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...what would you put in a PC?

EDIT: And were would you get it/the parts?
 
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prolly like

3.0-3.5ghz quad core cpu
6gb ram 1600mhz
2x Nvidia GeForce 400
1tb HDD
decent sli motherboard
800w psu
~$200 case
wireless net dohickey
a few decent quality fans

would sacrifice the second GC if that put me over the $3k mark, I cbf to search for actual parts though to get a correct price.
 

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I would spend it on:

CPU: i7 920
SSD: G.Skill Falcon II 64GB SSD
HDD: Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB
Ram: OCZ Platinum 6GB
ODD: LG Blu-Ray burner
ODD2: Sony NEC optiarc
PSU: Antec CP850
Case: Antec 1200
Mobo: Gigabyte X58A-UD5
GPU: 5850

Monitor: LG W2753V-PF 27"
KB/Mouse: Logitech Cordless Desktop Wave KB/Mouse Combo
OS: Windows 7 Pro 64 bit

or an i7 iMac, those screens are so awesome
 
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Ah, ordinary dvd burner and win7 pro 64bit for me.
And continue using my 21"5 and 19" monitors I currently use and G15 keyboard and mx518 mouse.
 

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well I guess I would need blu-ray as a permanent form of data backup, and also 2 screens 27" because 2 would be epic.
 
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External hard drives ftw?

But yeh, 2x 27" would be grouse.
 

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yeh ext, but they cant be trusted, like mine according to my brother has an error that it cant be detected, tried over 3 computers... I havnt tried myself tho, cbf, but if its fucked thats 600GB of data in there, out of which 50GB is very important data
 

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Seagate 1TB desktop drive.

Next time im getting a drobo pro or a drobo S, i cant afford any data loss, seriously.
 

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