What's the best desktop set-up you can make yourself for under $1,5000 (w/o LCD)

Lately, I've become interested in building my own computer as apparently its a much better deal than pre-made set-ups, IF you know what you're doing. Since I have a friend which knows what to do though, that isn't much of a problem. So now, the problem is finding the right parts for my budget. I did some research on Newegg and I think I've found a pretty decent set of parts for the amount I'm spending, but I want to know if any of you know any better deals available. So... here's the set-up I'm thinking about:Memory: OCZ Platinum 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2
8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - $149.99

Motherboard: EVGA 122-CK-NF67-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i LT SLI
ATX Intel Motherboard - $194.99

GPU: EVGA 320-P2-N811-AR GeForce 8800GTS 320MB 320-bit GDDR3 PCI
Express x16 HDCP Video Card - $279.99

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz 4M shared L2 Cache LGA 775
Processor - $222.90

Case: Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - $139.99

Hard-drive: (2) Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS (Perpendicular
Recording Technology) 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard
Drive - $70

Power Supply: OCZ GameXStream OCZ700GXSSLI ATX12V 700W Power Supply
100 - 240 V - $139.99

Cooling: GIGABYTE GH-WIU02 3D Galaxy II Liquid Cooling - $139.99

Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer 7.1 Channels
24-bit 96KHz PCI Interface Sound Card - $90.99All of this for $1,492. I think that's a pretty good deal for what I'm getting, but... again, if you have something better for that price or lower please do tell. Oh, and obviously I'm not including the cost of the Monitor or taxes. Those can wait...What's the best desktop set-up you can make yourself for under $1,5000 (w/o LCD)
*sigh* I guess there are too many of these threads for anybody to really care about this one? That kind of sucks...What's the best desktop set-up you can make yourself for under $1,5000 (w/o LCD)
I say scrap the SLI motherboard unless your thinking of adding another 8800GTS.
OK, do you really need the SLi and water cooling set up?Also, can you wait for July the 22nd?
[QUOTE=''Wesker776'']OK, do you really need the SLi and water cooling set up?Also, can you wait for July the 22nd?[/QUOTE]



Wow another ''wait for july 22nd'' message... anyways I would wait for Phenom FX and Crossfire AMD HD 2900XT 1024mbs with 4gb of DDR3 ram with 4 10,000RPM HDD's and the ThermalTake 1200w psu. MAn 15,000 is alot tho lol
[QUOTE=''LouieV13''][QUOTE=''Wesker776'']OK, do you really need the SLi and water cooling set up?Also, can you wait for July the 22nd?[/QUOTE] Wow another ''wait for july 22nd'' message... anyways I would wait for Phenom FX and Crossfire AMD HD 2900XT 1024mbs with 4gb of DDR3 ram with 4 10,000RPM HDD's and the ThermalTake 1200w psu. MAn 15,000 is alot tho lol[/QUOTE]:|1. I tell people to wait for July 22nd because I want people to get the best bang for the buck. Also, July 22nd is only 5 days away.
2. The guy is asking for a $1500 rig, not $15000.
3. You're complaining about waiting until July 22nd, yet you're telling him to wait for Phenom in Nov/Dec? :
|[QUOTE=''Wesker776'']OK, do you really need the SLi and water cooling set up?Also, can you wait for July the 22nd?[/QUOTE]I want to leave myself the option of adding another GPU (preferably 8800 GTXs or even Ultras). As for the cooling... I think I'll need it when I finally get my SLI set-up. And besides, better safe than sorry, right? ;)What's happening on July the 22nd?
Wait, its $1 500 or 15 000?
[QUOTE=''a_ratchet_fan''][QUOTE=''Wesker776'']OK, do you really need the SLi and water cooling set up?Also, can you wait for July the 22nd?[/QUOTE]I want to leave myself the option of adding another GPU (preferably 8800 GTXs or even Ultras). As for the cooling... I think I'll need it when I finally get my SLI set-up. And besides, better safe than sorry, right? ;)What's happening on July the 22nd? [/QUOTE]The water cooling will be overkill unless you're going to be doing some serious overclocks (like over 3.8Ghz for the CPU alone), in which case a custom water cooler would be better suited anyway.Just stick to air cooling, IMO.July 22nd is the day when Intel will drop prices on the current Core 2 line up, as well as release some new Core 2s.
[QUOTE=''Wesker776''][QUOTE=''a_ratchet_fan''][QUOTE=''Wesker776'']OK, do you really need the SLi and water cooling set up?Also, can you wait for July the 22nd?[/QUOTE]I want to leave myself the option of adding another GPU (preferably 8800 GTXs or even Ultras). As for the cooling... I think I'll need it when I finally get my SLI set-up. And besides, better safe than sorry, right? ;)What's happening on July the 22nd? [/QUOTE]The water cooling will be overkill unless you're going to be doing some serious overclocks (like over 3.8Ghz for the CPU alone), in which case a custom water cooler would be better suited anyway.Just stick to air cooling, IMO.July 22nd is the day when Intel will drop prices on the current Core 2 line up, as well as release some new Core 2s.[/QUOTE]I did plan on overclocking, but goddamn... are you serious? You can overclock it that much? I knew about overclocking the GPU a lot, but damn... But I think I'll follow your advice and not buy a water-cooling kit... that is, until I have something that warrants it (like 2 8800 Ultras in SLI).And PS THANK YOU for telling me about July 22nd. If you hadn't, I may have already purchased the CPU. Again, thank you.Edit: Hey... you know what? If I don't get the water-cooling kit and the price of the CPU comes down considerably ($50+) then I'll be able to upgrade to a 8800 GTS 640 or even a GTX! Thank you!
No problems.Also, if you don't need SLi, but want to upgrade to the 45nm Intel Penryn CPUs, then you should look at a P35 board.Alternatively, you could wait a bit more for the X38 chipset boards which support both Penryn and x16/x16 CrossFire, or wait for NVIDIA to verify boards that will work with Penryn (some say that EVGA's latest revision to its 680i SLi motherboard support Penryn, but need a BIOS).Also, some people have gotten a lot higher than 3.8GHz on water lol (custom build water cooling with large radiators might be able to yeild 4.2GHz or so).