Basically I'm making this rig to handle Crysis and the next wave of DX10 games. It will be my graduation present and I need to keep it somewhere $100 more or less than $2000. So I can't get the most high end rig out there but this I believe is the most bang-for-your-buck gaming rig possible. Here's my setup so far. 550 Watt PSU C2D E6600 2.4ghz eVGA NForce 680i SLI mobo 2gb DDR2 800 RAM eVGA 8800GTX (in the future possibly buy another along with a 1000 watt PSU for SLI, too early for that now at my resolution IMO) 160gb HDD 3.0gb/s 7200rpm Vista Home Premium Still contemplating on whether or not a sound card is worth it. I don't have fancy speakers so I'm leaning towards no. 7.1 channel intgerated on the mobo should be fine. I'll be running this on a 17" LCD display. So am I skimping on anything or overdoing/bottlenecking anything? I wouldn't mind saving money and getting clothes : ). Thanks
clothes please!! black hoodie-blue pants-ripped slip on vans lol bumy yes.. comfortable yeah!!!!!!! who cares about clothes by the way u dont need a 1000 watt psu i think, just get a high 12v amp psu, prolly the crosiar from newegg. tigerdirect sells one for like couple dollars cheaper, still helps u save moeny on the shipping.
All that stuff doesn't cost anywhere near $2000 US. I built a similar rig to yours back in October, and I paid $2100 - including a monitor, sound card, rather expensive case, aftermarket CPU cooler, two optical drives, and floppy/card reader drive. RAM cost quite a bit more back then too, and I've got double that hard drive space. All those parts right now shouldn't cost more than around $1300, ballpark. Throw in a soundcard, pick up a better power supply, double your hard drive space, and you're probably looking at $1600. If you want a new case, make it $1700. SATA optical drive, around $1750. And you've even got enough left over after all that for either a new monitor so you can actually enjoy the display that the 8800GTX puts out, or a new sound system. Possibly both, since my math was pretty damn quick.
sorry i just put the basics not including case or peripherals, but leaving money out of the question it seems that it will be a good rig for crysis and hopefully dx10 games that come out after. i can't find any bottlenecks or limitations myself either. thanks for the help guys.
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