[Ultimate] All-Purpose Rig

[MaltheMM]

i have following requirements:

more than 12 GB RAM

raid 01 and 5 support

i need 4 TB of storage(before raid)

Core i7 965 support

8 dvi outputs

decent sound card (probably Lynx TWO) support

needs to fit in an ATX case ( Lian Li A17 )

[Bollwerk]

I don't understand the need for 8 DVI outputs, but by doing so, you limit yourself to a lower end graphics setup. Can you not use 4 DVI outputs with 30" monitors on each? That seems like it would be more than enough screen real estate.

[MaltheMM]

i have 8 22" full hd screens
and i like things on the screen to be small
and upgrading to 30" screens wont give me more realestate it'll take it away

[Sam DeathWalker]

The gigabyte board meets yur requirments:

Memory: 6x DDR3 DIMMs, 3 Channel, Max Capacity 24GB
Slots: 3x PCI-Express x16 Slots (Support CrossFireX & 3-Way SLI; Support PCI-Express 2.0); 1x PCI-Express x4 Slot; 1x PCI-Express x1 Slot; 2x PCI Slots
IDE/SATA: 1x ATA-100 Channel; 10x SATA2 Ports, Support RAID 0, 1, 5, 10

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Intel-Core-i7-...17118001r32985



Not sure about 8 DVI outputs, but you can get 3 video cards on this board.

[MaltheMM]

if i want another video card i need a MOBO with 4 PCIe x16

imperfection has made realize i had to prioritize

1. Intel Core i7 965 support

2. Four PCIe x16(all available at x16)

3. DDR3 RAM

4. Max RAM higher than 12GB

5. Raid 5 and 01 support

[Sam DeathWalker]

http://vr-zone.com/articles/gecube-h....html?doc=5538

Quad DVI out you only need 2 of them.

[MaltheMM]

but is HD3870 better than HD4850

[Sam DeathWalker]

This good enough?

http://fxvideocards.com/PNY-NVIDIA-Q...d-p-16434.html

Thats the price for a used one by the way.

This should be more resonable:

http://www.pricebat.ca/NVIDIA-Quadro...on.p_10087825/

http://www.nvidia.com/docs/IO/40049/...t08_LowRes.pdf


Also keep in mind that 24G ram isnt going to be cheap:

http://www.crucial.com/store/partspe...=CT51272BB1067

[Sajuuk]

Holy crap.

I think I may go the cheap route and RAID a couple inexpensive drives. >_>

[MaltheMM]

i could use 2 GTX 295 and use the P.I. Engineering split screen thing?

if doesnt just add extra resolution (going from 1920 x 1080 x2 to 3840 x 1080) which the video card doesnt support .....



there also the option of the NVidia Quadro NVS 450

http://www.nvidia.com/object/product...vs_450_us.html