Boutique Sandy Bridge-E PCs Priced From $6K to $13K

[Guest]

Boutique PC vendors are already offering built-to-order Sandy Bridge-E systems.

Boutique Sandy Bridge-E PCs Priced From $6K to $13K : Read more

 

[saturnus]

Ok, I think the term that you pay a large premium for slightly increased performance just got taken to a whole new level.

 

[halcyon]

$6000-$8000 needs to include quad/tri-SLi/CF and multiple large SSDs in RAID

 

[mouse24]

I think ive started to appreciate my 500 dollar build more, so much cheaper for nearly the same performance....

 

[11796pcs]

You spend all that money and then the developers make crappy games. Sigh.

 

[Trialsking]

Save yourself around $3000 and read the Tom's Hardware forums and learn to build/OC yourself.

 

[christop]

I see no point in buying sandyE just go with the regs and be happy. The tiny increase is not worth it.

 

[slhpss]

bleh... wake me up when Ivy Bridge gets here...

 

[Guest]

"...command a premium of at least $500..."
Five Hundred bucks you say? Sounds like great deal to me.

 

[festerovic]

If you added up the "extra stuff"

6x 46" 1080p Tvs = around 8k
2x dual GPU video cards (nV or ATI) = 2k
+ RAM CPU, SSD RAID, bad azzz mobo (and all the other ish) = 3k

wheres the other 9k going on the 22k build?????

 

[festerovic]

just spotted the specs - dual xeon and workstation graphics cards (x2) would definitely cost a lot more. Still...

 

[soo-nah-mee]

Under most circumstances, there'd be almost no perceivable difference in the gaming experience between the $22,000 rig and a $2000 home-built rig with an overclocked i5-2500k and a couple of GTX580s.

 

[Guest]

and this is the world we would live in if AMD dies out....

 

[soo-nah-mee]

[citation][nom]festerovic[/nom]just spotted the specs - dual xeon and workstation graphics cards (x2) would definitely cost a lot more. Still...[/citation]That's true. If you're buying a workstation then yeah, CPU=$1500-2000 each; GPU=$1500-2000 each.

 

[billybobser]

why would you buy a pimped out 'work' station?

 

[masterasia]

WFT? People are willing to pay these prices for a stupid computer? I'm in the wrong business. Time to start selling highly over priced extreme computers.

 

[dalethepcman]

[citation][nom]festerovic[/nom]wheres the other 9k going on the 22k build?????[/citation]

Shipping and Handling? Seriously though, for $that price I could use a band new car for the computer's case..

Brand new Nissan Versa - $13k...

 

[soo-nah-mee]

[citation][nom]billybobser[/nom]why would you buy a pimped out 'work' station?[/citation]Good point. Maybe if you worked at Google's wacky offices.

 

[dontcrosthestreams]

i painted my antec 300 pearl white myself. i even color sanded it and 2 coats of clear. some one give me 4k for the 3 hrs it took.

 

[IndignantSkeptic]

why buy such expensive PCs when basically all game makers build their games so they can work well on game consoles which use much cheaper hardware?

 

[hetneo]

[citation][nom]festerovic[/nom]If you added up the "extra stuff"6x 46" 1080p Tvs = around 8k2x dual GPU video cards (nV or ATI) = 2k+ RAM CPU, SSD RAID, bad azzz mobo (and all the other ish) = 3kwheres the other 9k going on the 22k build?????[/citation]
Six hard drive bays, six time 1,300 for 600GB SSD, Intel 320, custom liquid cooling for CPU and GPUs

 

[liquidchild]

This is what happens when AMD is not competitive.....happy now intel fans?

 

[g-unit1111]

I checked out Origin's website to confirm this - an X79 system with 32GB quad channel RAM, quad liquid-cooled EVGA Frostbite 580 cards, Asus Rampage IV motherboard, and two NEC PA-301 monitors runs you approx $17K, so this is true.

 

[jimmysmitty]

[citation][nom]trialsking[/nom]Save yourself around $3000 and read the Tom's Hardware forums and learn to build/OC yourself.[/citation]

Pretty much. Every build I do goes from $1K-$1500 and is priced at about $4-6K through those guys. Such a rip.

 

[whysobluepandabear]

Funny part, is they're not even praying on idiots (well sorta) - if you can tie your shoe, you can build your own computer.

Open a guide. Buy a mobo with auto overclock and pretty, uncomplicated BIOS and put RAM where RAM goes according to the nice manuals and countless instructions and guides online.


I could even understand if this was a week job - where it took some serious time - but it doesn't. It literally takes 1 hour or less to build a new computer ( longer if you're dedicated and are in no hurry). Regardless, it's not as if building is boring, it's actually exciting and fun ( at least it is for me).


The fact that you can't invest a few hours to save a $500-$1000+, is beyond retarded.