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Need twin gaming rigs for me and my twin sister

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Lhen

Junior Member
Hello peeps of AT😉,

We just came across this site in search of some helpful tips in building twin gaming pcs. When I say twin I mean two of the same gaming computers, one for me and the other for my twin sister Loren. See we have this dilemma searching for the most dependable parts for our two computers. Me and my sister have been into pc gaming since Counterstrike. I would always love beating boys in that game back in the day🙂 along with my sister. But for the past two years we haven't been updated with what is popular nowadays, so that's why me and my sister are asking for some helpful advice from anyone, in building twin gaming computers that will last us for about a year down the road, since I know that everything changes every year, we just need computers to meet up with the current gaming technology as well as for next year.

This will be my first build btw

As for starters, he have been using Intel for the most part, in the past, so an Intel cpu is a plus and I heard that Quad is actually getting popular, but then again we wont probably need it since we're mostly just going to be gaming on them.

For a motherboard, we are just clueless to what is right for us. The last motherboard I had with a past computer was an MSI, but it didnt really impress me since it was on a family computer and it wasn't even for gaming:laugh: I read that ASUS motherboards are good, so I could start with that

Memory size, hmmmm dunno what is enough or not since some years ago 1gig was plenty, but hearing now that 4gigs is the norm. Not so familiar with memory brands.

Now with videocards, I am lost for words. all we want is a card that will bring tears of joy to our eyes. I heard from a friend that ATI is nice.

Ever since LCD screens became popular, a big monitor that gives out good color and stuff would be great. Our LCD TV in the living room is a Samsung, so my guess would be some good Samsung monitors.

I think thats it for now, we just hope that someone responds to our small cry for help🙂 oh yea, almost forgot, our budget for both computers will be around $5000, basically $2000+ for each computer. Me and my sister are sharing the budget so yea.
 
Case: Antec P182 - $139
Motherboard: Asus P5E X38 - $224
Power Supply: Corsair 620W - $165
CPU: Intel E8400 - $190
RAM: GSkill 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 1000 - $85
Video Card: VistionTek Radeon 4850 - $190
Hard Drive: Samsung Spinpoint 750GB - $118

Total with a DVD burner: $1130. That leaves plenty of budget room for a monitor. If you go with a 24" or larger monitor, I'd suggest swapping the 4850 for a 4870 (add $100 to the video card).

I haven't done any fine tuning with this, just put it together real quick on Newegg. Several of the parts have rebates that I haven't mentioned either. 🙂
 
A good read to get you started (if I do say so myself):
http://forums.anandtech.com/me...=2194271&enterthread=y

With $2500 to spend, here's what I'd build (one for you, one for your sis). This will definitely bring tears of joy to your eyes when you fire up a 3d game for the first time:

Acer P243WAid Black-Silver 24" 2ms(GTG) HDMI Widescreen LCD Monitor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16824009125
ASUS P5Q LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813131295
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz 6MB L2 Cache
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16819115037
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16820231122
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD6400AAKS 640GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16822136218
ASUS ENGTX280/HTDP/1G GeForce GTX 280 1GB 512-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814121252
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-bit
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16832116488
XIGMATEK HDT-S1283 120mm Rifle CPU Cooler
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16835233003
CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16817139006
COOLER MASTER COSMOS 1000 RC-1000-KSN1-GP Black/ Silver Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16811119138
SAMSUNG Black 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe (X 2 of them)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16827151154
SIIG JU-MR0112-S1 All-in-one USB 2.0 Card Reader
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16820270005
Logitech X-540 70 watts 5.1 Speaker
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16836121006
Microsoft 4GC-00002 OEM Silver/Black 102 Normal Keys Wireless Ergonomics Laser Desktop 4000
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16823109048

Total comes to $2013 before shipping. If you want to blow another 150-200 on a sound card since you're under budget you could, though I've always been perfectly happy with onboard sound.
HT OMEGA CLARO 7.1 Channels 24-bit 192KHz PCI Interface Sound Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16829271002

What a beast. You'll be smoking thru virtually every game at max settings with terrific framerates for the next 1-2 years at least.

