Computers
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Not really. under 4,000 i guess.:O
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I will do that thenThis will be fun
Motherboard:
asus Rampage III extreme best overclocking board you can get.
CPU:
i7 980X no brainer, 6 cores, 32nm, unlocked multiplier.
RAM:
patriot Sector7 nice ram, good brand, lowish timings 12GB
Video card(s):
GTX 480s in SLI Here i suggest waiting a week for ATi to release their new cards, then prices on 480s should drop.
SSD:
Gskill pheonix pro fast saandforce based SSD. 80GB for boot drive+some games
HDD:
samsung F3 (they are up in price today for some reason, normally they are 60$)
PSU:
enermax evolution85+ 80+ silver 920w, way more than this build will ever draw, but some headroom is nice.
case:
HAF 942 (AKA HAFx) nice case, great airflow. *Note if you dont like the look, just pick annother case, this component doesnt affect performance*
soundcard:
Asus Xonar excellent sound card. I would be forced to kill a puppy if you didn't buy a sound card with a 4k build
subtotal:
$3,711.62 shipped
Now we need to discuss cooling.
Do you plan on overclocking?
are you comforable with water cooling?
A nice watercooling loop can be had for
$200.
or we can just go with air cooling (a perfectly fine solution as well) and get this:
noctua d14
total with air cooling:
$3,811.93
total with water:
~4000
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I doubt it. 64-bit programs can address up to something like 16,000TB. Plus most programs are written for 32-bit OS's because it was the most common (back in the XP days), so most are 32-bit. 64-bit won't be fully utilized for a while. Most people still think XP 32-bit is the best. Even on the Steam hardware surveys, XP 32-bit is the second most popular, with Windows 7 64-bit barely ahead.
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This was fun to do.
I did go a little crazy with the harddrive set up. But hey, with 8TB of storage (or you could go with 4TB in a RAID 0+1 array), you're not going to run out any time soon. And if you're not comfortable with doing a RAID 0 for your OS drive(s), then just get the Vertex 2 120GB instead.
Also, about cooling:
If you're going to overclock, get the Prolimatech Megahalems with a Gentle Typhoon that matches how much sound you want it to make.
I will admit, reflex's build is the better performer. But his is a good chunk more, and that extra performance would only be noticed in benchmarks. They would perform the same in every game (minus Metro 2033 @ max @ 2560x1600). Mine also uses quiet a bit less power.
Both would be good computers, no doubt. His is slightly better in performance, and has more bells and whistles, but also costs a lot more. It's your decision.
I did go a little crazy with the harddrive set up. But hey, with 8TB of storage (or you could go with 4TB in a RAID 0+1 array), you're not going to run out any time soon. And if you're not comfortable with doing a RAID 0 for your OS drive(s), then just get the Vertex 2 120GB instead.
Also, about cooling:
If you're going to overclock, get the Prolimatech Megahalems with a Gentle Typhoon that matches how much sound you want it to make.
I will admit, reflex's build is the better performer. But his is a good chunk more, and that extra performance would only be noticed in benchmarks. They would perform the same in every game (minus Metro 2033 @ max @ 2560x1600). Mine also uses quiet a bit less power.
Both would be good computers, no doubt. His is slightly better in performance, and has more bells and whistles, but also costs a lot more. It's your decision.
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This was fun to do.
I did go a little crazy with the harddrive set up. But hey, with 8TB of storage (or you could go with 4TB in a RAID 0+1 array), you're not going to run out any time soon. And if you're not comfortable with doing a RAID 0 for your OS drive(s), then just get the Vertex 2 120GB instead.
Also, about cooling:
If you're going to overclock, get the Prolimatech Megahalems with a Gentle Typhoon that matches how much sound you want it to make.
I will admit, reflex's build is the better performer. But his is a good chunk more, and that extra performance would only be noticed in benchmarks. They would perform the same in every game (minus Metro 2033 @ max @ 2560x1600). Mine also uses quiet a bit less power.
Both would be good computers, no doubt. His is slightly better in performance, and has more bells and whistles, but also costs a lot more. It's your decision.
where is the sound card?
You cannot tell me you are building a 4k (3k in your case) without one
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If you can live with 60GB. Probably not, though, so you can drop the sound card and get a few TB harddrives to be good on storage.
It is a little over $2000, but its still good. There is also $50 in MIRs, if you care about those.
