My new desktop computer.

[Mike_Yates]

I am building a new PC at some point this year. The specifications include the following.

I used the calculator tool in accessories and it all added up to around $1,900 using the retail prices from newegg, minus the newegg discounts.

I don't know how much the tax is on all those parts. I did not include the cost of the computer case, because I have a Coolermaster HAF 932 sitting in my closet right now...

CPU - Intel Core i7 930
Motherboard - Foxconn Flamingblade X58
RAM - OCZ 6GB DDR3 1600 MHz triple-channel
GPU - MSI Radeon HD 5870 Lightning
PSU - Corsair HX850
DVD Drive (I honestly don't need blu-ray)
Hard drive - Seagate 1.5 TB 7200 RPM
OS - Windows 7 professional
Anti-virus - NAV 2010
+ Cost of construction $99.99
- Cost of computer case

http://www.casingreviews.com/wp-content/uploads/cm/Cooler-Master-HAF932.jpg

It all came up to around $1,900. I have a strict budget of $2,000.

How much would the total tax be on all those components?

The Core i7 920 and 930 processors are known to be excellent overclockers. I was initially going to get a Phenom II X4 965 with an ASUS Crosshair III AM3 motherboard. But the Core i7's even at stock speeds, blow anything AMD has right now, completely out of the water. For only $100 more.

The Core i7 980X 6-core CPU is roughly $1,050 retail. But the 930 is $300 respectively, and can easily be overclocked to match or rival the performance of the more expensive models.

 

[Johnny_Ray_Wilson]

What the hell do you do with that stuff? I am no computer geek and do not recognize 1/2 of that jargon. I am perfectly content to have a friend rebuild my for $100 dollars or so.

 

[Mike_Yates]

What the hell do you do with that stuff? I am no computer geek and do not recognize 1/2 of that jargon. I am perfectly content to have a friend rebuild my for $100 dollars or so.

Gaming.

 

[Johnny_Ray_Wilson]

Gaming.

I see. Perhaps one day I can come to you for advice should I decide to go totally hi-tech. I have played some Sci-Fi war games on a friends' computer several times lately and freaking loved it! I am afraid I could become too addicted to that sort of thing and am a bit weary of doing so.

 

[Liar]

Gaming.

What games?

I haven't found any PC games that I wanted to play that doesn't run smoothly on my full HD screen and high quality rendering on. And my system is kind of mediocre (Core2Quad, 4 GB ddr2, Geforce8600 GT).

Anyway, if you spend that much and don't have an SSD as system and install drive, you need to re-think what you're doing. Makes a hell of a difference.

 

[Mike_Yates]

What games?

I haven't found any PC games that I wanted to play that doesn't run smoothly on my full HD screen and high quality rendering on. And my system is kind of mediocre (Core2Quad, 4 GB ddr2, Geforce8600 GT).

Anyway, if you spend that much and don't have an SSD as system and install drive, you need to re-think what you're doing. Makes a hell of a difference.

Crysis
Crysis 2 (in the future)
GTA 4
STALKER Call of Pripyat
STALKER Clear Sky
Bioshock 2
Alien VS Predator
CoD MW 1 and 2

I have a shit load of games installed on my PC right now.

Solid state disks are VERY expensive, and have significantly lower storage capacity than a hard drive.

Although putting your OS on a low capacity model greatly increases boot times and OS efficiency.

 

[Mike_Yates]

Watch this video for an example of the kind of computing power, especially graphics-wise, it takes to run Crysis on extremely high settings.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95vcqlNfmyQ

 

[airblade]

I didn't spend over $1,000 on a gaming puter, and I can pretty much run everything on High/Medium

 

[Liar]

Crysis
Crysis 2 (in the future)
GTA 4
STALKER Call of Pripyat
STALKER Clear Sky
Bioshock 2
Alien VS Predator
CoD MW 1 and 2

I have a shit load of games installed on my PC right now.

Solid state disks are VERY expensive, and have significantly lower storage capacity than a hard drive.

Although putting your OS on a low capacity model greatly increases boot times and OS efficiency.

