Author Topic: Ultimate PC: US$∞ (Read 8510 times)

TriniXaeno · « **on:** March 30, 2009, 10:07:21 AM »

Follows is the configuration for a PC as recommended by TriniTechSquad members at the given budget, periodically scrutinized and updated.

Intel Version by w1ntry

CPU: 2x Intel Core2 Extreme QX9775

Motherboard: Intel Skulltrail D5400XS Extended ATX

Memory: 2x Kingston 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR2 FB-DIMM ECC Fully Buffered DDR2 667 (PC2 5300)

Graphics: 2x ASUS EAH3870X2 TOP/G/3DHTI/1G Radeon HD 3870 X2

Case: LIAN LI PC-P80 Black Aluminum ATX Full Tower

Power Supply: PC Power & Cooling T12W 1200W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply

Audio: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite Pro 7.1

Storage: 2x Western Digital Raptor WD1600ADFS 160GB
2x Western Digital Caviar RE2 GP WD1000FYPS 1TB 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb

DVD: 2x LITE-ON Black 4X Blu-ray Disc Triple DVD Burner

Projector: EPSON V11H245120 1920 x 1080 3LCD PowerLite Home Cinema 1080 Home Theater Projector

Liquid Cooling System: ZALMAN Reserator XT BK Black Reserator

Total: US$12,000

AMD Version

TBA

Carigamers · « **on:** March 30, 2009, 10:07:21 AM »

SPK · « **Reply #1 on:** March 30, 2009, 11:25:06 AM »

I could do better than that, had to help out one of my friends on something like this, ended up with a system for about $48000 US, not counting shipping etc.

TriniXaeno · « **Reply #2 on:** March 30, 2009, 11:25:43 AM »

Post specs, let's see what you came up with.

SPK · « **Reply #3 on:** March 30, 2009, 11:53:47 AM »

The CPU, motherboard, PSU and RAM recommendations are the same with Wintry's choices, but mine stray a bit from there onwards, which drops the price by a few thousand, but should still come up to around $40k US:

2x EVGA GTX 295 1792MB video cards (SLI
3ware 9690SA-8E-KIT PCI-Express x8 Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) Controller Card
2x Fujitsu MBA3300RC 300GB 15000 RPM 16MB Cache Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) Hard Drive (External drives)
5x OCZ Core Series V2 Solid State Drive - 250GB, 2.5" SATA
Lian Li ARMORSUIT Red Anodized Aluminum Super Tower
Sony Blu-Ray Player/Recorder
NEC Display Solutions LCD5710-2-AV Black 57" LCD (Primary display)
Optoma HD81 1080p DLP High Definition Home Theater Projector w/ BX-AL133 Anamorphic Lens (Secondary monitor)
Optimus Maximus Keyboard
Gyration GP6005M Mouse
SteelSeries SX Mousepad
Digital Audio CarDeluxe PCI Sound Card
Bose Companion 5 Speakers
APC Symmetra LX 8KVA UPS.

I'd have to recalculate the final cost, but it's certainly WELL OVER 30k USD...

Arcmanov · « **Reply #4 on:** March 30, 2009, 11:58:07 AM »

Good GOD!!!

...and this PC would be used for what again?

Carigamers · « **Reply #4 on:** March 30, 2009, 11:58:07 AM »

SPK · « **Reply #5 on:** March 30, 2009, 12:02:26 PM »

Whatever you wish to use it for...

But the idea of that assignment was just to make it as expensive as possible, so the original idea had Xeons w/ a board that could take 32GB of DDR2 RAM etc....

Philosophical45 · « **Reply #6 on:** March 30, 2009, 12:21:57 PM »

holy mother of Rockerfeller, the keyboard alone is 1599.00USD

TriniXaeno · « **Reply #7 on:** March 30, 2009, 12:58:06 PM »

You could use that machine to bring skynet online. got damn!

SPK · « **Reply #8 on:** March 30, 2009, 01:08:44 PM »

Yeah @ the keyboard, it's damn expensive...but a FULLY programmable keyboard...

3M_Chang · « **Reply #9 on:** November 28, 2010, 08:44:08 PM »

I am researching an Intel based pc. I have come to you all for guidance. Please instruct me oh great ones! What are your considerations for building "The Beast"?

TriniXaeno · « **Reply #10 on:** November 28, 2010, 09:05:01 PM »

The ultimate PC has no budget limit Hard O/C (see the first post)

Just put together the best of the best, no holds barred

TriniXaeno · « **Reply #11 on:** November 28, 2010, 09:47:39 PM »

I'm a little confused.

The purpose of this ultimate PC thread, is to allow us to put together the greatest components available. Regardless of price.

If new stuff comes out, just put it together in a new configuration and voila....updated Ultimate PC.

Just as we do for all the other configurations.

Want to take a crack at it? I'm sure you could put together something more powerful than W1ntry's config in the first post by now.

For starters, I would definitely include one of those new Intel X25M Solid State drives, if not two.