Tell me something, is it worth holding off until the new Radeon card comes out, which is rumored to come with 1 gb of memory ?

wiidominance

It is way too early to tell. Most likely the next series from both nvidia and ati will be a large improvement over current cards. This is why you put away that extra $1500 instead of spending it today. Also Tri-SLI is not worth it right now (even worse then plain SLI), your looking at a 3-4FPS increase for $300.

Acutually, you are sorta making sense there, so what would you go for 1500-2000 dollars ?can you please list a full spec list (mobo, gpu, cpu,ram,hd,powersupply and case)

wiidominance

With this much money there are plenty of routes to go and any of them would work. Here is what I would get: (Total cost $1800-$1900 depending on rebates)

motherboard: 780i $260

CPU: Q9450 $350

RAM: 2x2GB Corsair Dominator $140

Graphics: 9800GTX x 2 $600 This is where there are a lot of choices but the 9 series has greatly improved SLI gains and it's always good to have the newest card out.

Power: PC Power and Cooling 750w Silencer $160

Case: Thermaltake Armor Series $125

DVD-ROM + 500GB Hard Drive+Windows: $230

Build a very good system for $1500-$2000 and save the rest for upgrades, that way you will easily have a system that will last for plenty of years. For $2000 you can get a 780i motherboard, Q9450, 4GB of RAM, and 9800GTX in SLI. This would be an amazing rig.

Even if you throw another $500 at this build it won't improve the FPS by that much. Basically the more you spend the less you get for your money. Take the money left over let it collect interest and whenever you need a new videocard you'll be prepared. OR take that extra money and get a really nice monitor, which you will need to fully take advantage of the new PC. OR buy yourself a really comfortable office chair since you'll be spending all day sitting starring at the amazing picture:D

Ok, thanks for all the tips. My new PC will have the C2D E8400 and the GTS 512MB :D

Cheers everyone.

Guru_G4M3R

Very good choice, I just used both of those in my build and am extremely pleased. As someone else mentioned you should get a better quality power supply.

Maybe I'm missing something here but why not get the RAM at newegg and save the Best Buy points for something else. The exact same memory on newegg is $175 cheaper. I would also look at the Corsair series of PSU, something like this might be good.

The 680i is only a good choice if you plan to SLI in the future. The 780i is a much better choice as it gets rid of a lot of the problems of the 680i. Also if you do plan on using SLI in the future then you should get a larger PSU now, otherwise you'll have to upgrade that later on.

oh! and before i forget!!! what about "cases" or "towers" or whatever they are called, and all the cool lights that make it look sweet! suggestions or pics of your own anyone??HungryLikeAMug

Take a look here for a large collection of cases. Mostly the case is going to be a personal choice, everyone likes different stuff. The two sizes to look at would be full tower or mid tower. Mid tower is what your used to and is the basic size for almost all PCs. Full towers are just a little bigger and they offer more room inside for parts.

I just figered if A decent card from the 7 series cood run bf2 at max acording to some ppl , i thought that a decent 8 series card could max it with no problems. But i guess im wrong, and I still get how ppl say they run the bf games on max with my card when I cant.Marine152

I don't know if I would call a 8600gt a decent 8 series card, its over a year old now. With so many different options at the 8800 level it is hard to call the 8600gt a gamers video card. Even an 8800gs at only $100 would have been a huge increase over the 8600gt

hi. hello to you all. can you help me out on this matter?im going to buy a new pc next 3-4days. so im asking for your help.

mobo= ?

processor= ?

ram= 2gb corsair 800(2nd oppinion?)

graphics card= 8800gt 512mb(is there a better one than this?)

hard drive= seagate barracuda sata 500gb 16mb

okk..add me another parts pls

quincy_00

We'll set you up with a great PC but need to know a few things first.

How much is your budget? Do you need mouse, keyboard, speakers, and monitor? Where are you(country)?

For a PC you need MOBO, CPU, Heatsink, RAM, Graphics Card, Hard Drive, Case, DVD-ROM, Power Supply, and an Operating System.

My first PC was actually one of the easiest builds that I have done. The biggest reason was that I was still young and had small hands that could easily fit everywhere. Now I'm 6' 5" with hands about the size of Michael Jordan's, putting on a large heatsink is near impossible for me.

I've built 7 computers now for myself, family, and friends and can say that the biggest factor when building one is the quality of parts you picked. The times that I cheaped out were the times I had problems. In fact the only real problem I have ever had is DOA parts. Actually putting the pieces together is fairly simple.