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[Citizen Soldier]

I need someone with Rig Building experience. I'm planning on building a rig with my tax refund coming soon. So if anyone can build a shopping list for me for the best gaming rig for my buck that would be awesome. My cash limit is $2200. What hardware would i need to play the top end high graphics games flawlessly or close to flawless.

 

[depraved]

what size monitor you looking to play on? and do you need a monitor? are you re-using any old parts?

I'll be glad to help out but need a little background info first

 

[Citizen Soldier]

i have a 22inch Samsung T220 Syncmaster.

My current hardware is
Asus P5N 570 SLI motherboard
Two BFG 8800 GT OC
Intel Duo 2 e6600 Processor
2 GB of Crucial Ballistix Tracer DDR2 800MHz
350 GB Western Digital Hard Drive
LG Blu Ray player / DvDburn
LG multidisc Drive.

I guess im looking to upgrade the board, cpu, ram and vga. What do you think?

 

[Citizen Soldier]

o ya i probably will need power supply and a huge tower to put all this in.

 

[HardHat]

$2200 you say?

Intel i7 920 ($280) - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115202

Asus P6T Deluxe V2 X58 ($290) - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131365

G.Skill 6GB (3 x 2GB) DDR3 1333 ($105) - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231223

XFX Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GB ($465) - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150349

Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 7200 RPM ($130) - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136284

PSU: Corsair 750TX ($115) - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139006

Case: Cooler Master RC-690 ($90) - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119137

Total: $1475

That leaves you with a spare $725. Maybe buy a larger monitor, extra HDD/SSD, or save it up until you need to do another upgrade.

 

[MELK0R]

for hard drives, you could go with a 300GB velociraptor on top of HardHat's suggestions as your main drive. ($199 after 30$ MIR) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136322

That Samsung T220 is still very much a good quality monitor.

 

[Panzers]

XFX i7 Motherboard
i7 2.66 Processor
8GB DDR3 Ram
1 TB HD
950W Power Supply
GTX 280
XCilio A380BK Case

Total: $1396.92 [Excluding rebates and Shipping]

 

[Havegooda {A|R}]

for hard drives, you could go with a 300GB velociraptor on top of HardHat's suggestions as your main drive. ($199 after 30$ MIR) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136322

That Samsung T220 is still very much a good quality monitor.

I wouldn't. The Raptor gets beat easily by two RAIDed WD 640GB AAKS drives...and a single one of those isn't far behind it.

~Gooda~

 

[Gunning]

I wouldn't. The Raptor gets beat easily by two RAIDed WD 640GB AAKS drives...and a single one of those isn't far behind it.

~Gooda~

Gooda, does this apply for the new velociraptors, or are you referring to the old style raptors?

 

[Citizen Soldier]

$2200 you say?

Intel i7 920 ($280) - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115202

Asus P6T Deluxe V2 X58 ($290) - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131365

G.Skill 6GB (3 x 2GB) DDR3 1333 ($105) - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231223

XFX Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GB ($465) - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150349

Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 7200 RPM ($130) - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136284

PSU: Corsair 750TX ($115) - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139006

Case: Cooler Master RC-690 ($90) - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119137

Total: $1475

That leaves you with a spare $725. Maybe buy a larger monitor, extra HDD/SSD, or save it up until you need to do another upgrade.

that is an awesome list. i am about to put it all on my credit card and order it all.
what do you think about this case?
Cosmos http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119150

O ya i need a OS.. Vista 64 bit i would presume to be the best choice?

 

[HardHat]

The Cosmos S is a fine case as well. Here's a thread with a number of Cosmos S pictures: http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1368218

And Vista Home Premium 64 will indeed be your best choice.

 

[Citizen Soldier]

wow those are some pretty sweet rigs on that forum hardhat. water cooling for the win.