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I got 10k to build an ultimate system WOW me
As the title states, I am sitting aside 10 grand to build myself the ultimate gaming/multitasking PC. You have free reign on everything except the power supply and the video cards. I am going with a 1250 watt Corsair PS and 2 ATI HD 6990 Crossfire video cards (Not sure which brand yet though). I do want a separate sound card, something high end that I can plug into the surround sound system I am building around my PC area. I am also looking into cooling for the cpu and video cards. Before I forget do not worry about the case, that has already been bought and one last thing I do not care if the system is AMD or Intel based though I have always leaned towards AMD when I build my own systems. I do want this one to kick some ass.
Thanks in advance
Thanks in advance
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You're going to struggle to even spend that on a desktop. The only way to do it is going to be through periphirals and screens, you'll just be spending it for the sake of it and not to get a better machine.
Want one honest answer
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build a pc for half that money and wait 3 years and build another one.
Price performance on top levels are retarded, you pay double the price for so little extra performance and those prices drop insaly fast.
Whats top gear now is old next year.
Lets compare your 10 grand system in a timeframe of 3 years, your system would be a beast in the 1st year good in the second year and medium in the 3trd year.
Your money brother, but spend it wise
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Eleanor Rigby.
spend 3 grand and the rest on hookers.
1 TB SLC SSD array:D
next question?:D
This is the most expensive I could possibly get:
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Here you go, Go Own! http://www.avadirect.com/workstation-pc-configurator.asp?PRID=17260
Here's some parts I would get:
cpu
motherboard
memory
ssd
The fan on the 6990 is rather loud, so perhaps you should consider watercooling if you want a relatively quiet sysytem.
I will also say that If I were to spend this much on new system I would wait for Sandy Bridge E which will come out in 6 months time.
10k for a pc? what a collossal waste of money.
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Intel 980X = $1000.00
EVGA 170-BL-E762-A1 LGA 1366 Intel X58 4-WAY SLI Classified = $380.00
G.SKILL Ripjaws X 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3 2200 = $630.00
Western Digital VelociRaptor 600GB 10000 RPM 32MB Cache = $6100.00
OCZ RevoDrive X2 960GB Internal Solid State Drive = $3160 .00
Blue Ray drive Pioneer Blue Ray BDR-S05XLB = $230
Cooler accessories THERMALTAKE Big Water 780e ESA WATER COOLING DIY = $176
Cooler Harddisk Cooler Master CoolDrive 6x 4 = $43.77 x 4 = $175.11
Cooler VGA Prolimatech MK-13 x 4 = $45 x 4 = $180
Cooler Processor Master V10 Intel LGA775/1366 = $103.77
Cooler CASING XIGMATEK Crystal 200x 6 fans 200mm = $18.99 x 6 = $113.94
Logitech G19 Keyboard = $200.00
RAZER Mamba Mouse = $120.00
XFX FXGS2LAYER Mouse Pad = $50.00
SAMSUNG MD230X6 Black 23" 1920 x 1080 = $3600.00
RAZER Megalodon Gaming Headset = $150.00
HT | OMEGA Claro Halo XT PCI Interface Sound Card = $250.00
VisionTek Bigfoot Killer 2100 Gaming Network Card = $90.00
Bose Companion 5 multimedia speaker system = $400.00
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TOTAL PRICE = about $ 17,200.00
Without your Powersupply, Case, and Video Cards
$3,159.00
actually, you cant afford a 1 tb ssd:D
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227581
here's half a tb:D
LOL.. looks like that last post broke the thread.
It's actually easier to hit 10k for a computer than you would think.
All you need to do is buy one of these.
But in all seriousness. I would buy 2 SSD drives for the OS and programs and then do a RAID setup with 2-4 Cheetahs for your storage drive.
You could get 2 of these and 2-4 of these and you'll be all set.
"There is as yet insufficient data for a meaningful answer."
I was going to say the same thing.
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Either set asside 5k to get another ultimate machine in 3 years when everything you can possibly get at this time will be slightly outdated or spend a little on a really superior monitor array. Not sure of the quality of this brand but at least something like a tripple 24 inch setup.
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I dislike many of those choices.
