1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
Mainly Gaming, but other student related activities.
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
One grand give or take.
3) Where do you live?
Southern California
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. Please be very specific.
I need everything except for a keyboard,monitor, and mouse (Extra funds can be added for an OS.)
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
None except for monitor, keyboard, and mouse.
6) Will you be overclocking?
Not right now, but maybe in the future.
7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
I have a 2 year old 22" Dell LCD.
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
Within the next week or so.
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? etc.
Anything that you deem is necessary.
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license?
No, I'm planning on buying Windows 7 Ultimate-64 bit OEM.
Here's what I've got so far, but feel free to completely overhaul:
Motherboard and RAM- EVGA 141-BL-E757-TR LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX X58 SLI LE Intel Motherboard - Retail / OCZ Gold 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Low Voltage Desktop Memory Model OCZ3G1600LV6GK- $357.98 w/MIRs
CPU and Graphics Card- Intel Core i7-920 Bloomfield 2.66GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor Model BX80601920 - Retail/ EVGA 896-P3-1255-AR GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 896MB 448-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - $463.98 w/MIR
HDD and OS- Western Digital Caviar Black WD7501AALS 750GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive -Bare Drive/ Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders - OEM - $219.98
PSU- CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply - $109.99 w/MIR
DVD/CD Drive- Sony Optiarc Black 2MB Cache SATA DVD/CD Rewritable Drive - OEM- $29.99
Case- Antec 900 - $99.99
Total
$1,387.67 w/Tax
Mainly Gaming, but other student related activities.
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
One grand give or take.
3) Where do you live?
Southern California
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. Please be very specific.
I need everything except for a keyboard,monitor, and mouse (Extra funds can be added for an OS.)
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
None except for monitor, keyboard, and mouse.
6) Will you be overclocking?
Not right now, but maybe in the future.
7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
I have a 2 year old 22" Dell LCD.
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
Within the next week or so.
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? etc.
Anything that you deem is necessary.
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license?
No, I'm planning on buying Windows 7 Ultimate-64 bit OEM.
Here's what I've got so far, but feel free to completely overhaul:
Motherboard and RAM- EVGA 141-BL-E757-TR LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX X58 SLI LE Intel Motherboard - Retail / OCZ Gold 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Low Voltage Desktop Memory Model OCZ3G1600LV6GK- $357.98 w/MIRs
CPU and Graphics Card- Intel Core i7-920 Bloomfield 2.66GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor Model BX80601920 - Retail/ EVGA 896-P3-1255-AR GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 896MB 448-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - $463.98 w/MIR
HDD and OS- Western Digital Caviar Black WD7501AALS 750GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive -Bare Drive/ Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders - OEM - $219.98
PSU- CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply - $109.99 w/MIR
DVD/CD Drive- Sony Optiarc Black 2MB Cache SATA DVD/CD Rewritable Drive - OEM- $29.99
Case- Antec 900 - $99.99
Total
$1,387.67 w/Tax