i want a sick computer

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jfish

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money is no object, i would like the best computer available really. suggestions to change on this build, anything else i should buy etc.




LG Super Multi Blu-ray Disc Burner & HD DVD-ROM Drive Black SATA Model GGW-H20L - Retail
Item #: N82E16827136137
Return Policy: Limited Non-Refundable 30-Day Return Policy

$319.99


LIAN LI PC-A10B Black Aluminum ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
Item #: N82E16811112122
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy
-$20.00 Instant
$259.99
$239.99


Western Digital Caviar GP WD10EACS 1TB 5400 to 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
Item #: N82E16822136151
Return Policy: Limited 30-Day Return Policy

$389.98
($194.99 each)


BFG Tech BFGE981024GX2OCXE GeForce 9800 GX2 1GB 512-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail
Item #: N82E16814143138
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy

$1,199.98
($599.99 each)


Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional SB0886 7.1 Channels PCI Express Interface Sound Card - Retail
Item #: N82E16829102019
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy

$149.99


ABS Tagan ITZ Series ITZ1300 1300W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply - Retail
Item #: N82E16817814001
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy

$50.00 Mail-in Rebate
$399.99


mushkin 2GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Desktop Memory Model 991599 - Retail
Item #: N82E16820146784
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy

$255.96
($63.99 each)


XFX MB-N780-ISH9 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI Intel Motherboard - Retail
Item #: N82E16813141005
Return Policy: Limited Non-Refundable 30-Day Return Policy

-$10.00 Instant
$259.99
$249.99


Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 Yorkfield 3.0GHz LGA 775 130W Quad-Core Processor Model BX80569QX9650 - Retail
Item #: N82E16819115034
Return Policy: Processors (CPUs) Return Policy

-$20.00 Instant
$1,045.00
$1,025.00


ZALMAN Reserator XT BK Black Reserator (Reservoir+Radiator+Water Pump) Water Cooling System - Retail
Item #: N82E16835118032
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy
-$30.00 Instant
$449.99
$419.99
 
Dude wait two weeks, new nVidia graphics cards and ATi cards are out so soon!
 
mm haha ok maybe i got in over my head. i meant maybe 10k.

i changed to the intel motherboard and crucial memory. about the processor, what should i get. i play poker mainly and would like the option of playing any game. would u recommend anything?
 
I've just picked up a Skulltrails MoBo and a couple of E5450's.
Match that up with 8 Gb of DDR2-800 FB ram and a couple of 10k hard drives.
I'm hopeing to overclock them to ~3.6 Ghz.
I'm useing an old 3870 vid card at the moment but will add a new vid card once it gets released.
A nice small system ........... :p

Luck .......... :D
 
A sick system for poker? :confused:
What other games do you plan on playing, and at what settings/resolution?
What size monitor do you have?
What else will this system be used for?
 
Did you just go to Newegg and pick the most expensive of everything?

RAID 1+0 of four WD 640GB AAKS HDD's will give you insane speed, redundancy, and a little over 1GB of capacity.

QX9770 beats the QX9650.

I'd rather not get involved in the rest.
 
no games specifically, i would just like the option of playing everything in maximum resolution at highest settings. plus i can write this whole thing off on taxes :D. right now i have 2x24" monitors, but im thinking of upgrading to 2x30".
 
and i kind of did just go through newegg looking at some of the higher end parts. i havent built a computer in 2.5 years like i said and i have nfi what is current. ive also never built intel etc.
 
dhc014 said:
Did you just go to Newegg and pick the most expensive of everything?

RAID 1+0 of four WD 640GB AAKS HDD's will give you insane speed, redundancy, and a little over 1GB of capacity.

QX9770 beats the QX9650.

I'd rather not get involved in the rest.
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why get the 640gb hard drives? afaik they are 7200rpm and just 640gb am i missing something? i dont mind getting 10 or 15k rpm hdds here, possibly as a 2nd or 3rd drive, but i know nothing about that stuff. i have only ever used 7200rpm bigger drives. im a noob :D.
 
anyway so updated list:



LG Super Multi Blu-ray Disc Burner & HD DVD-ROM Drive Black SATA Model GGW-H20L - Retail
Item #: N82E16827136137
Return Policy: Limited Non-Refundable 30-Day Return Policy

$299.99


LIAN LI PC-A10B Black Aluminum ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
Item #: N82E16811112122
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy
-$20.00 Instant
$259.99
$239.99


Western Digital Caviar GP WD10EACS 1TB 5400 to 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
Item #: N82E16822136151
Return Policy: Limited 30-Day Return Policy

$389.98
($194.99 each)


BFG Tech BFGE981024GX2OCXE GeForce 9800 GX2 1GB 512-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail
Item #: N82E16814143138
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy

-$30.00 Instant
$1,199.98
$1,139.98
($569.99 each)


Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional SB0886 7.1 Channels PCI Express Interface Sound Card - Retail
Item #: N82E16829102019
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy

$149.99


ABS Tagan ITZ Series ITZ1300 1300W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply - Retail
Item #: N82E16817814001
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy

$50.00 Mail-in Rebate
$399.99


Intel BOXD5400XS Dual LGA 771 Skulltrail D5400XS Extended ATX Motherboard - Retail
Item #: N82E16813121330
Return Policy: Limited Non-Refundable 30-Day Return Policy
$659.99


Intel Core2 Extreme QX9775 3.2GHz LGA 771 150W Quad-Core Processor Model BX80574QX9775 - Retail
Item #: N82E16819115044
Return Policy: Processors (CPUs) Return Policy

$3,097.98
($1,548.99 each)


Crucial 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 FB-DIMM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) ECC Fully Buffered Dual Channel Kit Server Memory Model CT2KIT25672AF80E - Retail
Item #: N82E16820148189
Return Policy: Limited Non-Refundable 30-Day Return Policy
-$20.00 Instant
$539.98
$499.98
($249.99 each)


ZALMAN Reserator XT BK Black Reserator (Reservoir+Radiator+Water Pump) Water Cooling System - Retail
Item #: N82E16835118032
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy
-$30.00 Instant
$449.99
$419.99
 
oops ill delete the video cards and wait the 2 weeks. ridiculously inconvenient timing for that tho.
 
