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Topic Started: Jun 5 2009, 01:50 PM (557 Views)
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A general consumer should not be doing water cooling, too many things can go wrong with it leading to catastrophic failure. Since you built it, you would be to blame. That is if the cooling company didn't have some sort of manufacturing problem. You will get a very powerful PC in that price range. Below is the most powerful PC I have ever put together that will meet your needs and budget. All items come from Newegg.

Case: APEVIA X-TELSTAR-RD Red/ Black Aluminum ATX Full Tower Computer - You need a full tower case to fit in the most powerful video cards. This is a very good looking case. $159

Motherboard: ASUS P6T Deluxe/OC Palm LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard - This is a motherboard that supports the latest Intel processors, the i7. One of the features of this motherboard, is that is allows for both SLI and Crossfire. It also uses DDR3 triple channel memory. $338

Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar Black WD7501AALS 750GB - Get two of these, they are only slightly more expensive than a 500GB. ($89 each) $179

GPU: SAPPHIRE 100251SR Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GB - Get two of these if you can afford it. This is the absolute top-of-the-line card...for now. It's huge, powerful, and expensive. ($499 each before the mail-in rebate) $999

Power Supply: CORSAIR CMPSU-1000HX 1000W - A high-quality power supply from a very reputable company. You need as much power as you can get to run all you've got. $259 before a mail-in rebate.

CPU: Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition 965 Nehalem 3.2GHz - This is the most powerful processor you can get. It has a very high clock-speed and is easier to overclock. This processor is new, so there aren't many good heat sinks available for it. The stock cooler is still good, the only real reason to overclock this thing is for bragging rights. $1,029

Optical Drive: LG Black Blu-Ray Combo Drive - This not only allows for writing and reading of Blu-Ray's but also all the DVD and CD formats. $229

RAM: G.SKILL 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 - Get two of these. You need three memory sticks for triple channel memory. ($214 each) $429

OS: Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit - You need a 64-bit operating system to use more than 3.5GB of RAM. $99

$3,727



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Case: APEVIA X-TELSTAR-RD Red/ Black Aluminum ATX Full Tower Computer - You need a full tower case to fit in the most powerful video cards. This is a very good looking case. $159

Motherboard: ASUS P6T Deluxe/OC Palm LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard - This is a motherboard that supports the latest Intel processors, the i7. One of the features of this motherboard, is that is allows for both SLI and Crossfire. It also uses DDR3 triple channel memory. $338

Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar Black WD7501AALS 750GB - Get two of these, they are only slightly more expensive than a 500GB. ($80 each) $160

GPU: SAPPHIRE 100251SR Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GB - Get two of these if you can afford it. This is the absolute top-of-the-line card...for now. It's huge, powerful, and expensive. ($380 each before the mail-in rebate) $760

Power Supply: CORSAIR CMPSU-1000HX 1000W - A high-quality power supply from a very reputable company. You need as much power as you can get to run all you've got. $240 before a mail-in rebate.

CPU: Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition 965 Nehalem 3.2GHz - This is the most powerful processor you can get. It has a very high clock-speed and is easier to overclock. This processor is new, so there aren't many good heat sinks available for it. The stock cooler is still good, the only real reason to overclock this thing is for bragging rights. $1,000

Optical Drive: LG Black Blu-Ray Combo Drive - This not only allows for writing and reading of Blu-Ray's but also all the DVD and CD formats. $160

RAM: G.SKILL 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 - Get two of these. You need three memory sticks for triple channel memory. ($100 each) $200

OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit - You need a 64-bit operating system to use more than 3.5GB of RAM. $??

$3,017+


Total Savings: ~$710 w/o Windows

Also needed:

Acer X233Hbid Black 23" 5ms HDMI Full 1080P Widescreen LCD Monitor - $180

Logitech UltraX Silver/Black 104 Normal Keys 6 Function Keys USB Wired Standard Media Keyboard - $21

Total: $3,218+
Edited by MadDawg, Jun 5 2009, 11:51 PM.
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HDD Organization:

HDD1 (Master): Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit -- $N/A
HDD2: Ubuntu 64 Bit
HDD3 (Western Digital Raptor, Dedicated): VirtualBox Virtual Hard Disks
HDD4 (Dedicated): Dedicated FTP Share
HDD5: Additional Storage/Backup

Updated Pricing:

$3,218 + (3 x $80) + $?? + $140 = $3,598 + $??

Green = Additional HDDs
Blue = Windows XP Professional
Edited by MadDawg, Jun 8 2009, 02:28 PM.
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Added Heatsink - $37

Price update: $3,635 + $??
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Swapped BD Drives. - $250 - $160 = $90

Price update: $3,728 + $??
Edited by MadDawg, Jun 7 2009, 07:54 PM.
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Floppy Drive - $0 - $10
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Recap:

Case: APEVIA X-TELSTAR-RD Red/ Black Aluminum ATX Full Tower Computer Case - $160

Motherboard: ASUS P6T Deluxe/OC Palm LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard - $339 - Note: This item is frequently deactivated. (ASUS Official Product Page)

HDD: Western Digital Caviar Black WD7501AALS 750GB (Amazon) - (5 x $80) $400

GPU: SAPPHIRE 100251SR Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GB - (2 x $350) $700

PSU: CORSAIR CMPSU-1000HX 1000W - $240

CPU: Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition 965 Nehalem 3.2GHz (Amazon) - $1000
Intel Core i7-975 Extreme Edition Bloomfield 3.33GHz - $989

Optical Drive: LG 8X BD-R 2X BD-RE 16X DVD+R 5X DVD-RAM 6X BD-ROM 2MB Cache Blu-ray Burner Model BH08LS20 - Retail - $250

RAM: G.SKILL 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 - (2 x $100) $200

Monitor: Acer X233Hbid Black 23" 5ms HDMI Full 1080P Widescreen LCD Monitor - $190

Keyboard: Logitech UltraX Silver/Black 104 Normal Keys 6 Function Keys USB Wired Standard Media Keyboard - $21

OS: Windows XP Professional 32-bit - $140

OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit - $175

OS: Ubuntu 64-bit - $0

Heatsink: Scythe MUGEN-2 SCMG-2000 120mm Sleeve CPU Cooler - Retail - $37

Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound - OEM - $9

Floppy Drive - $0 - $10

Mouse - $0+

Total: $3,686 + Price of Windows 7 (PRICE OUTDATED)
Total: $3,876 (PRICE OUTDATED)

All prices are rounded up to the nearest US dollar. Floppy drive is assumed to be $0. Parts prices last updated on July 3, 2009. Windows 7 price added July 16, 2009 and updated on November 1, 2009. I need to find more suppliers; Newegg is deactivating a lot of items.
Edited by MadDawg, Mar 6 2010, 07:13 PM.
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