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SamGriffiths

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Title says it all, if money wasn't no issue what would your build be?

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CPU: Intel Core i7-3970X Extreme Edition 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£824.98 @ Novatech)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£88.74 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus Rampage IV Formula ATX LGA2011 Motherboard (£268.86 @ Dabs)
Memory: Mushkin Blackline 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory (£158.25 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial M500 960GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£473.29 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Western Digital WD Black 4TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£215.00 @ Ebuyer)
Video Card: Asus Radeon HD 7990 6GB Video Card (£1331.27 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair Vengeance C70 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£95.98 @ Dabs)
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF120 Performance Edition (2-Pack) 63.5 CFM 120mm Fans (£17.70 @ CCL Computers)
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF120 Performance Edition (2-Pack) 63.5 CFM 120mm Fans (£17.70 @ CCL Computers)
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF140 Quiet Edition 67.8 CFM 140mm Fan (£14.99 @ Aria PC)
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF140 Quiet Edition 67.8 CFM 140mm Fan (£14.99 @ Aria PC)
Case Fan: Noctua NF-F12 PWM 55.0 CFM 120mm Fan (£17.65 @ Amazon UK)
Case Fan: Noctua NF-F12 PWM 55.0 CFM 120mm Fan (£17.65 @ Amazon UK)
Case Fan: Noctua NF-F12 PWM 55.0 CFM 120mm Fan (£17.65 @ Amazon UK)
Case Fan: Noctua NF-F12 PWM 55.0 CFM 120mm Fan (£17.65 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair 1200W 80 PLUS Platinum Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£249.99 @ Dabs)
Optical Drive: Asus BW-12B1ST/BLK/G/AS Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer (£76.00 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£146.40 @ Ebuyer)
Monitor: Asus PB278Q 27.0" Monitor (£467.16 @ Amazon UK)
Monitor: Asus PB278Q 27.0" Monitor (£467.16 @ Amazon UK)
Monitor: Asus PB278Q 27.0" Monitor (£467.16 @ Amazon UK)
Keyboard: Gigabyte GK-K8100 Wired Gaming Keyboard (£46.45 @ Dabs)
Mouse: Mad Catz R.A.T. 3 Wired Optical Mouse (£39.99 @ Dabs)
Total: £5552.66
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-05-13 18:23 BST+0100)
 

g-unit1111

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If money is no object why would you settle for tons of fans your case can't handle, and why limit yourself to a Corsair C70?

Money is no object here's what I'd go for:

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CPU: Intel Core i7-3970X Extreme Edition 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($1003.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair Dominator Platinum 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($339.44 @ Amazon)
Memory: Corsair Dominator Platinum 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($339.44 @ Amazon)
Memory: Corsair Dominator Platinum 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($339.44 @ Amazon)
Storage: OCZ Vector Series 512GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($539.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: OCZ Vector Series 512GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($539.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($159.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($159.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($159.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX Titan 6GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($1025.91 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX Titan 6GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($1025.91 @ Newegg)
Sound Card: Asus Xonar Essence 24-bit 192 KHz Sound Card ($216.26 @ Compuvest)
Case: Silverstone TJ11B-W ATX Full Tower Case ($586.80 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA Classified 1500W 80 PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($399.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Pioneer BDR-2206 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($139.99 @ Best Buy)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($184.97 @ Outlet PC)
Monitor: NEC PA301W-BK-SV 30.0" Monitor ($2399.99 @ Best Buy)
Monitor: NEC PA301W-BK-SV 30.0" Monitor ($2399.99 @ Best Buy)
Monitor: NEC PA301W-BK-SV 30.0" Monitor ($2399.99 @ Best Buy)
Keyboard: Cherry G81-8000LUVEU-2 Wired Standard Keyboard ($199.99 @ Amazon)
Mouse: Cyborg M.M.O.7 Wired Laser Mouse ($143.98 @ Newegg)
Other: Intel Core i7-3970X ($1029.98)
Other: EVGA Classified SR-X ($649.99)
Total: $16385.99
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-05-13 13:32 EDT-0400)

With this build:

- 1TB of the fastest SSD on the market
- The single biggest case on the market
- Cooling would be a full custom liquid solution (not a crappy H100)
- 3 30" monitors that can rotate into portrait mode
- Dual 3970X
- 96GB of Corsair Dominator Platinum RAM (the maximum that the SRX would support)
- Case would be custom painted to match the SRX
- A pair of Titans
- Additional 6TB of storage
- Audio would be custom
- Enough power to power 150 tablets, 400 cell phones, etc etc.
 

