Page 3 - Current system build guide

Here is a start of what I want to go over first since a lot of this was never addressed.

PSU: 80+ certified
MEMORY: DDR3, 32bit OS VS. 64Bit max memory limitations
MOBO: eSATA, HDMI, PCI-E (1, 2, 3 or 4 cards and 2.0 and 3.0) legacy ports bye bye, 1600FSB, AM2+
VGA: DX10 and 10.1, Shader Model 4.0, OpenGL2.0, Stream Processors. Some might have no clue what these are
HDD: SSD, 32MB Cache HDD and the future + in space

We can work together on getting what we as a group finds the best builds. I honestly would rather have this as a community guide compared to my opinion. (Granted I freakin :trockon lol...

As for any additions to terms feel free to add to. But for the builds lets work together. I know for a fact you know more about watercooling then me and Brian is a freak when it comes to the rest so maybe you two could easily tackle that one.

But if you got any info, ideas, etc lets rock this and brainstorm...

Ya I could handle the watercooling

And yes... Brian is a freak and probably has the most hands on with the most parts out of any of us here. The community guide is a great idea, puts a lot less of a load on any single person to keep it up to date as well.

The following two articles would fit well into the theme of HDD Section of the build guide:

Throwing a Glance at SSDs and WD Raptors vs RAID Arrays. Linking them is easy, as well.

Ya, we should link articles and such too.. That could be very helpful... Good idea mad

Here is the first start also when using IMG code i will leave the end open so it is much easier for you to just close it and add to the guide.

Also guys I really dont like the pricing format I had, or it at least needs a revamping. But I was thinking how much for a budget build, mainstream and high end and instead of having it in CPU, video cards, RAM and so forth build all the major components for each build in one section.

budget: under 700
mid: 700-1400
high: 1400-2100
bloody bastards: 2100+

How does that look. We can even have each section have two builds the low end of the spectrum and the higher end.

Example: Budget build at the lowest possible $ to get a PC to actually run. On the higher end say a cheaper ducal core CPU and a ok graphics card. For the Bleeding edge there would be the skys the limits build and a realistic power users build in the low to mid 2K range.

Let me know what you are all thinking

I kind of like the whole component aspect to is though, it really gives you more options and what not.

That said its going to be very hard since there are so many components out there and such, having a build or two per price range would work, but make it clear there are options to upgrade the chip for another $20 or whatnot, and its a good starting point.

For the watercooling I may still keep it component based and it will not have any manufacturers kits mentioned Just for the fact that there really aren't that many premier water cooling components out there.

agreed! Bball post some options and we can look them over