The System im getting in 2 weeks :D

[syncorion]

Ok ok..I have finally built my system and i'll be ordering it on Monday and will get it in 2 weeks.

These are the specs..(don't wet your pants)

CPU= Intel i7 core 975 extreme
Mobo= Asus P6T6 Deluxe
Memory= Kingston 6x4gb ddr3 (24gb ddr3)
Video= ATI Sapphire HD 4870 2gb x 2
Sound= Creative Sound Blaster x-fi titanium
HDD= 1x 250gb SSD, 2x 1TB WD
Monitor= 3x 22" 5ms LCD

Im getting Vista ultimate 64bit with it, do you think I should get Windows 7..the OS and wow's and any OS installs will be on the SSD hdd, anything else will be on the 2TB.

Will be running 5 clients ( 1 death knight, 4 shamans)

I will post Pics of it when I get it :)

[Ogloo]

holy cow that thing could play 20 wows easy lol..

[Enndo]

Wow! Win the lottery lately? lol that is one very sick machine.

[syncorion]

haha

Thanks..Yea trying to make the best system out..
So I can not upgrade for 6 years..as 6 years ago I bought the best laptop out and now its not that great anymore so upgrading.

[Ualaa]

I hear you.

My current system, was very much an overkill system at the time I bought it.
Just under $4000 canadian, which at the time was maybe $3200 us.

It is certainly adequate for my uses, but 3 years down the road.. ie, today..
For a lot less, I could build a stronger system.
Top of the line is always the most fun to have and play with.
But a few steps back is more economical, and you can upgrade more often.
Still, if you can afford it, top of the line is a very nice way to go too.

[syncorion]

Well...Its way more then $4000 for the total system..The Price in total does not include the keyboard or mouse as I will be getting them at a different store.

I will attach the proper specs in a picture.

The total in USD is $10,775 for AUD its $13,337..

I had help by a friend that builds gaming machines to find the best specs out..and compared to the alienware setup maxed out this one is allot better..though the cases of alienware are awesome the one I'm getting looks pretty good just no sexy led lights..lol

http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/420/mypcconfig.jpg

[Enndo]

Thats alot of money to spend on a pc. I only spent about 2200-2500 on my i7 and it eats 5 wows like its nothing.

[Marathon]

yeah serously wow will run on your grandmothers computer ... u dont need to throw down 13k .. but hey if you got it like that ... go for it ...

[Acerak]

*wets pants* I tried to hold it in, honest!

[MiRai]

Why not get the 920 and OC it? Save yourself $700 to spend elsewhere on the system? And as fast as technology moves these days it's pretty hard to 'future-proof'. 6 Core i7's are coming later this year. -> link ('http://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-core-coming-2008,4848.html') <-

I'm sure 8 core home system processors are right around the corner as well. If you want to future proof, and seem to have all this money, I'd look at a dual 4 core Xeon system with 64GB [or more] memory...that should last you some time.

[Sam DeathWalker]

That system is excellent but a complete waste of money, $5000 for ram LOL. DDR2 is going as low as $10 a Gig ....

You need to wait for or find a board that will let you get 24G with 12 slots so you can buy 2G DDR3 if thats what you want. The 4G are WAY WAY WAY WAY overpriced.

920 is more then enough.

You DO NOT need a SSD with 24G ram as you can put the wow folder in the Ram.

I would really suggest a Tyan server motherboard to save you LOTS of monies:

http://www.tyan.com/tech/product_matrix.aspx


http://www.tyan.com/product_board_detail.aspx?pid=560

You can get get 32G of DDR2 on that board for like $500 or so, and it holds up to 128G ..... And dual 5400's should be close to a 920 at least, if not better. Note you cannot put I7's in this board, but 5400's (8 cores all together) are no slouch 45nm, certianally equal to what Blizzard has on their server.


wow I guess the P6t can do 24G, as you saw:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us-pktP-Q_g

Well yur system will be the best, but the tyan system should be like 90percent of yours for 20perccent of the price ....

I would think that a pair of these would be close to a 975 but not sure:

http://www.amazon.com/Intel-1333MHz-LGA771-Quad-Core-Processor/dp/B000XQ69JC/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=miscellaneous&qid=1246065708&sr=1-6

http://www.amazon.com/s/qid=1246065564/ref=sr_st?keywords=intel+771&rs=10272111&page=1&bbn=10272111&rh=n%3A10272111%2Cn%3A%2110304191%2Ck%3Aintel+771&sort=-price

[mmcookies]

For that much money, I hope your system comes with a cute "onsite technical support" girl.