SamGriffiths

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Two of the NF-F12 would go on the H100i and two on the HD 7990, the AF140s I derped up on, change them for 2xAF-120s and I've checks the space is there for them, I got the C70 because I like the look of it, it's not massive over sized and it's solid steal.

That mother board is a beast of a thing.
 

giltyler

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This is not exactly how I would do it but you will get the idea http://www.ebay.com/itm/2013-Best-Gaming-PC-SLINKY-SUPERCOMPUTER-Nvidia-GeForce-GTX-TITAN-Quad-SLI-/300847429965?pt=Desktop_PCs&hash=item460be7794d

This is what you do with free money http://pcpartpicker.com/user/giltyler/saved/1AKs
CPU Intel Core i7-3970X Extreme Edition 3.5GHz 6-Core $1003.98
Motherboard ASRock X79 Extreme11 EATX LGA2011 $580.99
Memory Corsair Dominator Platinum 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 $339.44
Corsair Dominator Platinum 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 $339.44
Storage OCZ Vertex 4 512GB 2.5" SSD $524.99
OCZ Vertex 4 512GB 2.5" SSD $524.99
Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM $157.01
Video Card EVGA GeForce GTX Titan 6GB $1025.91
EVGA GeForce GTX Titan 6GB $1025.91
EVGA GeForce GTX Titan 6GB $1025.91
EVGA GeForce GTX Titan 6GB $1025.91
Case Corsair 900D ATX Full Tower $330.52
Power Supply LEPA 1600W ATX12V / EPS12V $288.48
Optical Drive Pioneer BDR-2206 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer $139.99
Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) $134.98
Monitor Dell U3014 30.0" $1249.99
Dell U3014 30.0" $1249.99
Dell U3014 30.0" $1249.99
Keyboard Cherry G81-7000LPDUS-2 $204.30
Mouse Cyborg CCB4370900B2/02/1 Wireless Laser $139.95
Speakers Corsair Gaming Audio Series SP2500 232W 2.1ch $203.99
Custom Custom Water Cooling Complete CPU GPU $1500.00
Total spent $$14,266.77
 

SamGriffiths

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I like it, looks like a Christmas tree but it's cool. The way he applies thermal paste makes me mad bro. Just wondering, why has it got 32GB of Corsair DDR3 @ 667 MHz RAM, that doesn't make much sense to me.
 

DComander1x

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Here is my dream AMD / Nvidia Build -
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CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor ($193.98 @ Outlet PC)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H110 94.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($127.13 @ TigerDirect)
Thermal Compound: Arctic Cooling MX2 30g Thermal Paste ($15.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus Crosshair V Formula-Z ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($219.98 @ Amazon)
Memory: Corsair Dominator Platinum 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($339.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Intel 910 Series Ramsdale 800GB PCI-E Solid State Disk ($3999.00 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate 4TB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive ($182.98 @ Outlet PC)
Storage: Seagate 4TB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive ($182.98 @ Outlet PC)
Storage: Western Digital WD VelociRaptor 1TB 2.5" 10000RPM Internal Hard Drive ($248.20 @ Compuvest)
Storage: Western Digital WD VelociRaptor 1TB 2.5" 10000RPM Internal Hard Drive ($248.20 @ Compuvest)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX Titan 6GB Video Card (3-Way SLI) ($1025.91 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX Titan 6GB Video Card (3-Way SLI) ($1025.91 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX Titan 6GB Video Card (3-Way SLI) ($1025.91 @ Newegg)
Sound Card: HT Omega eClaro 24-bit 192 KHz Sound Card ($179.99 @ Newegg)
Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-AC66 802.11b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($93.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Lian-Li PC-V2120X ATX Full Tower Case ($499.98 @ Newegg)
Case Fan: Delta Electronics FFB1212EH-F00 150.3 CFM 120mm Fan ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Case Fan: Delta Electronics FFB1212EH-F00 150.3 CFM 120mm Fan ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Case Fan: Delta Electronics FFB1212EH-F00 150.3 CFM 120mm Fan ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Case Fan: Delta Electronics FFB1212EH-F00 150.3 CFM 120mm Fan ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA Classified 1500W 80 PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($399.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus BW-14D1XT Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($84.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus BW-14D1XT Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($84.99 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($184.97 @ Outlet PC)
Monitor: HP LP2480zx 24.0" Monitor ($2735.09 @ PCM)
Monitor: HP LP2480zx 24.0" Monitor ($2735.09 @ PCM)
Monitor: Sharp PN-E802 60Hz 80.0" Monitor ($9141.96 @ Compuvest)
Keyboard: SteelSeries 7G Wired Standard Keyboard ($168.10 @ Compuvest)
Mouse: SteelSeries Sensei - Fnatic Wired Laser Mouse ($117.61 @ Compuvest)
Speakers: Logitech Z906 500W 5.1ch Speakers ($338.72 @ Amazon)
Other: NZXT Sentry Mesh Fan Controller w/ Five 30 watts Channels ($24.99)
Other: WACOM Intuos5 Touch PTH850 Large Pen Tablet ($459.99)
Total: $26206.57
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-05-13 14:30 EDT-0400)
 

