Super Gaming machine that can run two 30in monitors

[tightplay123]

i'm looking to build a super gaming machine that can run two 30in monitors for my friend, money is no object, im assuming he's willing to spend about 2.5k-3k on the config, is extreme bloomfield necessary?

thanks

 

[tightplay123]

looking for 8gb of ram, probably 2TB hard drive, blue ray disc drive as well, please help with a config thanks!

 

[tightplay123]

APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: This week


SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming, Poker, 2 30in monitors at max resolution



PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: newegg


PARTS PREFERENCES: EVGA for graphics card, and Intel processor, probably core i7 920 or better

MONITOR RESOLUTION: DUAL 30 in max resolution. 2560 by 1600

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: unlimited budget basically

 

[tightplay123]

Intel Core i7-950 Bloomfield 3.06GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor Model BX80601950

Antec Nine Hundred Two Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

2 SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD502HJ 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive for RAID 0

2 XFX HD-585A-ZNFC Radeon HD 5850 (Cypress Pro) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video

Sony Optiarc 24X DVD/CD Rewritable Drive Black SATA Model AD-7240S-0B - OEM

CORSAIR CMPSU-650HX 650W ATX12V v2.2 / EPS12V 2.91 SLI Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply

OCZ Gold 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Low Voltage Desktop Memory Model OCZ3G1600LV6GK


ASUS P6T Deluxe V2 LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail

COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus Intel Core i5 & Intel Core i7 compatible

 

[tightplay123]

forgot to add

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional 70SB088600002 7.1 Channels PCI Express x1 Interface Sound Card - Retail

 

[aussie123]

Not an expert, but you may need to go to 750W PSU to have sufficient power (and then some) for the GPUs'
You can also save some money by going to the Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152185&Tpk=1tb%20f3 .
Other than that, it looks good to me...

 

[aberchonbie]

Not an expert, but you may need to go to 750W PSU to have sufficient power (and then some) for the GPUs'
You can also save some money by going to the Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152185&Tpk=1tb%20f3 .
Other than that, it looks good to me...

he was planning to run those in RAID 0..

 

[tightplay123]

ASUS P6T Deluxe V2 LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard


ASUS P6X58D Premium LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

what are the differences?

 

[tightplay123]

also are samsung spinpoints better or velociraptors?

 

[samdsox]

if you have that muc money to spend it would be worth it to buy blueray rewriteable drive. also i would up the power supply to atleast 750 because you are crossfiring and i don't think ocz has been making reliable ram lately

 

[samdsox]

if you have that muc money to spend it would be worth it to buy blueray rewriteable drive. also i would up the power supply to atleast 750 because you are crossfiring and i don't think ocz has been making reliable ram lately

 

[tightplay123]

ok will upgrade the power supply to 850W, anything else?

 

[coldsleep]

There's no reason to buy a Blu-ray RW drive if you're not going to be, you know, writing Blu-ray discs.

If money is truly no object, you might consider using an SSD as the boot drive rather than the spinpoints. That will increase boot time and load time for games, though it won't really have any other effect on performance. It will be noticeably faster than any RAID 0 configuration though.

Currently, spinpoints are purported to perform better than the velociraptors, though I haven't read the review myself. I know MadAdmiral and others have linked it in multiple threads, though.

The i7-950 is probably unnecessary. Most games these days are limited by the graphics cards, not by the processor. Not that you shouldn't go with it if you want to, but it's overkill for gaming.

Make sure that the motherboard isn't going to drop the speed for the PCI lanes with the addition of that soundcard. In general these days, on-board sound is fine for all but the most discerning listeners.

And are you sure you want 5850s? Again, assuming price is no object, 2x 5870s would be better, or a single 5970.

 

[tightplay123]

will i need anything else? sata cables? cable ties? or do all of the drives and graphics cards etc come with the necessary installation components?