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Finally ordered all of my parts, Here’s the price breakdown.
128 g Crucial SSD - $165
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/...PDKIKX0DER
Western Digital Caviar Black 1 TB - $145...
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Ignore the following. it's not what you're looking for and it's not complete. ran out of time. It's exactly $1000.00 though (but no OS)
i52500k - 225
16 gb DDR 1600 RM 86.50...
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How did you get 1k gift card?
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are you a casual or hardcore gamer?
if your are just casual gamer you don't need to spend 1k usd
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http://www.amazon.com/Dell-X8300-6007BK-XPS-Desktop/dp/B006WYVKWU/ref=sr_1_2?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1330383466&sr=1-2
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Looks like your on the right track. Much better idea to piece it together yourself for sure.
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Good start but for to stay closer to his budget drop down to 8gb ram (Won't tell the difference during gaming) and put that $40 to an OEM copy of Windows 7 X64.
For $1000 I would like to see an...
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i have a 1k gift card for amazon that i want to use to build a powerful gaming desktop.
the catch--i just want to buy a prebuilt system and stick a vid card in.
i'm looking at using this system...
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Advice taken. I'll build from scratch.
the 1k will INCLUDES the vid card and SSD, but not monitor, keyboard, os, etc.
This is my potential build plan, advice welcome.
This build comes out...
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Intel fan. Thanks for confirming the vid card. I've heard this is a good middle of the road card that will last me until the new generation of cards come out.
Thanks for the advice! I...
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No case will be sound proof, you have to move air in and out to cool the thing. Some are better than others. I like Lian Li, but there are others.
Your link for a heat sync goes to a power...
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Couple things
1) do you need nvidia as your videocard brand name?
2) Are you planning on upgrading your CPU at any point?
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pretty much any case will have space for that
the thing that seems odd with the computer you linked to is that it the specs are all wrong, it says it has an intel graphics card, complete with 1gb...
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Do not get that computer! The H61 chipset is old, and not a good choice for a gaming computer. You can't overclock with an H61 board, completely wasting the extra money spent on the K part of the...
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So are you an AMD or Intel fan? Or does it matter?
And I got the non-superclocked 2GB version of that card and it is a phenomenal beast. I recommend both models of EVGA's 560 Ti series.
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Thanks, but no thanks. I'm staying away from dell.
I go through phases. So i need to prepare for my hardcore phases.
@liquid retro.
Thanks for the advice. I shaved down to the green WD...