[IamTheShadow]

Hi,
In the next month, I intend to buy a high-end rig for gaming, among a few other things like advanced dig. vid. editing; etc. I want to have a rig where I can play really high end games(like Oblivion) on very high resolutions at high FPS. I am not waiting for Penryn or Phenom to come out, I want this PC N-O-W. Any good configurations or general suggestions are all VERY appreciated.
Budget: Not an object. B-) :^0

[piyushsingh]

hello!
u could have added a few more details as to which companys products u would prefer (intel/Amd) , whatever will be ur system ,u will be needing an extremely powerful graphics unit.
i would recommend a gigabyte mobo with P35 chipset and place a latest core 2 duo on it, leave the quads - they r still in the development stage and too costly. get a geforce nVIDIA 8800GTS GPU - its the best till now in the market.
u may go for an AMD system but someone else has to give suggestions for that .

[TechyGuy]

Hi Shadow and to PCW!
I swear I wish I was you, with an unlimited PC budget, though I can't complain, since my PC is pretty high end. Some good gaming brands are Falcon Northwest(falcon-nw.com/) ; Alienware([http://alienware.com/]) ; VooDoo ([http://voodoopc.com/]) ; or Velocity Micro ([http://velocitymicro.com/]). AVA ([http://avadirect.com/]) and Cyberpower([http://cyberpowerpc.com/]) are also great brands for a high-end gaming PC; if you opt for a boutique vendor. Well, since you wanted some good, no, I take that back, GREAT configurations, here they are(all VERY pricey, of course :-D):
|Falcon-Northwest Mach V|AVA Quad-FX SLI Gaming System(actual name)|
|ICON-Exotix Blue Flames chassis w/window + lighting|Thermaltake Armor Extreme Edition-Black -Tower|
|Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 @ 3.0GHz|2 x AMD FX-64 3GHz 2MB L2 Cache OC'd to 3.5GH|
|1 Kilowatt Silverstone Strider PSU|1.2Kilowatt Koolance Liq. Cooled PSU|
|Asus P35 Blitz Extreme chipset (Crossfire)|Asus L1N64-SLI WS mobo|
|2 x ATI HD2900XTX 1GB GDDR4 (Not XT; XTX)|2 x EVGA GeForce 8800Ultra Black-Pearl Edition(756MB, OC'd to 2.25GHz)|
|128MB BFG PhysX Accelerator|
|Creative X-Fi Elite Pro Sound Card|Creative X-Fi Platinum Fatality Chamion Sound card|
|4 x 150GB WD Raptor 10K-rpm HDDs RAID-0|4 x 160GB Raptors,RAID-0 ; 2 x 1TB Hitachi Deskstar 7200-rpm(non-raid)|
|LG Blu-Ray Burner/ HD-DVD reader|Plextor Blu-Ray disc DVD burner|
|Lite-ON 20X DVD/-RW drive Lightscribe|Asus 16x DVD-rom /48x CD-rom|
|Mitsumi Flash Media Reader Floppy Drive|Mitsumi Flash Media Reader Floppy Drive|
|Win. XP-Pro 32-bit OS|XP-Media Centre edition dual-boot w/Vista Ultimate 32-bit.|
|Samsung 30" 2560x1600 display|Samsung 30" 2560x1600 display|
|Logitech 5.1 Z-5500 speakers+subwoofer|Logitech DiNivo keyboard|
|Logitech G5 Laser Mouse|Logitech G9 wireless Laser Mouse|
|Logitech G15 keyboard|Creative Gigaworks ProGamer 5.1 speakers + subwoofer|
|ICON-Liq. Cooling for CPU|Swiftech liq. cooling for 2xCPU;2xGPU|
|Enermax Quiet MagLev Fans|dual-artic-cooling MX-2 silent CPU fans + sound-absorbing acoustic-foam(???)|
|3-yr. warranty + tech support|AVA Diamond warranty(1-yr. onsite, 3-yr.Parts/labor; Lifetime tech-support|
|12-outlet surge protector|BFG AGEIA 128MB PhysX card|
|4GB Corsair DDR3 RAM 1033MHz|8GB Corsair XMS2 667MHz RAM( you asked for it, like youll ever need it)|
|Cost: $13,659.13(OMG!)|Cost: $11,532.52|
LOL, as if you need 8Gigs of RAM on the AVA; but you specified "$$$$ is not an object"; lucky you.
Congrats on your bottomlss bank-account,
-TechyG.

[IamTheShadow]

Thanks again for your suggestions, piyusingh and TechyGuy! Now, before everyone starts questioning Techy's sanity at reccomending a $14,000 PC, like I said, it is not a question of how much this machine will cost. "money is not an object!" quite literally means that! I am LOVING the specs I see on both these systems, but it seems that the AVA is better than the Falcon by a wide margin. (I'll be honest, my insides squeel when I see"8800", "Ultra", "Black Pearl", and "Overclocked" in the same sentence). Anyway, it's getting late up here in Illinois(12:21 to be exact), so I'll look over these a little more in the morning.
THANK YOU BOTH,
Shadow