ok...uh...last year around christmas time, i was coming up with a ideas for a rig i could build that could run crysis on high (i don't really want to play it much, but I'm just using it as a bench mark)

Anyway, it came out to be a little more then 1k. which was too damn much. anyway, i was wondering, if i built the computer i was planning on building last year, today, would it be worth it?

i mean, it would probably cost a lot less now, but is it worth buying parts that are a year old now? would i be able to play future games easily for at least 3 years (granted i might have to lower some settings as time goes on)?

this is what i came up with last year, what would you guys recommend today (keep it mind i want to go considerably under 1k. ie 700-800, not 999)

Case: LIAN LI PC-7B plus II Black Aluminum ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Motherboard: ASUS P5N-E SLI LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard

PSU: CORSAIR CMPSU-520HX ATX12V v2.2 and EPS12V 2.91 520W Power Supply 100 - 240 V UL, CUL, CE, CB, FCC ****B, TUV, CCC, C-tick

Video Card: EVGA 512-P3-N802-A1 GeForce 8800GT Superclocked 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card

CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz 2 x 4MB L2 Cache LGA 775 Quad-Core Processor

Ram: no clue, but would 4gb be alright? and what brand

CPU Heatsink: Tuniq Tower 120 (this i really don't know about...)

CD Drive:ASUS Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 20X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 14X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe

Hard Drive:no clue, please advise

KB/M: Microsoft Comfort Curve 2000 B2L-00047 Black 105 Normal Keys 9 Function Keys USB Ergonomics Keyboard Mouse Included

Speakers: Logitech X-230 32 watts RMS 2.1 Black Speaker System

Monitor: ViewSonic Value Series VA2226W Black-Silver 21.6" 5ms DVI Widescreen LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 1000:1 static (typ), 2000:1 dynamic (typ)

OS: 64 bit vista

Not bad, 2gb ram would be sufficient, 4gb even better. I would also probably go a little bit higher with the video card if you wanna really max out settings.Xiloa

Depends how much you want to spend but in an ideal situation you'd have a gtx 260/280 or hd4850/4870, or you could get a 9800gtx+. Those are some of the best cards and if you want them to last into the future that's what I'd choose. If you want the 8000 series go with an 8800gtsXiloa

Depends how much you want to spend but in an ideal situation you'd have a gtx 260/280 or hd4850/4870, or you could get a 9800gtx+. Those are some of the best cards and if you want them to last into the future that's what I'd choose. If you want the 8000 series go with an 8800gtsXiloa

Don't get those Logitech speakers.

Get the X-540's.

Don't get those Logitech speakers.

Get the X-540's.

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