HD Video, Multimedia, Gaming PC..Need Advice

[saltynay]

Done as above read the second part which is the main high performance pc. As it is both those builds are at 1800 - $50 rebate so you could spend 900 on the monitor if you wanted also please answer my questions

 

[ckmerc]

sorry...

"What size monitor do you want?"
23" widescreen

"graphics choice?"
- sorry, not sure what you mean?

 

[ckmerc]

Graphics...I understand after I read your post again.

I think I will go the two video card option...

 

[saltynay]

Ok well 24" would be better get you the full performance out of the gtx285's in sli and its a bit higher res then a hd tv so you will be impressed by the beauty of it all, If your sure I can't tempt you with a 30" with twice the res of a tv or would that not get the WAF (wife approval factor) . This is an extremely good monitor;

Newegg.com - SAMSUNG 2443BW Black 24" 5ms Widescreen LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 DC 20000:1(1000:1) - LCD Monitors

Have you chosen a case or case style yet? Look through these two lists and tell me which ones you like say a top 5. Don't worry about prices just want to get a feel to what style you like then hopefully we can find a medium between price performance and looks.

Workhourse pc
KustomPCs - HTPC, Gaming, CarPC, Cooling and Modding Products in the UK !
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Mini-itx
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Get this psu for your main gaming pc
Newegg.com - CORSAIR CMPSU-850TX 850W ATX12V 2.2 / EPS12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Active PFC Power Supply - Power Supplies

Once you choose on case can pretty much wrap it up. For an external get this
Newegg.com - ICY DOCK MB559 Series MB559US-1S Aluminum body w/ partial plastic 3.5" eSATA & USB 2.0 External Enclosure - External Enclosures & Newegg.com - Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31500341AS 1.5TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive (bare drive) - Internal Hard Drives
And try and use esata whenever possible as its much faster then usb it supports both so you do have intercompatibility

 

[ckmerc]

saltynay, I have some feedback for you on your questions as well as some additional questions of my own...

please PM me and I will give you my email address so we can take the additional details offline vs. take up space here. you have been / are being a great help...

look forward to conversing further...

chuck

 

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