My first build

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by Zachstar

That is over 2000 dollars worth of parts!!

What are you? A prince or CEO?

Go big or stay home as they say Looking forward to the details of this Bill.

[Bill Nichols]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Go big or stay home as they say Looking forward to the details of this Bill.

A long time ago, I came to the conclusion that the only way to keep my PC from becoming obsolete within 3 years is to go big. The PC I'm using now is a Dell XPS600 I bought 2-years ago for over $3000. Compared to that, my new build should be a bargain.

Simulating nuclear explosions? Naahh, just tired of being GPU-limited with the latest games!

[Zachstar]

Hmm any chance you could sell it to me for say 400 USD?

( I know that aint going to happen I just like the XPS cases and had to try )

Its OK to go big but In my view there is still alot of bargain in going mid and snapping up the great deals like with AMD Tris and ATI 4670s

[goldorak]

Originally Posted by Bill Nichols

Simulating nuclear explosions? Naahh, just tired of being GPU-limited with the latest games!

I hope you'll use a 30 inch display for those 2 gtx285.

[AVGWarhawk]

Simulating nuclear explosions? Naahh, just tired of being GPU-limited with the latest games!

Roger that Bill. I too tired of tweaking this and that just to see a damn game play some what decent. Not anymore with my latest. I do not blame you a bit for seeking something in your life that does not aggravate you

[Zachstar]

Originally Posted by goldorak

I hope you'll use a 30 inch display for those 2 gtx285.

I could not agree more with this. Matter of fact you mise well buy a full up LCD TV.

Oh and tho they advertise HDMI out. Do NOT use it! HDMI can output widescreen resolutions but if these cards have 7.1 PCM audio paths in use (They most likely do by expecting Spd/IF inputs) You will end up with a horrid picture.

Stick with DVI and use analog out for sound.

EDIT: I am not badmouthing HDMI BTW. Its PERFECT for Blu-Ray at 1080P with 7.1 but that is for movies

[CaptainHaplo]

Bill - if you run into any problems - post here and we will all do what we can to help. BTW - great choices. I would suggest you look at a second sata drive just for either storage - or better yet - a home for your swap file. Having the swap on a different drive can increase speed by a nice little chunk.

Also - once installed - make sure you check out www.blackviper.com for tweaking vista to its max.