- I rather would pick a nice lightweight Aluminium Midi Tower, than a bulky Full Tower. Full Tower has no advantages over Midi Tower if you dont need the extra space.
- Double graphics card ... meh, I wouldnt want one of those. The additional performance is at best random. Many games benefit hardly at all. And graphics cards have the bad habit of being loud. IMHO not worth it.
- You definitely DONT want a 10k RPM harddisk in your home computer. EVER. Even less TWO of these beasts. Sound level IS part of the comfort of your home computer. Harddisks with 10k RPM belong in computer centeres where, most of the time, nobody is in the room.
Also, 600 GB ? Dont you ever download anything from the internet ? I dont even look at harddisks below 2TB any more, unless they are SSDs, 2.5'' usb drives (1TB) or usb memory sticks.
As we're trying to spend as much money as possible, I would suggest an extrernal eSATA raid 5 like this one: http://www.sharkoon.com/?q=en/node/1809 (also has USB3 for up to 5Gb/s, but cant handle better than 5x 3TB hds) with 5 server quality Western Digital Green Power (very silent, very little consumption). You should buy a second one for backup, too, thus you have always a copy of your data in case that a lightning kills your computer. With 5x 3TB hds, you'll have a little over 10 TB of space.
- A trackball ? Uuuum. No thanks, I'll go with a good old mouse instead.
If you looking to Spend more money...
WaterCooler.
Ram waterblock.
South and northbridge waterblocks.
Gpu waterblocks
Top Range case.
Sli / Crossfire configuration (requires duel or tri cards and pic-express slot motherboard)
Solidstate drives (if thats your thing)
Also..
Please reconsider using the ati card.. Ive used ati cards for 10 years now in my main pc, The amount of games that have glitches and sluggish proformace are ridiculous. I run crossfire 5770's and when i was playing wow that was still sluggish. granted their not a top of the range card anymore but its still got plenty of "grunt" put up against the games requirements.
Much better to go with nvidia, although more expensie (both in dolars and power consumption) the drivers are supurb, (as opposed to ati drivers which are shite) and the hardware is great to boot.
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This thing will actualy have much worse performance than the $4500 machine I listed.
i7-2600K >> i7-980X and for 1/3 the price
DDR31600 with low latency performs better than DDR3 2200 with higher latency (the 4GB sticks only come in 9, you could get 2GB sticks at 7, but then you have half as much memory)
The bottleneck in solid state drives is the controller not the actual memory; the larger the capacity the worse the random access performance. For a performance system, smaller SSDs are better. The big ones are for comercial servers, like the video servers Netflix uses, where SSDs are used for reliability not performance.
I thought he wanted the ultimate gaming system, not the ultimate adult entertainment system.
Gimme the 10k and I'll give you a gold plated (read: painted) top-end system.
spend 3k every 2 years
While you're at it, go ahead and buy 3 brand new Bugatti Veyron Super Sports and then drive them into the lake.
Fill up a diamond encrusted swimming pool with the world's most famous celebrities, porn stars, and gold plated hummers.
All while paying the top 10 most expensive musical artists to play the world's loudest song while you flush the rest of your money down the toilet as well.
"Dude, I totally just paid a guy $6000 extra dollars for him to tell me his company's name makes me sound rich and look cool. Drinks are on me in the world's most populated and expensive Bar tonight!"
I'm sorry, but I fail to see why you are obsesively wanting to spend $10,000 for what will probably amount to a $2000 cost computer, and you're desperately wanting to raise the price.
I'll tell you what... give me all 10k and I will give you NOT ONLY the best computer you could possibly get, but I will also make sure I stick on the "Disatisfied9" logo, which is given out only once every 10,000 years to only 1 person.
Now THAT is worth the extra $9600 I'll be charging you.
......you're telling me that a 10k rpm spinning disk is worth twice as much as a SSD with 50% more HDD space?
Hold please...
*silently walks into the other room*
*The entire building shakes with what sounds like a thousand people laughing*
*quietly walks back into the room with you*
As you were saying?
OR...spend 5k on a therapist to figure out why he wants to spend 10k on a PC when even the best won't cost him even half that.
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