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<blockquote data-quote="Bront" data-source="post: 3417024" data-attributes="member: 19696"><p>Don't bother with dual CPUs, either get a Core 2 Duo, or a Core 2 Quad. You'll get your two CPUs. They don't have a huge advantage in overall power though at the moment. Not only that, but you'll likely save $100 or so on the motherboard, and probably be able to overclock better.</p><p></p><p>As for a video card, you can get away with 1 Nvidia 8800 GTS 320 and get fantastic performance. It doesn't hurt to have an SLI capable board for later, but you'll crush almost anything out there graphicly with that (I think it's maybe 10%-15% slower at most to the GTX 768, AND it's half the price, and that's before overclocking).</p><p></p><p>The NVIDIA 680I chipset is top of the line for the Intel chip, so go that route.</p><p></p><p>I've been putting stuff togeather myself, so this is about what I'd look for on the Budget. All prices are at NewEgg.com</p><p>Core 2 Duo E6400 (1066 FSB. 2.13 Ghz) ($222, $0 shipping)</p><p>Sunbeam Quarterback IC-QB-SVBK Silver/ Black Steel Case (59.99, $15.69 Shipping)</p><p>ASUS P5N32-E SLI LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ($209.99, $6.94 Shipping)</p><p>GeIL 2xz1GB memory kit GX22GB6400UDCA ($164.99, $4.99 Shipping, Free 512 MB Sony Flash Drive included)</p><p>2 Western Digital 5000AAKS (500 GB drives) ($139.99 Each, $10 mail in rebate each, $0 shipping)</p><p>2 18X DVD burners with Lightscribe (Take your pick, run around $28.99 each with $5.64 shipping each)</p><p>OCZ GameXStream OCZ700GXSSLI ATX12V 700W ($139.99, $35 Mail in rebate, $0 Shipping)</p><p>EVGA 320-P2-N811-AR GeForce 8800GTS 320MB ($279.99, $20 Mail in Rebate, $613 Shipping)</p><p>Total is: $1,414.91 + 45.03 shipping - $75 in rebates = $1384.94</p><p>Specs:</p><p>Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.13 Ghz</p><p>2GB of 4-4-4-12 DDR2 800 RAM</p><p>1 GB SATA 3.0 HD (2x500 in raid)</p><p>NVIDIA 680I SLI motherboard by ASUS with 7.1 surround sound.</p><p>NVIDIA 8800 GTS 320 MB DX10 Video card.</p><p>2 DVD Burners </p><p>700 W SLI capable PSU</p><p>No OS.</p><p></p><p>Thing you can do to tweek the price:</p><p>Add a Soundblaster Soundcard (Adds About $100-200)</p><p>Cut down to 1 GB of ram (Saves about $70)</p><p>Swap 500 GB HDs for 250 GB HDs (Saves $60 each)</p><p>Drop one DVD Burner (Saves $35)</p><p>Go with a 550 ANTEC PSU (Saves $10-20)</p><p>Drop down to a 1.83 GHZ CPU (Saves $40)</p><p>Upgrade to a 2.4 GHZ CPU (Adds $90)</p><p></p><p>That case has gotten great reviews as a quiet case, and is priced well. OCZ PSUs are good, as is GeIL memory, and ASUS motherboards. I only use Western Digital HDs, because I've never had one die within the first 5 years (I've had every other brand die on me, I've been building computers since 1996). The dual DVD drives are good for disk copying, or burning multiple coppies, and stock cooling with this should still be quite quiet.</p><p></p><p>Hope that helps <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bront, post: 3417024, member: 19696"] Don't bother with dual CPUs, either get a Core 2 Duo, or a Core 2 Quad. You'll get your two CPUs. They don't have a huge advantage in overall power though at the moment. Not only that, but you'll likely save $100 or so on the motherboard, and probably be able to overclock better. As for a video card, you can get away with 1 Nvidia 8800 GTS 320 and get fantastic performance. It doesn't hurt to have an SLI capable board for later, but you'll crush almost anything out there graphicly with that (I think it's maybe 10%-15% slower at most to the GTX 768, AND it's half the price, and that's before overclocking). The NVIDIA 680I chipset is top of the line for the Intel chip, so go that route. I've been putting stuff togeather myself, so this is about what I'd look for on the Budget. All prices are at NewEgg.com Core 2 Duo E6400 (1066 FSB. 2.13 Ghz) ($222, $0 shipping) Sunbeam Quarterback IC-QB-SVBK Silver/ Black Steel Case (59.99, $15.69 Shipping) ASUS P5N32-E SLI LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ($209.99, $6.94 Shipping) GeIL 2xz1GB memory kit GX22GB6400UDCA ($164.99, $4.99 Shipping, Free 512 MB Sony Flash Drive included) 2 Western Digital 5000AAKS (500 GB drives) ($139.99 Each, $10 mail in rebate each, $0 shipping) 2 18X DVD burners with Lightscribe (Take your pick, run around $28.99 each with $5.64 shipping each) OCZ GameXStream OCZ700GXSSLI ATX12V 700W ($139.99, $35 Mail in rebate, $0 Shipping) EVGA 320-P2-N811-AR GeForce 8800GTS 320MB ($279.99, $20 Mail in Rebate, $613 Shipping) Total is: $1,414.91 + 45.03 shipping - $75 in rebates = $1384.94 Specs: Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.13 Ghz 2GB of 4-4-4-12 DDR2 800 RAM 1 GB SATA 3.0 HD (2x500 in raid) NVIDIA 680I SLI motherboard by ASUS with 7.1 surround sound. NVIDIA 8800 GTS 320 MB DX10 Video card. 2 DVD Burners 700 W SLI capable PSU No OS. Thing you can do to tweek the price: Add a Soundblaster Soundcard (Adds About $100-200) Cut down to 1 GB of ram (Saves about $70) Swap 500 GB HDs for 250 GB HDs (Saves $60 each) Drop one DVD Burner (Saves $35) Go with a 550 ANTEC PSU (Saves $10-20) Drop down to a 1.83 GHZ CPU (Saves $40) Upgrade to a 2.4 GHZ CPU (Adds $90) That case has gotten great reviews as a quiet case, and is priced well. OCZ PSUs are good, as is GeIL memory, and ASUS motherboards. I only use Western Digital HDs, because I've never had one die within the first 5 years (I've had every other brand die on me, I've been building computers since 1996). The dual DVD drives are good for disk copying, or burning multiple coppies, and stock cooling with this should still be quite quiet. Hope that helps :) [/QUOTE]
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