I've got Windows, most apps I run and a handful of games stored on a low-end 64 GB SSD for $170. Then I have a bulk hard drive for everything else.

If you're throwing money money at an i7 instead of an i5 (gaming preformance is mostly in the graphics anyway) and Win 7 Pro, you can't be shy about over-spending anyway.

I play Crysis on my shit system without a glitch, with all the goodes turned on. What used to suck was load times. But not with my shiny new SSD.

Crysis 2 might be a stretch though...

 

[Mike_Yates]

Could you fit 6 or more of these in RAID 0?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227500

 

[thegrandchef]

Lawnmower Man?

 

[Voodoo5150]

Solid state disks are VERY expensive, and have significantly lower storage capacity than a hard drive.

Although putting your OS on a low capacity model greatly increases boot times and OS efficiency.

Not to mention SSDs crap out long before a regular HD will.

Personally, I'd be watching NewEgg like a hawk. You may be able to knock $200 or more off that via deals etc.

And, I'd suggest picking up Mount and Blade for one singular purpose: Having an army of 500 clashing with an army of 500 with you in the middle of it. Outdated graphics, but the mods etc. and the psychotic battles you can have with a high end computer are ridiculously amusing.

 

[Liar]

Not to mention SSDs crap out long before a regular HD will.

Old shitty ones did. Newer ones have estimated life lengths and MTBF far exceeding regular disks. Welcome to 2010.

 

[Liar]

Could you fit 6 or more of these in RAID 0?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227500

I don't think so. That is a 4 disk RAID 0 in itself.

I could fit 6 or more of those as a regular RAID 0 on SATA II and beat the snot out of that thing for less money though.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820139135

 

[virtualmachine]

I tried SSD, raptors, RAID with SSD and raptors and when it was all said and done ended up just using 1.5Tb drives JBOD. The price differentials still dont make any sense.

I admit to being a bit biased. I never have enough storage. I've got 36Tb online and I'm down to 14% free space again. But I still didnt see enough improvement with SSD to warrant the price difference. When you calculate it per GB it's that much worse.

 

[Mike_Yates]

I'm defragging my hard drive right now, it takes absolutely fucking forever! Only 5% progress after almost an hour.

 

[Klaxon]

http://indulgepics.com/images/50fatalx.jpg

I will have to get my assistant to take care of this...

 

[Voodoo5150]

I'm defragging my hard drive right now, it takes absolutely fucking forever! Only 5% progress after almost an hour.

Having just defragged I can tell you you're probably actually only looking at 2-3 hours more, tops. The % progress isn't the best indicator of time left on defrags.

 

[retd]

windows7 64bit
i3chip
4gigsram
1terrabite memory



Its fast, great pictures on ultimate cable.

 

[Mike_Yates]

Intel Core i7 980X Extreme Edition @ 4.4 GHz
EVGA X58 classified motherboard
12 GB DDR3 1600 MHz RAM
Three NVidia GeForce GTX 480's in SLI
1500W power supply
Blu-ray drive
Water cooling
Auzentech prelude soundcard
Two or Three SSD's in RAID 0
Antec 1200 case

 

[badbabysitter]

are you sure Britney Spears and her FEMA deathcamp lesbian feminist health-care commandos have nothing to do with this?

 

[LJ_Reloaded]

Intel Core i7 980X Extreme Edition @ 4.4 GHz
EVGA X58 classified motherboard
12 GB DDR3 1600 MHz RAM
Three NVidia GeForce GTX 480's in SLI
1500W power supply
Blu-ray drive
Water cooling
Auzentech prelude soundcard
Two or Three SSD's in RAID 0
Antec 1200 case

^^^^ This dude is going to have one HELL of an electric bill next month.

 

[Mike_Yates]

I can't decide between Two HD 5970's, 3-way SLI GTX 480, or Two GTX 490 when they come out.

The HD 5970 has Two GPU cores on a single PCB. Just as the GeForce GTX 490 has Two GPU cores on a single graphics card.

Two GTX 490's in SLI = 4 graphics processing units.

Let the bottleneck begin!