Just for fun!

virdee2 · 1 Apr 2008 at 21:14

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Product Name Qty Price Line Total
EVGA GeForce 9800 GX2 "SSC Edition" 1024MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (01G-P3-E897-AR) EVGA GeForce 9800 GX2 "SSC Edition" 1024MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (01G-P3-E897-AR) £374.99
(£440.61) £749.98
(£881.22)
OcUK Ageia PhysX Accelerator - OEM OcUK Ageia PhysX Accelerator - OEM £64.99
(£76.36) £64.99
(£76.36)
Thermaltake ToughPower 1500W Modular Power Supply Thermaltake ToughPower 1500W Modular Power Supply £174.99
(£205.61) £174.99
(£205.61)
Intel Core 2 Quad Extreme Edition QX9775 "LGA771 Yorkfield" 3.20GHz (1600FSB) - Retail Intel Core 2 Quad Extreme Edition QX9775 "LGA771 Yorkfield" 3.20GHz (1600FSB) - Retail £859.99
(£1010.49) £1,719.98
(£2,020.98)
Intel D5400XS "Skulltrail" Intel 5400 eATX (Socket 771) PCI-Express FBDIMM DDR2 Motherboard Intel D5400XS "Skulltrail" Intel 5400 eATX (Socket 771) PCI-Express FBDIMM DDR2 Motherboard £349.99
(£411.24) £349.99
(£411.24)
Corsair 4GB DDR3 DHX 1600C7DHX Twin3X (2x2GB) Corsair 4GB DDR3 DHX 1600C7DHX Twin3X (2x2GB) £399.99
(£469.99) £399.99
(£469.99)
Compro VideoMate Vista T750F Dual DVB-T Hybrid Internal PCI TV Tuner - Retail Compro VideoMate Vista T750F Dual DVB-T Hybrid Internal PCI TV Tuner - Retail £49.99
(£58.74) £49.99
(£58.74)
Samsung 64GB 2.5" SATA Solid State Hard Drive Samsung 64GB 2.5" SATA Solid State Hard Drive £499.99
(£587.49) £999.98
(£1,174.98)
LG BE06 Blu-Ray ReWriter & HD-DVD ROM External Drive - Retail LG BE06 Blu-Ray ReWriter & HD-DVD ROM External Drive - Retail £224.99
(£264.36) £224.99
(£264.36)
Zalman Reserator XT Hybrid Liquid Cooling System - Black Zalman Reserator XT Hybrid Liquid Cooling System - Black £224.99
(£264.36) £224.99
(£264.36)
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite Pro 7.1 Sound Card - Retail Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite Pro 7.1 Sound Card - Retail £169.99
(£199.74) £169.99
(£199.74)
Thermaltake VD500LBNA Sword M Aluminium Full Tower Case - Black Thermaltake VD500LBNA Sword M Aluminium Full Tower Case - Black £269.99
(£317.24) £269.99
(£317.24)
Sub Total : £5,399.85
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £34.10
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £950.94
Total : £6,384.89

I decided to see what the best/dearest parts in a rig would look like and look at the amazing system that popped out!
Only the best products from OCUK :-)

Can you imagine the POWER? I havn't even factored in the cost of vista 64, keyboard, monitor(s), mouse...

(hope i havn't broken any rules - i just had to share this with other enthusiasts :-)

ins0mn1ac · 1 Apr 2008 at 21:20

Not really the best, just the most expensive. :/

spb251272 · 1 Apr 2008 at 21:20

Whoah! That would be a little bit powerful

Apart from the memory, which wouldn't run on that motherboard. It only takes FB-DIMMs

virdee2 · 1 Apr 2008 at 21:37

lol, i actually noticed the ram issue but hoped no one would notice :-)

should have known someone would spot it in this forum.

without researching aech item specifically, i thought a good rule would be to go for the most expensive parts for the best rig :-)

misterPK · 2 Apr 2008 at 09:09

virdee2 said:
without researching aech item specifically, i thought a good rule would be to go for the most expensive parts for the best rig

or the most over-priced.

PK!

virdee2 · 2 Apr 2008 at 11:48

lol, yeah that too, but its a dream worth striving for :-)

jonislost · 2 Apr 2008 at 11:52

Congrats you managed to sort by price and add to basket....

Outcast · 2 Apr 2008 at 11:56

What o/s ?

And what would you use all that power doing ?

If its something worthwhile like Rosetta or FAH then power to you.

If it's just for gaming then Schmuck !!

Buy a Ps3 and a 50" telly and still have plenty of change for games (legit) BluRay movies and a good night on the town.

bledd · 2 Apr 2008 at 11:57

oh the fun

Kinitawawi · 2 Apr 2008 at 18:07

I know its 'abit of fun' but our beloved goverment takes £950 of it to spend on something.

I suppose its pays for those poor MP's shopping and expenses

virdee2 · 2 Apr 2008 at 21:06

To Jonislot: i did just sort by price but its still interesting that most of the comments agree that the most expensive parts clearly have not built the best rig.

To Outcast: I think you kinda missed the point; besides it being a laugh, it was intended to be the "best" rig so its intended to do anything and every a computer possibly can do.

Didnt mean to annoy anyone so sorry if i did, but sounds like it was taken a bit seriously.

closeratio · 3 Apr 2008 at 00:22

I can't understand why the mobo only supports FB-DIMM's, as if it isn't pricey enough already!

Is it something you have to do if you're going two have two cpu's on one mobo or somethin?

Chimerical · 3 Apr 2008 at 02:38

It's the chipset. It's basically a standard Xeon board that can overclock and support (non-Quadro) SLi.

lozza23_uk · 3 Apr 2008 at 08:49

all that and only a total of 128gig storage?

ih8modem · 3 Apr 2008 at 09:03

Problems

1 - the memory wont fit ... (posted already above)
2 - you need to get an extra CPU cooling block, that kit only comes with 1.
3 - you need two water blocks for the two GFX cards. Not sure if they are available for the gx2's yet. So figure on at least another 100 quid to the price for these alone, maybe more.

ArmoVanBuuren · 3 Apr 2008 at 09:46

Could make it even more expensive with a couple of monitors and keyboard and mouse.

lozza23_uk · 3 Apr 2008 at 11:35

ArmoVanBuuren said:
Could make it even more expensive with a couple of monitors and keyboard and mouse.

would it make anyone feel complete?

virdee2 · 3 Apr 2008 at 13:30

complete? no but if you could afford all that, you know you've either got too much money in your pocket or you've finally hit the big time :-)

these parts are the dearest at this point in time but a few years down the line, i bet the new 'sort by price' list will be double what this is.
Thats a scary thought.