New Baller Computer Setup
 

Well I am finally buying a new computer setup. here is my setup off of Newegg, this is gonna be for 90% poker, and 10% gaming. 3 monitor rig, 30' monitor setup w/ dual flanking 20' monitors, thats why there are 2 video cards and 2 slot fans, 1 for each video card.

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COOLER MASTER Centurion 534 RC-534-KKN2-GP Black Aluminum & Mesh bezel / SECC Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
Item #: N82E16811119106 $49.99
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ABIT IP35 Pro LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
Item #: N82E16813127030 $177.99
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EVGA 640-P2-N821-AR GeForce 8800GTS 640MB 320-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail
Item #: N82E16814130071 $384.99
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EVGA 256-P2-N751-TR GeForce 8600GT 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 SLI Supported Video Card - Retail
Item #: N82E16814130085 $109.99
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OCZ GameXStream OCZ700GXSSLI ATX12V 700W Power Supply - Retail
Item #: N82E16817341002 $149.99 $139.99
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Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 Conroe 2.66GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80557E6750 - Retail
Item #: N82E16819115029 $194.99

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mushkin 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model 996527 - Retail
2x ($65.99 ea) $131.98

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A-DATA PD17 2GB Flash Drive (USB2.0 Portable) Model PD17 2.0 2G Blue - Retail
Item #: N82E16820211193 $20.99
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SAMSUNG SpinPoint T Series HD501LJ 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
Item #: N82E16822152052 $109.99
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VANTEC SP-FC70-BL 70mm PCI Slot Case Cooler - Retail
Item #: N82E16835888112 $15.99
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AOC FC-2000 PCI Slot Case Cooler - Retail
Item #: N82E16835888309 $4.99

Subtotal $1,341.88
Tax $0.00
UPS Ground $19.89
Order Total $1,361.77

2x dell 2001fp refurb Monitors off of recoupit.com came out to 436 shipped.

30' HP monitor from cost central 1171 after mail in rebate shipped.

$1361 + 436 + 1171 = 2968. thank god for the Concierge service.

Re: New Baller Computer Setup
 

I'm not crazy about samsung harddrives. I'd go with WD or Seagate. Otherwise the system is pretty close to my ideal build right now (I like raptors, so I'd proabably use a raptor 150GB as my boot/OS drive and a 500-750 seagate/WD as my storage).

I would probably also get the Q6600 (core2quad) instead of the slightly faster Core2Duo. For gaming I'd definitely go with fewer faster cores, but I think for pokering it makes more sense to have more cores so you could properly multitask (even if you have to set affinity yourself).

Re: New Baller Computer Setup
 

If you want a really nice system than I definitely will second Freakin's recommendation about upgrading the the HD. I've got a a WD 10,000rpm hard drive and a Q6600 as my processor. My PT imports are lightning fast now which I think is probably largely due to the faster HD.

I don't mind going with the faster dual core though as I doubt you're really ever going to be putting all 4 cores to full use. The only reason I went with the quad is because I always have a linux virtual machine running and I wanted to allocate two cores to the VM for doing numerical calculation stuff.

Re: New Baller Computer Setup
 

May want to consider this ram as newegg is having a nice MIR special:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145034

WD HD would be a good idea too.

Re: New Baller Computer Setup
 

here is my choice of case and it comes with a solid 500W PSU, we use these for work. And it is on sale this weekend for $100.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811129024
Why the two different graphics cards?

Re: New Baller Computer Setup
 

Nice setup. I recently went w/ damn near the same thing but with a corsaire ps and antec 900 along with 4gb of crucial ballistix.

Oh, and a 8600GT card.

My righ is OC'ed to 3.4 ghz cool and stable.

HOWEVER - FTP STILL LOCKS UP WHEN RUNNING 6 TABLES + PAHUD + PT + FTP SHORTCUTS!!!!!

WTF DO I NEED? A [censored] SUPERCOMPUTER? HELP!!!!!!!!