[Ultimate] All-Purpose Rig

[MaltheMM]

The below will be updated until i have settled on something

RAM: 12gig Hyper X DDR3 High Performance ram
Video: Quadro NVS 450
CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-965 Processor Extreme Edition (8M Cache, 3.20 GHz, 6.40 GT/s Intel® QPI)
HDD: Samsung HD103UJ (1TB 7200RPM)
Motherboard: ASUS P6T Deluxe X58 Motherboard (is there a better one?)
Case: Lian Li A17

MOBO prioritizing
1. Intel Core i7 965 Support
2. 12GB ram support ( the more the merrier )
3. PCIe x16 ( must have atleast 2 true x16 )

Video prioritizing
1. QUALITY
2. 4x DVI outputs ( only 2 if if the card supports 3840x1080 or 1920x2160 )

Ram prioritizing
1. 240 PIN
2. 4GB per stick

Did i forget/miss something? Won't it fit together? Got another extreme thing?

Please leave a reply & thanks in advance
- MaltheMM

Edit: finally got it looking right
Edit: added prioritizings

[Kedash00]

holy wall of text batman...

[MaltheMM]

something is wrong with the forum .... i'll try to edit again but ...

[Freddie]

It's pretty ultimate but you might want to consider:

1. You can build a machine that's very nearly as fast for much less money.

2. If you wait a year, you can build a machine that's even faster for less money.

To put it another way, it's only going to be "ultimate" for a short time, and you're paying an enormous premium for that short period of ultimateness, and even when it's new, it will only be a little faster than much cheaper machines.

[MaltheMM]

Freddie i see your logic and raise you a "BUT I WANT ULTIMATIVITY NOW!!!"

[Freddie]

Hehe then go for it.

[MaltheMM]

so it take it there's no apparent errors like
ram not fitting on the MOBO?

[Chranny]

If you want ultimate I'd suggest upgrading the graphics card to a 4870X2.

[Freddie]

To check ram/motherboard compatibility I would go to the motherboard manufacturer's website, look up that exact motherboard (including revision if any) and check the list of supported RAM. Same with CPU if you're not sure.

[Mutantopia]

If money is no object, then upgrade to the Radeon 4870X2. If money is an object, then still upgrade the video and downgrade something else. For example:

- 12GB RAM is way overkill for 5 instances of WoW unless you want to do video editing or something at the same time. 500MB per instance should be plenty. If you chose 12GB for triple channel memory, know that A) the bandwidth triple channel provides will go unused in today's systems/applications when compared to dual channel, and B) You don't necessarily need a multiple of 3GB to achieve it. I have a Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4 board with 8GB running triple channel, for example. That configuration requires 4 sticks of RAM of any size.

- You could save a lot on the CPU by downgrading to a Core i7 920 and probably never notice a difference.

Take some of those dollars and get a better video card instead.