SamGriffiths

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You would really have a FX-8350 over an i7-3970X?
 

g-unit1111

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What's the tablet pen for?

And good luck gaming on that 80" display without sustaining damage to your neck.
 

DComander1x

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Photoshop - if Im gonna have a dream build, its gonna also have photoshop on it.
and if money truly was no issue, id have a big enough room for it, so I wouldn't have to worry about my neck.
 

g-unit1111

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OK that makes sense.

But I've tried playing strategy games on my 42" TV and after about an hour or so you really feel it. But then again my TV is mounted way above the floor. :lol:
 

DComander1x

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Ah, again, if money wasn't an issue - that room would be a media room with movie theater style seating.
Then again, if the 80 inch screen bothered my neck still, I still have 2 24 inchers to take over.
 

g-unit1111

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Yeah if money were no object I'd have a movie theater in my house similar to the one my boss designed for this private airport terminal. The chairs alone cost $10K a piece with a $3K subwoofer in each one. :ouch:
 

DComander1x

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lol, damn, yeah, id have one of those plus a whole custom server based media system, where as I would have LED lighting and directional surround sound controlled by it, with custom software to hook into my games & media players.

 

g-unit1111

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Check this out: http://www.millionair.com/FBO/sbd.aspx

You can see a photo of the theater I'm talking about. My boss said there's like $150K of audio equipment, and the lighting cost another $75K on top of that plus each chair cost about $13K. That TV is 106" full resolution. I just want that giant touch screen remote control. :lol:
 

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PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/X1GE
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/X1GE/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/X1GE/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD A4-3300 2.5GHz Dual-Core Processor ($37.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: MSI A55M-P33 Micro ATX FM1 Motherboard ($47.98 @ Outlet PC)
Memory: Crucial 1GB (1 x 1GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($8.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.98 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 5450 512MB Video Card ($22.98 @ NCIX US)
Case: Apex SK-393-C ATX Mid Tower Case ($24.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Logisys 480W ATX12V Power Supply ($12.98 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NS95 DVD/CD Writer ($17.98 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $227.87
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-05-13 15:50 EDT-0400)

It will be mine!
 

DComander1x

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Damn, that is a sick setup, I am jealous, as I can only dream about mine, lol.
 

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Cheap setup? Must be thinking about saving that million or billion for something else I see, lol.
 

g-unit1111

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The EVGA SR-X uses the Intel® C606 chipset. This chipset has native SATA 6G and SAS.

Only Xeon® E5 Class Socket 2011 CPUs are compatible. It IS NOT compatible with Core i5/Core i7 CPUs. Please visit our CPU Support Page for details.

The EVGA SR-X motherboard supports PCI-E 3.0 performance via a PLX PCI-E 3.0 certified bridge chip. This allows the SR-X to populate all PCI-E 3.0 slots at the maximum bandwidth possible. The PCI-E lane configuration is as follows:

D'oh!!! Back to the drawing board.

