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QUOTE (Elzam V. Branstein @ Jan 2 2012, 05:09 PM) You know, I still don't get the big deal with dual monitors. How many people even USE dual monitors?

I've used two for the last two and a half years, and just added a third. Given the price of LCD panels these days, multiple monitors are probably ...

The main advantage to running two lesser cards in place of a more powerful card is that they will often have the same or greater performance for less money. The advantage for a single more powerful card is that you can add a second down the line when prices drop.

QUOTE (Shizoku @ Oct 3 2011, 11:07 PM) Well 8gigs would be the minimum, is it necessary to have 12 or 16?

With the 1155 socket CPUs, the available ram choices are 2GB, 4GB, 8GB, or 16GB. Regarding more RAM, it's not really necessary, unless you like to do things such as run the entire adobe suite ...

QUOTE (Shizoku @ Oct 3 2011, 11:01 PM) You just had 8 gigs of ram, is it necessary to have more?

My primary goal was to match your specified build as closely as possible. Also, I checked, and ddr4 isn't expected to drop until 2014/2015, so I wouldn't think too much of it.

That being said, I have ...

QUOTE (Shizoku @ Oct 3 2011, 10:57 PM) That does look pretty decent. The only thing I may want to up is the ram, but I can always do that later, especially because ddr4 is apparently due at some point next year.

Not possible, you would need to buy a new motherboard and possibly cpu(depending on ...

Camaro wrote:QUOTE (Camaro @ Oct 3 2011, 10:40 PM) Only 4GB of ram C101?

Meh. Fixed.

QUOTE (Shizoku @ Oct 3 2011, 10:47 PM) PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ i7-2600K (8MB Cache) Overclocked Turbo Boost to 3.9GHz edit
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64Bit, English edit
CHASSIS COLOR Matte Stealth Black Chassis with 875W Multi-GPU Approved Power Supply edit
COOLING OPTION ...

Intel i7 920@4.2 GHz
Asus P6T
12GB Corsair XMS3 DDR3
1TB WD Black, 1TB WD Green, 300GB Samsung, 120GB Samsung 2.5" (Currently looking for a decent 3TB drive)
XFX 5870
Corsair 650TX PSU
PCI-E Wifi Card
PCI TV Tuner card
Corsair H50
Antec P83
Logitech G15(The display is quite nice to have)
Logitech ...

QUOTE (girlyboy @ Aug 27 2011, 09:36 PM) Ahh, I see. :) Thank you for the information and for that list. It looks intimidating but the items in it seem to almost make sense... :P It looks like going this route I would be able to get something a bit better than the pre-built towers I've been looking ...

QUOTE (girlyboy @ Aug 27 2011, 09:10 PM) That's kind of the impression I'm getting everywhere I look online, it seems. >_< But still, could someone tell me -- if, hypothetically, I was going to get an all-in-one, what would be, so to speak, the least sucky one I could get for $1,500 or less? What ...