Only thing I would suggest is to forget about the 2 4650's and get either a 4850 or 4770, as in most cases either of those will be faster than the 2x4650 (and cheaper as both can usually be found for $100.00 or less). That and you won't have the headache that can come from running dual cards.

Even better is if you can hold off for a week or two as the new HD5xxx cards are supposed to be coming out. Personally I would wait and see what the prices of the new cards are, that and the prices on the older cards is liable to come down some.

Well he has time, a lot of time, till next summer to be exact. So I think we'll wait for the new 5xxx series, or should we go with Nvidia?

If you're not planning on building it till next summer, I wouldn't even bother making a list till then.

if hes gaming why choose AMD processor? and id go windows 7

hm.... i say wait until he is ready..... but when ya do go for the 5870 or 5850.... they are a best of a card

Originally Posted by archie123

if hes gaming why choose AMD processor?

Because Intel sucks more than a dirty hooker.

Originally Posted by thepizzaman

hm.... i say wait until he is ready..... but when ya do go for the 5870 or 5850.... they are a best of a card

When does the 5 series come out?

Because Intel sucks more than a dirty hooker.

Hah, he's just sore cos he can't afford the better Intel i7 cpu's...

Have a look at what I've just finished building for $3500, Expensive but well worth building. My recommendation is to always futureproof:

Specifications:

INTEL i7 Core Extreme Edition 3.3 Ghz (OC to 4.6)
Asus P6T7 WS Supercomputer Motherboard
6 x OCZ 1800Mhz DDR3 2Gb (dual triple-channel 12Gb total)
3 x Asus Nvidia Geforce 285 GTX 1Gb (in 3-way SLI over six slots) (OC at 125%)
Creative X-Fi Fatal1ty Titanium Edition (PCI-e 2.0 slot version)
Coolermaster CosmosX SuperATX Case
12 case fans, just to keep the GPU's under 50 degrees!

Originally Posted by TotallyAwesome

Originally Posted by archie123

if hes gaming why choose AMD processor?

Because Intel sucks more than a dirty hooker.

Originally Posted by thepizzaman

hm.... i say wait until he is ready..... but when ya do go for the 5870 or 5850.... they are a best of a card

When does the 5 series come out?

i agree about intel..... and sometime in the next month.. the benchmarks i've seen are amazing fast