defzeppelin
Junior Member
My best buddy wanted me to come up with the best rig I could think of for $2,500 but I have been behind the times recently and want to make sure he get's the best for this price.
He told me that he wants a Computer (without the Monitor) to cost about $2,500 and have the best hardware as long as it has importance to performance -- Meaning he doesn't care about cosmetics (Computer Case, neon lights, ect).
I won't be building this Computer for him instead I want a company like cyberpowerpc to build it for him. Cyberpowerpc doesn't have much freedom and I want to know of a site that has a grander variety of parts to be placed into the custom rig -- Something good enough for a $2,500 Computer.
He also told me that he wants this Computer to be able to play games like Vanguard and beyond smoothly without having to upgrade for a long while.
He doesn't care if the Computer has an AMD or Intel CPU as long as the performance is prominent. Please be as unbiased as possible.
Key Elements:
Performance
No need to upgrade for a long time.
Good cooling system.
If possible without weaking performance:
Quieter parts.
I was thinking that he should get the new Zeus 730watt PSU (for reliability) An Intel Extreme Edition CPU (1066 mhzFSB) with dual core + HT tech, 2GB of high quality/High Performance fast ram, The best Harddrive; possibly a Raptor X, a Motherboard that supports 1066 mhz FSB and SLI, Two Geforce 7900 GTX 512 MB with a great brand name, a great water cooling system for the CPU, Harddrive, GPUs, and ram (with fans as well), and the 64 Bit Version of Windows XP Pro (He asked me that if having 4 GB (1gb x4) was possible without it being much slow than just having 2GB (1 GB x2), and if it isn't should he get 4 GB now or just get hardware that will support the latest and the fastest ram out there? )
Thank you in advance.
He told me that he wants a Computer (without the Monitor) to cost about $2,500 and have the best hardware as long as it has importance to performance -- Meaning he doesn't care about cosmetics (Computer Case, neon lights, ect).
I won't be building this Computer for him instead I want a company like cyberpowerpc to build it for him. Cyberpowerpc doesn't have much freedom and I want to know of a site that has a grander variety of parts to be placed into the custom rig -- Something good enough for a $2,500 Computer.
He also told me that he wants this Computer to be able to play games like Vanguard and beyond smoothly without having to upgrade for a long while.
He doesn't care if the Computer has an AMD or Intel CPU as long as the performance is prominent. Please be as unbiased as possible.
Key Elements:
Performance
No need to upgrade for a long time.
Good cooling system.
If possible without weaking performance:
Quieter parts.
I was thinking that he should get the new Zeus 730watt PSU (for reliability) An Intel Extreme Edition CPU (1066 mhzFSB) with dual core + HT tech, 2GB of high quality/High Performance fast ram, The best Harddrive; possibly a Raptor X, a Motherboard that supports 1066 mhz FSB and SLI, Two Geforce 7900 GTX 512 MB with a great brand name, a great water cooling system for the CPU, Harddrive, GPUs, and ram (with fans as well), and the 64 Bit Version of Windows XP Pro (He asked me that if having 4 GB (1gb x4) was possible without it being much slow than just having 2GB (1 GB x2), and if it isn't should he get 4 GB now or just get hardware that will support the latest and the fastest ram out there? )
Thank you in advance.