 
That's a fairly good setup, except for the GTX280 though. The 4870 is $200 cheaper and it performs great at 1920X1200. Just because you have a large budget doesn't mean you should use it all up needlessly. 🙂
 
It's easy to recommend high end parts for people who have $2500+ budgets, but really, the important thing is, if YOU had 2500 to spend, would you spend ALL of it on a PC at once? In my opinion, it would serve them best to get mid-range parts that can serve them well for what they need it to do right now, and upgrade later - which they've already stated they would be doing. They seems to indicate that they'll be upgrading annually. I'd be willing to wager that something like the 4850 would last them a year and a half easily, unless they want to play Crysis 2 or something. Honestly, I'd say $1000-1300 for the PC and then spend the rest on a good, solid LCD that you would want to keep for 5-8 or more years. (Obviously, double that for 2 people.)

As for recommendations, you should tell us what you need in a motherboard, as there is a pretty large range to choose from with various features. If you need a basic motherboard with minimal features, then you can cut some costs there and go with a cheaper one. If you actually need certain features like RAID, Firewire, dual ethernet, etc, then we need to know about that so we can recommend boards that have those features (and usually cost more.) I'd steer clear of X48 unless you're seriously considering crossfire though, and instead opt for a P45. If you want SLI though, that limits you to nVIDIA chipsets.

Case, I love the P182, so there's my biased opinion.

CPU is almost unanimously E8400 right now, although you could also do an E7200 and overclock that.

RAM, I'd get any 2x2GB kit that runs at 1.8v-1.9v (lower is better) DDR2-800 (DDR2-1000 or 1066 if you're going to really overclock past 400FSB.)

Hard drives, the WD6400AAKS is the budget drive of choice right now - speed and capacity all in one low-cost package. Velociraptor is available for a whopping $300 if you want the absolute fastest speed currently.

Video card, current budget contenders are the ATI 4850 or 4870. If the extra $100 is worth the added performance for you, go grab that.

Heatsinks - the stock one is OK, but if you're going to try to get the most out of your new rig, it would be worthwhile to invest in an aftermarket one. The Xigmatek S1283 is a very good one right now, and you should look into getting a LGA-775 bolt-through kit/backplate so you can replace the flimsy plastic push-pins with steel screws. For thermal paste, most people like Arctic Silver 5, but I believe the Tuniq TX-2 performs a little better than is cheaper on Newegg. Your choice though, they all perform within several degrees of each other. I personally don't care that someone's rig runs 2C cooler than mine, it's essentially the same thing.

For the PSU, go for a quality 450-500W unit. It will be more than enough to handle any single-video card system. Most people have been brainwashed by the PSU companies into thinking that more = better. That is completely wrong. Higher efficiency is better, as long as your unit can handle the load. I like Seasonic models, but Corsair and PCP&C units are also well recommended around here.

Optical drive, OS, speakers, mouse, keyboard, extra peripherals are all dependent on your tastes so pick whichever you like. Especially for speakers, sound quality is a very subjective thing for most users, where some people say these things sound great, to others it may sound like crap. If you're not very into sound quality and just play games and listen to the occasional MP3, onboard sound and whichever standard 2.1 speakers should suit you nicely (or 5.1/7.1 if you want surround.) If you're heavily into music/recording and audio quality matters to you, look into the higher end audiophile sound cards and quality speakers (which don't come cheap.)

Hope that helps.
 
