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Need to Buy: (Preferably Newegg)
Motherboard: (Sub $150)
- Must be socket 1155
- Must have 4 DDR3 slots
- Must support 2 way SLI
- Must have Sata 6GB/s and USB 3.0
- Must support RAID
1. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813130583
CPU: (Sub $220)
- Quad Core
- Sandy Bridge
1. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115072
RAM: (Sub $60 for 8GB0
- 4GB Per Stick
GPU: (Sub $220)
- Nvidia
- DX11
- Fermi (GTX 400 series or GTX 500 series)
- How much video memory is needed to run 1920X1080? (I will be gaming at this resolution.)
- How much video memory is needed for the programs I will be running other than games.
Here are the ones I am considering ranked By Performance:
1. GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1GB ---------$200
2. GeForce GTX 560 2GB ------------$220
3. GeForce GTX 560 1GB ------------$190
4. GeForce GTX 460 2GB ------------$130
Hard Drives: (Sub $100)
- Reliable
- Fast
- What raid setup would be redundant and fast?
- What raid setup would allow me to easily replace and rebuild a dead hard drive?
Already Own:
Operating System:
- Windows 7 Ultimate
Case:
- Antec 300
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-042-_-Product
PSU: (This will be upgraded later when I add a second GPU)
- Antec Basiq 500w
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...k=basiq%20500w
DVD Drive:
- Standard Sata DVD Burner
What I use the computer for:
- Photoshop CS5 along with the rest of the CS5 suite (photo and video editing along with large InDesign documents)
- Games (Diablo 3, Battlefield 3, along with tons of current and older games)
- CAD software
- Programming software
- iTunes (Lots of music and podcasts)
- VLC media player for movies
- Google Chrome
Other: (Goals etc.)
- This computer must be reliable as it will be my main computer through college (This includes storage redundancy).
- This computer must be quiet, not silent, but not obnoxious.
- I will upgrade the computer occasionally throughout the next few years, graphics cards mostly.
- After I get the computer running, I will decide if it is too loud, and buy a CPU cooler if I must. I wont be overclocking at first anyway.
- When I add a second GPU sometime down the road, I will add another GPU and use SLI.
- I will back up the hard drives on an external hard drive frequently.
- I will eventually be running dual 1080p or bigger monitors, but for now I will be using my 1680X1050 22" monitor.
Advice is very much appreciated
Thanks guys!
(I will add more links to parts that I am considering, or take out links that I have decided against.)
Motherboard: (Sub $150)
- Must be socket 1155
- Must have 4 DDR3 slots
- Must support 2 way SLI
- Must have Sata 6GB/s and USB 3.0
- Must support RAID
1. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813130583
CPU: (Sub $220)
- Quad Core
- Sandy Bridge
1. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115072
RAM: (Sub $60 for 8GB0
- 4GB Per Stick
GPU: (Sub $220)
- Nvidia
- DX11
- Fermi (GTX 400 series or GTX 500 series)
- How much video memory is needed to run 1920X1080? (I will be gaming at this resolution.)
- How much video memory is needed for the programs I will be running other than games.
Here are the ones I am considering ranked By Performance:
1. GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1GB ---------$200
2. GeForce GTX 560 2GB ------------$220
3. GeForce GTX 560 1GB ------------$190
4. GeForce GTX 460 2GB ------------$130
Hard Drives: (Sub $100)
- Reliable
- Fast
- What raid setup would be redundant and fast?
- What raid setup would allow me to easily replace and rebuild a dead hard drive?
Already Own:
Operating System:
- Windows 7 Ultimate
Case:
- Antec 300
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-042-_-Product
PSU: (This will be upgraded later when I add a second GPU)
- Antec Basiq 500w
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...k=basiq%20500w
DVD Drive:
- Standard Sata DVD Burner
What I use the computer for:
- Photoshop CS5 along with the rest of the CS5 suite (photo and video editing along with large InDesign documents)
- Games (Diablo 3, Battlefield 3, along with tons of current and older games)
- CAD software
- Programming software
- iTunes (Lots of music and podcasts)
- VLC media player for movies
- Google Chrome
Other: (Goals etc.)
- This computer must be reliable as it will be my main computer through college (This includes storage redundancy).
- This computer must be quiet, not silent, but not obnoxious.
- I will upgrade the computer occasionally throughout the next few years, graphics cards mostly.
- After I get the computer running, I will decide if it is too loud, and buy a CPU cooler if I must. I wont be overclocking at first anyway.
- When I add a second GPU sometime down the road, I will add another GPU and use SLI.
- I will back up the hard drives on an external hard drive frequently.
- I will eventually be running dual 1080p or bigger monitors, but for now I will be using my 1680X1050 22" monitor.
Advice is very much appreciated

(I will add more links to parts that I am considering, or take out links that I have decided against.)