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What should I get? i'm preparing for SWTOR in 2011 any help would be greatly appreciated.

custom build from these blokes

http://build.falcon-nw.com/

that should set you up nicely Cill . cheers

I'm not going to buy a new computer, just going to upgrade mine, already have it mostly done, just going to get a new mother board at some point so I can increase the RAM, my current mother board will only take 2 1gig RAM cards

Cillian.. How much you looking to spend?

Sonic Wrote:Cillian.. How much you looking to spend?

It's already done

I spent about 2,300 today on a new computer, it's going to be custom built so it should be here within the week or two. I'll post all the details when I get it, but lets just say it's a step down from the best.

Dude, seriously, you spent that much money on something I coulda probably built for you at HALF that price?

Be nice, it obviously comes with a BJ.

Archangel Wrote:Be nice, it obviously comes with a BJ.

It better..

Here are my specs:
3.21 quad core
8 gigs of ram DDR3
640 gig hd (I get the ones with warranties so this was all my budget could take)
2 crossfired ATI Radeon HD 5770s for a total of 2 gigs of DDR5 video ram

I payed around $1300 for that.

If you include the 52" big screen I got for $900 then the total would be $2200

But if for some reason you would also include my 3 23" HDMI ACER widescreens then you would bring the total to right at $2600.

LOL! That is a big monitor. =P My computer desk isn't big enough to run multiple monitors, or I would.

So this is what I got

Intel Core i7 870 Quad-Core Socket LGA1156, 2.93 Ghz, 8MB L3 Cache, 45 nm

Cooler Master HAF 932 Black Edition Full Tower ATX Case

ASUS DRW-24B1ST Black SATA 24 x DVD-writer 24,DVD++/-R DL 8 x DVD + RW/6xDVD-RW 48xCD-R OEM

Gigabyte GA-H55M-S2 Socket 1156 Intel H55 chipset duel-channel DDR3 1666/1333/1066/800 Mhz 7.1-Ch HD Audio GigaLAN 6x SATA 3Gb/s 12x USB 2.0 Micro ATX

Samsung E2320X 23" Widescreen LCD Monitor, 1920,1080, 5 ms, 70000: 1 (DCR), VGA DVI-D

Razer Lycdosa Gaming Keyboard w/backlit programmable keyboard

Razer Naga 5600dpi gaming mouse w/17 programable buttons

Corsair TX Series CMPSU-850TX 850W ATX 12V 60A 24 PIN ATX Power Supply Active PFC 120 MM Fan

G.Skill ripjaws series DDR3 1600MHz (PC3-12800) 8 GB (2x4GB) Dual Channel Kit

OCZ (OCZSSD3-2VTX120G) Vertex 2 SATA II 3.5" 120 G Solid State Drive, Read: 285 MB/s Write : 275 MB/s

Logitech (970118) Z-2300 2.1 Speaker System - 200W RMS -THX-certified-(refurbished)

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (OEM)

Symantec Norton Internet Security 2011

EVGA GeForce GTX 460 1024MB (01G-P3-1370-TR) nVidia GeForce GTX 460 chipset (720Mhz) 1024MB (3600Mhz) GDDR5 Dual Dual-Link DVI/Mini HDMI PCI-Express 2.0 Graphics Card

Starfire Wrote:LOL! That is a big monitor. =P My computer desk isn't big enough to run multiple monitors, or I would.

Nah, I have a 28" monitor, and a 57" TV they aren't THAT big really.

Cillian Harth Wrote:So this is what I got

Intel Core i7 870 Quad-Core Socket LGA1156, 2.93 Ghz, 8MB L3 Cache, 45 nm

Cooler Master HAF 932 Black Edition Full Tower ATX Case

ASUS DRW-24B1ST Black SATA 24 x DVD-writer 24,DVD++/-R DL 8 x DVD + RW/6xDVD-RW 48xCD-R OEM

Gigabyte GA-H55M-S2 Socket 1156 Intel H55 chipset duel-channel DDR3 1666/1333/1066/800 Mhz 7.1-Ch HD Audio GigaLAN 6x SATA 3Gb/s 12x USB 2.0 Micro ATX

Samsung E2320X 23" Widescreen LCD Monitor, 1920,1080, 5 ms, 70000: 1 (DCR), VGA DVI-D

Razer Lycdosa Gaming Keyboard w/backlit programmable keyboard

Razer Naga 5600dpi gaming mouse w/17 programable buttons

Corsair TX Series CMPSU-850TX 850W ATX 12V 60A 24 PIN ATX Power Supply Active PFC 120 MM Fan

G.Skill ripjaws series DDR3 1600MHz (PC3-12800) 8 GB (2x4GB) Dual Channel Kit

OCZ (OCZSSD3-2VTX120G) Vertex 2 SATA II 3.5" 120 G Solid State Drive, Read: 285 MB/s Write : 275 MB/s

Logitech (970118) Z-2300 2.1 Speaker System - 200W RMS -THX-certified-(refurbished)

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (OEM)

Symantec Norton Internet Security 2011

EVGA GeForce GTX 460 1024MB (01G-P3-1370-TR) nVidia GeForce GTX 460 chipset (720Mhz) 1024MB (3600Mhz) GDDR5 Dual Dual-Link DVI/Mini HDMI PCI-Express 2.0 Graphics Card

Their price tag for everything: $2300 (approx.)
My price tag for everything: $1885 + s+h

Not to mention the fact that I could have offered you a little bit of product knowledge. Such as it's a mistake to put a MICRO ATX board into a FULL ATX tower. Ya spent $250 on the case alone, dude. For that price, those fans in that case better be doin' more than blowing your CPU.

$300-$400 for custom building isn't bad. I wouldnt do it for less. Micro ATX is odd but nothing wrong with it being in a full sized case.

NightFire Wrote:Nah, I have a 28" monitor, and a 57" TV they aren't THAT big really.

My wife did get motion sickness when I was playing Oblivion on the 52" once...