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this is my first build i have about two grand that i have saved up but if i can cut some of the cost i will and i need some expert opinions on the rig i came up with. i am looking to use this rig for gaming and i want to know how well it will do when playing games like the witcher2 and such and i am open to any suggestions. (sorry if link doesn't work)

mother board http://www.tigerdirect.com/app.....=A455-3158
cpu http://www.tigerdirect.com/app.....u=I69-3930
heatsink http://www.tigerdirect.com/app.....u=C13-2180
power supply http://www.tigerdirect.com/app.....u=C13-2516
case http://www.tigerdirect.com/app.....u=C13-2516
hard drives http://www.tigerdirect.com/app.....D-1000EALX
and http://www.tigerdirect.com/app.....u=C19-7509
video card http://www.tigerdirect.com/app.....=M452-0670
display http://www.tigerdirect.com/app.....=A466-2005
ram http://www.tigerdirect.com/app.....u=C13-5720
optical drive http://www.tigerdirect.com/app.....u=L49-8004
and im going to use windows 7

ok i think i fixed the links

thanks

I'm still a newbie at this but I love making suggestions. Since you're going for very high budget you could upgrade some of the parts. First I think the motherboard you choose is way too expensive. I saw some on the site that cost around $300 and had the LGA2011 socket, which in my opinion is the most important thing about choosing a motherboard (and maybe the MHz thing). The processor is awesome but I'm still figuring out if the games of today really need that much power. But since you're going high budget then it's cool to choose the most powerful processor (this and the video card are the most important things to consider when trying to build a gaming PC, I read). For the power supply I'm aiming to choose the most energy efficient one.

The video card is nice but maybe try one that it's PCI Express 3.0? Since your motherboard allows it, I really don't know if that's important at all. Since you're on a high budget maybe get a 3 GB video card? Hard drive I would go SSD only because it's the new technology and it'smore energy efficient it seems. For RAM go 16 GB I read it's very good for starting up games fast, high budget go 32 GB? Choose by number of motherboard RAM slots (although I don't know if 4x4GB is better than 2x8GB or viceversa). For the monitor definitely go 1080p (1900x1080). Some games run at that resolution (Assassin's Creed, Call of Duty). I hope I could be of help and sorry for not being precise as I'm also trying to learn.

Builders who build using Intel X79 Chipset (2011 LGA) quad channel MBs have no worries about pricing or costs.

Their main concern is getting full Extreme Performance out of their Builds.

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Need to start with this processor.
Intel Core i7-3960X BX80619i73960X Extreme Edition Processor - Six Core, 15MB L3 Cache, 1.5MB L2 Cache, 3.30 GHz (3.90 GHz Max Turbo), Socket R (LGA2011), 130W, No Fan, Unlocked
http://www.tigerdirect.com/app.....u=I69-3960

Then need to configure rig for liquid cooling.