The Uber Hardware Game

[Elev8r]

It's simple to play. If cash and availability in this country weren't an issue, what components would you purchase?

Motherboard:

CPU:

CPU Cooler:

RAM:

Graphics Card/s:

Hard Drive/s:

Sound Card:

Case:

Power Supply:

 

[Keeper]

Intel Skulltrail Mobo
2 x Intel Core 2 Extreme Quad Core QX 9770
2 x some type of Zalman's
4 x 2 GB Corsair DDR2
4 x GTX 295's for Serious 3D
3 x 128GB Solid State Drives in RAID, 4 x 1.5 TB HDD's
CM Stacker (nVidia one, with 9 fans)
Corsair HX1000W

 

[magikn00b]

If so, this is what id like in this very moment of time... quite resonable dont like being gready.

Mobo: Gigabyte 790FX-DQ6
CPU: AMD Phenom X4 II 940
Cooler: CoolerMaster V8
RAM: Corsair Dominator 1066 8GB
GFX Cards: 2x HIS 4870 IceQ4
Harddrives: 2x Seagate Barracuda 1TB
Soundcard: ESi Maya 44
Case: CoolerMaster HAF
Power Supply: Zalman ZM850w

Thatll be my Beaut

 

[Keeper]

That's it? if money is no option you would get 2 4870's ?

pffft - my system will crush your system! (even my current one, almost...)

 

[scotty777]

I'm with magiknoob
Mobo: Gigabyte 790FX-DQ6
CPU: AMD Phenom X4 II 940 Black Edition
Cooler: LN2
RAM: Corsair Dominator 1066 8GB
GFX Cards: 2x HIS 4870x2
Harddrives: 2x Seagate Barracuda 1TB, 128 mb solid state drive
Soundcard: ESi Maya 44
Case: CoolerMaster HAF
Power Supply: Zalman ZM850w

I've get that cpu to 6ghz, and this p!ss on intel

 

[Keeper]

I've get that cpu to 6ghz, and this p!ss on intel

on an 8-core QX 9770 ?

 

[scotty777]

on an 8-core QX 9770 ?

how many applications use 8 cores/threads? honestly, most games just use 4 cores at most (most games and applications use 2 cores), so in that case all out ghz is more important... and it's completely worth spending R200 000 a month on Liquid nitrogen

 

[Keeper]

how many applications use 8 cores/threads? honestly, most games just use 4 cores at most (most games and applications use 2 cores), so in that case all out ghz is more important... and it's completely worth spending R200 000 a month on Liquid nitrogen

true - but why not just build the pc in a mini bar fridge? or would the water build up?

 

[scotty777]

true - but why not just build the pc in a mini bar fridge? or would the water build up?

well, the moisture in the air would mess up the electronics... HOWEVER, i could get a water cooling unit and put that in a fridge(but it in the freezer, and add antifreeze the the cooling liquid). turn the fridge into an awesome processors cooling unit .

but I guess it would that quite a bit out build though because that would mean I need to make the space where the water radiator is large enough for a fan to work and blow ice cold air over it. I'd also need to make holes for the power, and the water in/out pipes... also, the radiator needs to be water tight etc...

 

[Elev8r]

Well, here's what I would get:

Motherboard: GIGABYTE X58-something something

CPU: Core i7 965

CPU Cooler: Coolermaster V8

RAM: 6GB Corsair 1600MHz DDR3

Graphics Card/s: 3 GTX285's

Hard Drive/s: 160GB Intel SSD

Sound Card: Uh...

Case: Antec 1200

Power Supply: Corsair HX1000W

 

[scotty777]

Well, here's what I would get:

Motherboard: GIGABYTE X58-something something

CPU: Core i7 965

CPU Cooler: Coolermaster V8

RAM: 6GB Corsair 1600MHz DDR3

Graphics Card/s: 3 GTX285's

Hard Drive/s: 160GB Intel SSD

Sound Card: Uh...

Case: Antec 1200

Power Supply: Corsair HX1000W

why not use my cooling suggesting? seems like a decent, cool idea

 

[magikn00b]

That's it? if money is no option you would get 2 4870's ?

pffft - my system will crush your system! (even my current one, almost...)

Yes I would, I dont want that crap GTX fing i dont care how fast it is I will never in my life buy Nvidia (Until the day comes when they the only ones left in the industry the way this damn Economic crap is happening ). Thats what YOU want, I ME want 2X 4870. We all individuals

 

[Sheepbot]

Motherboard: ASUS Rampage II Extreme LGA 1366 Intel X58

CPU: Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition 965 Nehalem 3.2GHz

CPU Cooler: Some kinda watercooling

RAM: CORSAIR DOMINATOR 4GB (x2)

Graphics Card/s: EVGA GeForce GTX 295 (x2)

Hard Drive/s: OCZ Core Series V2 250GB SATA II (x4)

Sound Card: ASUS Xonar HDAV1.3 Deluxe 7.1

Case: COOLER MASTER COSMOS S

Power Supply: PC Power & Cooling 1200W

 

[nelis]

Motherboard: ASUS Rampage II Extreme

CPU: intel core i7 965

case cooling: Asetek WaterChill Antarctic

CPU Cooler: Asetek VapoChill

RAM:12GB OCZ DDR3 PC3-16000 Flex EX Series

Graphics Card/s: 2x GTX 295 and 1xGTX 295 for my physx

Hard Drive/s:6x western digital raptors 300GB I can use external drive to backup stuff

Sound Card: Creative X-FI Titanium

Case:Lian Li V2000

Power Supply: http://www.legitreviews.com/article/436/1/


try to beat that.

 

[scotty777]

i'm telling you, an AMD 940 @ 6ghz will crap on all those systems

 

[LFX]

this thread is fail

 

[ToxicBunny]

Money no object?

Fully specced Mac Pro machine...

 

[Aqox]

CPU: Core i7 965 Extreme
Mobo: Asus X58 mobo
RAM: Corsair Tripple Channel RAM (3x2gb x 2 = 12gb total)
Case: Lian-Li
Cooler: Zalman
GFX: GeForce GTX 295 in SLI (Quad SLI)
HDD: Intel 80Gb SSD x 2 in RAID0 (Operating System and Applications/Games)
HDD2: Seagate 1TB x 4 in RAID0 for storage (Music/Movies/ISO Images/etc..)
Sound: Creative X-Fi
PSU: Coolermaster Real Power Pro 1250W
OS: Windows 7 Beta 1 (64-bit) / Vista 64-bit

 

[Elev8r]

It would seem the X58 Asus is quite popular...

 

[The_Techie]

4 x GTX 295's for Serious 3D

How would you do that, with only one SLI finger? I'm guessing you mean quad SLI?

I don't indulge in this type of thinking, just makes me depressed