Pretty much... This is a whole lot of money to spend on a computer that overall is not very good...
Here is an idea I threw together-
Samsung SATA DVD/RW lightscribe *on of the BEST drives available*
If your not planning to buy and watch HD or Blu-ray movies on your computer
those drives are stupidly overpriced...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151154
Lian Li PC-7B Plus
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112099
Basic case, rock solid, great cooling
Seagate 7200.10 400gb drives
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148138
2 or more, raid them they will destroy WD's and the 10k isn't worth anything unless your running a server or "NEED" super low response time *used in things like audio production for live recording*.
Same screen-
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824255001
DUAL HD3850's 512mb
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102715
*Whoop that 8800GT into silly submission!
Here is your Prelude
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829156005
PCPC 750 watt psu *A REAL high quality psu
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703009
Same speakers-
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16836116153
2x2048 Gskill DDR2 1000 ram
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231145
Asus P5K-E *Great mainboard with good reviews, I have personally owned this*
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131225
E8400 "bang for buck chip by far clocks to 4+ ghz easily"
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115037
Zalman 120mm fans... Better air flow, give your graphics cards cool air! 3 of them..
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118008
Arctic Cooling Freezer.... Very good, price is unbeatable
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186134
Same headphones-
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826249016
Barely over $2200 and would destroy the system you have posted above... Completely destroy it!
I do plan to buy & watch HD DVD/Blu Rays. Would there be any reason for me to get your DVD drive if I already have one (an AOpen Duw1616l-31)?
I wanted my case because it is supposed to be quiet, but I don't know if I care anymore?
I wanted the 10K because I heard they were good for gaming. The loads are shorter, therefore, you can ready yourself first/better, but I'm thinking that doesn't matter anymore either. You know?
Yeah, I think I've fallin' in love w/ that screen.
I personally don't know about videocards, so, I guess I need to look up benchmarks (only thing I can think of) for both card types & ask people what they have & their results.
I know I want the Prelude. *Drool*
I don't know much about PSU either. Just know that efficiency is the name of the game for them.
Those speakers looked good. So...
Can you put 1000 RAM in a 1066 MB?
Asus is synonymous with MBs. Nice N & S bridge chips on the MB. Nice FSB. Supports dual channel (a must)! I don't care that it has 4 Ram slots because you can't use 4 anyway, right? 7 expansion slots with good ratio (2x 16s: 2x 1s: 3x reg.). Not familiar w/ PATA. Nice amount of SATAs. Has a raid controller, but I don't know if it is a good one? Don't know about the onboard audio or LAN chips? USB 2.0 F&B, firewire, etc. good! Overall, looks good.
Why not go the
Xeon for a little bit more, if you don't mind me asking?
Zalmans are always nice.
The Arctic Cooler is the type of cooler I was looking at. Keeps airflow going from front/bottom to back/top, which is the best airflow, right?
My friend (a semi-hardcore gamer) tells me that he has heard many a great thing about those headsets!
I think not niko084 LOL. Even I have been looking at the QX9650 a 45nm chip, and yes more and more things are starting to use the quad because everyone is starting to get them. I bet a lot of games this year will start to use quad core. That chip would last around for a long time.
He was planing on watching movies on his computer, and the ultra card is the best on the market at the moment.
What's good about the 780i for the most part to be is the voltage doesn't rest or flash for a sec when you go out of bios and start to boot. Makes overclocking way easier. In that theard above post he hit 4.6 stable and his tec wasn't even working. Just a block of copper!!!
BUT it is a lot of $$$$.
Yeah, I think a quad is a safe bet.
We need to talk more about the GFX card. The 9600s are coming out in Feb! (around the 21st I think)
Not familiar w/ 780i or specifics of Geforces. 4.6 is rather amazing, if I do say so myself.
IMO that is WAY too much for a sound card. These days, onboard sound isn't bad, and a good sound card can be had for under $80.
I want great sound for HD movies and games a little too. Just a preference of mine.
Eh thats a really strong matter of opinion...
Thank you.
Didn't know about the watching movies... The sure the Ultra still ranks a number 1 barely... But for that massive power draw and price, why not beat it out for less, I mean heck if you want to stick Nvidia, grab a G92 512mb 8800GTS and call it a day, it's running near hand and hand with the Ultra, slightly behind, uses far less power also and is cheaper.
I don't know much about Nvidia chipsets, and actually I thought the 780i was the one that was having issues with 45nm chips?
Beyond that, yes the huge quad would be enough to last for awhile, and over the next year or two more applications will be starting to use them.... But honestly who has even started saying they were going to produce another massive game lately? We have Crysis and Bioshock, which both only use dual cores and hardly need one at 3ghz let alone 4-5.
I'm not saying a quad is a bad choice or a waste of money, but I do highly believe that their absolute top chips are a waste of money, sure its the best of the best, but look at the premium you pay for that...... I can't justify that considering you can buy one that costs about half as much now, have great performance, and in 1-2 years buy another one that costs the other half and have better performance than it would provide.
Like I said, we need to discuss the GFX cards more.
Ditto, I don't know much about Nvidia or GFX cards in general.
I just want to OC it to great stability.
The Xeon seems to be rather cheap for a quad, so, I figured I go for it. You know?