Hey, I have been thoroughly researching and spending a lot of time on this site looking at suggestions for other people's builds, as well as going to the manufacturer's forums for each individual part. I have had a really really hard time deciding whether or not to go with SLI or not, I still can't really make up my mind.
Anyway keep in mind here that I will be gaming on a 1080P 40" LCD tv (Sony KDLV2500)
1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means what types of tasks you'll be performing.
Gaming at 1080P resolution on a 40" LCD TV (including crysis)
2. What YOUR budget is. A price range is acceptable as long as it's not more than a 20% spread
$1800
3. What country YOU will be buying YOUR parts from.
USA
4. IF YOU have a brand preference. That means, are you an Intel-Fanboy, AMD-Fanboy, ATI-Fanboy, nVidia-Fanboy, Seagate-Fanboy, WD-Fanboy, etc, etc, etc, you get the picture.
Nope
5. If YOU intend on using any of YOUR current parts, and if so, what those parts are.
Mouse, Keyboard, Sony KDLV2500 40" LCDTV, External Digital Receiver with Klipsch Reference Series Speakers (5.1 system)
6. IF YOU have searched and/or read similar threads.
Yes
7. IF YOU plan on overclocking or run the system at default speeds.
Overclocking with goal being best gaming performance (getting as high settings as possible while maintaining playable FPS)
8. WHEN do you plan to build it
May 7, 2008 (sorry if this is too far in the future, I figured nothing would change between now and then)
Anyway I made my own list if you would like to preview it, I went SLI figuring it would help play at good settings at the 1080 resolution especially in games like Crysis. I am not very good at finding good prices/sketched out by a lot of shady online merchants so I just am linking to a newegg wishlist:
SLI GPU Wishlist
I also do not currently have a Blu-Ray player, as well as not being entirely sure SLI is worth it, therefore I have made an alternate, single GPU setup, with an included PS3 to hookup to the LCD TV.
Single GPU Rig Wishlist
Both of these are over my budget, but that's okay I can fudge it a bit. In that second config, you will notice my PSU is overkill, but I did that because I figured I would be futureproofing for any future processors and graphics cards. This model is a good one for that purpose, correct?
If that's stupid, let me know. As a matter of fact, if anything here is stupid, let me know about that as well.
Went with the Scythe fans to reduce noise since this case tends to be loud. Went with the expensive case because I am in love with the looks plus hear that airflow is good and has a large amount of space, but I realize not a great bang for buck option necessarily.
Finally, I had some questions about building:
-which way should I mount the Tuniq?
-should I only put in 2GB of RAM until I have totally updated vista?
-I heard that on the 750i board I need to manually adjust not only the memory timings to manufacturer recommended, but the memory subtimings, but I don't know where to find those
-should I flash the bios before I even install vista?
-Edit: Before anyone suggests it, I will be moving the TV around while keeping the rig where it is, so going with a LG Blu-Ray internal drive is not something I would want
-Edit 2: Went with two HD's for purpose of RAID 0
Anyway keep in mind here that I will be gaming on a 1080P 40" LCD tv (Sony KDLV2500)
1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means what types of tasks you'll be performing.
Gaming at 1080P resolution on a 40" LCD TV (including crysis)
2. What YOUR budget is. A price range is acceptable as long as it's not more than a 20% spread
$1800
3. What country YOU will be buying YOUR parts from.
USA
4. IF YOU have a brand preference. That means, are you an Intel-Fanboy, AMD-Fanboy, ATI-Fanboy, nVidia-Fanboy, Seagate-Fanboy, WD-Fanboy, etc, etc, etc, you get the picture.
Nope
5. If YOU intend on using any of YOUR current parts, and if so, what those parts are.
Mouse, Keyboard, Sony KDLV2500 40" LCDTV, External Digital Receiver with Klipsch Reference Series Speakers (5.1 system)
6. IF YOU have searched and/or read similar threads.
Yes
7. IF YOU plan on overclocking or run the system at default speeds.
Overclocking with goal being best gaming performance (getting as high settings as possible while maintaining playable FPS)
8. WHEN do you plan to build it
May 7, 2008 (sorry if this is too far in the future, I figured nothing would change between now and then)
Anyway I made my own list if you would like to preview it, I went SLI figuring it would help play at good settings at the 1080 resolution especially in games like Crysis. I am not very good at finding good prices/sketched out by a lot of shady online merchants so I just am linking to a newegg wishlist:
SLI GPU Wishlist
I also do not currently have a Blu-Ray player, as well as not being entirely sure SLI is worth it, therefore I have made an alternate, single GPU setup, with an included PS3 to hookup to the LCD TV.
Single GPU Rig Wishlist
Both of these are over my budget, but that's okay I can fudge it a bit. In that second config, you will notice my PSU is overkill, but I did that because I figured I would be futureproofing for any future processors and graphics cards. This model is a good one for that purpose, correct?
If that's stupid, let me know. As a matter of fact, if anything here is stupid, let me know about that as well.
Went with the Scythe fans to reduce noise since this case tends to be loud. Went with the expensive case because I am in love with the looks plus hear that airflow is good and has a large amount of space, but I realize not a great bang for buck option necessarily.
Finally, I had some questions about building:
-which way should I mount the Tuniq?
-should I only put in 2GB of RAM until I have totally updated vista?
-I heard that on the 750i board I need to manually adjust not only the memory timings to manufacturer recommended, but the memory subtimings, but I don't know where to find those
-should I flash the bios before I even install vista?
-Edit: Before anyone suggests it, I will be moving the TV around while keeping the rig where it is, so going with a LG Blu-Ray internal drive is not something I would want
-Edit 2: Went with two HD's for purpose of RAID 0