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Memory: Corsair Dominator Platinum 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($339.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Dominator Platinum 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($339.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Dominator Platinum 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($339.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: OCZ Vector Series 512GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($539.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: OCZ Vector Series 512GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($539.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($177.85 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($177.85 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($177.85 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX Titan 6GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($1025.91 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX Titan 6GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($1025.91 @ Newegg)
Sound Card: Asus Xonar Essence 24-bit 192 KHz Sound Card ($235.66 @ Newegg)
Case: Silverstone TJ11B-W ATX Full Tower Case ($679.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA Classified 1500W 80 PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($399.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Pioneer BDR-2206 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($189.99 @ Newegg)
Monitor: NEC PA301W-BK-SV 30.0" Monitor ($2613.99 @ Newegg)
Monitor: NEC PA301W-BK-SV 30.0" Monitor ($2613.99 @ Newegg)
Monitor: NEC PA301W-BK-SV 30.0" Monitor ($2613.99 @ Newegg)
Keyboard: Cherry G81-8000LUVEU-2 Wired Standard Keyboard ($208.94 @ Newegg)
Mouse: Cyborg M.M.O.7 Wired Laser Mouse ($143.98 @ Newegg)
Other: EVGA Classified SR-X ($649.99)
Other: Intel Xeon E5-2687W Sandy Bridge-EP 3.1GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 2011 150W 8-Core Server Processor ($1934.99)
Other: Intel Xeon E5-2687W Sandy Bridge-EP 3.1GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 2011 150W 8-Core Server Processor ($1934.99)
Other: Swiftech Apogee HD Water Block ($74.99)
Other: Swiftech Apogee HD Water Block ($74.99)
Other: Maelstorm Dual Bay Reservoir ($279.99)
Other: Swiftech Komodo Water Block ($139.99)
Other: Swiftech Komodo Water Block ($139.99)
Other: Swiftech Edge 320 HD Elite Radiator ($279.99)
Total: $19895.74
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-05-13 17:59 EDT-0400)

Now we're talking:

- 16 cores, 64 threads
- Complete liquid cooling solution
- 96GB Dominator Platinum
- Biggest single case on the market
- 3 30" displays that can rotate in portrait mode
- A pair of Titans
- 8TB of storage and a pair of Vectors
 

DComander1x

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Here is my dream server -

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Thermal Compound: Arctic Cooling MX-2 4g Thermal Paste ($4.98 @ Outlet PC)
Storage: OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 series 960GB PCI-E Solid State Disk ($1599.99 @ Newegg) for the OS & software

Storage: OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 series 960GB PCI-E Solid State Disk ($1599.99 @ Newegg) - for caching & swap

Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 7K4000 4TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($350.80 @ Compuvest)
Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 7K4000 4TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($350.80 @ Compuvest)
Storage - In RAID 1 for data safety and security

Storage: Western Digital VelociRaptor 1TB 3.5" 10000RPM Internal Hard Drive ($219.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Western Digital VelociRaptor 1TB 3.5" 10000RPM Internal Hard Drive ($219.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Software & Often Needed Data - In RAID 0 for extra speed

Case: Rosewill ARMOR-EVO ATX Full Tower Case ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Professional 1050W 80 PLUS Silver Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($219.99 @ Newegg)
Other: ASUS KGPE-D16 SSI EEB Server Motherboard Dual Socket G34 AMD SR5690 ($429.99)
Other: AMD Opteron 6328 Abu Dhabi 3.2GHz Socket G34 115W 8-Core Server Processor ($589.99)
Other: AMD Opteron 6328 Abu Dhabi 3.2GHz Socket G34 115W 8-Core Server Processor ($589.99)
Other: Dynatron A8 75mm 2 Ball Bearing CPU Cooler for AMD Opteron 6100 Series ($34.99)
Other: Dynatron A8 75mm 2 Ball Bearing CPU Cooler for AMD Opteron 6100 Series ($34.99)
Other: 8x SAMSUNG 16GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 ECC Registered Server Memory Model M393B2G70BH0-CK008 ($1319.92)
Other: CentOS 6 x64 ($0.00) - Gotta have linux for a server
Other: NVIDIA TESLA K20 (900-22081-2220-000) GK110 5GB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 3.52 Tflops Workstation Video Card - OEM ($3499.99) - with custom plugins to offload from various software
Other: 5x Delta QFR1212GHE-PWM 120mm Case cooler ($204.95)
Total: $11341.31
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-05-14 04:11 EDT-0400)
 

g-unit1111

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That power supply will probably turn this rig into a smoldering heap of useless circuitry... you sure this isn't a joke? :lol:
 

larrym

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Yes..just kidding around. :)