Spec me $3500 gaming PC

[Predicament]

This Rig will be used primarily for gaming. I will probably play on 3x 30" monitors (do not include in budget)

$3500 is my budget - though I do not have to spend all of it

I will be buying my parts from the states. I will overclock the system and have no preference between AMD/Intel/Nvidia

I currently have ZERO parts as I am moving to the US from England and shipping fees are exorbitantly high.

 

[lehtv]

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=80121

 

[DaveSimmons]

When will you be buying? AMD will be releasing new 79xx cards soonish, and for 3 x 30" it probably makes sense to wait for them if you can.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

When will you be buying? AMD will be releasing new 79xx cards soonish, and for 3 x 30" it probably makes sense to wait for them if you can.

this, and too bad there isn't any 120Hz 30" gaming monitors,... or is there :hmm:

 

[Ken g6]

There are several 32" 1080P 120Hz TVs in the $500-$700 range. I don't know if any have a "gaming mode" or the like to avoid input lag.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

There are several 32" 1080P 120Hz TVs in the $500-$700 range. I don't know if any have a "gaming mode" or the like to avoid input lag.

I may be wrong but I hear this is a common mis-conception. 120Hz TVs are "NOT" the same as 120Hz LCD PC monitors.

 

[TheStu]

I may be wrong but I hear this is a common mis-conception. 120Hz TVs are "NOT" the same as 120Hz LCD PC monitors.

Also 30" Monitor != 30" TV. 30" monitor specifically means a LCD monitor for use on computers with a 30" diagonal and a resolution of 2560*1600. A 30" monitor has about twice as many pixels as a 1080p display (4096000 vs 2073600). That being said, you don't need $3500 to run 3 of them.

OP, follow the link that lehtv posted and fully fill out the guideline. The gurus here will appreciate it and will get you where you need to be. I am pretty sure (though I have never really looked into 30" tri-displays and what it would take to run them) that $3500 is plenty of budget for this project.

 

[mfenn]

OP, follow the link that lehtv posted and fully fill out the guideline. The gurus here will appreciate it and will get you where you need to be. I am pretty sure (though I have never really looked into 30" tri-displays and what it would take to run them) that $3500 is plenty of budget for this project.

Yeah, I'm thinking that ~$2000-2500 will be enough. 6950 2GB Trifire for $750, $250 Trifire capable mobo, $1K left for the rest.

 

[mfenn]

I may be wrong but I hear this is a common mis-conception. 120Hz TVs are "NOT" the same as 120Hz LCD PC monitors.

Very true. Many 120Hz TV's can only take a 60Hz signal as input. They then interpolate to get 120Hz. Anything sold as a "3D" TV will be able to take 120Hz input though.

 

[DaveSimmons]

^ it would be a shame to go 6950 trifire if the 7950 is decent though -- that alleged > 45% speed jump would be nice to have.

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2203572