Looking for a $15,000 build

TheDuel

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My friend is on vacation right now and he says he wants me to build him a PC worth 15 grand. Any suggestions on parts? I don't even know where to start.
 

dan4patriots

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Co re i7 980X $1000
Noctua NH D14 $80
Radeon HD5970 x2 $1358
Gskill PI + Turbulence 6gb ddr3 cl6 x2 $558
Gigabyte Ga x58a-ud9 $700
samsung spin point f3 1tb x4 $300
intel x25m 160gb ssd x2 $900
plextor blu Ray burner $220
corsair 1000hx $230
corsair 800D $280
Dell Ultrasharp 2410 x3 $1800
 
$15000 is a retarded amount to spend on a gaming PC, assuming that's what he wants it for.

However, I'd start by getting him an i7 980X, ASUS X58 Rampage Extreme III, and some uber expensive 2000mhz triple channel RAM. Maybe get 3 way SLI GTX480s, hell, go 4-way why not (you know, aside from the uselessness).

Get 3 massive monitors with 120hz refresh rates for surround vision, 3D gaming.

Z5500 5.1 speakers (or better!)

AuzenTech HD HomeTheater 7.1 sound card

Custom water cooling

Lian Li case

1000W or more PSU

6 500GB HDD for RAID 10 (lol)

SSD boot drive

Uhh what else can you waste cash on? Oh, BluRay burner!
 

Somebody_007

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this is lame reccomending a 980x or a mac on a 15k build pls. Or even worse reccomending not to spend 15k :p. And best of all reccomending ati, you people make me laugh :D

Lets get down to buisness. I my friend will tell you what speed is all about

cpu: dual xeon. what else? 3000

mobo: evga sr-2 600

case: 800d or a high end lian li 300

cooling: depening on your modding skills either a custom sub ambient loop or this http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cooling/2010/07/20/hailea-hc-500a-water-chiller-review/1 1000

4X 480gtx: again what else? 2000

RAM :Now comes the good stuff which will ensure that your pc is amazingly fast

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145321&cm_re=corsair_dominator-_-20-145-321-_-Product

four of these with 2 h30 waterblocks. I'd say keep 8gb for normal usage make the other 40gb a ram disc.

storage: 4X c300 256gb with an adaptec raid controller 3000

Some 2tb caviar black if you need more

psu: silverstone strider 1500w 400

creative sound card: 200

NIC: 100

total: 12500

Now that my friend is a hell of a system. With the dual xeon, ram disc and c300s it will run laps around any of the other suggested systems. It's more expensive but hey that's what you wanted right?

now the pheripherals:

gaming keyboard: whatever suites your fancy

mouse: RAT 7 or RAT 9 depending whether you want wired or not

wheels and joysticks depending which suit your fancy

total 500-1000

speakers: Maybe bose probably bose is a little underkill

roughly 1000

display: 3X asus 120hz screens(forgot the name) + 3d vision

total 120hz

Now that will kick some ass
 

Somebody_007

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Yup 2 improved 980s in a single kickass system thats something to dream about huh? ;)

and a ram disc is simply a partition in you ram memory which you can use as storage. It's normally useless becase of the small ram size but when you're talking about 24gb of ram and here even 48gb it's something to consider. Ram discs mop the floor with SSDs but sadly when the system shuts down your data is erased. So you'll have to install a proggram that transfers the data to the ram disc everytime it switches on and back when it shuts down. But considering the insane speed of a ram disc it's well worth it.

Don't know anything about sound cards just knew creative was well regarded. If you say auzentech is better than yeah that would be a better option.
 
first of all, we need to hear back from the OP for what this build is used for, you guys thinking it might be a gaming build but he may want a server of some sort

IMO gaming build doesn't need dual processors or even the 980x, the i7-930 would be plenty (OC'ed of course) with 4 x GTX480 and a good sized SSD, not $15k, only like 5k but more worth it in money (as you could build 3 and have friends come over and play!!!)
 


Yeah, for a gaming rig nobody needs to spend $15k. However, since that's what the request was for... why not!? lol
 


because if we can save him $10k for a build that performs just as good, why not, that's a good amount to put down on a car (or even buy a car outright)

also he could have 3 $5k builds that will perform just as good, or save the rest for future build or make a file server ($10k worth of drives is a lot), personally i like buying 3 of the builds and having friends come over
 

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something tells me that someone willing to blow 15k for a PC is not going to buy a 5k car...
 

Somebody_007

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Ohhh for crying out loud people this thread is about what a good idea is for a 15k pc not whether a 15k pc is a good idea. If I had the cash I'd happily get a 15k pc. It's not at all useless. a 5k pc with a 980 is much much slower than the pc I suggested. The raid array and ram discs make it overall MUCH MUCH faster and the dual xeons make it a rendering monster.

And yes the pc may not be for gaming but unless he tells me otherwise I'm assuming it is.
 


and why would you even assume its a gaming build in the first place, if i see build and over $10k i am thinking workstation as $5k is plenty for a very good rig built from parts, besides i did say we need to hear from him first before jumping to anything