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[Demophobe]

[Demophobe]

[kprrok]

Server case? Got a link to a good one? I'd be interested in seeing more about them.

Also, demo's right. The P35 chipset is good, I've read it's even within a few percetnage points in performance to the X38, even with the X38s PCI-e 2.0 crossfire capability.

The new X48 chipset will only support DDR3, which is really expensive and just coming online. I've even read some places, can't remember where so no links unfortunately, that the next generation after the Penryn will not be compatible, so there's another potential upgrade.

That list above also doesn't include any cooling or software. It's astonishing that 2.5 won't get you top of the line anymore. You could sacrifice in some areas for others, but if you're going top of the line, you shouldn't have to sacrifice.

For storage, you can definitely go for dual 500GBs instead of the 1TB, it's even cheaper. 500s run about 115 vs. the 280 for 1TB. And do you really need RAID on raptors for your programs? Probably not, but if you want to save a few seconds in your program loads, it'd be worth it.

If you are set on DDR3, the Maximus Extreme has DDR3 support, and Gigabyte just released a new board. Yeah, look at Skulltrail too, that'd be nice. Dual Quad Cores...sounds like something the beaver would like.

Start doing lots of research. I started reading a lot more about 6 months ago and have learned a ton! I'm still not up to the level of demo, cuban, eamo, super or beaver, but I can hold my own a bit. Also, once you have some ideas, post them and the others here can put up their advice. It's best to know what you're getting and understand why some things are better to invest in than others rather than relying on what others tell you. Most here won't steer you wrong, but it's good to understand it yourself.

Check out the thread of computer websites (I believe it's a sticky) and you can learn a lot.

Cheers,

KPRROK

[sargx]

High end systems run: 4,000,000 and up
Mid end is: 2,000,000 and up
Low end is: 1,000,000 and up
Pauper is: under 1M

For 1,000,000 I don't think you can buy anything that will play the newest games.

[kprrok]

[eamo]

[Demophobe]

I play crysis, UT3, Bioshock, SC4, CoD4...all on my 600,000 won machine. Granted, 600,000 only got me core components (RAM, Graphics, CPU, HDD, mainboard), but still, it plays all well at 1280x1024.

I overclock as well and have my system pretty tweakd out, but still...

[jnj]

[kprrok]

Don't take that list I put up as a final idea. I just threw that together in about 5 minutes. Read about what I put up, check prices and decide if you really need all of it. If you don't need much storage space, you could drop a drive or two and spend that money elsewhere. Half of the fun in building (not that I've actually done a full build yet) is swapping out parts and trying to get the best bang for buck.

Also, if you're gonna add to the budget, you could definitely get DDR3 memory. The new nVidia 9600GT is being released today/tomorrow, so you might want to look into that.

Notice in that list that there is no cooling or anything else. It's all just the basic components. Do you want a sound card? Crossfire or SLI? That question question alone will determine which mother board you'll want as you can't do SLI in a Crossfire board and vice versa. Dual optical drives for multiple-region DVD watching/copying? Do you need it all? You have to answer those questions before you build.

You should also probably take at least a month or more in reading and researching before building. That will be time very well spent in checking if the parts are even compatible with each other (something I didn't check!).

Cheers

KPRROK

[eamo]

[Demophobe]

[jnj]

[SuperHero]

[kprrok]

What SuperHero said. The assembly fee is normally 20,000 won.

KPRROK