Building a gaming computer. SLI, Dual Core.?

Question

I am building a gaming computer but I don't know what parts to get. It has to have a Dual Core CPU, NVida Dual SLI video cards, DDR2 RAM, and will be focused mainly on gaming.

I can invest $1500 on the system and have my eye on a $130 hard drive so I need to know what to buy with the remaining $1400. Motherboard, flavor of CPU and Video cards, power supply, ect.

Can someone offer some suggestions?

Answer 1

I recently finished this rig for $1500:

Windows Vista Home Premium (build 6000)

2.67 gigahertz Intel Core2 Quad Q6700

Hitachi HDP725050GLA360 [Hard drive] (500.11 GB)

Board: ASUSTeK Computer INC. P5E3 Deluxe Rev 1.xx

Bus Clock: 266 megahertz

BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. 0903

4096 Megabytes Installed Memory

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2 [Display adapter] (2x)

It's amazing. I can play CoD4 maxed out on everything and AA and AF and still get 170 FPS. Crysis on very high settings with no AA is 56. The two GTX's equal about the same performance as a single GX2 for a similiar cost. I just bought a GX2 because I plan to buy one or two more in the coming years.

Answer 2

I spent $1200 on my system and can run every game maxed without a problem. I wouldn't go with Nvidia SLI, just get a single 8800gts 512 or one of the newer cards. Check out http://newegg.com and look for high rated parts that match the specs you want.

Answer 3

My suggestions as I, too, recently built a gaming rig:

Case: Whatever you want; I advise Midsized or a full. $80

Windows: Vista runs flawlessly on a gaming rig. Get XP too and Dual Boot $?

RAM: 4GB 800MHz RAM ~$100

CPU: Intel Quad Core Q9550: $330, or E8500 $170.

Motherboard: For SLI, I advise the EVGA 750i. It is designed for overclocking and SLI and its $175 +$20 rebate.

Graphics Card: 2x 9800GTX $200 per; great deal.

500GB HD: ~$70

You still have about $400 left with this setup if you get the quad core Q9550. If you get the E8500 dual core, you have more than $500 for other accessories: dvd burners, heatsink, fans, etc.

By the way, all this can be bought from Newegg at those prices.

Answer 4

hi there.... try you look at this site. I found at google last week

http://shape-gaming-computers.blogspot.c...