To add to the post above: That Velociraptor needs to be "adjusted" by Tim The Toolman Taylor!
 
what games do you plan on playing? a system like that would be overkill for everything but crysis even at 2x 2560x1600 res. not that overkill's a bad thing :D

but if you just wanna do work and play poker...you could do that on a pentium 1 running Windows 3.11 or a P3 running win2k for sure.
 
Id get the Lian Li PC V2110 instead, this system is going to produce a lot of heat (maybe not while you are playing poker though). But of course if you insist on a miditower...

The Auzentech X-fi Prelude ...for those high res poker sounds ;) (and music).

Raid consisting of VelociRaptors should be good... :D ...plus a serious storage array of 4 x 1TB Samsung F1´s, Hitachi A7K1000´s ..or Seagate ES.2´s

Id also go for two PSUs as someone mentioned already...
 
This system is for playing poker?! Glad I'm not a cockroach in your house - you'd probably buy a cruise missle to get rid of me.

BTW, who's going to build this for you? :)

Seriously. If you're not just screwing around here, this will be a somewhat time consuming and intricate build if you want to do it right.

Most home-builders do it themselves to get a mid-to-high range system at a reasonable price. If you want the bleeding edge and have money to burn, why not let the pro's do it for you? Alienware will be happy to deliver the following for a mere 9K plus change. Of course, most of us could build a system that will perform 90-95% as well for 20% or less of that price, but apparently that's beside the point.

[1] Area-51® ALX

Alienware P2 Chassis: Alienware® P2 ALX Chassis with AlienIce™ 3.0 Video Cooling - Saucer Silver
Chassis Customization : Alienware® AlienFX® System Lighting - Astral Blue
System Cooling: Alienware® ALX High-Performance Liquid Cooling
Power Supply: Alienware® 1200 Watt Multi-GPU Approved Power Supply
Graphics Processor: Dual 1GB NVIDIA® GeForce® 9800 GX2 – Quad GPU Technology
Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Extreme QX9770 3.2GHz 12MB Cache 1600MHz FSB Overclocked to 4.0GHz!
Memory: 4GB Corsair Dominator Overclocked Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz - 4 x 1024MB
Motherboard: Alienware® Approved NVIDIA® nForce® 790i Ultra SLI™ Motherboard
Includes PCI-Express 2.0, DDR3 Memory, and Support for Intel 1600 FSB
Operating System (Office software not included): Windows Vista® Ultimate with Service Pack 1
System Drive: Extreme Performance (RAID 0) - 600GB (2 x 300GB) Velociraptor SATA 3.0Gb/s 10,000RPM 2 x 16MB Cache
Optical Drives : Single Drive Configuration - 4x Dual Layer Blu-ray Burner (BD-RE, DVD±RW, CD-RW)
Enthusiast Essentials: Dual High Performance Gigabit Ethernet Ports
Physics Processing Unit: Ageia PhysX PCI-Express Processing Unit w/ 128MB GDDR3 - More Info
Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ XtremeGamer High Definition 7.1 Audio - More Info
Monitor: 30" Samsung 2560 x 1600 (6ms) SyncMaster Widescreen Flat Panel
Speakers: Logitech® G51 Surround Sound Speaker System
Keyboard: Gaming Keyboard - Logitech® G15 Keyboard
Mouse: Gaming Mouse - Razer Lachesis™ 4000dpi Laser Gaming Mouse - Phantom White
 
Well if you really want the cutting edge why not wait till Q4 of this year or early 2009 and pick up one of the latest intel cpu's the day they're released? This really is overkill for poker though.
 
i know its overkill, but i can write the whole thing off on taxes so w/e. u guys should be encouraging degenerate behavior btw :).

i dont mind having somebody else build this, but i wasnt sure where to go. i was actually about to buy dell before somebody convinced me otherwise. if anybody wants to build this for me, pm me and lets set something up.

tyty
 
jfish said:
u guys should be encouraging degenerate behavior btw :).
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LOL!

Nah, we like to be a bit more responsible when it comes to other people's money. Hence why you rarely see people buy ridiculously overkill rigs that offer very little performance increase over significantly cheaper rigs after they ask for advice here in General Hardware. Just our way of showing that one does not need spend +$2000 on a new gaming PC when $1000 or even $750 gaming PC is more than enough.

Anyway, wait for the new cards to come out and see how they perform.
 
My critic of the build so far ............

1, You have an ATX case with an EATX MoBo. It wont fit.

2. the MoBo runs a quad channel memory bus but you only have two sticks. Up it to four stick to maximize your memory through put.

3. Unless your after the unlocked multi to try for 4.0 Ghz (10x400), the E5450's may be a better bet.
Hopefully I can run my E5450's at 3.6 Ghz (400x9 ).
Plus they only use 80 watts vs the 150 watts of the QX9775's.

4. Its a dual CPU system. You'll need to buy a second waterblock.
Or if you run the QX9775's maybe a second ZALMAN Reserator XT .......... :p

5. PSU. Read the [H]'s reveiw of it Here.
Not very good.
Also you'll probably need something like This for the second 2x4 aux power socket.

Apart from that, not bad.

Luck ........... :D
 
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