Hi!
I will actually be purchasing the best gaming rig you can come up under $2000 from online parts. This will also help me learn what parts to put together, and of course a lower price is very nice .
If you don't want to do it, please feel free not to flame me! This is more of a discussion, not a "here you go, now build me a desktop" thing. I plan to ask questions, put in my own parts and see if we can help me build the best bang for my buck...together.
Rules? Just feel free to post links if it helps, otherwise I will look up the parts myself. HDD can't be lower than 7200RPM and 120GB (which is absolutely perfect for me) and GPU has to be nVidia, nothing lower than a 9800GX2. Can be an i7 build...if you can pull it off while leaving extra money required to make a full system (keyboard, mouse, etc.).
So far I'm thinking a Q6600, one GTX280 & 4GB of DDR2 RAM. But with the fans, heatsinks, monitor, HDD, cables, computer case, optical drive, PSU, keyboard, mouse, I broke $2100 @ newegg, so there goes that .
Help is highly appreciated, I will do whatever I can to contribute back. And I do -not- have any means to waste time. Trust me, I will be researching this stuff myself so no one thinks I am taking the easy way out.
*Update: I am in the US btw, and looking for the sleekest monitor I can get to hold 1920 or 1900x1200 resolution (17" minimum, but 17" is perfect if necessary). High contrast ratio is nice, but not a deal-breaking factor.
I will actually be purchasing the best gaming rig you can come up under $2000 from online parts. This will also help me learn what parts to put together, and of course a lower price is very nice .
If you don't want to do it, please feel free not to flame me! This is more of a discussion, not a "here you go, now build me a desktop" thing. I plan to ask questions, put in my own parts and see if we can help me build the best bang for my buck...together.
Rules? Just feel free to post links if it helps, otherwise I will look up the parts myself. HDD can't be lower than 7200RPM and 120GB (which is absolutely perfect for me) and GPU has to be nVidia, nothing lower than a 9800GX2. Can be an i7 build...if you can pull it off while leaving extra money required to make a full system (keyboard, mouse, etc.).
So far I'm thinking a Q6600, one GTX280 & 4GB of DDR2 RAM. But with the fans, heatsinks, monitor, HDD, cables, computer case, optical drive, PSU, keyboard, mouse, I broke $2100 @ newegg, so there goes that .
Help is highly appreciated, I will do whatever I can to contribute back. And I do -not- have any means to waste time. Trust me, I will be researching this stuff myself so no one thinks I am taking the easy way out.
*Update: I am in the US btw, and looking for the sleekest monitor I can get to hold 1920 or 1900x1200 resolution (17" minimum, but 17" is perfect if necessary). High contrast ratio is nice, but not a deal-breaking factor.
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