worlds most powerful gaming htpc?

[wjturner78]

case silverstone gd07
mobo= asus maximus iv black edition
cpu= i7 3970x extreme edition
ram- 64 gigs ripjawsz 2133
pcie ssd= asus raidr 240 gig
storage= 4 3tb seagate barracudas 7200rpm
2 240gb samsung ssd raid 10
2 1tb 2.5 hdssd
gpu= saphire r9-290x
creative sound blaster z
happauge 2250 tuner
happauge colloses hdmi capture card
imon ultra bay
aquaero 6
asus rog oc panel
hot swappable ssd bay
card reader w usb 3.0 esata and always on charge port
2 slim bluray drives
1 140mm noctua fan
2 120mmx12mm fans
2 120mm noctua fans
3 80mm fans
evga 1000w psu
1 240mm rad
1 120mm rad
1 80mm rad
swiftech mcp 355 pump
custom built pump silent box
sleeved led lighting
2 cold cathods
el wire and el tape
everything is mounted with rubber spacers for sound

 

[D4rkn3ss]

its a fucking abomination, should had started with a Origen AE HTPC case.

 

[wjturner78]

its a fucking abomination, should had started with a Origen AE HTPC case.

WOW....

its not yet finished there are cosmetic things left to polish off but because im looking for constructive criticism i am curious as to why you say its an abomination?

i take it you own a Origen AE?

 

[D4rkn3ss]

WOW....

its not yet finished there are cosmetic things left to polish off but because im looking for constructive criticism i am curious as to why you say its an abomination?

i take it you own a Origen AE?

need to draw for you?

 

[wjturner78]

need to draw for you?

shall i install the front door and take a better pic? its actually done very nice just not all the parts have been re-installed sonce its still a work in progress

 

[D4rkn3ss]

no need, i saw a few pics of the silverstone gd07, not the best choice in my opinion but it looks clean with the door closed, has a lot of space too. hell yeah is overkill, unless youre gaming on it (which i think you are )

 

[Matthew Kane]

If for gaming - overkill? Not really since most likely you'd be running big resolutions if on one of them latest high res LCD panels tv's. If anything that is overkill is your PSU, your system uses way way way less then 1000 watts even when under load.

 

[Flowmotion]

Cant play any Xbox One or PS4 Games

 

[WiSK]

Welcome to [H]!

"World's most powerful" is a bit of troll bait tbh

You might have used an expensive CPU, but for gaming, GPU power > all. Since you use a mATX board, you could better improve framerate for the same price by adding a second GPU and dropping down to a regular i7

 

[SaperPL]

First of all - I wouldn't it call it htpc with those dimensions - its just a normal sized PC case put on a side.

If I were to spend all that money to make "the most powerfull gaming htpc" in such a huge case i would go for dual octa-core xeon E5's just to show off my dong is longer and if I had unlimited amount of cash for the project I would go for 18-core E5's(again for the dong powah)

For the gpu parts as WiSK said - with this much space you could go for double dual-gpu cards ending up with quad SLI or quad CrossFireX.

 

[BlindedByScience]

Same thread, more appropriate forum:

http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1833551