I'm customizing a new computer.

[InsightGoalie]

Originally Posted by Red-Blue

I have my budget set at 1,500-2000 bucks. And uh, a cheap cooler will do. And yes, I'll be ordering it customized. But I gotta tell them personally, and MyCom is a pretty cheap hardware shop, so they're not that expensive. HALP ME POWAR.

First thing I'm going to say, and myabe power will back me up on this, this is a terrible time to buy a high end PC. Nvidia is about to release their 9k series of graphics cards soon for starters. But, most importantly later this year Intel plans to release a new chipset. There old LGA 775 has been in use since the P4 and they want to update it. That would give you two options. You could either pay out the ass for a really good one of the new processors, or you could buy a very good Core 2 Quad at reduced prices. Basically if you wait until later this year the options will be better for you.

[downphoenix]

I'll do a sample spec of a 1200ish machine in a bit, that would probably be on the low end at MyCom, since you can probably add about 300$ for labor and shipping.

[Red-Blue]

Maybe I should give you all a better idea of what I want.

I want a computer that'll run games retailing now. I personally don't care about uber-high quality. I'd settle for medium.

[Sim88]

I like this thread

[Red-Blue]

Don't troll to grow yer e-penuuuus. :#

[Fyrus]

You were about as general as... something really general red blue.

[Red-Blue]

First off, don't be Mr. smartass again.

Secondly, you spelled my name wrong.

[downphoenix]

Case: Antec Nine Hundred Newegg.com - Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail $99.99 (Sweet looking case with the room and cooling you'll need)
CPU Intel Quad Core @ 2.4ghz Newegg.com - Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz 2 x 4MB L2 Cache LGA 775 Quad-Core Processor - Retail $269.99 (Power and Performance at a reasonable price)
Motherboard: (Allows for up to 8Gb of ram, SLI for Nvidia graphics cards, and supports up to 1333mhz FSB) Newegg.com - ECS NF650iSLIT-A (V1.0) LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail $79.99 (A solid motherboard that will do well for this machine)
Ram: 2x 2GB ram sticks DDR2 800 Newegg.com - mushkin 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail $88.99
Power Supply: Antec 550W Newegg.com - Antec NeoPower 550 ATX12V 550W Power Supply 100 - 240 V UL, CUL, TUV, CE, FCC, CCC, CB, C-tick - Retail $74.99 (A great power supply at a 30$ savings, was 104.99)
Graphics Card: 2x EVGA Geforce 9600GT SLIed Newegg.com - EVGA 512-P3-N862-AR Superclocked GeForce 9600GT Superclocked 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail $179.99x2 = $359.98
Hard Drive: Western Digital 320GB Newegg.com - Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD3200AAKS 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA-300 Hard Drive - OEM $74.99
Disc Drive: Philips 20x DVD Drive/Burner Newegg.com - PHILIPS Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 20X DVD-R 8X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 24X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache IDE 20X DVD±R DVD Burner - OEM $26.99
Sound Card: Creative Audigy Low Profile 5.1 Sound Card Newegg.com - Creative Sound Blaster Audigy SE SB0570LPVP 5.1 Channels 24-bit 96KHz PCI Interface Low-Profile Sound Card - OEM $26.99
OS: Your choice -

Vista Premium 64 Bit Newegg.com - Microsoft Windows Vista 64-Bit Home Premium for System Builders Single Pack DVD - OEM $109.99

or if you don't want Vista, and don't mind only getting a 32 bit operating system

XP Media Center 2005 Newegg.com - Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 w/SP2B - OEM $114.99

Subtotal: $1215.89

If you rather have a high end Geforce 8 series instead of the 9600 GTs, SLI these badboys instead: Newegg.com - GIGABYTE GV-NX88T512HPV1 GeForce 8800GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail and pay just $120 more.

[:D:]

Get 64 bit XP. Vista fails.

[E6600]

Get a Mac Pro

Apple - Mac Pro