need some expert advice on how to spend my money

James7679 said:

Okay, one mo'gin.

MoBowww.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151094
GPUNewegg.com - EVGA 012-P3-1578-AR GeForce GTX 570 (Fermi) Classified 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
PSUNewegg.com - SeaSonic S12II 520 Bronze 520W ATX12V V2.3 / EPS 12V V2.91 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply
MemoryNewegg.com - G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9Q-16GBRL
Thermal CompoundNewegg.com - Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound - Thermal Compound / Grease

That's the best that I can do for what you want. And you don't even need a new case. You can use the old one and you have plenty of flexibility for upgrades.

What about the HP hardware configuration change. Will HP allow it?

its the psu now

Paronomasia said:

OK. heres what i WANT
run tons of VM's be able to play max graphics on almost any game, make my computer look badass
heres what i NEED
play any game on max graphics, run a few VM's still make my computer badass

OK, that will be 3K

this thread is geting no wher :c at least our post counts are going up...

James7679 said:

quickdraw2011 said:

James7679 said:

Okay, one mo'gin.

MoBowww.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151094
GPUNewegg.com - EVGA 012-P3-1578-AR GeForce GTX 570 (Fermi) Classified 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
PSUNewegg.com - SeaSonic S12II 520 Bronze 520W ATX12V V2.3 / EPS 12V V2.91 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply
MemoryNewegg.com - G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9Q-16GBRL
Thermal CompoundNewegg.com - Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound - Thermal Compound / Grease

That's the best that I can do for what you want. And you don't even need a new case. You can use the old one and you have plenty of flexibility for upgrades.

What about the HP hardware configuration change. Will HP allow it?

Of course not, he's gonna need a, ahem, new OS.

Yeap, and what about HDD prep.

i have a 1 terabyte hard drive and a 1 terbyte external hard drive to backup all my stuff

ok lets see what we can come up with then