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Mobius 1 said:
"because if i get SSD that will make swap process fast"

No, swapping will still be incredibly slow. SSD speed is nowhere near as fast as actual RAM.

"USB 3.0 Air cooled motherboard"

This is not a motherboard. No motherboard is advertised as "Air cooled".

Any good motherboard will cost at least $200, all of which come with USB 3.0.

"17" 1080p screen"

I don't even think you can still buy 17" monitors, especially not a 1080p 17" monitor.

"i7 2600K 3.1GHz"

There is no 2600K 3.1GHz, the 2600K is 3.4GHz and not worth getting over the standard 2600 unless you plan on overclocking. Which you can't with Mac OS X.

"6MB L3 Cache"

Are you planning on buying L3 cache separately? lol. The 2600K comes with 8MB of L3 Cache.

"apple wired keyboard, simbadda windows keyboard"

You don't need two separate keyboards. Pick the better keyboard and use it for both Windows and Mac.

"10 bucks copy of Win7"

I seriously doubt you can legally get a copy of Windows 7 for $10.

"AMD Radeon 6970 2GB GDDR5 Desktop edition"

If you're running a hackintosh, you're going to need find custom drivers to use the 6970 desktop card. As far as I know, there aren't drivers for the 6970. Also as other people have said, You can buy a 6950 (only certain brands work) and flash it into a 6970 for less if you must have one.

"500GB 7200RPM"

Only 500GB? That is way too small. Put at least a 1TB drive in it.

As for the price you listed. That is a very low estimate.

oh okay, then i need a 2GB video RAM

i mean a motherboard that does not support watercool, it's cheaper

well, i can look for other monitors

oh, i thought 3.4 is the turbo boost?

i didn't know thta, i just i didn't read thoroughly at newegg description

i can

Win7 in my country is sold for 10 bucks, no kid

i don't need 500GB

um yeah i misestimated the price, for a good casing and cables and speaker it would cost 1900$, which is near a 27" imac high end (2100$ right?)

I think all motherboards support water-cooling. It all depends on what cooling you stick on it.

The turbo on the 2600K is 3.8GHz.

I'd say a good size for a monitor is 24". Which should have a native resolution of 1920x1080.
 
As long as i can play Minecraft with all 16-bits with no lag, my iMac is good. :D

that was the original reason why i want to leave my 2008 aluminum macbook and move on to a new system


it's **** in playing minecraft and the processor is too slow (both CPU and GPU)
 
So you spend 12 hours day playing a game? And it has to be "high res"?

And thats the only thing you are going to do on your computer? No email? or web? No photos? Just playing a game all day?

How much money do you make doing that?

can't really see why the f you should care about what he does with his life? sure it's a waste of time.. what isn't these days.. take a chill, drink some beer and enjoy that you think your life is better than his.
 
must build own PC now

You know. I can enjoy Crysis 2 in 1080p goodness on a 52" HDTV and I can play other games on it as well. Like Gran Turismo, Uncharted, Killzone, Little Big Planet 2 etc...

I think it's obvious that computer gaming is still totally unnecessary. I get that it's a little popular because you find all this stolen content online but I just don't know or see PC gamers. Everyone it seems is a console gamer. Why is this... never mind my head hurts just trying to rationalize this...
 
um yeah i misestimated the price, for a good casing and cables and speaker it would cost 1900$, which is near a 27" imac high end (2100$ right?)

you didn't estimate wrong.

this is my current build-

i5 2500k (same performance in games as 2600k)- $200
Gigabyte Z68 board- $130
Sapphire 6950 2 gb- 245 (After MIR)
XFX 650 w PSU- $70 (After MIR)
Haf 912 case- $60
WD Caviar blue 500 gb 7200 rpm- $35
Crucial M4 ssd 64 gb (boot drive)- $115
keyboard & mouse- $100 (your choice manyyyy options)

Total: $955.

btw the 2600k is only needed if you need HT, which most programs do not use.

After that pick out a nice monitor or two. Id go with the Dell ultrasharp 23". Roughly $300.

So $1255 ain't too bad since it will outperform the highest end Imac.
 
You know. I can enjoy Crysis 2 in 1080p goodness on a 52" HDTV and I can play other games on it as well. Like Gran Turismo, Uncharted, Killzone, Little Big Planet 2 etc...

I think it's obvious that computer gaming is still totally unnecessary. I get that it's a little popular because you find all this stolen content online but I just don't know or see PC gamers. Everyone it seems is a console gamer. Why is this... never mind my head hurts just trying to rationalize this...

well first PC gamers can play almost every game that consoles can plus more. You guys don't have games like WoW or SC II. Basically consoles have 0 MMORPGs.

Also your 52" hdtv still can't touch resolutions on multi monitor setups that have higher resolutions. Ive seen sick triple 27" monitor setups that will kill any tv setup.

Also you have to buy a console separately while my computer is needed for work anyway so might as well spend a little more and get both gaming and work done off one rig.
 
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