I agree it's possible to build a high-performance gaming computer for less than 2K, but if you really look at the list I posted, there's a lot of bang for the buck there. OS, keyboard, 5.1 speakers, great quality case/PSU, 24'' monitor, card-reader, dual DVD burners - the whole nine yards. The only real splurge was on the GTX 280 (which now costs 470 bucks after MIR BTW) and perhaps the case (189 bucks for the best case I've ever worked with). If she wants to save 200-300 bucks overall, simply chose the ATI 4870 instead, and pick a cheaper case. That'll save her about 10% off the price of the build, with about a 10% drop in performance. ;-)
 
Modoheo,

Excuse me if I'm wrong, but I wanted to get a 24" acer myself. It had Horrible reviews, so I decided not to.

And, a sound card over onboard audio, in games.. has an amazing difference.

Lhen,

I suggest P7800 for speakers. About $80. 7.1. O.K. quality, but you get nice directional sound for gaming.
 
I didn't say anything on that list was outright bad, it's just that it's easy to spend money when it isn't yours. Stuff like the speakers and LCD are HIGHLY dependent on the individual. Most people are fine with TNs. They disgust me, personally. I'm saving up to replace my TN with a quality IPS panel. Something like the DoubleSight DS-263N (or upcoming DS-265W replacement) is a very good IPS that uses the same panel as the vaunted NEC 2690WUXi, and has very good response times for gaming. If you can luck out and get a unit with the A-TW polarizer, all the better. That's just an example, they should look into what suits their needs best since they differ so widely.

As far as the 10% drop in performance, as long as you stay above 60FPS, you're not losing anything with an LCD. Sure people claim to do better with 140fps vs 110fps, but the LCD is physically incapable of outputting more than 60fps either way. The important thing is to stay above 60fps, and to have CONSISTENT fps.

With the OS, they have 2 options, Windows XP 32-bit or Vista 64-bit. I'd vouch for XP, but Vista is fine too. I'm curious as to why you recommended a card reader though, they didn't say they needed one. It's just extra unnecessary expenses.

With regard to DVD burners, CDFreaks recommended my Samsung SH-S203B a couple months ago, as it was plenty fast and breaking recording speed records.
 
I don't know - the Acer's specs look good and it got very good consumer reviews on newegg. Couldn't find any pro reviews online. If you're wary of Acer, then the Dell or Samsung are both pretty nice and can be had in the same price range.

I know many swear by sound cards; I guess I'm just not an audiophile. Although I'm sure you're right, since the sound coming from my 2.1 Klipsch THX speakers sound better now with the little XFI card that came with my Asus Rampage Formula MB than the onboard sound in my old Gigabyte 965 board.
 
I think most people are happy with a good quality 24'' TN monitor; I certainly have been for several years now. But then I'm just a gamer and casual user, with a little photo/video editing. I might feel differently if I watched a lot of HD video or did a lot of CAD/graphic design.

I always throw a card reader into any build of mine, even if the person doesn't think they need it. They're cheap, and I can almost guarantee you'll be glad you have it at some point during the lifespan of your computer.
 
how about:

LITE-ON 20X DVD±R DVD Burner Black IDE Model DH-20A4P-04 - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16827106228

NZXT Apollo Black SECC Steel Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...sis%2bATX%2bMid%2bTowe

Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3500320AS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16822148288


ViewSonic Optiquest Series Q241wb Black 24" 5ms Widescreen LCD Monitor - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...uest%2bSeries%2bQ241wb

CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...=CORSAIR%2bCMPSU-750TX

Microsoft 4GC-00002 OEM Silver/Black Wireless Ergonomics Laser Desktop 4000 Mouse Included - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...soft%2b4GC-00002%2bOEM

OCZ Reaper HPC Edition 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ2RPR800C44GK - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16820227267

ASUS P5E Deluxe LGA 775 Intel X48 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...E%2bDeluxe%2bLGA%2b775

Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 Wolfdale 2.53GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80571E7200 - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16819115052

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 32-bit English for System Builders 1pk DSP OEI DVD - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16832116485

(TEN.. never know when u could use em. Ten should be enough for both you and your sister) MASSCOOL FD08025S1M4 80mm Case Fan - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...L%2bFD08025S1M4%2b80mm

Turtle Beach Ear Force X-52 Circumaural 5.1 Surround Sound Gaming Headset
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...h%2bEar%2bForce%2bX-52

( TWO ) MSI R4850-T2D512 Radeon HD 4850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card ATARI Gift - The Witcher PC Game
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...on%2bHD%2b4850%2b512MB

That comes to $1750 before mail in rebates. After mail ins and shipping it will be around 1650.
2 4870s might be worth your money if you want to spend extra.



