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hey

sup,im going into the national guard soon and im getting a $5000 enlistment bonus. im going to use $2000 of it to build a new comp (old ones still really good but its like 4 yrs old) now im no noob when it comes to comps but i do like getting info from other people, it tends to save time, money and work.

heres what it has to do .
have 3 hard DRIVES, 1 a 250GB for the system programs, 1 big one for the 37 games i already have with room for more and another medium/large one for my pics, vids, editing software and STORAGE for my JUNK that i never use but got to have ya know.

great processor, i got a phenom quad core now, ive heard good things about the new intel quad is there any thing better and can i afford any thing better.

newest ninvidea card. i havent kept up with this one WHATS the newest ninvidea card and whats the best one i can get for my $2000 budget?

sound card. ok i don't know anything about this

and lastly whats the best operating system? i love XP but what about this new windows 7?


thnx for reading
sBsLeonidaswhat games are you playing? That's one factor when determining what graphics card to get with your budget, as you have other computer parts that you can upgrade too  It sounds like you are just looking for a new toy. 

  Let me know what you decide on...  i play anything from hl2 to crysis to cod5 to bf2142 it dosent matter, the comp i have now ive updated every year and it perorms very well and plays anything ive thrown at it but its time to change it in. and yes my comp is my toy its the only thing i look forward too affter a long day of work.

leo Quote from: sBsLeonidas on August 07, 2009, 11:12:00 PM

and yes my comp is my toy its the only thing i look forward too affter a long day of work.

leo

You need a girlfriend http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136153
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136284x2
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102830x4  
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817702015
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231190x2
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813186161
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115202
now all you need is a case
Subtotal:     $1,887.88I took a look at all of those links, there isn't a single girl there for the poor guy.Those 4 4890s are enough.  Thats absolute beasty.  4!!!  In fact, get 4 more gb of ram or another 1tb hdd if you want too.  compruler just a quick question...

Have you tried to put 4 of those vid cards into that MBoard shown ? ?

I think you should be doing more research before suggesting whacked out builds.

Just a suggestion.oh my mistake.  I just assumed that it had 4 pcie slots so it supported quad xfire.  Try this board
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813186163
Im SURE this one supports itFrom the Reviews:

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Pros: Very nice looking board with tons of features and comes with everything that you could possible need in the box. Love the NB cooling options [passive, water cooling, air, or LN2].
It has 4 PCIe slots, but only two are really usable because of the size of the newer graphics cards.
meh
go get 2 gtx 285s thenlol thnx for the sugestion ill keep an eye out for a gf
and thnx for the links there really helpfull

leoThere currently isn't a MBoard built that will accomodate 4 video cards because of size restrictions.....
And i'm not convinced running 4 cards is worth the cabbage spent vs. the performance increase so stop suggesting it....I will go one further. 

There may be a few applications/circumstances that could benefit from 2 cards, but very few.  With the added heat and lack of space, in most cases you are better off getting just one good card. Seldom will you need more than this in today's computers.


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