Guru 3D Rig of the month

[Arcmanov]

For some time I've been toying with the idea of creating this thread, but after what I've seen today,
I had to do it.  So from now on, I'll be updating this thread every month with Guru3D's Rig of the month
feature.


Rig of the month September 2010





Specs:

Dual Intel Xeon X5680 CPUs with Koolance CPU-360 CPU Waterblocks (Hexa-core processors @ 4.5GHz - 12 cores / 24 threads)
EVGA SR-2 Classified HPTX Motherboard
4-Way EVGA GTX480 GPUs with Koolance VID-NX480 waterblocks with custom green LEDs
Galaxy low profile GT240 1GB GPU for physX
12GB of Mushkin Redline DDR3-2000 (8-8-7-24) Memory
Creative Labs X-Fi Fatal1ty Titanium Series Sound Card
Crucial RealSSD C300 256GB SATA III SSD for the OS
Western Digital 300GB 10000RPM Velociraptor HDD for Storage
Dual ASUS DVD-RW Optical Drives
Xigmatek Black Fans w/ white LEDs all around (120mm x 4 + 140mm x 2)
Dual Mushkin Joule 1200W Power Supplies
Scythe KAZE Master PRO Fan Controller
All cooled by the Koolance ERM-2K3U External Cooling System



All I can say here is 'SWEET JEEZUSSSSSSSS!!!'  So THATS what $14K USD looks like!!! 
The 4 GPUs ALONE cost more than my whole system (including peripherals ).

If I could have afforded it, I woulda spend that kinda money too yes.  Good times.

[TriniXaeno]

wtb: winning lotto ticket

That's transcends being a rig boy Arc. That is a whole other level right there.

More like a nexus or a cybernetics core, the gene seed of skynet

[captainchris]

i thought i was over doing it
my goodness!!

thats EPIC!

[MessiaaH]

guru3d did their own rig, with d 2 fastest 8core chips, 4 way sli etc etc, everything was on LN2, cpu, northbridge, gpus everything, needless to say they broke every record out there.

[W1nTry]

guru3d did their own rig, with d 2 fastest 8core chips, 4 way sli etc etc, everything was on LN2, cpu, northbridge, gpus everything, needless to say they broke every record out there.

But how long can you reasonably run that rig? (yes obviously it was built with the SOLE purpose of breaking records) however, what of a rig that is still ridiculously expensive but you can run 24-7 without hooking up a direct pipeline to the nearest nitrogen plant?

[MessiaaH]

lol, i din mention dat rig as ah 24/7 rig, eveyrbody know it was solely ah benchmarkin rig, no need to make dat point becuase i agree wiht it lololol.

[Arcmanov]

Rig Of The Month October 2010






Specs:  Listed on page 3 (not that hot...in my opinion)


Overall, pretty sweet custom-designed case, and I can't be mad at the cooling loop.
Still...I find it just a little too complex, for how I like to tinker.

Not a bad way to spend 3K US.

[captainchris]

This rig was built to show off the might of team Ruby, adorned in Sapphire's colors.  I was looking for AMD cards this time around because I was greatly impressed by my media center's little 5750.  That card may look small next to its bigger brothers but in games you wouldn't be able to tell!