If anyone here remembers me, you'll remember that I know what I'm doing and I'm not new to any of this... so please... spare me the instructions on how to build..

Anyway....

I haven't touched a single componant since I sold my computer back in march in order to make ends meet (Divorce, loss of a job, being a single father raising my kid by myself, etc)...
I've finaly come across the means to start planning out a new system and now that I'm financially stable again and out of debt, I want to get this ball rolling.

I'm asking for recommendations. For all parts.
Price of finished system will be around $3,500.
This includes monitor, case, hdd's, hsf, EVERYTHING.

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Opty 170 @ 2.5ghz
Asus A8N32 SLI Deluxe
2gig gskill @ DDR456 - 2.5-3-3-6
Saphire ATI Radeon x850xt @ 560/580 -SOLD-... Had to make ends meet.

CPU: Phenom 9700 x4
MB: ASUS M3A32-MVP Deluxe
Video: 2xRadeon 3870 (or X2s if you wanna wait)
HDD: WD7500AYYS RE2 (750GB) Primary + 1xWD10EACS (1TB) Storage
RAM: 4x1GB ADATA Vitesta 1066+
PSU: Sirtec HPC-560
Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 214T 21" Silver LCD
Case: ??? --> a good looking one !

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I'd go with a Corsair unit over a Sirtec one.

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MSI 790GX-G65| Phenom II X4 810 2.6GHz | Asetek 550LC | 4GB (2x2GB) Corsair XMS3 DDR3-1333 | Asus 4870 | Seagate 640GB | WD 500GB | VX450 | Antec P180 | Windows 7 Premium 64-bit

That's a good option too, but I found the 560 model very well designed. It'll be up the the challenge.

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World's best Red Alert 2: Yuri's Revenge mod and Star Trek: Starfleet Command 3 mod: Overmind.ro

Very nice. Thank you for the options.

I won't have the money to build this completely for about 4-6 months depending on where life goes and if my vehicle decides to break down or other randomness that might ensue.

Thank you again.

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Opty 170 @ 2.5ghz
Asus A8N32 SLI Deluxe
2gig gskill @ DDR456 - 2.5-3-3-6
Saphire ATI Radeon x850xt @ 560/580 -SOLD-... Had to make ends meet.

By then, the higher binned AMD quads will be out, along with a more robust and complete motherboard lineup, newer cards and hopefully the AMD southbridge SB700 makes it's appearance on motherboards by that time. But I concur on the build as it is now, very sweet. Hope you can build it!

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hmm medium specs proc
with mid end mobo
with high end graphic card
with mid end rams
that would fit that budget.

I hardly ever buy top end stuff. I usually set my sights a generation behind or so.
It lasts a good long while usually and is significantly cheaper also.

Maybe by the time I do purchase everything, I'll be able to get better stuff than what's listed. Who knows.

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Opty 170 @ 2.5ghz
Asus A8N32 SLI Deluxe
2gig gskill @ DDR456 - 2.5-3-3-6
Saphire ATI Radeon x850xt @ 560/580 -SOLD-... Had to make ends meet.

There's no such thing as 'mid end'.
Mid = middle --> no end.

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World's best Red Alert 2: Yuri's Revenge mod and Star Trek: Starfleet Command 3 mod: Overmind.ro

Looks like a good system! I've been out of the PC modding loop for a while b/c of this new 20" c2d imac, but i hope this goes great for you.