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thats right. I want to build a new pc. Have about €1,000. So what do people suggest?
Some givens; must run Windows 7 64Bit, Must support dual graphic cards (initially only 1 card),maybe a 1GB graphics card, must support dual monitors, support up to 16gb memory, Support 2 HDD (1 SSD and 1 HDD)

Pimp out the chickens

I've been out of the 'build a puter' mode for several years and much has changed since I built one. The first thing I do to kinna get a sense of what's going on is to pick up a PC Gamer mag and check out their Hard Stuff Trinity. This month, Dec 2011, they have this for a mid-range game comp.

Case and PSU: Corsair 800D, Corsair TX 750W PSU $395

Processor: Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz $315

Motherboard: Asus P8P67 Deluxe LGA 1155 $230

Memory: 8GB Patriot Gamer 2 Series DDR3-1600 $100

Optical Drive: Samsung Black SH-S223L LightScribe $20

Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda 1.5TB $70

Sound Card: Creative X-Fi Sound Blaster Titanium $87

Video Card: Gigabyte Super Overclock Series GeForce GTX 560 Ti $265

total ~$1482

This is a great place to start. Everything works together and you can find reviews and tests of similar products to compare.

Have at it Eamond!



S

So many options nowadays... even going back just 5 years the options in terms of disk type and even arrays was soooo different.

A new monitor (or 2?) to be included in the budget.

Are other bits still up to scratch, e.g. Track IR and joystick

Any change you could probably by a nice little second home in Greece (once they come out of the Euro)

G

ohh I don't have IR but I could get the later.

I have the monitors

Joystick is fine I could buy a new one later