 | Cooler Master SGC-2000-KKN1-GP Storm Scout ATX/MATX/ITX Mid Tower Case (Black)
Buy new: $79.64 / Used from: $58.99 One of the best cases I've ever worked with. Not for the inexperianced user
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 | Cooler Master V8 Nickel Plated Copper Base Aluminum Fins 8 Heatpipes Core i7 1366 CPU Cooler - (RR-UV8-XBU1-GP)
Buy new: $56.56 This 180 watt heat sink is heavy and a bit scarey to install but the benifits of it are great
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 | Thermaltake W0117RU ToughPower 750W Black PFC Power Supply with Active PFC Dual Fan
Buy new: $114.99 When power is needed I choose the best and you can't do better than THermaltake
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 | AMD HDZ940XCGIBOX Phenom II X4 940 Black Edition 3.0GHz Cache 8MB AM2+ 125W Processor - Retail
Buy new: $155.99 / Used from: $144.99 For graphics the processor is one of the most important componets, the faster the better as rendering will be your main enemy.
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 | Kingston HyperX Memory 2GB 1066MHz DDR2 PC2-8500 Non-ECC CL5 (5-5-5-15) DIMM (Kit of 2) nVidia SLI Ready (KHX8500D2K2/2GN)
Buy new: $73.67 You'll need about 4-8 Mb of this as the bigger the graphic the more memory you'll need
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 | Asus M4A79 DELUXE Socket AM2+ AM3/ AMD 790FX/ Quad CrossFireX/ A&GbE/ ATX Motherboard
Buy new: $172.91 One of the top motherboards I've ever worked with, lots of expansion abilities
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 | Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5 TB SATA 32 MB Cache Bulk/OEM Hard Drive ST31500341AS
Buy new: $114.95 / Used from: $92.00 Storage is also important and here's a tip from the old school. If you install two hard drives in your system, take the virtual memory off the main drive and put it on your secondary.... you'll be amazed at the in crease in performance.
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 | Sony DRU840A 20x Internal Dual-Layer DVD Burner
Don't buy anything under 20x and nothing that can't do dual layer, you may also want to add lightscribe to that list as the added ability is a great help
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 | Windows Vista Ultimate with SP1 64-bit for System Builders - 1 pack
Buy new: $150.00 / Used from: $90.00 Here is the OS of choice, yeah I know alot of people complain about this but I've been using this since the 3rd day it came out and I haven't had any complaints. and really and truely I can't see myself using anything else
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 | ViewSonic VX2240w 22-inch Digital/Analog Widescreen LCD Monitor
Buy new: $199.95 / Used from: $230.00 As we all know Viewsonic is the best, and its my choice for any graphic system...of course I'm connecting 3 of them but hey you can connect as many or as little as you want
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 | EVGA 01G-P3-N945-LR GeForce 9400 GT 1GB DDR2 PCI-E 2.0 Graphics Card
Buy new: $62.97 For those of us on a bugget this graphics card gives the same bang for the buck as the big boys
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