Need urgent help with my rig!

Well there is actually a section....its called Homebuilt see it right below Motherboards

1) Yes
2) No

all done, I would recommend changes but ur too ignorant to listen based on ur last posts

EDIT: If u do want to listen for once...u might want a RW drive. The one u have reads, unless u never burn a DVD or CD then ur fine but i doubt it

I dont think I'll need to burn, I just use itunes and an ipod. So am I good to go?

Btw, over a thousand dollars?

Accessories included, this is almost $5k

I think that the build is an awful lot of money, but it seems like fine choices if you want to spend that kind of $$$. If it were me, I'd get a slightly less intense rig and save some for upgrades/new rigs in the future.

You may want to look into the differences between 4gb and 8gb of RAM. Unless you shut of page file, or do a lot of multi-tasking (we're talking about major) with many memory intense apps, the extra 4gb is overkill.

I'm not sure why you need a Velociraptor - the performance gain is nothing significant for the excessive cost. You can get slightly slower performance for $75-80 with the WD 640 gb HDD.

There are better CPU coolers out there. Check www.frostytech.com for some help.

I'm not sure why you need a 30" monitor, but good for you to be able to afford one, and to be able to afford the 3 high-end GPUs to use it.

You're going to need to shell out some serious money on power bills to run that rig too.


Have fun. Good luck.

Like I say every thread, just answer the question, I'm building my PC with what I want as long as it runs, which is what I made this thread for.

And which part(s) isnt compatible?

And to be nice, even though I should curse at everyone who asks this question for the 50th time...

1) 8GB for future-proofing.
2)10k rpm>7.2k rpm, and I want fast loads
3)30" monitor for 2560x1600, as 3 gtx 280s at any lower resolution on games other than crysis would just be 100s of needless fps
4) Chose that cpu cooler because of the 2.4k+ reviews it got, and over 1/2 of them being 5/5

Look, if you're not going to help me, then just dont go on my threads.

FYI, this is the last question I have before I order all the parts, so I'll be gone for good.

Happy?

Now either help or gtfo.

YES HES GONE

**insert Hallelujah song**

And i agree w/ roadrunner +1

The pansy can't afford DDR3, his piggy bank is dry.

LOL, he will be pissed as soon as Nvidia releases the 290GTXs and the 260x2s that are in the works.

Maybe I'm confused, but I didn't see anyone ask the same question.

The 8GB thing - it won't "future proof." There are studies that show that 8GB will actually slow some performance vs 4GB, and the vast majority of the time, it shows no improvement at all.

10k drives are only slightly faster. There are some benchmarks out there that show it is not all the apparent, and it's more of a marketing gimmick. If you want really fast, you could easily RAID.

I understood about the 30" monitor. That's why the comment was it must be nice to be able to get one and put those GPUs in it to use it.

The CPU cooler gets beat pretty handily by plenty of others. If there are so many reviews, it's often because it's slightly older. Currently, the Xigmatek is a good choice. If you go and look around at the benchmarks and reviews, you'll see there are quite a few coolers that are at the top of the list, and often cost the same or less. Also, I'm not so sure I would put all that much weight into newegg reviewers...sometimes you get people with knowledge, but half the time people will review products they never owned, and many review and don't have a clue of what they are talking about.

Anyway, make the choices you want. I don't think you really wanted our advice anyway. Enjoy the rig. Good luck putting it together. Have fun gaming.

I'm excited that you've saved your money and want to spend it on this. Good for you. I hope you enjoy it.

By the way, you have to realize that some of us didn't know that story you told in your last post. It's not like we all spend time looking up all of your posts.

Like it has been suggested, be careful because the Tri-SLI drivers have been weird, and may cause a loss in performance (currently - should improve with new drivers).

Yes, everything will work. There should not be a bottleneck. If you don't want to OC, the stock cooler is fine. If you want to OC, check out the Xigmatek with the retention bracket. If you are set on the current cooler, get it. It's really up to you.

If you are looking for a good drive for data, I would suggest the Western Digital 640 GB - it's a great drive - only 2 platters - fast, and a good price per GB (only $75-80).

Honestly, enjoy your rig. I don't think you ought to let everyone get you mad. Just enjoy what you have saved for, enjoy putting it together (I think that's the best part), and have fun gaming.

Oh yeah...a lot of us are honestly here to help you. That's why we come here and make suggestions. I'm sorry you apparently have had such a bad experience here with some people, but many of us have no idea why you are so upset until you stated it there in your last post.

Take it easy on us. We're just trying to help - isn't that why everyone comes here - to get advice?

Take care. Have fun. Enjoy your new computer.

HAHA

Thanks. Finally some help in this hellhole. I saw some benchmarks way back when gtx 280s were first released and the two triple gtx 280s test I could find had phenomenal scaling in crysis and cod4, my 2 main games. And drivers can only improve I'm guessing.

And it kind of makes sense if you take the best single gpu, and get 3 of them, it cant get better

Putting it together will suck for me because I'm always afraid of screwing up. Only reason i dont buy a build-to-order PC is because I wouldnt have been able to afford a 30" monitor and some other things if I didnt build it myself.

Lol, good one

College?

Hmm...

(from over here)

This isn't helping your "I'm not spoiled" argument at all...

Quite an expensive rig for a 14-year-old. As Arnold would put it: "Who's your daddy, and what does he do?"

Hes 14 and in COLLEGE OMG and i thought i was smart in school

Dude u deserve this PC

I make my own money. I work.

What kind of job can you get at 14 where you can save up $5k on the side while also saving enough money for college? Last I checked, they don't pay 14 year olds $20/hr or anything like that.

^^^ agreed

Kid if u are 14 and this is real (god forbid) then ur foolish and wasting ur savings. Seriously learn how to think logically.
In 6 months a new card will come out. It will be $400 and beat 3 GTX 280s. and then ull cry. So seriously save urself the emotional distress

Its like Justinextreme anyone read that thread in Homebuild HAHAHA

Bet u its the same guy