in RAID 1, 7200 RPM is fine
-I want an additional hard drive (500+ GB) for storage
-I want a HD4800 series video card, I'm leaning toward a 4870 at the moment
-I want a CPU cooler
-I'm currently leaning toward the Antec 900 case
-I will be running 2 22" WS monitors

I welcome all input, and if anything needs clarified, please let me know.
 
WOW, right, some high expectations there! :P

But before i do a build for you, are you in the US???
 
CPU $259.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115043
CPU cooler $53.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118019
MOBO $129.99 but after rebate it's $109.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128344
Ram $105.00 but after rebates it's $75.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145194
Blue ray $139.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136154
HDD $59.99 but u want to of these for your raid 1 so its $119.98
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136161
HDD (2) $84.99 i went for this drive over the 500G because its very fast
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136218
PSU $119.99 but after rebates its $89.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341002
Case $139.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129021
Video card $269.99 but after rebates its $249.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102769
thats $1423.90 but after rebates it's $1343.90
u could get another 4870 after u get your rebates if u had a extra $100 to put towards it.
i picked a lower end CPU than u where looking at because u said u where going to overclock an this chip will perform quit close to the 9550 if u overclock it to 2.8
 
Wein13 said:
Yeah, Ohio to be exact :)
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Wein13 said:
You guys should like high expectations, makes it more challenging for you. A real test lol
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Awesome, Well here we go:

Budget = $1,500


Total - No Rebates - $1,291.91
Total - After Rebates - $1,206.91
Total saving on rebates - $85.00

That will be good, you can add another video card if you want.

I can't find any good gaming keyboards or mice, i'm not good with those :P

This should be good, enjoy it.
 
why wouldn't they, graphics cards are graphics cards, so long as the interface is correct, they should work
 
Thank you both for the builds.

Not to nitpick cohen, but the prices you have listed there adds up to $1542.89 . . .
 
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