What do you think of this rig?

[Dr.Jeckyl]

a coworker/friend and i have been going back and forth about what he wants to do about a gaming rig. well today he finally decided on a number... and i went shopping:

click this

let me know of any incompatibilities or anything you'd exchange for better(while keeping a budget in mind). he gave me a 2k budget to work with to deliver him a COMPLETE rig with a decent monitor, shipping and taxes in that budget too. i'm giving him the proposal tomorrow around 5pm pst so make changes by about 4 so i can prepare it.

thanks for looking.

ps: sli is not necessary right now, this guy isn't a tweak guru so stock numbers and default settings will have to do for now but keeping upgradability(SP) in the future is a must.

[Dr.Jeckyl]

OH, i need good recommendations for a cpu cooler. i was thinking water cooled but decided it would be beyond his abilities to maintain.

[MindlessOath]

come november 5th (i belive it may be setback to november 16th) ati and nvidia will haave some new video cards out.  you may want to get one of those instead.  

the next am2/am2+ boards are comming out november 20th i belive (somewhere around there).

here is a review of the 50$ power supplies, it may help you decide a good power supply.
http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTM5NywxLCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA==


if your friend is anything of a novice or wants a reliable nag free system i would recomend against vista (also check vista compaitiblity with the motherboard manufacture. asus.com.tw should be the site if im not mistaken (i could be).

as for a thermal solution, no need for watercooling these days. the only things needing watercooling would be hot intel chips and grfx cards.

i would guess most cpu coolers would work fine. www.overclockers.com  has the best resource for cpu coolers!
i think it was the scythe ninja that did really well?
http://www.overclockers.com/articles1263/

here is a list of those articles
http://www.overclockers.com/topiclist/index15.asp#HEATSINK%20REVIEWS%20AND%20TIPS

[Wilson_]

lets put it this way the guy Dr.J is building the rig for did not know how to copy and paste
i still don't think he knows how

[Dr.Jeckyl]

the bastard had a box bought for him today... i want a sugar daddy/momma.

[Wilson_]

the bastard had a box bought for him today... i want a sugar daddy/momma.

hey, when he askes you how to do something just say i dont know:/

[Aramis]

If he's not savvy I would've just said "buy a Dell XPS" and left it at that.

Also, that puter was expensive. Yeesh.

[Dr.Jeckyl]

If he's not savvy I would've just said "buy a Dell XPS" and left it at that.

i would have but i also was looking forward to the whole build it and see it com alive part of it.

Also, that puter was expensive. Yeesh.

wasn't my $ i was spending.

[FritzDaKat]

wasn't my $ i was spending.

And thats the best kind of money to spend.