I think that 2 Radeon 4850s is not only cheaper than the GTX 280 but it is also faster.

It might be worth it for a upgrade to a E8400 or a Q6600, but the E7200 should work really well and overclock decently.

Get vista. It runs the same or faster with this much power in your system.


Happy gaming



 
WOW what a sound response from everyone! me and most especially my sister are very pleased and appreciate very much all the good tips you all have given us. For the past hour and a half, I have looked into all the things, you all listed, on this thread, on the parts that would give us the most "bang-for-buck", did I say that right? hehe. I have come up with this and I am so open to changes from the overall specs that I have chosen for these twin computers for me and my sister.

Intel Processor: e8500 from newegg, it comes with the game "World in Conflict"
Motherboard: ASUS P5Q Deluxe, we are new to the whole multi-card things and decided to stick with a one card solution
Memory: Corsair Dominator 4GB 1066
Videocard: ATI card "HD4870X2", got to speak with some gaming friends who are all guys btw, and have suggested to wait for this card and just find a way to make use of older cards for the time being
Soundcard: on-board, since we'll be sticking with 2.1 rather than 5.1
Hard disk: WD VelociRaptor 300GB and partition it into 3, 80gigs for Operating system, 120gigs for everything else, and 100gigs for games
Optical Drive: Lite-on DVD burner
Casing: Antec 1200, my sister can't stop talking about this case especially that their is a windowed side panel to look at all the goodies inside
Power Supply: Corsair 750Watt
Speakers: Logitech Z-2300 2.1, the fact that these twin computers will be somewhat placed side by side and within one room, I figured that 5.1 is a bit too much
Keyboard: Logitech gaming keyboard, not sure to what kind though
mouse: Logitech gaming mouse
Monitor: Acer P243WAid Black-Silver 24" 2ms(GTG) HDMI Widescreen LCD Monitor with HDCP Support, just in case me or my sister wanna hook up our Xbox 360, we could use these monitors
Operating System: Vista Ultimate 64-bit
CPU cooler: XIGMATEK HDT-S1283 120mm Rifle CPU Cooler, cheap and looks to be working good, based from newegg reviews

well um, does this seem to be a good-all-around gaming system?
 
Looks to be a pretty mean higher-end system.
I wonder about paying the extra cash for an extra 0.5 multiplier over the E8400 though, unless you're going to overclock it.

Motherboard looks fine, although the only really obvious feature it has over others is dual ethernet - do you need this?

For Memory, the Dominator heatsinks are taller than normal - make sure the CPU heatsink will not interfere with the RAM's heatsinks. The XMS ones have standard profile heatsinks, and are much shorter.

Hard drive - do note that once formatted, you will NOT get the full 300GB. This is marketing. After format, you will likely see about 280GB, so plan your partitions accordingly.

I'm dubious about a 750W power supply, although the brand should be fine. Of course, I've no idea on X2 video card power draws, especially something that's unreleased.

Gaming keyboards.. friends of mine seem to like the G15, although it looks a bit unnecessary to me, but that's personal preference - take a look at it.
Mouse, I enjoy my G5, although the G9 looks like a good gaming mouse as well - again, personal preference.

Monitor, I'd take a look at the LCD thread stickied in the Video Cards forum for good recommendations and reviews.
 
Originally posted by: DarkRogue
Looks to be a pretty mean higher-end system.
I wonder about paying the extra cash for an extra 0.5 multiplier over the E8400 though, unless you're going to overclock it.

