For me it's personally a nightmare rather than a dream to spend huge money on parts that will be worth nothing in some time. "Most ludicrous waste of money on PC-hardware 2010" would be more appropriate topic And to stay in topic, what I'd buy for gaming if I had the money atm: i7 870/920, HD5870/5970, reasonable mobo, 6-12 GB memory, SSD + raid 1 TB, TX750 W, and a case. And for peripheral: 30" screen, Logitech Illuminated, Mionix Naos 5000, proper home theater amp and 5 PROPER speakers + proper sub, none of that Logitech BS. Peripherals don't get outdated and after a certain price point have WAYYYYYY more impact on the experience than the hardware, spent the money where it matters. From what I've seen I don't have use for either 3D 120 Hz screens or eyefinity. For a secondary screen I'd grab a full HD projector. Two or more 30"s would likely just result in massive neck ache.
For me also, i wouldn't dream of spending £10,000 on a computer (cough scan jellyfish cough) but i still think this kind of thing needs to be done so that the people with too much money know what they need. future people when all of this stuff is second rate will also benefit from these types of threads.
I'm sure those Sennheisers are good, and they do have a mic (unlike my suggestion), but they aren't as comfy as the Beyers. I haven't tried on a pair of Senns that I would want to keep on my head for more than half an hour besides the HD800, but I only tried that pair for a few minutes. The Beyers I suggested aren't too ridiculously expensive (call them fairly priced), and they are a lot more plush and soft than the Senns.
I agree, i have tried on a pair of Beyers in the past and found them comfortable but if it were money i would buy my sennheisers for their outstanding audio quality. A good high-end pair of sennheisers is what i run my make shift recording studio. I also use a behringer UCA222 USB audio interface plugged into my Line 6 Spider 3 75watt amp the sennheisers have unparalleled audio quality in that setup
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stop with the sound cards with the 4way sli board it dosen't have and slots for a sound card only graphics cards
yes, they only have seven PCIe slots but if you get a PCIex1 card you can put it in a x16 slot it if its open ended. I believe that to be correct, correct me if I'm wrong but i do believe that you can put a smaller lane card into a larger slot.
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MMM ... every performance-driven cell of my body loves this. In day-to-day use or gaming I think you will struggle to see any difference vs my rig. But I love it ... because it is awesome.
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