MrRedwine

@EarlessShrimp said:

I should have a mic for our next event so I'm not awkwardly silent and straining to hear the voices of people over the initially insanely loud dubstep and engine rev. They damp the music and SE but it really doesn't help, I had to turn off the music and turn down SE WAAAAAY low.

We'll all just start yelling more.

I guess I better post in here, then... Rule 2 and all. But i'm already in the club, so that's cool. :) Thanks @PsEG.

It amazes me that people complain about the ads so much. Do you pay for a newspaper? Does it have ads? Do you pay for cable TV? Does it have ads? Entertainment and news have been ad AND subscription supported FOREVER! Get over it.

As for your review. I agree with the things you said. It is a fine little revision despite having problems.

I think it is great. I love racing through the woods. Elevation and surface changes make Forza's physics much more enjoyable.

Ok, the monitor I have now is running at 1200p.

So, after a great deal of internal debate I am going to wait until after the Windows 8 launch and see what pre-built machines are doing at that point. I am thinking that having a touch screen would be something I would enjoy (a personal preference, to be sure) and I think that new machines will have better technology at better prices (as is always the case)

Thanks again, everyone for weighing in.

@MordeaniisChaos: Thanks for taking a look.

I noticed that your rig doesn't have an SSD, that is a deal breaker for me. You also didn't include one in the Digital Storm build you made, which brings the price back up.

I intend to use my rig on my TV to play Blu Ray discs as well, so a Blu Ray player is needed.

Thanks for all your advice everyone.

It seems like the thing I'm hearing most of all is that it is "overkill" or that you would replace this with that because of your preference. I will be using the computer to do video editing of family videos and i want it to last through as much of the next console generation as possible.

What really strikes me about this computer is that it is built on the x79 architecture, has a GTX 680, and an SSD, I can't find anything at this price point with those 3 features in a pre-built.

Also, am I wrong in assuming that the liquid cooling will reduce overall fan noise? I plan on putting this in my living room and am hoping to keep fan noise down somewhat.

Thanks for all the advice, everyone.

So here's the situation, maybe this will clarify things a bit.

For my Birthday + Christmas combined, my dad is offering to put up $2000 for a brand new computer.

I have 2 kids and am a teacher, so I don't have a lot of free time and the idea of trying to keep everything straight while building kind of terrifies me with a 2 year old in the house.

I want this computer to be my main gaming machine for awhile. I don't intend to upgrade too often, although this setup allows me to buy another 16Gb of ram pretty easily and up to two more GTX 680s if the need arises. I intend to use this on my 50" HDTV in my living room as well as have a secondary display (a 23" plasma) off to the side for regular computing.

Does what I am looking at here make more sense with that situation?

Honestly, I was really out fishing for anyone who could find better components at that price, so if you had $2,000 to spend on a computer, what would you do?

P.S. I know the case is crazy looking, but it will be under a desk anyway.

@believer258: Thanks for the lookups. I have heard bad things about their service, but i have heard good things about Newegg, which is where I would buy it from... so it's kind of a toss up there.

@Franstone: Ok, so where are you buying components? Using Newegg, getting those components is way more expensive than that.