Motherboard looks fine, although the only really obvious feature it has over others is dual ethernet - do you need this?

For Memory, the Dominator heatsinks are taller than normal - make sure the CPU heatsink will not interfere with the RAM's heatsinks. The XMS ones have standard profile heatsinks, and are much shorter.

Hard drive - do note that once formatted, you will NOT get the full 300GB. This is marketing. After format, you will likely see about 280GB, so plan your partitions accordingly.

I'm dubious about a 750W power supply, although the brand should be fine. Of course, I've no idea on X2 video card power draws, especially something that's unreleased.

Gaming keyboards.. friends of mine seem to like the G15, although it looks a bit unnecessary to me, but that's personal preference - take a look at it.
Mouse, I enjoy my G5, although the G9 looks like a good gaming mouse as well - again, personal preference.

Monitor, I'd take a look at the LCD thread stickied in the Video Cards forum for good recommendations and reviews.
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hi DarkRogue,

Regarding the e8500, we plan on having one of our guy friends overclock it and since it comes with a free game from newegg, we decided on this rather than the e8400.

Maybe, we'll look into the other versions of the P5Q, since you have a really good point on why we would need dual ethernet., yet then again me and my sister would want to challenge eachother in a game offline, basically networking them together, but I heard that is not really the way to network.

For Memory, I guss your right, so now I have suggested to my sister that we use OCZ since its cheaper.

Monitor-wise I'll take a look at that right now, thanks for the heads-up on taking another approach to what monitor to get.🙂
 
That's fine then, on the E8500. If you're going to go past 400MHz FSB (400x9.5 is 3.8GHz) then staying with DDR2-1000 or DDR2-1066 is a good course to take. If you do not plan on passing 400MHz FSB though, save a bit of money and go for DDR2-800.

Edit:
I just remembered that you were going to upgrade again in a year or so. By that time, Intel's Nehalem CPU will be out in a new socket rendering current motherboards incompatible. Nehalem will also use mainly DDR3, so you may want to keep that in mind. For now, DDR2 is still your best bet. Once you actually need DDR3, the prices should have gone down, so it ends up being cheaper that way, rather than buying $400 ram now. What I'm trying to say is that an E8400 and a midrange motherboard would offer close to the performance of an E8500 and a "premium" motherboard at several hundred dollars less cost, and that savings can be put to your next upgrade.
 
I would agree on the E8400. There's not going to be a noticeable performance increase from the E8500, especially since you're willing to overclock. Save the money, and if you want the game, buy it separately. It will still be cheaper than shelling out $90 for 166MHz.

As far as the RAM, save a little money there and get DDR2-1000. Again, no loss in performance, just savings.
 
I'd go with G.Skill RAM and not OCZ, just personal preference really, and NewEgg has some cheap 2x2GB (4GB kit) of DDR2-1000 and DDR2-1066 available.

I'd also skip the velociraptor drives and go with a RAID of WD 640GB AAKS instead. More space, similar performance, lower price.
 
Originally posted by: Lhen
Hello peeps of AT😉,

But for the past two years we haven't been updated with what is popular nowadays, so that's why me and my sister are asking for some helpful advice from anyone, in building twin gaming computers that will last us for about a year down the road, since I know that everything changes every year, we just need computers to meet up with the current gaming technology as well as for next year.

our budget for both computers will be around $5000, basically $2000+ for each computer.
Me and my sister are sharing the budget so yea.
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Buy a matching set of Dell XPS 630's with the 9800GX2 video card upgrade.
Those PC's should last you a year. :laugh:

 
The way to play offline in a LAN with sis is going to be better served by doing it through your NAT router not teh extra NIC port. I do it all the time here # home and it works great.

Here's an alternative build designed to save you money (if you care to).


