New PC

[Norse]

I'm considering building a PC again. That's why want to ask the IM overlords if this setup looks good:

Antec Performance One P183 ATX miditower
Corsair PSU, HX750W
ASUS P7P55D LE, Socket LGA 1156 P55 DDR3 SATA2 FW 8-CH
Intel Core i5 750 2,66Ghz Socket 1156 8MB, BOXED
OCZ DDR3 4 GB Platinum Dual Channel i5 2x2GB 1333MHz. (7-7-7-20)
Samsung 750 GB 7200RPM S-ATA2 32MB HD753LJ Spinpoint F1
Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 1GB GDDR5 PCI-Express 2.0, 2xDVI-I, HDMI,
Sony DVD-brenner AD-7240S SATA RAM,
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium OEM Norsk, 64 bit, DVD

Am I missing something?

Thanks in advance for any help!

[LiquidRain]

Looks good to me.

[Norse]

I didn't see your awesome "Recommended PC hardware" thread before I posted this. Reading it suggests this is a reasonable setup. I really look forward to building a new PC from scratch again. I haven't done so in nearly 3 years.

I just hope this system can't play games @hq for a couple of years.

[LiquidRain]

You pretty much bought the setup I would if I had the money. It should play games at high quality for at least 2 years, unless some unforeseen graphical revolution comes along. (and as long as the current consoles are in place, that ain't happenin)

[PathMaster]

How much did that end of running if you do not mind me asking?

[LiquidRain]

He lives in Norway, so I'd guess it's going to be different than if you priced it out here. :)

[PathMaster]

Shush..I wanted to be lazy! ;)

[Chaos Machine]

only thing missing is x3 monitors for some surround gaming, its the best money ive ever spent on a hardware upgrade

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p119/kaosmachine/screensmall.jpg

course im using it with a matrox triplehead2go + GTX285. Those new ATI cards look killer though.

[Karak]

only thing missing is x3 monitors for some surround gaming, its the best money ive ever spent on a hardware upgrade

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p119/kaosmachine/screensmall.jpg

course im using it with a matrox triplehead2go + GTX285. Those new ATI cards look killer though.

I have thought about a triple screen a couple times. But never seen one without the gaps between screens driving me up the wall. How long do you think it took before you change. Right now if I want big screen I move to the projector but sometimes thats not feasible with the wife playing the 360 on it.

[SilentScreams]

I have thought about a triple screen a couple times. But never seen one without the gaps between screens driving me up the wall.

Here (http://gizmodo.com/341413/alienware-curved-monitor-looks-like-its-from-another-planet) is the solution. It's from Alienware, so I'm sure it'll be reasonably priced! ;)

[Norse]

I made some last minute changes to my setup, so it looks like this now:

Antec Performance One P183 ATX miditower
Corsair PSU HX750W
ASUS P7P55D LE, P55, Socket-1156 DDR3, ATX, GbLAN, eSATA, PCI-Ex(2.0)x16
Intel Core i5 750 2,66Ghz Socket 1156 8MB, BOXED
Crucial DDR3 BallistiX 1333MHz 4GB CL7 Kit w/2x 2GB BallistiX modules, CL7-7-7-24, 1.65V
ASUS Radeon HD 5850 1GB GDDR5 PCI-Express 2.0, 2xDVI-I, HDMI, DisplayPort
Western Digital Caviar® Black™ 640GB, Sata 3 Gb/s, 32MB Cache, 7200RPM
Samsung DVD±RW burner, SH-S223C 22x DVD, DVDRAM, SATA, Black, Bulk
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium OEM, 64 bit, DVD

I've used the system since tuesday, and so far I'm more than happy.

[RandoM51]

Here (http://gizmodo.com/341413/alienware-curved-monitor-looks-like-its-from-another-planet) is the solution. It's from Alienware, so I'm sure it'll be reasonably priced! ;)

Samsung has a 3-panel and 6-panel group---using md230 panels---coming out before too long.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/samsung-and-ati-team-on-syncmaster-md230-mega-displays-for-wide/

http://i45.tinypic.com/21dorgp.jpg


# Samsung’s new MD230 displays feature bezels that are 50% to 70% thinner than traditional displays, making for a more seamless ATI Eyefinity experience.
# The new displays are expected to be available in early 2010 from Samsung reseller and distribution channels starting at an MSRP of USD$3,099 for a six-screen configuration and USD$1,899 for a three-screen configuration.


I'd never go for something like this, I don't even like having to turn my head/move my eyes as much as I do on a 24" panel. That said, looks like it would be pretty awesome until you got used to it.

If I go multi again I think I'll stick with a large widescreen panel in the middle and see if I can't find a couple smaller, non-widescreen panels for either side. Use them as tool palettes or console windows while running something fullscreen on the central panel.