Why go mainstream when you can double up?
I built my little monster on the "cheap" and wanted to share it with you guys and hear what you think.
Components:
2x GTX1070 = $900
2x Xeon E5-2660 = $100 (eBay)
2x Cooler Master Evo 212 = $0 (found them in a junkyard)
8x4GB Micron 1333 ECC = $100 (eBay)
Asus Z9PE-D8 = $250 (eBay)
Intel SSD 520 (had it for a long time)
WD Green 2TB (same)
Lian Li E05 (used)
40" 4k Samsung TV (main and only monitor) = $300 (Black Friday sale at Best Buy)
I wanted to use a small case and pack it full with GPUs and CPUs. I ended up picking Lian Li A05 which is almost as long as the extended ATX motherboard. So to make it fit, I removed the drive trays, relocated the power supply to stand vertical in front and mounted the drives on the bottom.
The processors are 8C/16T Sandy Bridges rated at 2.2GHz but in practice often hit 2.93GHz in use in turbo. They overclock mildly too. In total, I have 16C/32T & task manager graphs are cool.
LGA2011 coolers are pretty pricey, so I retrofitted the Evo 212s using spacers from the local (non-PC) hardware shop.
My new PC in total costs $1500. Most expensive I've ever had, but coolest too
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I really enjoyed building it and this is the first time ever I have a nice PC, despite having had a job for about 6 years now. Hunting for components in eBay took a long time though.
I built my little monster on the "cheap" and wanted to share it with you guys and hear what you think.
Components:
2x GTX1070 = $900
2x Xeon E5-2660 = $100 (eBay)
2x Cooler Master Evo 212 = $0 (found them in a junkyard)
8x4GB Micron 1333 ECC = $100 (eBay)
Asus Z9PE-D8 = $250 (eBay)
Intel SSD 520 (had it for a long time)
WD Green 2TB (same)
Lian Li E05 (used)
40" 4k Samsung TV (main and only monitor) = $300 (Black Friday sale at Best Buy)
I wanted to use a small case and pack it full with GPUs and CPUs. I ended up picking Lian Li A05 which is almost as long as the extended ATX motherboard. So to make it fit, I removed the drive trays, relocated the power supply to stand vertical in front and mounted the drives on the bottom.
The processors are 8C/16T Sandy Bridges rated at 2.2GHz but in practice often hit 2.93GHz in use in turbo. They overclock mildly too. In total, I have 16C/32T & task manager graphs are cool.
LGA2011 coolers are pretty pricey, so I retrofitted the Evo 212s using spacers from the local (non-PC) hardware shop.
My new PC in total costs $1500. Most expensive I've ever had, but coolest too
I really enjoyed building it and this is the first time ever I have a nice PC, despite having had a job for about 6 years now. Hunting for components in eBay took a long time though.
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