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SexayMistahBee · #1 10-30-2011, 01:43 PM

I'm thinking of building a custom computer and max out its specs.
I want the best of everything available at the moment.

How much would I have to spend?
I am not sure that I will be buying it anytime soon and just want to know how much money I may need, and money is not a problem.

Thanks

Rawrasaurus *BANNED* · #2 10-30-2011, 02:24 PM

Well, you can either go high end and spend ~$900-1000 and get an absolute beast, however if you really want to, you can spend $1500+, however the improvements will not be very noticeable and be bad value for performace:cost ratio. If you really want to spend a huge amount, there are plenty of people here who would be willing to help you pick out parts.

Noam · #3 10-30-2011, 03:38 PM

Huge amount you say? if you have a spare $5 K then here you go:
I added a monitor in the combo and I suggest you get razer keyboards and mice:

Case: COOLER MASTER HAF X RC-942-KKN1 Black Steel/ Plastic ATX Full Tower Computer Case

HDD: Up to 8 of these, but I reccomend 2: Western Digital Caviar Green WD30EZRX 3TB IntelliPower SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

GPU: 2 of these since the Mobo supports crossfire: PowerColor AX6990 4GBD5-M4D Radeon HD 6990 4GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity

PSU: CORSAIR Professional Series Gold AX1200 (CMPSU-1200AX) 1200W ATX12V v2.31 / EPS12V v2.92 SLI Certified 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply

RAM: 6 of these: CORSAIR Vengeance 4GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9B

Motherboard: Intel BOXDX58SO2 LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

CPU: Intel Core i7-990X Extreme Edition Gulftown 3.46GHz 6 x 256KB L2 Cache 12MB L3 Cache LGA 1366 130W Six-Core Desktop Processor BX80613I7990X

DVD Drive (Blu-Ray too): LG Black 12X BD-R 2X BD-RE 16X DVD+R 12X DVD-RAM 10X BD-ROM 4MB Cache SATA Super Multi WH12LS30 LightScribe Support - OEM

CPU Cooler: CORSAIR H100 (CWCH100) Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler

Monitor: Dell UltraSharp U3011 30" Height, Swivel & Tilt Adjustable Widescreen LCD Monitor 370 cd/m2

Subtotal On Newegg: $5,356.84
Shipping to where I live on Newegg: $257.27

Subtotal Without monitor: $3,956.85

SexayMistahBee · #4 10-30-2011, 04:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by noamyoungerm

Huge amount you say? if you have a spare $5 K then here you go:
I added a monitor in the combo and I suggest you get razer keyboards and mice:

Case: COOLER MASTER HAF X RC-942-KKN1 Black Steel/ Plastic ATX Full Tower Computer Case

HDD: Up to 8 of these, but I reccomend 2: Western Digital Caviar Green WD30EZRX 3TB IntelliPower SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

GPU: 2 of these since the Mobo supports crossfire: PowerColor AX6990 4GBD5-M4D Radeon HD 6990 4GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity

PSU: CORSAIR Professional Series Gold AX1200 (CMPSU-1200AX) 1200W ATX12V v2.31 / EPS12V v2.92 SLI Certified 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply

RAM: 6 of these: CORSAIR Vengeance 4GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9B

Motherboard: Intel BOXDX58SO2 LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

CPU: Intel Core i7-990X Extreme Edition Gulftown 3.46GHz 6 x 256KB L2 Cache 12MB L3 Cache LGA 1366 130W Six-Core Desktop Processor BX80613I7990X

DVD Drive (Blu-Ray too): LG Black 12X BD-R 2X BD-RE 16X DVD+R 12X DVD-RAM 10X BD-ROM 4MB Cache SATA Super Multi WH12LS30 LightScribe Support - OEM

CPU Cooler: CORSAIR H100 (CWCH100) Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler

Monitor: Dell UltraSharp U3011 30" Height, Swivel & Tilt Adjustable Widescreen LCD Monitor 370 cd/m2

Subtotal On Newegg: $5,356.84
Shipping to where I live on Newegg: $257.27

Subtotal Without monitor: $3,956.85

like I said before, I wont be buying my build anytime soon, so something better will have already been released by the time I buy it. That's why I didn't want to waste your times buy asking for a list of parts :/

PC technologies doubles every 6 months or so now, right?

Cyber_Ki11er · #5 10-30-2011, 05:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by noamyoungerm

Monitor: [/size][size=2]Dell UltraSharp U3011 30" Height, Swivel & Tilt Adjustable Widescreen LCD Monitor 370 cd/m2

That Monitor must be one of the best monitor around at that prices. But it does look good for a 30" LED.

Noodles :) · #6 10-30-2011, 08:17 PM

Don't go with the above build, waste of money, Spend $2k most on a PC($1.5k for tower, $500 for peripherals).

Ivy Bridge *BANNED* · #7 10-30-2011, 09:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Noodles :)

Don't go with the above build, waste of money, Spend $2k most on a PC($1.5k for tower, $500 for peripherals).

Yeah I personally wouldn't recommend spending more than about $3k max but the more money you put the longer it'll last. If the money is there, why not I guess?

OP, you can't ask such a blanket question and get a straight answer. My idea of the best of everything will be a build that's over $10k USD. Someone else's might be like $1k... Ask the question closer to the time of the build as well. New stuff is slated to come out in Q1-Q3 2012 that'll put anything we suggest now to shame.

One thing you'll want to make sure you grab though that I don't think will become irrelevant anytime soon is a 1600p display. No point in building a super high end machine to game at 1080p when a $1.5k machine will play 1080p games just as well.

