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[tehrilez]

if I were to buy a PC with these specs :

# CAS: ($10 off Mail-in Rebate) New! Raidmax Sagitta II Mid-Tower 420W Gaming Case w/ Side-Panel Window [-6] (Silver Color)
# CASUPGRADE: 12in COLD CATHODE NEON LIGHT [+10] (BLUE COLOR)
# CS_FAN: Extra 3-Color Neon Light LED Case Fan [+5] (1 x Fan)
# CPU: (Quad-Core)Intel® Core™ 2 Extreme QX6850 @ 3.00GHz 1333FSB 8MB L2 Cache 64-bit [+896]
# CD: (Special Price) 18X DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW DRIVE DUAL LAYER [-1] (BLACK COLOR)
# CD2: LiteOn LH-2B1S (BLACK) 2X Blu-Ray (25GB Storage) Rewritable SATA Internal Drive [+449] (Black Color)
# CABLE: None
# FLOPPY: NONE
# FLASHMEDIA: INTERNAL 12in1 Flash Media Reader/Writer (BLACK COLOR)
# FREEBIE_VC2: None
# FAN: CoolerMaster Liquid CPU Cooling System (Superior Cooling Performance + Extreme Silent at 20dBA) [+54]
# HDD: Extreme Performance with Data Security (RAID-0+1) with 4 Identical Hard Drives [+91] (1.5TB (750GBx4) SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16MB Cache 7200RPM HDD [+884])
# HDD2: NONE
# IEEE_CARD: NONE
# KEYBOARD: Saitek Eclipse-II (PK02U) Gaming Keyboard [+42]
# MOUSE: Razer Diamondback Plasma Blue Mouse [+31]
# MODEM: NONE
# MONITOR: ViewSonic VX1945WM 19" Wide Color TFT Active Matrix LCD 1440x900 [+285]
# MONITOR2: NONE
# MOTHERBOARD: (Quad-Core FSB1333) Asus Striker Extreme nForce 680i SLI Chipset LGA775 FSB1333 DDR2 Mainboard [+210]
# MEMORY: (Req.DDR2 MainBoard)4GB (2x2GB) PC6400 DDR2/800 Dual Channel Memory [+350] (Mushkin Xtreme w/ Heat Spreader [+100])
# NETWORK: Killer M1 10/100/1000 Gigabit High Speed Online Gaming PCI Network Interface Card [+249]
# OS: Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Ultimate [+105] (64-bit Edition [+19])
# PRINTER: None
# PRINTER_CABLE: None
# PRO_WIRING: Professional Wiring for All WIRINGs Inside The System Chasis with High Performance Thermal Compound on CPU [+19]
# POWERSUPPLY: 750 Watts Power Supplies [+169] (($30 off Mail-in Rebate) **Recommended** Thermaltake ToughPower 750W - Quad SLI Ready)
# RUSH: RUSH!!! READY TO SHIP IN NEXT BUSINESS DAY
# SOFT: Microsoft® OFFICE® 2007 PROFESSIONAL EDITION [+299]
# SERVICE: STANDARD WARRANTY: 3-YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY PLUS 24/7 LIFE-TIME TECHNICAL SUPPORT
# SOUND: Creative Labs X-FI XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Pro 24-BIT PCI Sound Card [+135]
# SPEAKERS: (BLACK/SILVER) Logitech Z-5500 Digital 5.1 Configuration Speakers System with Control [+295]
# TEMP: NONE (AS SHOWN)
# TVRC: None
# USB: Built-in USB 2.0 Ports
# UPS: None
# USBHD: NONE
# VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra 768MB 16X PCI Express [+599] (EVGA Powered by NVIDIA)
# VIDEO2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra 768MB 16X PCI Express [+699] (EVGA Powered by NVIDIA)
# VIDEOCAMERA: NONE
# WNC: NONE

Would it be powerful enough to run cyrsis and vista ultimate with max settings? Or would it run/look better on XP? I've heard DX10 is only for Vista and I would want it to look the best damn it possibly could, but FPS is also an issue. So should I stick with XP with maximum compat. but without DX10 or vista which currently has compat. issues (which will probably be fixed in the long run) but has DX10 = FUCKING AWESOME?


(on a side note with this setup I could probably run two bioshock's at 100% settings without much lag, but Vista is such a resource hog I don't know about cyrsis.)

Oh, if you want to know how much this setup costs :

$6,857. As it stands, I do not have enough. >.>

 

[Blasto121]

thats a very expensive system.

If you want to run crysis with full DX10 and stuff you should probably wait for the 9 series cards or, your could build a standard computer and just get a dual 8800GTX or 8800ULTRA or on the cheap 8800GT

when it comes to plying games like crysis you need a video card with a lot of memory DX10 is very video buffer heavy, and a lot of system memory 2 gigs will work, but 3 is always better as for your CPU anything will work as long as its faster than 4 Ghz.

its not hard to build a system that can handle it on the cheap, its just where you spend all the money.

 

[Jelly]

You should get a Solid-State drive instead of a normal HDD.

 

[tehrilez]

there are some things on there I probably don't need that might bring the cost down, I already have two 300GB and 80GB hard drives at home so I might not even need the 800$ hard drives, I also don't really need bluray though it will be nice to have seeing as how blockbuster is now supporting bluray.

but if I'm going to buy a PC I want my moneys worth, I need a beast!

Oh, and one more thing I just noticed on the site : vista purchases (ultimate) give you a crap load of free bonuses.

-a laplink PCmover so I can move crap from PC to PC

- a maxtor onetouch 4 mini 80GB HD

- a D-Link GamerLounge 108G Gaming Router

- a D-Link Wireless Pocket router/AP

AND an Espon Ultra Hi-Def R280 Photo Printer.

AND because I am buying Prof. 2007 :

Laplink Everywhere (no clue what that does..)

An Epson Stylus CX8400 printer

And a D-Link Multifunction


And now apparently I found a coupon for the site online for 5% off any purchase over 999$ so now the price dropped in total about 380 bucks.