Guest darkskyabove Posted August 8, 2013 Posted August 8, 2013 The following amounts to the MOST extreme computer you could build today, without escalating into the realm of SUPERCOMPUTER (prices from newegg.com): ASRock X79 Extreme11 LGA 2011 Intel X79 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Extended ATX Intel Motherboard 1 ea $599.99 $599.99 Intel Core i7-3970X Extreme Edition Sandy Bridge-E 3.5GHz (4.0GHz Turbo) LGA 2011 150W Six-Core Desktop Processor BX80619i73970X 1 ea $1,029.99 $1,029.99 COOLER MASTER Eisberg 240L Prestige RL-EB24-16FK-R1 CPU Cooler 1 ea $179.99 $179.99 CORSAIR Dominator Platinum 32GB (4 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2400 Desktop Memory Model CMD32GX3M4A2400C10 2 ea $509.99 $1,019.98 EVGA 06G-P4-2795-KR GeForce GTX TITAN 6GB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 SLI Support Video Card 4 ea $1,219.99 $4,879.96 Thermaltake Bigwater 760 Pro (CLW0220) Water Cooler 4 ea $129.99 -$10.00 Instant $479.96 Corsair Neutron Series GTX 2.5" 120GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) 2 ea $129.99 -$5.00 Instant $249.98 Corsair Neutron Series GTX CSSD-N480GBGTXB-BK 2.5" 480GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) 2 ea $459.99 $919.98 Western Digital WD VelociRaptor WD1000DHTZ 1TB 10000 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive 2 ea $229.99 $919.96 SilverStone Temjin Series TJ11B-W Black Aluminum ATX Full Tower Computer Case 1 ea $579.99 $579.99 EVGA SuperNOVA NEX1500 Classified 120-PG-1500-XR 1500W SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Full Modular Power Supply 1 ea $449.99 $449.99 ASUS Black Blu-ray Burner SATA BW-16D1HT 1 ea $109.99 $109.99 Mad Catz S.T.R.I.K.E. 7 MCB43109N002/02/1 Black USB Gaming Keyboard 1 ea $299.99 -$10.00 Instant $289.99 Mad Catz R.A.T. 9 MCB4370900B2/02/1 Black 8 Buttons 1 x Wheel USB 2.0 RF Wireless Laser Gaming Mouse for PC and Mac 1 ea $200.99 $200.99 Mad Catz MCB4381000A1/12/4 G.L.I.D.E. 9 Gaming Surface for PC and Mac 1 ea $59.99 -$10.00 Instant $49.99 APC SUM1500RMXL2U 1440 VA 1425 Watts Smart-UPS XL Modular 1500VA 120V Rackmount/Tower 1 ea $1,249.99 -$105.00 Instant $1,144.99 Astro Gaming A50 Circumaural Headset - Black 1 ea $299.99 $299.99 BenQ Gaming XL2720T Black 27" 1ms (GTG) HDMI Widescreen LED Backlight LCD Monitor 3D-Ready 3 ea $549.99 -$50.00 Instant $1,499.97 Subtotal: $14,905.68 Notes: The motherboard supports running all 4 video cards @x16! Each nVidia Titan card has its own water cooler! The 2x on each drive is designed for RAID 0. (This writes to two drives simultaneously, giving approximately twice the speed.) The Drive layout is designed for: Drives 1 & 2: OS Drives 3 & 4: Programs Drives 5 & 6: User Data As the motherboard accomodates 10 SATA III drives, if you wanted to add more disks (for example, a Photoshop scratch disk, no problem!) The UPS is both a battery back-up and a power conditioner. No worries about surges. spikes, or brownouts. I included headphones/microphone, but NOT a full 7.1 speaker system. If you wish to add a 7.1 audio system, look it up yourself! (Expect to add many hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars.) Having three(3) 27" monitors, running in 3D, full HD, is incomprehensible to most people. All that being said, WHY EVEN BRING IT UP? Simply to show what's available. For the record: I am running a system that could be built for around $300 or less. This was mainly aimed at the techno-geeks among us (I being one). If it doesn't apply to you: go to the next thread.
Guest Cosmic42 Posted August 8, 2013 Posted August 8, 2013 It's been over 3 months for some of that build, It's now OBSOLETE.
Guest darkskyabove Posted August 8, 2013 Posted August 8, 2013 Yeah. So, add to the price of a small car. Keepin' it real, tho'. How are you going to beat 4 nVidia Titans with independent liquid cooling for each. You do introduce a solid point: "no matter what tech you buy today, it's obsolete tomorrow."
Guest Cosmic42 Posted August 8, 2013 Posted August 8, 2013 I gotta say the system is pretty extreme by todays standards. It's been a long time since I built a system thinking in those terms. However, my problem is when I observe current technology I tend base my perspective on a series of observations of the world today, including supression of technology by political and monetary manipulation, I esimate that we are running appoximatly 150 years or more behind where we should be in nearly all sciences at least as far as what is released publicly.. I am always dissapointed when I reflect on such perspectives. I think replicators and holodecks should be a fixture in every home just as an oven or cordless phone! "Computers" should be fully integrated and invisible. Gaming should be a fully immersed, interactive, 3D experience with smell, touch, taste, gforce, motion etc... Call me unreasonable, ______________ Cosmic1 <out> A good discription of the most civilized society could be guaged by how much government it has... So looking at ours at this time, we are knuckle dragging, caveman primitive. --me
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