Noam · #8 10-31-2011, 01:58 PM

Well, you said you had an endless pof money

It's a build that isn't worth the cost, unless you are a multi-billionare

SexayMistahBee · #9 11-06-2011, 03:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by noamyoungerm

Well, you said you had an endless pof money

It's a build that isn't worth the cost, unless you are a multi-billionare

Or a maniac lol.
So you guys are basically saying that the best computer parts aren't necessarily the most expensive, nd that you could get the same performance for a cheaper price?

That's awesome

I guess that all I should worry about now is the mouse, keyboard, and CRT monitor for fps games

kill dank · #10 11-06-2011, 04:15 AM

well off the top of my head...

evga classified 2 mobo
2x i7 990x (oc'd of course)
4 x gtx 590
4 x 500gb ssd's in raid 0
2 x 2TB data drives
custom water cooling loop
64 GB of ram, tri channel

some other shit, but that's like a $4k build right there.

Some of that shit, as for now... In 6 months it'll be a different story.

Ivy Bridge *BANNED* · #11 11-06-2011, 04:20 AM

@kill dank
That's more like a $10,000+ build l0l, + you can't use 990X in the SR-2 and 590s only support up to Quad SLI, so two cards max. Also you can't get 64GB RAM on that motherboard unless you do some weird mix and match. There's 12 slots, at least six of which need to be populated from what I know (or at least if you want to make use of the tri-channel RAM). 6x4GB=24GB, 6x8GB=48GB. Or if you wanted to populate all 12 it would be 12x4GB=48GB, or 12x8GB=96GB.

Quote:

Originally Posted by SexayMistahBee

Or a maniac lol.
So you guys are basically saying that the best computer parts aren't necessarily the most expensive, nd that you could get the same performance for a cheaper price?

That's awesome

I guess that all I should worry about now is the mouse, keyboard, and CRT monitor for fps games

Ewww, no don't buy a CRT. The response time isn't that big of a deal. I'd much rather have like a 5ms response time and a 1080p resolution vs no input lag and like 1366x768 resolution.

Noodles :) · #12 11-06-2011, 04:54 AM

can't use 4x 590s/6990s, etc.
SLi and CFX only support 4 GPUs, not 8.

CRT>LCD panels. If you get a good one ofc.

CRT monitors can go much higher res then 1366x768, and they can also have higher refresh rate, etc.
http://compreviews.about.com/od/mult...a/CRTvsLCD.htm

If I could find a quality CRT for cheap I'd use it over an LCD.

Ivy Bridge *BANNED* · #13 11-06-2011, 06:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Noodles :)

can't use 4x 590s/6990s, etc.
SLi and CFX only support 4 GPUs, not 8.

CRT>LCD panels. If you get a good one ofc.

CRT monitors can go much higher res then 1366x768, and they can also have higher refresh rate, etc.
http://compreviews.about.com/od/mult...a/CRTvsLCD.htm

If I could find a quality CRT for cheap I'd use it over an LCD.

Yeah but most of the time they're really low res, bulky as mess, and small screen size. Not to mention the color/picture clarity suck ass on CRTs. I don't even notice the input lag on my monitor. The only benefit I truly see is a higher refresh rate, which is one of those things you either love or you don't notice.

Example:
http://www.amazon.com/21in-19-8v-204...d_sim_sbs_pc_3

Best CRT I could find in the somewhat affordable price range. Very nice resolution, but it weighs like 70 lbs. Also, refresh rate is only 75Hz which isn't a huge improvement over the typical LCD's 60Hz. There's a few LCDs in the $200-$300 price range that are 120Hz/3D ready as well, like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16824116452

Not 1080p resolution but 1680x1050 isn't bad, plus it's 3D ready/120Hz. 5ms seems like a small price to pay for it

kill dank · #14 11-06-2011, 09:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ivy Bridge

@kill dank
That's more like a $10,000+ build l0l, + you can't use 990X in the SR-2 and 590s only support up to Quad SLI, so two cards max. Also you can't get 64GB RAM on that motherboard unless you do some weird mix and match. There's 12 slots, at least six of which need to be populated from what I know (or at least if you want to make use of the tri-channel RAM). 6x4GB=24GB, 6x8GB=48GB. Or if you wanted to populate all 12 it would be 12x4GB=48GB, or 12x8GB=96GB.

I Wasn't gettig specific and it was completely from (my clearly flawed) memory, but thanks for pointing out that shit.
2x 980x
4x somethin
48gb, (12x4gb)

still pretty intense whatever it is.

SexayMistahBee · #15 11-06-2011, 02:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Noodles :)

can't use 4x 590s/6990s, etc.
SLi and CFX only support 4 GPUs, not 8.

CRT>LCD panels. If you get a good one ofc.

CRT monitors can go much higher res then 1366x768, and they can also have higher refresh rate, etc.
http://compreviews.about.com/od/mult...a/CRTvsLCD.htm

If I could find a quality CRT for cheap I'd use it over an LCD.

Yeah dude, but I'm Korean.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ivy Bridge

Yeah but most of the time they're really low res, bulky as mess, and small screen size. Not to mention the color/picture clarity suck ass on CRTs. I don't even notice the input lag on my monitor. The only benefit I truly see is a higher refresh rate, which is one of those things you either love or you don't notice.

Example:
http://www.amazon.com/21in-19-8v-204...d_sim_sbs_pc_3

Best CRT I could find in the somewhat affordable price range. Very nice resolution, but it weighs like 70 lbs. Also, refresh rate is only 75Hz which isn't a huge improvement over the typical LCD's 60Hz. There's a few LCDs in the $200-$300 price range that are 120Hz/3D ready as well, like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16824116452

Not 1080p resolution but 1680x1050 isn't bad, plus it's 3D ready/120Hz. 5ms seems like a small price to pay for it

70 pounds <=WHAT?
I remember the heaviest CRT that I've carried was less than 15!
Wonder what that shit is full of