[naai66]

Dude the only good mouse in razer is the death adder. The mamba skips alot and has a lame sensor. The death adder has the best sensor in the world. And don't buy a razer headset. If the word "gaming" comes after the headset's name, it's an auto eliminate. Get something like an audiotechnica-ATH-M50. And for the keyboard, well get anything which you think looks nice. Doesn't matter if you don't intend to press 20 keys at once.

im a proud owner of the death adder. gotta say

BEST FREAKING MOUSE IN THE WHOLE FREAKING WORLD.

I'm not an owner and I honestly don't like most razer products. But that really is the best mouse in the whole world.

[TapSkill]

Spend less money on stupid Razer things and more on RAM. My parents iMac has more than that.

8GB is plenty of RAM. I know more doesn't hurt, usually, but if you really want to speed up the system, spread the memory over more slots so data can be stored and moved faster. 4x2GB is faster than 2x4GB, for example.

I thought about getting a DeathAdder mouse a few days ago, but I went with a generic brand, V7, that was less than half the price. I don't need the most amazing mouse ever, I just need a mouse that doesn't suck like my generic Dell mouse.

The laser vs. optical debate is an old one, but I say laser is better. Laser mice work on practically any surface, while optical mice are very picky about the surface. If you have a colorful or shiny mousepad or just a desk, optical mice might be jumpy. Laser mice are generally more precise.

Now, many sites sell optical mice as laser mice. This is a classic rip-off. I did not think about this when I ordered my mouse, but I honestly do not care if it is laser or optical, as long as it works well and feels comfortable.

[Snarf]

Perhaps. 4gb is definitely enough for the current games on the Market and will be enough for the foreseeable future. However, I always like to have alittle headroom and that's why I bought 8gb of ram. Although with such a high budget not getting extra ram would be silly. And yes, all the p67/z68 motherboards support only dual Channel ram.

No 4gb is double what is required. The reason you get 8gb's+ is you do heavy photoshop editing or video editing/rendering. All of which are very resource intensive. The only reason I suggest he gets 8gb's is he is using a dual channel board and buying a single stick of 4gb would slow him down. That and ram is so dirt cheap right now that you may as well considering it costs less than a mouse for 4 gigs.

[miller]

Already ordered a Death Adder =)

Regarding the RAM, I am getting 8GB since I'm thinking a couple of years ahead, and who knows how resource intensive the games will be.

[bowst]

I personally have 4GB of DDR3 ValueRam in my system, which is basically the worst (and cheapest) RAM that you can buy, I got mine for around $40 for 4GB.

I have to say that it's more than enough, I rarely go over 75% usage of my RAM at any one time, and it's just an unnecessary expense to buy any more right now.

My advice would be to either wait for DDR3 prices to drop a little more, or just hold out for DDR4 in the future.

[louistf2]

You guys are speaking as though he's on a Meagre budget - he has 2500 to spend. With that money you can afford the luxury of more/better RAM.

[bowst]

Just because he has the money, doesn't mean that he has to spend it unnecessarily. Sure there will be a minor improvement if he gets some better/more RAM, but that money can either be saved, or spent elsewhere on another component that would have a larger affect on the system overall.

[glouch]

if you're willing to spend that much throw in some money for an SSD.

Also I would go for the samsung spinpoint f3 over the WD caviar black, but they're both pretty comparable.

Unless you're doing heavy video editing, 4 GB of RAM is fine, but again, since you're spending a decent amount of money, might as well make the RAM somewhat "future proof"

[unknown]

you will not be seeing programs that require 4+GB of RAM for many many years (hopefully) unless youre doing, like Snarf said, a lot of graphics-intensive work.

If you honestly think that you're future-proofing your rig at all by buying more ram, or in general spending a shitton of money on a computer, you're a tad naive.

[Snarf]

He already ordered, ram is cheap. Also I wouldn't get anything over a western digital, I fucking love that vendor.