A build so stupid, it might work

Deleted member 1300495 · Mar 8, 2014

Look at this build that I came up with. It's crazy right? Just so crazy it might work.

Case Corsair 650d $159.99
Power Supply Corsair AX1200i $399.99
Processor Intel Core i7 4960X ivy bridge-e $1,049.99
Memory G.Skill Ripjaws Z 64GB(8x8GB) $599.99
Hard Drive Seagate Barracuda 2TBx2 $139.98
Solid State Drive Samsung 840 Pro Series 256GBx2 $199.98
Optical Drive LITE-ON Black 18X DVD-ROM 48X $17
Fan Control NZXT Sentry-2 5.25" $27.99
Graphics Card EVGA GeForce GTX 780tix2 in SLI $1,460
Motherboard Asus Rampage IV Black Edition LGA 2011 $499.99

All for a grand total of...........$4,554.89

AMDRadeonHD · Mar 8, 2014

Why do you think it might work? Of course it will.

Deleted member 1300495 · Mar 8, 2014

Its suer extreme, way better than these guys: http://www.digitalstormonline.com/aventum-ii.asp

Guest · Mar 8, 2014

You are crazy indeed.... 4,500 dollar for a gaming PC? Man, i'm jealous.

But yeah, it should all work!
If you are accually going to buy this, let me know if there is anything i can help you with

- Mr_Brammetje

Deleted member 1300495 · Mar 8, 2014

Yeah im going to start getting the parts tomorrow off of newegg, hopefully itll be the most extreme gaming pc on toms hardware

Guest · Mar 8, 2014

Haha, Good luck man!

Deleted member 1300495 · Mar 8, 2014

Thanks man hoping for no dead parts fingers crossed

USAFRet · Mar 8, 2014

Will it work? Probably, if you put it together correctly.

But why would you? Spend 1/2 of that, and take someone nice on vacation somewhere with the rest.

photonboy · Mar 8, 2014

If it's just for gaming then you're basically throwing money in the garbage.

For example, more than 8GB of System RAM is a complete waste and only adds heat so that's $500 wasted right there.

RAID0 on SSD is also a waste for real-world experience and just makes the system less reliable.

*I suggest you save some of that money and put it towards a good G-Sync monitor once they come out (soonish).

My advice is something like THIS:
1) G-Sync monitor-> IPS, 27", 2560x1440
2) i7-4770K CPU
3) $160 to $200 Asus 1150 Z87 motherboard
4) 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1866MHz CAS9 G. SKill
5) GTX780Ti
6) Corsair 850TX PSU
7) Windows 8 64-bit OEM
8) Noctua cooler (the 12cm PWM fan model)

AMDRadeonHD · Mar 8, 2014

photonboy :

If you've said that more than 8GB's of RAM for gaming is useless (Which is true), then why did you post Intel Core i7-4770K for gaming?

Deleted member 1300495 · Mar 8, 2014

photonboy :

Look, it's for extreme gaming and rigourus video editing. It's future proof.

USAFRet · Mar 8, 2014

There is no such thing.

zeph_yr · Mar 8, 2014

But... why..? So much money wasted. You'll never need that much power. Half it and give the rest to some charity.

tcb1005 · Mar 8, 2014

Why not wait 2 months and buy ro R9 290x X2s? It will be like having 4 r9 290xs!

AMDRadeonHD · Mar 8, 2014

tcb1005 :

4 GPU's are USELESS, because it's not optimized very well for games and it doesn't give you 4x better FPS than 1x 290X. 2 way Crossfire and SLI is max recommended!

photonboy · Mar 9, 2014

Future Proof:
There are areas where the concept of "future proof" can make sense, but much of what you've done again is just wasted.

For example, 8GB is already "future proof" as Windows can likely use up to 7GB of that for a game if needed, but there are very few games that currently use more than 2GB.

Your system will also run noisier due to all the extra heat so you've spent a couple thousand extra mainly just to add noise. I'm not trying to be rude, just trying to prevent you from wasting money.

*Again, look at my basic build and do some reading on NVidia G-Sync.

(As to why I recommended the i7, that was because it WOULD benefit in some cases already and will even more in the future once game engine can use the extra power better. That's a reasonable example of "future proofing" though I'd never recommend it on a budget. FYI, it can process videos by up to 30% faster versus the i5-4670K).

tcb1005 · Mar 9, 2014

photonboy :

I don't think 8gb is future proof. Look at the 7th gen consoles, when they came out, most computers had 1gb RAM and they had 512mb RAM. I don't see any new games running on one gigabyte of RAM. And with the new consoles having 8, it is just a matter of time before 16 becomes bare minimum.

USAFRet · Mar 9, 2014

tcb1005 :

So then 18 months from now, you add another 8GB. The main concept of 'future proof' (and I hate that term) is buying stuff you can add to. Like a motherboard that can handle more RAM than you might need today.

Not automatically buying the whole thing today.

My desk is 'future proof', in that it has enough space for 3 monitors. If I want to add a 3rd 'in the future'.

tcb1005 · Mar 10, 2014

USAFRet :

I see what you are saying now. The only things he should buy right now that are fairly advanced would be a good CPU, since sockets always change, a motherboard that can adress alot of RAM, and a decent GPU, (Not a titan or 780ti as we will get that performace in 3 years on $150 cards.)

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