XxGhostxX
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yes i know its a lot of ready but .....
For $2000 as base, and in order of coolness, you can get...
- Tower
Operating System: Windows Vista x64 Home Premium (Only Vista supports DirectX 10)
Processor: 3Ghz Athlon X2 - Dual Core **See Note 1**
Motherboard: nForce 560 - AM2/ AM2+ **See Note 2**
Graphics Card: GeForce 8800GTS 640MB (DirectX 10 Ready)
Memory: 2GB DDR2-800
Hard Drive: 320GB Perpendicular Drive (Faster than normal drives)
Optical Drive: 20X DVD Burner, With LightScribe and DVD-RAM support
Networking: Gigabit Ethernet Port (10/100/1000)
Power Supply: 600W Dual12v Active PFC (very efficient!)
Sound Card: Integrated HD Audio
-Input/Output
Monitor: 20.1" Widescreen LCD, Very High-Rez (1680px by 1050px)
Mouse: Logitech MX518 (What Ian and I use to game)
Keyboard: Rosewill Black/Silver 103-Key USB, + 31 Function and Multimedia Keys
Speakers: Logitech 2.1 Sound System (Not the crap we give out in our Home/Office PCs, I'm talking a REAL Sound System Can you say, "BOOM!")
-Options
Dedicated Sound Card: Creative X-Fi, Extreme Gamer Edition (Recommended ) **See Note 3** +$90
RAM: Additional 2GB DDR2-800 (4GB Total!) +$90
Graphics Card: 8800GTX 768MB (Faster than GTS 640MB) +$165
Hard Drive: Additional 320GB Drive +$85
Case Lighting/Cooling: Custom Lights RED, BLUE, or GREEN (no lighting included in base price) +$25
Front Panel: Front Audio and 4 USB Ports (Speaker and Mic jack, perfect for headsets) +$20
**Note 1** The AMD CPU is a overclocked Athlon X2 3800+, from 2Ghz to 3Ghz. (3800+ to 6000+)
**Note 2** I know you said you wanted Quad Core, but it has no benefit for gaming and it's really expensive.. like $1000 more expensive. But we at F2M (Me and Ian, lol) know you want it eventually, so this design is native AM2 + compatible. Meaning that it will fully support the Phenom X4 (Quad Core AMD, faster than Core 2 Duo) when they come out later this year. So we're talking better performance in the long run instead of getting an Intel Core 2 Quad system now, not to mention way cheaper.
**Note 3** Microsoft removed DirectSound support from Windows Vista, which in turn killed off EAX sound positioning effects in the process. (Hearing the direction of sound, noises sounding different indoors than outdoors, and noises being reverbed off rocks/walls/trees) Creative has made a solution for this that only works on their X-Fi based cards, giving you back all those cool effects. Not to mention a dedicated card will always "just sound better" and use less CPU power than a stock integrated setup.
I hope you like the build, it will perform VERY WELL on every game you have or will get this year, I guarantee it. Not to say it won't do well next year, but I don't know how intense the next gen games will be.
For $2000 as base, and in order of coolness, you can get...
- Tower
Operating System: Windows Vista x64 Home Premium (Only Vista supports DirectX 10)
Processor: 3Ghz Athlon X2 - Dual Core **See Note 1**
Motherboard: nForce 560 - AM2/ AM2+ **See Note 2**
Graphics Card: GeForce 8800GTS 640MB (DirectX 10 Ready)
Memory: 2GB DDR2-800
Hard Drive: 320GB Perpendicular Drive (Faster than normal drives)
Optical Drive: 20X DVD Burner, With LightScribe and DVD-RAM support
Networking: Gigabit Ethernet Port (10/100/1000)
Power Supply: 600W Dual12v Active PFC (very efficient!)
Sound Card: Integrated HD Audio
-Input/Output
Monitor: 20.1" Widescreen LCD, Very High-Rez (1680px by 1050px)
Mouse: Logitech MX518 (What Ian and I use to game)
Keyboard: Rosewill Black/Silver 103-Key USB, + 31 Function and Multimedia Keys
Speakers: Logitech 2.1 Sound System (Not the crap we give out in our Home/Office PCs, I'm talking a REAL Sound System Can you say, "BOOM!")
-Options
Dedicated Sound Card: Creative X-Fi, Extreme Gamer Edition (Recommended ) **See Note 3** +$90
RAM: Additional 2GB DDR2-800 (4GB Total!) +$90
Graphics Card: 8800GTX 768MB (Faster than GTS 640MB) +$165
Hard Drive: Additional 320GB Drive +$85
Case Lighting/Cooling: Custom Lights RED, BLUE, or GREEN (no lighting included in base price) +$25
Front Panel: Front Audio and 4 USB Ports (Speaker and Mic jack, perfect for headsets) +$20
**Note 1** The AMD CPU is a overclocked Athlon X2 3800+, from 2Ghz to 3Ghz. (3800+ to 6000+)
**Note 2** I know you said you wanted Quad Core, but it has no benefit for gaming and it's really expensive.. like $1000 more expensive. But we at F2M (Me and Ian, lol) know you want it eventually, so this design is native AM2 + compatible. Meaning that it will fully support the Phenom X4 (Quad Core AMD, faster than Core 2 Duo) when they come out later this year. So we're talking better performance in the long run instead of getting an Intel Core 2 Quad system now, not to mention way cheaper.
**Note 3** Microsoft removed DirectSound support from Windows Vista, which in turn killed off EAX sound positioning effects in the process. (Hearing the direction of sound, noises sounding different indoors than outdoors, and noises being reverbed off rocks/walls/trees) Creative has made a solution for this that only works on their X-Fi based cards, giving you back all those cool effects. Not to mention a dedicated card will always "just sound better" and use less CPU power than a stock integrated setup.
I hope you like the build, it will perform VERY WELL on every game you have or will get this year, I guarantee it. Not to say it won't do well next year, but I don't know how intense the next gen games will be.
