Dreambuild - Thoughts???

[the_carter_05]

So, i like to keep a dream system build ready, incase i win the lottery. I'm lookin for any useful advice you may have.

Case: NZXT Khaos Series CS-NT-LEXA-BLB Black Aluminum ATX Full Tower
Mobo: DFI LANPARTY UT X48-T3R LGA 775 Intel X48 ATX Intel
CPU: Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9770 Yorkfield 3.2GHz LGA 775 136W Quad-Core
GPU Tri-SLI: EVGA GeForce GTX 280 FTW Edition 1GB 512-bit GDDR3 x3
RAM: CORSAIR DOMINATOR 8GB Dual Channel DDR3-2000 (PC3 16000)
HDDs: WD Caviar Black 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive x6
DVDs: LG 22X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black IDE x2
Sound: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum Fatal1ty Champion 7.1
LCD: Gateway Black 30" 6ms Widescreen HDMI LCD Monitor w/ 6-port USB
Connectivity: Cirago USB 2.0 Bluetooth Dongle
Dual PSUs: SILVERSTONE ZEUS 1200W ATX x2
Speakers: Logitech Z-5500 505 Watts 5.1 Speaker

Priced with some upgraded case fans, and no cooling system @ $9,635.73

i'll also need to buy a stick of slow DDR3 just to flash my BIOS so i can use the fast ram.

[Vullf]

Get a raid controller and 4 Western Digital Raptor Veloci after that get like 8 Samsung F1 1TB.
For the speakers get Creative S750 since you want the most extreme.
Fore the monitor get 2x Dell 30" or 2 Apple 30".
Btw get a Blu-Ray burner ;)

For the case, im not pretty sure where all this will fit? :d

[M31]

If you win the lottery and pay for a similar system for me, then I'll advise you :)

Seriously (if you are serious) what do you use your computer for, what do you want out of it?

[Linchpin]

You won't be able to use more than one of those cards with that board.

[MomijiTMO]

Keep on dreaming =p.

[perkam]

You won't be able to use more than one of those cards with that board.Indeed.

If you go Q9650 + Rampage Formula + 8GB Ram + 2 1TB Drives in Raid 0 + 1xSilverstone 1200W + 2x HD 4870X2

you're talking about a system that can be squeezed well within $5,000 and not that hard to attain at all.

Perkam

[Kondik]

Will the board handle 8 Gigs of 2000 DDR3 ? If I remember corectly i saw a review somewhere that DDR3 2000 modules can be only handled by 2 slots , 4 if you use -1600 , 2 if you have 1800+

[AzraelDarkangel]

For good price/performance and massive overclocking I would go with a Biostar TPower i45 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138118) and 8400. For a cost be damned I would get a different (EATX) case and go for an Intel Skulltrail (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813121330&Tpk=skulltrail) with dual QX9775.

[Vullf]

Oh yeah almost forgot Skulltrail :D

[AzraelDarkangel]

Oh yeah almost forgot Skulltrail :D

Yup, about $3,600 just for the processors and motherboard, lol. Around $4100 with 8GB RAM ($4,800 with 16GB!). Too rich for my blood, I would love to have that much money and time. Maybe I'll win the lottery someday, lol.

[the_carter_05]

If you win the lottery and pay for a similar system for me, then I'll advise you :)

Seriously (if you are serious) what do you use your computer for, what do you want out of it?

Her name is Scarlet. She's gonna be a semi-super computer, good for gaming, i have almost a TB of tv downloaded, and i'd like to expand that... maybe a usb tv-tuner is in order. I'm thinkin also a media server for my PS3 and laptop, hence i will also need to be able to convert files.

[the_carter_05]

If you win the lottery and pay for a similar system for me, then I'll advise you :)

Seriously (if you are serious) what do you use your computer for, what do you want out of it?


Get a raid controller and 4 Western Digital Raptor Veloci after that get like 8 Samsung F1 1TB.
For the speakers get Creative S750 since you want the most extreme.
Fore the monitor get 2x Dell 30" or 2 Apple 30".
Btw get a Blu-Ray burner ;)

For the case, im not pretty sure where all this will fit? :d

RAID's a really good idea, but at the same time, im also workin on a design for a small dedicated server to hold back ups of all my media files... why have hot-swappable redundant HDDs when i can have redundant Systems.

[the_carter_05]

You won't be able to use more than one of those cards with that board.


Will the board handle 8 Gigs of 2000 DDR3 ? If I remember corectly i saw a review somewhere that DDR3 2000 modules can be only handled by 2 slots , 4 if you use -1600 , 2 if you have 1800+

Well damn DFI for having me wait for inferior technology [that i can't afford anyway] i figured it was too good to be true... i can always revert to the EVGA 790i. The Skulltrail is reserved for Codename: Big Fat Jess, the server.

[Scray XXI]

Watch him win the lottery tomorrow...

[Kondik]

Nah, some are just crazy, I would bought that but now I'm waiting for nehalem, I usually upgrade my PC every 2 ~ 3 Months, so if he's one of the members of category "crazy" I belive him :D

[YMAA]

If you want tri-SLI eVGA just came out with a 790i FTW edition, a non-reference design that will probably perform similarly to the Striker II Extreme for $200 less.

I fail to see the point of these machines. There's no reason to get something this expensive when something that costs half as much will perform just as well. If it's a benching rig I could understand but if it was really a benching rig you wouldn't be buying a case and there would have been something about extreme cooling in the OP.

[Scubar]

QX9770 + Rampage Extreme + 8GB DDR3 + 4x128GB SSD RAID10 + 2x4870X2 + 4x1TB Samsung F1 RAID10

[Chruschef]

4870x2 can't CF

[Linchpin]

4870x2 can't CF


Yes it can.