Alright, after poking around a bit with ibuypower's weekly gamer special, this is what I've come up with after some advice in the chat with alot of help from Whacker and the Xman.


Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 
Case ( Nzxt Lexa Blackline Gaming Tower Case w/420W Power Supply Blue )
Case Lighting ( None )
Power Supply ( 800 Watt -- Power Supply Quad SLI Ready )
Processor ( [New !!] Intel Core i7 Processor 920 (4x 2.66GHz/8MB L3 Cache) )
Processor Cooling ( Certified CPU Fan and Heatsink )
Motherboard ( Asus P6T Intel X58 Chipset CrossFire and SLI Supported w/7.1 Sound, Triple-Channel DDR3, Gb LAN, S-ATA Raid, USB 2.0, 3-Way SLI PCI-E MB 3-Way SLI )
Memory ( 6 GB [2 GB X3] DDR3-1333 Triple Memory Module Corsair Value or Major Brand )
Video Card ( ATI Radeon HD 4850 1GB PCI-Express x16 )
Video Card Brand ( Major Brand Powered by NVIDIA )
Hard Drive ( 500 GB HARD DRIVE [Serial-ATA-II, 3Gb, 7200 RPM, 16M Cache] )
2nd Hard Drive ( None )
External Hard Drives [USB 2.0/eSATA] ( None )
CD/DVD Drive ( None )
CD-RW/DVD-RW Drive ( [** Special !!! ***] LG 22X Dual Format/Double Layer DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW Drive Black )
Sound Card ( 3D Premium Surround Sound Onboard )
Speaker System ( None )
Network Card ( Onboard LAN Network (Gb or 10/100) )
Floppy Drive ( None )
Monitor ( None )
2nd Monitor ( None )
USB 2.0 Accessories ( Built-in USB 2.0 Ports )
Meter Display ( None )
Flash Media Reader/Writer ( None )
Operating System ( Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium + [Free 60-Day !!!] Microsoft Office 2007(Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access ....) 64-Bit )
USB Flash Drive ( None )
MP3 Player ( None )
Video Camera ( None )
Headset ( None )
Power Protection ( None )
Warranty ( Warranty Service Standard 3-Year Limited Warranty + Lifetime Technical Support )
Rush Service ( Rush Service Fee (not shipping fee) No Rush Service, Estimate Ship Out in 5~10 Business Days )


I'm not thrilled about the switch to Vista (no real XP fangirl or Vista hater, just like the XP I'm familiar with really) but I was told unless I got XP 64 the pc wouldn't use all 6gbs of ram and that XP 64 was pretty glitchy.

My goal was to shoot for 1000 USD but like always there was a few extras that I felt I had to have and I'm at $1,188 which is annoying but I can live with it.

Before I pull the trigger, anyone have any last minute suggestions? Warnings? Commands? Strict orders to remove or add something essential I overlooked?

Here's the link to the Weekly Gamer Special configurator for anyone curious to see what else is available in the package. Thanks in advance for any advice



http://www.ibuypower.com/ibp/store/c...r.aspx?mid=135