This type of thread is common on here, but I get the feeling you all enjoy building imaginary PCs hehe. This one, though, will actually be built :) So the customer here is a friend I carpool to college with, he has a $1200 budget and desires to first use it for his engineering graphics class, then move onto gaming during the summer. The $1200 includes the PC itself, the display, and an operating system (probably Windows 7 64). He has a few ideas regarding what he wants to do, but since he's not currently gaming he's a bit out of the loop. What he wants to do is get two older GPUs for the price of a current mid-tier and run them dual to get better performance. Is this a good idea? I told him he might want to consider just getting a single, medium level new card and then later make it a dual setup. Cheers! Progo (also, bonus points to anyone who can find a nice display on the cheap lol)