Endless Paradigm

Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
$59.95

GIGABYTE GA-EP45T-UD3LR LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard
$99.99

EVGA 896-P3-1255-AR GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 896MB 448-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card
$214.99

XCLIO STABLEPOWER 500W 500W ATX SLI Ready Active PFC Power Supply
$50.99

Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400 Yorkfield 2.66GHz LGA 775 95W Quad-Core Processor Model BX80580Q8400
$169.99

G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL8D-4GBHK
$94.99

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST3500418AS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
$54.99

SAMSUNG CD/DVD Burner Black SATA Model SH-S223C - OEM
$26.99


Total $797.85,,, that's with UPS 3 Days $22.97

i don't understand half of what you wrote but that sounds fudgeing epic

good god, i don't mean to criticize but those photos are awful

Funnybutrandom Wrote:good god, i don't mean to criticize but those photos are awful

ya qft... >_<

on the spec side though, Im liking that RAM and GPU. Good stuff.

A really nice pieces of hardware i must say.

very nice

Why only 500GB?

i7 is out of budget?

GTX 260? Imo 4890 would have been better... but that is subjective. What's your display?

feinicks Wrote:Why only 500GB?

Pretty easy to upgrade later when needed, if he finds himself needing more.

feinicks Wrote:i7 is out of budget?

Because i7 is overkill for 95% of people?  Honestly, how much percent of the i7's power does the average "gamer" ever use?  You're going to get GPU bottlenecked anyway.

But if he does a lot of rendering (judging from the name)... then maybe he does need the i7's power...

feinicks Wrote:GTX 260? Imo 4890 would have been better... but that is subjective. What's your display?

Screw the 4890, get the 5770 or something instead.  DX11.

Assassinator Wrote:

feinicks Wrote:Why only 500GB?

Pretty easy to upgrade later when needed, if he finds himself needing more.

True, but it makes more sense to have enough from the start.

Assassinator Wrote:

feinicks Wrote:i7 is out of budget?

Because i7 is overkill for 95% of people?  Honestly, how much percent of the i7's power does the average "gamer" ever use?  You're going to get GPU bottlenecked anyway.

But if he does a lot of rendering (judging from the name)... then maybe he does need the i7's power...

Well... technically, even quad-core is mostly overkill for most people, but its useful. i7 becomes future friendly as quad is no upscalable now...

And yes.... rendering would benefit from i7.

Assassinator Wrote:

feinicks Wrote:GTX 260? Imo 4890 would have been better... but that is subjective. What's your display?

Screw the 4890, get the 5770 or something instead.  DX11.

4890 is direct competition to the GTX 260. DX11 is useless for at least another couple of years... I wonder how many games will come out with full DX11 support... but more importantly...

feinicks Wrote:

Assassinator Wrote:

feinicks Wrote:Why only 500GB?

Pretty easy to upgrade later when needed, if he finds himself needing more.

True, but it makes more sense to have enough from the start.

Imo it's best only to get as much as you actually need, and not overstep.  Because prices drop over time and HDD capacities rise over time, so if you only need X now, it's better to buy X now and Y in the future (for cheaper) than everything now.

feinicks Wrote:4890 is direct competition to the GTX 260.

In that case then yes, 4890 probably better... But his rendering apps might need Cuda?  Don't know, never personally done rendering before.