Moar Savings Challenge

[ColinB]

TYPE MODEL AMOUNT INDV COST TOTAL COST

CPU i7-4960X 1 $1,000 $1,000
GPU R9-290X 4 $500 $2,000
PSU Platimax 1350 2 $300 $600
RAM Ripjaws Z Series 64GB 1 $700 $700
Motherboard IV Extreme Black Edition 1 $500 $500
Storage Corsair GTX 120GB 2 $115 $230
Storage Seagate 2TB 2 $100 $200
Monitor QX2710 Evolution II 3 $300 $900
Mice Naga Epic 1 $130 $130
Mice SpacePilot Pro 1 $250 $250
Keyboard Deathstalker Ultimate 1 $250 $250
Sound Siberia Elite 1 $200 $200
Sound Audioengine A5+ 1 $400 $400
Case MAGNUM STH10 1 $600 $600

NET TOTAL $7,960


I NEED MOAR SAVINGS for this beast PC.
Help me please

 

[Dangman]

Please answer the stickied "ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS FIRST!" so that we can help you better.

Though yes, that setup could definitely be trimmed by at least $2000 with very negligible performance loss.

 

[ColinB]

I'm mostly looking for Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals or just deals in general on the units listed.

HOWEVER, if someone finds that they MUST revise my build, it will be used for an Autodesk Inventor (and product design suite) workstation, a GPU server running Server 2012 (for Autodesk for an engineering group, light load, NOT 24/7), and a gaming PC for Arma 3 at max everything. Precision for workstation applications is not required in my case.

Do not lecture me on the software/licensing, please. This is about hardware, and hardware alone.

 

[Dangman]

HOWEVER, if someone finds that they MUST revise my build, it will be used for an Autodesk Inventor (and product design suite) workstation, a GPU server running Server 2012 (for Autodesk for an engineering group, light load, NOT 24/7), and a gaming PC for Arma 3 at max everything. Precision for workstation applications is not required in my case

Well, for one, ditch the CPU: It's not worth the extra money over the Core i7 4930K unless you just want to spend money for shits and giggles. That'll shave off ~$450 right there.

 

[ColinB]

I'm loving the community feedback here.

 

[ColinB]

Well, for one, ditch the CPU: It's not worth the extra money over the Core i7 4930K unless you just want to spend money for shits and giggles. That'll shave off ~$450 right there.

I don't think the 4930K supports VT-d.

 

[Dangman]

I'm loving the community feedback here.

It's the holiday season. A lot of crunch time for people who work.

I don't think the 4930K supports VT-d.

Right on Intel's page for that CPU:
http://ark.intel.com/products/77780

Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d) ‡ Yes

So yes it does.

SSD wise, I'd go for the Samsung 840 Pro 128GB or 256GB due to its better performance and better quality.