Money no object Build (gaming)

[Fuzz]

The not quite so much money no object Build (gaming)

Well my birthday is in November, I've had Crysis on pre-order since February and have been playing the demo over the weekend. It's apparent that my duo core twin 1950XTX rig doesn't cut the mustard any more.

So I thought.. sod it...
Ultimate PC build time.
AT the moment I have A Lian-Li PC60 case but it's looking a bit tired tbh.
PSU is an Enermax Liberty 620w
Maybe the M/B can be reused to..
That's an Intel 975something lol.. Bad axe rev 1.0

What's the best rig that can be built from OcUK?

Extra storage not required as I have "lots" on the network pc
DVD/RW not required as I will thieve it out of this one.
Sound card not required as it's SPDIF'd out to my AV amp anyway.
monitor not required either (currently have the 24" Dell)


Andy

 

[HEADRAT]

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17764548&highlight=headrat

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17787264&highlight=headrat

 

[Fuzz]

Good start.

 

[AtreuS]

Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66R-00838) £101.99

Tagan TG1100-U96 1100W ATX2.01 Turbojet Quad SLi Silent PSU £134.99

Asus DRW-1814BLT 18x18 DVD±RW Serial ATA Dual Layer Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - Retail £19.99

CoolerMaster Stacker 830 Evolution - Nvidia Special Edition (No PSU) £149.99

EVGA GeForce 8800 Ultra SuperClocked SILENT 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (768-P2-E887-AR) £414.99

Asus Maximus Formula SE Intel X38 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £154.99

Intel Core 2 Quad Extreme Edition QX6850 "LGA775 Kentsfield" 3.00GHz (1333FSB) - Retail £549.99

2xOCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-9200 1150MHz Passive/WaterCooled Dual Channel DDR2 (OCZ2FX11502GK) £114.99

4x Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (0A34193) £164.99

Noctua NH-U12F CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/LGA775) £33.99

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite Pro 7.1 Sound Card - Retail £183.99

2x Samsung SM-305T 30" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £829.99

Sub Total : £4,314.82

Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £54.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £764.71
Total : £5,134.48

then add any little extra's you want like another GFX card!

 

[waso_dude]

Why oh why?

Spend 2k on a new comp, and then go on holiday

 

[Scania]

Why oh why?

Spend 2k on a new comp, and then go on holiday

To be honest, yes.

 

[BENdage]

Could try this...

just need to add some 1/2 inch ID tubing from somewhere and a bunch of yate loon fans, and make an external radbox... Perhaps not so simple

 

[Fuzz]

Why oh why?

Spend 2k on a new comp, and then go on holiday

I'm going on holiday ANYWAY.

My brother lives abroad, so nice cheap winter breaks.

 

[Fuzz]

Never done any water cooling before so that bit is going to be a bit new, always up for a challenge.

Have got the basics sorted I think, going on what's been said above, Although I can slim it down quite a lot as there is this rig here (the one I'm typing on) that can be raped and pillaged for all the little bits..
Already have a Raptor (used to have two in RAID stripe but one shuffled it's mortal platter)
Already have a DVD-RW drive (although may think about going bluray with it) (Have the PS3 for now though, so no rush)

Here were my thoughts whilst I ate my dinner.

Will have to scratch my head over water cooling kits now though as I have no idea there.
Could always just dump the whole lot in the deep fat fryer.

*edited as I forgot the M/B lol

 

[Fuzz]

Maybe that corsair RAM isn't such a good idea

 

[twistedheat]

PLEASE do the following:

Buy a Q6600 G0 (£170) with a Tuniq Tower 120 aftermarket cooler (£35) and overclock it to ~ 3.4ghz instead of buying the QX6850 for £650. If you like giving money away, please just give the £400 you'd save to a commendable charity.

 

[Fuzz]

Yea true...
Was just scanning down the list looking for the fastest stuff TBH, but since the duo core I've got at the mo, I don't know which lesser model clocks best..

*It's my own fault for naming the thread Money no object...

 

[BillytheImpaler]

Also, X38 isn't officially SLi compatible. I wouldn't trust hacked drivers forever.

 

[Fuzz]

oh arse


Will keep my Bad axe then, save a bit of cash

 

[Fuzz]

Ninja edit on the title

 

[BillytheImpaler]

This is what I'm thinkin':

Add a 30" monitor, mouse, and keyboard.

The Seagate HDDs should outperform a Raptor and should be nice and quiet. The WD disks are for storage and such. Mirror them if you want a bit of data protection.

Watercooling would also be nice as was mentioned above. Perhaps try it on air first then if you want you can go to water.

 

[Edward01]

ah thats upsetting you've edited the title, I was going to go nuts and see if i could hit the 10 grand mark!

 

[Fuzz]

Hold fire on the Audio cards too (unless the M/B hasn't got a SPDIF out put anyway.)
I have it all connected up to 500 quids worth of Denons finest

Got the dell 24" now, not going to upgrade that for a while..

Seagates outperforming raptors since when. , I thought the raptors were king of the hill?

 

[Fuzz]

ah thats upsetting you've edited the title, I was going to go nuts and see if i could hit the 10 grand mark!

Sorry dude.

 

[BillytheImpaler]

Seagates outperforming raptors since when. , I thought the raptors were king of the hill?

Each drive should hit 80-95 MiB/s sustained transfer. In a striped RAID it'd wipe the floor with those older model Raptors. The new Raptors should be out in the spring.