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[AC9breaker]

Yeah, after years of saying I was gonna do it, I'm finally doing it. Building myself a PC. I've been trying to read up as much as I can on stuff and have been browsing newegg speculating. Anyway, I figured this would be more productive if I got some input for you guys. Primarily this is gonna be a gaming PC, but I at the very least want this PC to be relevant for 5 years, and I'm gonna be using it for more then just gaming. School, musings, w/e. Possible I'll be leaving the PC on for long periods of time so maybe cooling will be a factor?

I like me some nVidia chips and I'm not planning on overclocking (yet) so intel is fine with me. Any ESD precautions I should take and such would also be appreciated. I'm planning on working with a 900 dollar budget for the rig itself. But it's flexable. So... show me ya moves!

[Crushinator]

You need 2 of the same video card, both manufacturer and model, for SLI to work properly.

As far as your 2nd computer, a great use for an older machine is setting it up as a media server. Toss in a big hard drive and load it up with movies, music, porn, whatever. You can access all that from your main computer, xbox, ps3. If you're feeling froggy you can install linux on it to fool around and learn new things, or even run a dedicated game server for like Battlefield or Team Fortress 2 or something.