I used to be big into console gaming, got out of it.
I want to get back into gaming as well as be capable of fartin around on blendor.
I want to spend roughly 1500 including the monitor.
I am looking to buy in the middle of Jan and was wondering what things I should be looking for then.
Right now I like.
Barebones
i7 920
EVGA X58 SLI LE Mobo
6 GB X58 DDR3
Deskstar 7K1000.B 1 TB HD
LSP750 PSU
a second HD and run RAID 1
GTX 280 Video Card - OC Edition
Corsair Hydro H50 CPU cooler
then everything else is petty.
I got a CRT to get me by if I go over budget.
I figured this setup with its 1tb ram capacity and 3 SLI and dedicated PhysX would leave me plenty of room to upgrade for at least two years?
I will be eventually overclocking, but i don't think I will see a need to out of the box.
I have access to vista business 64 bit, windows 7, 64 bit, and xp sp3 and dual booting ubuntu for use with blendor.
I was thinking windows 7.
what kind of sound card should I run?
and am I hittin somewhere in the right ball park for building this thing right?
what are some things coming out that I should look forward to?
and I read that the 920 CPU was being discont. should I grab one now or will the prices for the 950 drop by then?
its been 7 years since I built a computer. forgive me for any ignorance guys.
-Ryan
I want to get back into gaming as well as be capable of fartin around on blendor.
I want to spend roughly 1500 including the monitor.
I am looking to buy in the middle of Jan and was wondering what things I should be looking for then.
Right now I like.
Barebones
i7 920
EVGA X58 SLI LE Mobo
6 GB X58 DDR3
Deskstar 7K1000.B 1 TB HD
LSP750 PSU
a second HD and run RAID 1
GTX 280 Video Card - OC Edition
Corsair Hydro H50 CPU cooler
then everything else is petty.
I got a CRT to get me by if I go over budget.
I figured this setup with its 1tb ram capacity and 3 SLI and dedicated PhysX would leave me plenty of room to upgrade for at least two years?
I will be eventually overclocking, but i don't think I will see a need to out of the box.
I have access to vista business 64 bit, windows 7, 64 bit, and xp sp3 and dual booting ubuntu for use with blendor.
I was thinking windows 7.
what kind of sound card should I run?
and am I hittin somewhere in the right ball park for building this thing right?
what are some things coming out that I should look forward to?
and I read that the 920 CPU was being discont. should I grab one now or will the prices for the 950 drop by then?
its been 7 years since I built a computer. forgive me for any ignorance guys.
-Ryan