[Sajuuk]

For that much money, I hope your system comes with a cute "onsite technical support" girl.For that price, she better be in my house 24/7.
Price comparisons/part alternatives in after I deep clean my keyboard.

Meh.

For the same price as your Solid State Disk, you could get SEVEN 30gb drives, RAID 0 them for greatly increased performance with only a SLIGHT loss of storage (Other raid solutions might move available space down, but increase redundancy. Or have one SSD for your system /six for WoW.)

Where are you ordering your system? On newegg the P6T6 is 349.99.

Go down to a 920. It's at the very least a 720 dollar price difference, still overclockable.

And...my god. Five THOUSAND dollars is NOT worth it for RAM.

If I had 13 thousand dollars of money to spend on a computer... I'd try building five, plus a couple other things.

edit: BRB building several computers on a 13K budget. -done

Regions may differ, so prices obviously differ.


5x P6T Deluxe V2 - 1449.95 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131365 5x i7 920 - 1399.95 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115202 10x G.skill 6g (3x2Gb) DDR3 1333 (12Gb PER computer) - 899.90 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231223 5X KINGWIN 600W PSU - 349.95 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817121012 5X NORCO 4020 4U server case (for kicks, I like the case, lots of hot swap bays) -1449.95 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811219021 5x RiDATA 32GB SSDs (First low priced 30Gb I saw, would be decent for wow/games. I keep my wow data folder off my system drive) - 535.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820183202 5x EVGA 285 2GB - 2014.95 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130486 5x Seagate 250gb drives (Meant to be a system drive) - 239.95 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148261 10x WD 2TB SATA drives (This was to inflate the price, gives you 20TB of HDD space, raid card not included) - 2399.90 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136344 5x slim DVD+/-R burners (Norcos use slim drives) 249.95 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827118006 5x NORCO IDE adapter (converts Slim-IDE to normal IDE) - 29.95 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816133024 5x Vista ultimate SP1 - 1249.95 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116473Subtotal - 12.269.35 dollars.

Specs for EACH system - i7 920, 12gb DDR3 1333, a 30gb SSD, 250Gb HDD, maybe 2x2tb HDDs, GTX 285 2gbs. Norco 4020 case, 600W PSU, 8X DVD+/-R burner.
Just ONE of those systems would have you running five copies of wow smoother than molten butter for only 2453.87. Systems do not include monitors. So taking the rough difference between USD and AUD, total cost for the five computers I layed out (including extra components), is 15459.

edit: http://www.priceusa.com.au/ Apparently you can use it to make purchases at USA prices (not sure about exchange rate, stumbled upon it)

[ioho]

There HAS to be a point where the price jump to the next 'slight' upgrade outweighs the jump in performance.

and I think you have gone over that line on most, if not all your selections. $800+ PER ram, that's ridiculous!


It's be nice to have - sure - but oh so not worth it.

TBH, I'd just make one of those computers , sajuuk, and be happy. lol. :thumbup: And acctually, the computer I'm putting together is similar to that, just down a few grades on a couple of items listed.

[syncorion]

Im changing the specs, I am also getting the price better from a wholesaler friend of mine.

Same deal..

CPU= Intel i7 core 975 extreme
Mobo= EVGA Classified X58
Memory= Kingston 6x4gb ddr3 (24gb ddr3)
Video= 2x EVGA Geforce GTX 295
Sound= Creative Sound Blaster x-fi titanium
HDD= 1x 250gb SSD, 2x 1TB WD
Monitor= 3x 22" 5ms LCD

I'm getting it wholesale so the price is much better.

This price is without the monitors - $8200 AUD

[Sajuuk]

Im changing the specs, I am also getting the price better from a wholesaler friend of mine.

Same deal..

CPU= Intel i7 core 975 extreme
Mobo= EVGA Classified X58
Memory= Kingston 6x4gb ddr3 (24gb ddr3)
Video= 2x EVGA Geforce GTX 295
Sound= Creative Sound Blaster x-fi titanium
HDD= 1x 250gb SSD, 2x 1TB WD
Monitor= 3x 22" 5ms LCD

I'm getting it wholesale so the price is much better.

This price is without the monitors - $8200 AUDSo... why don't you get a TripleHead2Go and have some nice surround gaming action? (That would be pretty uber, five characters spread across three screens. It'd also use some of that power you've got there (equiv 4x260s)

I still say you should get six SSDs and raid them together. (or at least get a SLC SSD instead of an MLC {As I am aware SLCs have higher transfer speeds})

[Sajuuk]

D'oh.

/me wonders when self-deletion of posts is going to work.