Design me a computer!

He said spending limit, not have to spend it all.

The best PC today is not as good as the second best PC of today upgraded a year from now..

The performance difference between top tier and second best is usually less than 10%.. that's not worth the extra $1000+ it would cost, is it?

I want to get the best now, because I won't be upgrading for about 2 years.

I'd like one for gaming/3d rendering/compiling applications.

I do not need a CD burner, but a DVD burner is nice.

If you're sure that's what you want.

$1600 limit... well, it will take me some time to find ample liquid cooling. There are a lot of kits, and a lot of them suck.

Do you have to have dual core? You won't see much of an improvement unless the application is optimized for it.

I have no idea. (to the dual core question) But I am sure about the cash.

Do what you think is best, if you think going single processor instead of dual is better, go for it.

BUMP*

I decided to go with Koolance Exos-AL external liquid cooling, the unit itself is $200, CPU block $50, GPU block $40. So a total of ~300 for the liquid cooling.

300 (cooling)
+100 (case)
400

You got 1200 to make a computer now

I'll see if I can help tomorrow, right now I'm too tired to read whatever the hell you just wrote.

I'm betting money you already read it.

I'm beggining to wonder if I can just get really quiet fans... this liquid cooling has 3 80mm fans ontop of it