After some research, I think this is the setup I’m going with. Price right now sits at just under $2,400. Direct link: http://www.digitalstormonline.com/comploadsaved.asp?id=485181
Specifications:
Chassis Model: Special Deal Hot Seller – Cooler Master HAF 932
Exterior Finish: – Standard Factory Finish
Trim Accents: – Standard Factory Finish
Processor: Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40GHz (Unlocked CPU for Extreme Overclocking) (Quad Core)
Motherboard: ASUS P8P67 Pro (Intel P67 Chipset) (Features USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gb/s)
System Memory: 4GB DDR3 1600MHz Digital Storm Certified Performance Series (Highly Recommended) (Hand Tested)
Power Supply: 750W Corsair TX (Dual SLI Compatible)
Expansion Bay: – No Thanks
Hard Drive Set 1: Operating System: 1x (80GB Solid State (By: Intel) (Model: X25-M MLC Edition) (Extreme Performance)
Set 1 Raid Options: – No Thanks
Hard Drive Set 2: Multimedia\Data: 1x (1TB Western Digital Caviar (7200 RPM) (64MB Cache) (Model: Black Edition WD1002FAEX)
Hard Drive Set 3: Backup\Misc.: – No Thanks
Optical Drive 1: DVD-R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 24x / CD-Writer 48x)
Optical Drive 2: – No Thanks
Internet Access: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections)
Video Card: 1x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 1.2GB (Includes PhysX Technology)
Add-on Card: – No Thanks
Sound Card: Creative Labs X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional (PCI-Express Slot Based)
Extreme Cooling: AIR: Stage 1: Noctua NH-U12P SE Dual 120mm Fans High Performance Cooler
H20 Tube Color:- Not Applicable, I do not have a FrostChill or Sub-Zero LCS Cooling System Selected
Chassis Airflow: Standard Factory Chassis Fans
Internal Lighting: Internal Chassis Lighting System (Blue)
Enhancements: – No Thanks
Chassis Mods: – No Thanks
Noise Reduction: – No Thanks
Boost Processor: FREE: Overclock the processor between 3.6GHz to 3.9GHz
Boost Video Card: – No Thanks, Please do not overclock my video card(s)
Boost Memory: – No Thanks, Please do not overclock my memory
Boost OS: FREE: Yes, Disable and tweak all of the non-crucial services on the operating system
Windows OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium (64-Bit Edition)
Recovery Tools: Windows Recovery Toolkit (Bundled with Windows 7 CD)
Virus Protection: – No Thanks
Office: – No Thanks
Benchmarking: – No Thanks
Install/Test Game: FREE: Hot-selling game with a NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 or above graphics card
Display: – No Thanks
Surge Shield: – No Thanks
Speakers: – No Thanks
Keyboard: – No Thanks
Mouse: – No Thanks
External Storage: – No Thanks
Exclusive T-Shirt: FREE: Digital Storm T-Shirt – Grey (Large)
Priority Build: – No Thanks, Ship Within 5-15 Business Days After Order Is Successfully Processed
Warranty: Life-time Expert Customer Care with 3 Year Limited Warranty
Hardcore Casual 
Worth it for the free T-shirt
Oh, ask Aria about me and t-shirts…
Post a photo of the t-shirt when it arrives, imho.
That thing is going to be louder than a jet.
Just for you I priced out the same machine if I was to build it myself and it came out to just under $1800 so not a bad deal to get it all put together and with a warranty.
The t-shirt puts it way over the top.
Wasn’t the Intel P67 just pulled because of the bad SATA controllers? I was about to build a new system myself before the components were pulled off of Newegg.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2379241,00.asp
“Sandy Bridge Core i5 and Core i7 processors remain fine”
“only currently shipping P67 and H67 motherboards on which the 6 Series chipset is located are affected by the glitch.”
I think that means all is well here.
It appears I am wrong, I’m seeing it pulled. I thought it was a mobo/cpu combo. Ignore me.
Yea there is a recall. Personally I don’t care about the optical drive performance decreasing after 2-4 years of heavy use, since its going to probably get used 2-4 times total (Steam D2D FTW). We will see what happens when I order.
As long as your HDDs are on the two 6.0 slots you’ll get away with it; I was considering doing the same – and then they promptly pulled the parts out from under me. I’m a little surprised to see any vendor actively shipping a P67 board, as it *is* defective and the expectation from Intel is that your vendor will make you whole with a functional board.
Out of curiosity, any particular reason why you don’t want to build it yourself? Unless you get a system with in-home support, you just end up being your own technical support team anyways.
Too much hassle TBH. Don’t feel like putting up with dead product, testing to see which part is busted, hunting Newegg for deals, and then praying it all comes together. Would rather pay someone else to go through all that trouble.
Edit: Plus with a well-build system like my older Alienware, you don’t end up having issues that you can’t easily solve or that they don’t solve for you.
A few changes I’d make, otherwise looks like what I’d build.
+42 case: 942 X is a nicer case, I have the 932 trust me
+34 Memory: go with Corsair over value brand
+52 SSD: Corsair Series 3 over Intel 410/210 vs 250/70 read/write
+38 Video: Go with OC EVGA over mystery brand
Total +166
-146 Pay for it by dropping down to a 2500k proc.
The $100 spread between the Core i5-2500K and Core i7-2600K is only recommended if you want to brag, because you’re probably not going to notice any appreciable frame rate difference. ~ Toms Hardware
BTW, I just read that ASUS is replacing MB directly, expected to be ready in April.
http://service.asus.com/notice/Default.aspx
Lot of different opinions between the i5 and i7. If you read this, they clearly favor the i7, and not just for the future-proof aspect.
http://www.guru3d.com/article/core-i5-2500k-and-core-i7-2600k-review/23
About the un-branded parts, I’ve read that DS uses quality stuff, so we will see. It’s not like they are Cyberpower in terms of ‘major brand’ stuff. Plus I’ve had issues with EVGA parts, so paying more for their stuff is IMO not a good deal.
More RAM mate, at least 6gb & hard set your pagefile.
Yea another 4gigs or some is always something I can add later, but from all things I’ve heard extra ram at this point does nothing if you are only running one game, which is basically all I do.
Have you considered getting a second monitor? I added a second monitor about six months ago and I can honestly say it has made the biggest improvement to my computing experience that I have experienced in many years.
Imagine being able to have a browser window open or face-book or whatever on one screen while you play games on the other. Imagine being able to run a mining op in EVE on one screen while you play Darkfall (remember that game) on another. The rig you are building will easily be able to run more than one game at a time. Checkout my blog post of Lotro and Left for Dead both running simultaneously on a i5 processor: http://mindbendingpuzzles.blogspot.com/2010/10/isnt-multitasking-great.html
Your second monitor doesn’t even have to be expensive because most of your gaming will be on the main screen. It is neatest if it has the same resolution as the main screen (for the rare occasion you want an application to span both screens) but even this isn’t essential.
I played around with a second screen a while back (current system can easily do it thanks to the 295GTX), but I just don’t like it. If I need to look something up I have the iPhone or alt-tab, and I think EVE is the only game where I could play it and something else. God knows I would never play DF and something else. Same goes for LoL or Warband.