GIGABYTE GA-EP35C-DS3R LGA 775 Intel P35 $140.00 ($114.00AR)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813128082

Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 Wolfdale 2.53GHz $130.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16819115052

SAPPHIRE 100243L Radeon HD 4870 512MB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP
$305.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814102748

G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1000 $85.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16820231145

Antec 900 $120.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...129021&Tpk=Antec%2b900

PC Power & Cooling S61EPS 610W $95.00 AR
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16817703005

2X-- Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB $80.00X2=$160.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16822136073

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer $91.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16829102006

AC Freezer pro 64 Heatskink $32.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16835186134

LITE-ON Black SATA 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW $28.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16827106057

SAMSUNG 2253BW Black 22" 2ms(GTG) DVI Widescreen LCD Monitor with HDCP $259.00AR
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16824001268

Saitek PZ30AU Black 104 Normal Keys 4 Function Keys USB Wired Standard Eclipse Keyboard $35.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16823175103

Logitech G5 2-Tone 7 Buttons 1 x Wheel USB Laser 2000 dpi Mouse $45.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16826104076

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$1525.00 US -- Add about $95.00 for your OS, XP Home 32 bit or Vista64 HP bit

Have your friend (if he truly knows how to overclock) clock the processor to about 3.0 or 3.2'ish and you have your E8400 - E8500. Easy to do on all of that equipment including the Freezer Pro HSF, later on you can OC it more if need be. Having the identical extra 500 SATA drive also gives you the chance to raid-0 if you so desire, or just use them as regular SATA.

 
If you go with that less expensive build, I would get the EP35-DS3R. It also has a mail-in rebate, making it cheaper than the combo version, and the DDR3 functionality isn't particularly useful for a variety of reasons.
 
Hello again Everyone! Lhen here!

sorry for not quickly responding to all the advice you have given us. me and my sister will stick it out with the e8400 but will wait till price drops during the last week of this month before we cash out on everything.

As for the list me, my sister, and a close guy friend of ours (computer nerd) have come up with this

CPU: e8400
MB: ASUS P5Q
Mem: 4GB OCZ DDR2 1066
HDD: 350GB Western Digital
Burner: Pioneer DVD burner
VC: with the new scores of the upcoming 4870X2, as soon as it is available we are getting 2 of those suckers! lol
SC: on-board
Casing: P182 , the gun black version, going to get it painted "Lamborghini red" all over, from someone we know who custom paints computers, and give it a rectangular see through window side-panel
PSU: XIMATEK 750Watt, better to be safe with a little extra for 1 of those 4870X2s
Monitor: Hewlett Packard 24"inch HDMI, 1920x1200 res, its on sale at a place we know for only $460
Speakers: Logitech Z-2300 2.1 200Watt speakers
KB/M: Logitech Cordless combo
CPU cooler: XIGMATEK HDT-S1283
OS: Windows Vista Ultimate

That sums it all up folks! Hope to here some replies to this spec sheet and do give us some more suggestions to better our gaming experience

HI Alethia!!!!!!!! its great to finally see a gal giving us a shout out!😎

almost forgot, everything+shipping will amount to $2248.34, as we used the price for an XFX GTX280 $500 (for the 4870X2) since it was rumored to sell for that price and if it costs more, slap another $50-$100 to the total cost.
 
I don't like the memory and HDD choices unless the RAM is less than $90. If not, 2x2GB G.Skill DDR2-1000 is available at Newegg for right around $80 and will allow you to overclock the E8400 as high as the chip will go. You'll see no performance benefit from the extra 66MHz. I'm not aware of a 350GB WD drive, did you mean 320GB? If so, I've heard that getting the single-platter version is not a guarantee, but I'm not 100% certain on that. It's something I'd double-check before I bought the drive if I were you.

The P182's side panels can be difficult to cut for inexperienced modders because of their triple-layer construction, so I'd be sure this person knows what he or she is doing.

I would go with this PSU, as it's a less expensive but high quality unit:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16817139006

Some people don't like wireless keyboards/mice for gaming, for what it's worth. They claim there's too much lag. Personally, I use a wireless Logitech mouse and I'm perfectly happy with it.
 
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