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[QUOTE="Spybot_9"]Great PC with a terrible price performance.gamerloks

My Alienware PC only cost $800 more but I got all this.

Alienware PC case - space age black

Alienware FX lighting system

Liquid Cooling system

Intel Q9550 2.86ghz

EVGA 9800GX2

790i Ultra Sli motherboard

4GB DRR3 PC-8500 Ram

- X 2 Raid 0 western Digital VelociRaptor WD3000GLFS 300GB 10000 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM $300.00

-LG Black 16X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 4X DVD+R DL 16X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM

Sound Blaster X-Fi gamer sound Card

Killer newtwork gaming card

I have more than this and my build only costed me 2675$ see why its better building than buying

buying is only better for pc's under 500USD cuz ur not gaming(i hope) and you get the customer service, there are exceptions up to 1000USD but rare

here is my recomendation to you

use this as an outline for your pc just use ur choice of graphix

Custom Computer~$2897 prices haven't been updated in a while and some items have been removed but i do not feel like doing math to subtract from total above but this will be a sick syestem and it will look awesome. for those of you who wonder about psu i will be attaching alot of hdd and installing a cigerete lighter plug so I can easily plug in my vaporizer, cuzi don't want to be a big tobbaco statistic:)

Lian Li PC-V2010B Aluminum Full Tower PC Case w/ Bolt on Full View Window – Black

$389.95

http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=193&products_id=23725

CORSAIR CMPSU-1000HX 1000W ATX12V 2.2 / EPS12V 2.91 Power Supply UL, CE, CB, TUV, FCC, CCC - Retail

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139007&nm_mc=OTC-pr1c3grabb3r&cm_mmc=OTC-pr1c3grabb3r-_-Power+Supplies-_-Corsair+Memory++Inc.-_-17139007

$249

EVGA 132-CK-NF79-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 790i Ultra SLI DDR3 ATX Intel Motherboard

$340

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188025

Western Digital VelociRaptor WD3000GLFS 300GB 10000 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive

2X 300 ($600)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136260

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 Yorkfield 2.66GHz 12MB L2 Cache LGA 775 95W Quad-Core Processor

$329 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115042

ZEROtherm Nirvana NV120 120mm 2-ball UFO Bearing / Transparent CPU Cooler

$49

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835887011

CORSAIR XMS3 DHX 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory(7-7-7-20)

$289

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145200

Razer Barracuda Sound Card

$200

Razer Barracuda Headphones

$129

Razer Mouse Pad

http://www.razerzone.com/p-84-razer-exactmat-duo-precision-gaming-surface.aspx

$30

Thermaltake iBOX 5.25" Drive Bay Accessory Box – Black

$10

http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&manufacturers_id=25&products_id=3531

Logisys 15" Deluxe Sound Activate Cold Cathode KitBlue

$12

http://www.frozencpu.com/products/2974/lit-119/Logisys_15_Deluxe_Sound_Activate_Cold_Cathode_Kit_-_Blue.html?tl=g6c75s134

Lian-Li Military Switch Baybus - Multi Port – Black

$55

http://www.frozencpu.com/products/7673/cpa-245/Lian-Li_Military_Switch_Baybus_-_Multi_Port_-_Black.html?tl=g34#blank

Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound

$6

If you've got money like that, would you mind sending me 1,000 so get my build underway? I would like to up the GPU to a 4870x2, but I don't have ridiculous sums of money, so I may instead go for 4850s. 2 in crossfire. but really, whats $150? if you sent me some cash, I could get the rest of the build up and running in time for the launch of 4870x2. I would be able to anyway, but then I could upgrade the PSU more and the CPU...oh, and 2 sticks of GOLD PLATED, DIAMOND INFUSED RAM. I respect you for wanting the best system out there, but take a minute to look through these forums. there are high quality pc's being built at $700. want better performance than that, wanna "future-proof?" an extra 500 should make your build top of the range. add in an extra thousand, and you have an unbeatable machine there, if you SPEND WISELY. think it over.bobisforbob

"don't be a dick dick" thats right i just quoted vin diesel lol

if your not gonna build your own use ava direct i have not heard a single bad thing about them and they are normally priced very well

I am looking to unload some of my Tivo stuff onto my computer and was wondering what the best HD capture card is, I am looking for an HDMI or at least component cables, so i can at least get 720p :) thx y'all