suggestions for a new rig?

Hey all,

I need a new PC. & i'm a wee bit rubbish with the technical side of building em, so i'm asking for any suggestions etc. that could help me, or anyone else who may be in the same boat. I've got a rough idea of what i want, but want to hear the ideas of more experienced PCgamers before I commit.

The budget is ~$3000

any help is appreciated.

Cheers :)

Check this out this pre built rig has everything I was talking about and is $2999.99.. You can save around $8-900 if you buld your self and don't include the stuff you don't need like 12 GB of RAM (6 is enough). And Vista Home Premium instead of Ultimate.. 1 TB hard drive (overkill anyway) versus two TB

This pre built= 3000

vs

Custom built= ~2500

And they have pretty much the exact same parts

Ok, after hearing what advice i've been given, i'm looking at something like this :

(please, let me me know if there's any glaring incompatability here)

CD/DVD 2x Pioneer DVR-216BK 20x Dual/Single Unbranded Black OEM - SATA include NERO 8 OEM Suite
SOUND 1x Creative SBXFI-TITAN-FPS Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium PCIe Fatal1ty Pro Series
CASE 1x Thermaltake VJ40001W2Z V9 ATX Midi Tower Case *No PSU*
HDD 1x Seagate ST31000333AS 1TB SATA Barracuda 7200.11 3Gb/s 32Mb
GFX 1x Inno3D IV-GTX295-1792 GF GTX 295 PCI-E 2.0 1792MB DDR3 896-bit, 576/2000MHz. Dual Dual-Link DVI, HDCP, Fan, NVIDIA PhysX Ready
SCREEN 1x Asus VW246H 24" LCD 1920x 1080, Full HD, 2ms, 20000:1, Speakers, DVI, HDMI1.3, D-sub
PSU 1x Antec SG-850 850W Signature Series ATX Power Supply, 80 PLUS certified, 80mm low noise fan, Dual 12V outputs, 2x PCI-Express, 4x SATA, 6x IDE
MOBO 1x Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4P LGA1366, X58, 6DDR3, FSB2000, RAID, GBLAN, PCIE2.0, 3FW, UD3, ATX
RAM 1x Corsair TR3X6G1333C9 6G (2GB x 3) PC-10600 (1333MHz) XMP DDR3 RAM 32x240-pin DIMMs Triple Kit Non ECC Unbuffered 9-9-9-24
CPU1x Intel i7 920 CORE i7 920 2.66GHz 4.8GT QPI 8MB CACHE LGA1366
OS 1 x Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit

Now I just need to find a place to get it done cheap.

Cheers

What are you going to be using this for? If its for photoshop and the like, you can get the nVidia Quadro FX. If you are going to be gaming I can put together a killer machine with $3000, although $1500 should suffice.

What are you going to be using this for? If its for photoshop and the like, you can get the nVidia Quadro FX. If you are going to be gaming I can put together a killer machine with $3000, although $1500 should suffice.

Tagerh