Well I have been thinking for years to buy a new computer, but I never got around to it.
I'm gonna put this computer on my company's bill, and I need one anyways now so (since I will be working some at home I'll afford myself the luxury).

Basically I want to get a good performance computer, and money is not that big of an issue (in Norwegian kroners 10-15k for a computer I see as sensible, which is about 2k usd).
Workrelated I am not going to be doing very demanding tasks, like graphic design etc. I just need it run smoothly and good.
And I want to be able to play games etc on my computer (I'm not that big of a player, but I'd like a good one for when Diablo III comes).

If you need more spesific info about my needs, post here and I will answer for all to see.

I will be buying a build upon the recommendations in this thread, and I will pay 100fg to the build that I choose, regardless if I actually buy the computer or not.

This is to be a stationary computer, I allready got a screen, but wouldn't mind a new keyboard and a mouse. I also got speakers allready. For os I'm thinking windows7? and microsoft office with outlook. I allready get Norman Antivirus from my bank.

This post was edited by Dragon_Reborn on Sep 15 2010 08:33am

Do you want us to make a build on a american site, or use a EU site?

I got a company that can put together the computer for me, so I could ask him for price of xxx parts.
-> Will be somewhat more expensive I guess, but it is local, and if I have trouble it's an actual shop nearby I can go to.
Or I could use a EU site to build the computer for me.
I'm from Norway, and I know www.komplett.no is popular.


This one from komplett.no costs about 2500usd for example:



This post was edited by Dragon_Reborn on Sep 15 2010 08:50am

If you are going to have a 2k budget , get bettter cards

The gf cards above cost 700usd

5850s cost 250-270 in america. see if u can buy internationally

I forgot to say I get back 20% of the price (tax), since I'm buying this on my company. So I guess they cost ~600 usd here

What are you going be using the computer for?
Mainly gaming? Or also other tasks such as encoding video, photoshop work, etc.

I would say for the performance use of the computer, the most demanding would be gaming.
Else I would be using simple programs through a server at work (not video or gfx work). Using excel etc.
I might be running a virtual machine ware with it's own windows to run access my server at work to be safer, but I'm not sure about that.

I want my computer to be speedy and easy to work with, opening pages, loading etc in windows, and being able to run simple programs smoothly + gaming.