Ultimate Rig

Unfortunately Sleef, linking to your cart does nothing because it comes up empty for everyone else. Give us a screen shot or at least a description.
 
Oh, didn't know it didn't link the cart.


Antec Lanboy air Red Black / Red Computer Modular

Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31500341AS 1.5TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

LG M2762D-PM Glossy Black 27" 5ms HDMI Widescreen LCD Monitor with TV Tuner 300 cd/m2 DC 50000:1

EVGA SuperClocked 015-P3-1582-AR GeForce GTX 580 (Fermi) 1536MB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

Antec CP-1000 1000W Continuous ATX12V v2.3 / EPS12V v2.91 SLI Ready 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply

CORSAIR 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Desktop Memory Model x3

ASUS P8P67 Deluxe LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Intel Motherboard

Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I72600K

(My Favorite) Corsair Force CSSD-F120GB2-BRKT 2.5" 120GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

And that's it. Comment on whatever can be improved, I know I missed disc drives, etc.
 
DDR2? Why? That RAM is just sticking out like a sore thumb; not to mention with your budget you should be able to squeeze another 580 in there.
 
As I said, don't know much about computers, threw it together in about 4 and a half minutes. Feel free to elaborate on other additions/changes to improve.
 
So I looked up your motherboard- that RAM won't work with it anyways. Grab yourself a good DDR3 kit or two- more in one stick is better! You only have 2 slots for it anyways on that board, if I read that correctly.

As to the motherboard itself... well, reflex or phobos will get back to you on that.
 
Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I72600K

ASUS MAXIMUS IV EXTREME LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Extended ATX Intel Motherboard

CORSAIR DOMINATOR GT 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2133 Desktop Memory Model CMT4GX3M2A2133C9

Antec Lanboy air Red Black / Red Computer Modular Case

Antec TruePower Quattro TPQ-1000 1000W Continuous Power ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified ...

Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31500341AS 1.5TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

2x Palit NE5X5800F10CB GeForce GTX 580 (Fermi) 1536MB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

OCZ Vertex 2 OCZSSD2-2VTXE60G 2.5" 60GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

The total cost is around $2,425

Or you could do the same thing, but get 3xGTX 570 in tri-sli for $2,490

Btw, i took the combo deal parts. Its a really good combo build.

If you go tri-sli GTX 570's though, it looks like you may need to swap out the PSU for an even higher one.
 
Don't have enough to get tri SLI if I want to get a nice headset, keyboard, mouse, etc
 
Okay, so a couple of things jump out at me right away. First of all you want a minimum of 42 amps on the 12 volt rail for a 580(per nVidia) and the Antec you listed only has 30 per rail. Also, you only need 600w for a 580 so I'd point you in the direction of this PSU instead. Same cost, better unit, but won't handle 2 580s in SLI if that's where you're eventually headed.

As previously mentioned, the DDR2 RAM you picked out won't work. Go with perhaps this instead. Need more than 4gb? Double it, they're cheap, solid, and you max out at four sticks on that mobo.

The case is a bit over the top for my tastes and looks like a pain to keep dust out of, but that's personal preference anyway, overall Antec makes decent cases so I think you'll be fine.

I've got no opinion whatsoever on the monitor.
 
forty2skates said:
Okay, so a couple of things jump out at me right away. First of all you want a minimum of 42 amps on the 12 volt rail for a 580(per nVidia) and the Antec you listed only has 30 per rail. Also, you only need 600w for a 580 so I'd point you in the direction of this PSU instead. Same cost, better unit, but won't handle 2 580s in SLI if that's where you're eventually headed.

As previously mentioned, the DDR2 RAM you picked out won't work. Go with perhaps this instead. Need more than 4gb? Double it, they're cheap, solid, and you max out at four sticks on that mobo.

The case is a bit over the top for my tastes and looks like a pain to keep dust out of, but that's personal preference anyway, overall Antec makes decent cases so I think you'll be fine.

I've got no opinion whatsoever on the monitor.
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you need about 850w for sli 580s.

nVidia recomendation is grossly overrated to account for people with crappy PSUs.

I will post a build in a bit ;)
 
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done

edit since there was some money left over, get this psu instead of the HX850:

CM Silent Pro Gold 1000w
 
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