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Originally Posted by LordEden
I think the first question I would ask would be, how much are you willing to spend on this PC?
Give us a price range of what you want and I'll make you up a quote for a system I would recommend.
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For the whole thing with no monitor up to 6k would be about my limit. I said $800 for the video card because I was looking at them on newegg.com and this one seemed good for the price
Newegg.com - BFG Tech BFGEGTX2951792H2OCWBE GeForce GTX 295 H2OC 1792MB 896 (448 x 2)-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards.
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Originally Posted by LordEden
A good case will have good air flow and as long air can be brought into the pc and out, you should be ok. If you do go with a larger video card SLI combo, heat could be a problem, those things put out ALOT of heat.
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This is one of the biggest problems. The tower goes into the bottom of the desk in a cubby designed for it that has a door, the door is always open, but the desk is against a wall and the way the computer room is set up, the desk can't be moved and it has extreme sentimental value so can't be replaced.
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Originally Posted by LordEden
Quad Core would be good or if you have the money, go with the i-7 chipset.
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Is that made by Intel?
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That last statement is a hard one. If this was anything other than a gaming PC I would say you would be ok. Games keep getting better and better, top of the line now will be great for a 1-2 years and then you will start having to turn down the graphics on newer video games as they come out. Older it gets, the more you will have to turn down the graphics settings in brand new games. You will get to a point where you can't run the newest games without clipping and low-quality graphics. That's the way of Technology now-a-days.
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Yeah this is a problem. So something else I would need is the pieces of system to be individually upgradable then. Right now I do know I have PCI Express. Not sure exactly what that means but maybe how the parts relate to each other?
Sent my computer guy an email, I'm sure he'll have a barrage of questions that I'll post for help!