New PC: What, Where, How Much?

[kimosabi]

Where do you hail from, Fangio?

If you need something pre-assembled there's plenty of places they do that but we need to know your country.

As for the waiting game, yes you probably could do that as well, but I take it you're not a hardcore enthusiast that absolutely need to have the latest socket? Now is a good time to buy if you're in desperate need of "quality time". Bulldozer will probably be on par with Sandy Bridge(the newest intel socket) for a little less money(amd is traditionally cheaper than Intel) and I don't think Bulldozer a whole lot faster.

*edit* Ok I saw the $. YankLand it is.

*edit again* Here's something I whipped up for ya. I picked a full tower because they are much much easier to work with and you get some breathing room. The HAF X is a top notch steel case. Great airflow.

http://secure.newegg.com/Shopping/Sh...px?Submit=view

Total $2,227.65

You won't find a pre-assembled with those specs any cheaper.

[Robert]

Originally Posted by MD_Wild_Weasel

sounds good if you have money to play for a gpu like that. What we talking of for the latest Nvidia flagship card? £500? my wife would cut my balls off.

I'd go for the $450 version of a video card and spend the other $50 on a comfy chair pillow to sit on while you play CoD.

[snpshot]

Try Cyberpower pc...use newegg to study the components you want to put in. I usually read most of the reviews before I buy anything. I bought a Gigabyte 890 board, amd 965 processor, 8 gb ripjaw pc 1333 ram, and a corsair 750 psu for my initial setup. The next step is the GPU, either a nvidia gtx 460 or hopefully a gtx 560 with 2 gb ram.