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I've got a few comments on the build...

I wouldn't bother with the Blu-ray burner/HD-DVD reader, but that's just me. I'd buy Samsung F1 HDDs as after seven of them and no failures, I'm happy with their performance, price and quietness. The Corsair Dominators are a waste of money - get the normal Corsair stuff if you want to stick with them, or OCZ C8 RAM if not. The difference between C8 and C9 is negligible, however. I can't stand the Coolermaster Cosmos. The Aplus Black Pearl is currently cheaper on the 'egg (or it was when I looked yesterday) and Lian-Li quality and style without the price.

But there we are. ;)

After looking at the combo discounts available, this is what I came up with. The 300gb VelociRaptor I already purchased isn't shown here. I am going to research the case and then pull then trigger, I think.

LIAN LI PC-A17B Black Aluminum ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
CORSAIR CMPSU-850TX 850W ATX12V 2.2 / EPS12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Active PFC Power Supply - Retail
-$45.50 Instant
-$40.00 Combo
-$20.00 Mail-in Rebate
$254.48

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-bit for System Builders - OEM
SAMSUNG Spinpoint F1 HD103UJ 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive - OEM
-$20.00 Combo
$169.98

EVGA 02G-P3-1185-AR GeForce GTX 285 2GB 512-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail
EVGA E758-A1 3-Way SLI (x16/x16/x8) LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
Nvidia Gift Call of duty - World at war - OEM
-$7.00 Instant
-$35.00 Combo
-$49.99 Saving
$617.99

Intel Core i7 920 Nehalem 2.66GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor Model BX80601920 - Retail
OCZ Platinum 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ3P1600LV6GK - Retail
OCZ Diesel 4GB Single Channel Flash Drive (USB2.0 Portable) Model OCZUSBDSL4G - Retail
-$40.00 Instant
-$12.00 Combo
-$12.99 Saving
-$20.00 Mail-in Rebate
$343.99

HP 22X DVD Burner with LightScribe Black SATA Model 1170i - Retail
$31.99

COOLER MASTER V8 RR-UV8-XBU1-GP 120mm Rifle CPU Cooler - Retail
$62.60


Shipping
$31.11

Total
$1,555.12

One more question, I'm thinking of just getting only one monitor, 1920x1200, at least 24", any suggestions?

How's this?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236033
or
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824001275&Tpk=t240

Dell 2408? I dunno how good that is. You could look at getting the 3008, instead... that's about the only monitor that would really use the 2GB of RAM on that GTX285...

And 2560x1600 - that's twice 1280x800, so you could buy three, and run games in 1280x800 triplehead! 8) :D

I've not really kept up on monitors, so I'll let others chip in with recommendations.

That updated build looks quite sweet.

One more question, I'm thinking of just getting only one monitor, 1920x1200, at least 24", any suggestions?

Too bad you missed the price drop Newegg had on the DoubleSight DS-265W 26" IPS for $370. You can still get it for under $500 if you look though.

Only reason I'm mentioning IPS (or "e"-IPS regarding the Dell & Apple) is it's a lot better tech than TN. Those whom look for larger and larger displays eventually if not frequently use them for movie watching, video editing and/or photo work too, which they excel at. If you can handle a 22" size, the Dell 2209WA is one of the best mid size displays and the new Apple 23" e-IPS may be available this month. High gamuts on TNs don't make a lot of sense IMO. It just ends up making things look over saturated, esp when you consider they're only 6 bit and have to do a lot of dithering to synthesize many of the colors.

Dell 2408? I dunno how good that is. You could look at getting the 3008, instead... that's about the only monitor that would really use the 2GB of RAM on that GTX285...

And 2560x1600 - that's twice 1280x800, so you could buy three, and run games in 1280x800 triplehead! 8) :D

I've not really kept up on monitors, so I'll let others chip in with recommendations.

That updated build looks quite sweet.

3008 FTW

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I went for the Dell 3008. Dell has $300 off on it right now, plus if you go to the site through ebates.com you get 4% back.

So now everything is ordered! Hooray!

I still don't like the frame rates I'm seeing on bench tests of some games at 2560x1600 using a single top shelf GPU. It would be nice if the top single GPU card in the GTX 300 series falls right in between the power of a GTX 285 and 295, but I doubt it will. I'm worried the GTX 385 (if it's called that) will be no more than a DX11 version of a GTX 285. If so, that will be sad.

I went for the Dell 3008. Dell has $300 off on it right now, plus if you go to the site through ebates.com you get 4% back.

So now everything is ordered! Hooray!

OMG 3008 is going to make you Jiizz in your pants!!!!

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Yeah, I got wiped out on Monday. All three monitors, computer, TV, Wii, digital camera, wife's netbook, and wife's banjo. I got insurance, but man it messes with your mind to have #$%@!*s invade your house like that.

Perhaps you could provide a detailed list of specific models, components, parts, serial numbers, etc. That way if anyone is looking for used hardware online and comes across something similar, they might be able to report it and help you out.

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