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Aug 31, 2008, 06:30 AM
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Driverheaven's Freerunner
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lol slap in about 10 velociraptors and you might just be able to fill that budget  |
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Aug 31, 2008, 06:30 AM
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Originally Posted by IvanV
How did the ATI rig end up being $1300 more expensive? It's got cheaper graphics cards and a more expensive case, with everything else the same.
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Its not 1300 more expensive. the price of the Nvidia system is around 10,966. Although neither are "ultimate" for an ultimate system you need 8 cores anyway (at the minute) - has to be a QX9775x2... |
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Aug 31, 2008, 06:50 AM
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VETUS INFLATIO
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Originally Posted by Zardon
Its not 1300 more expensive. the price of the Nvidia system is around 10,966. Although neither are "ultimate" for an ultimate system you need 8 cores anyway (at the minute) - has to be a QX9775x2...
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yep....
many of the Dream machine creations in the trades and web sites begin wit those and of course Nvidia GPU power.
but more is not necessarily better is it.  |
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Aug 31, 2008, 09:27 AM
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Originally Posted by IvanV
How did the ATI rig end up being $1300 more expensive? It's got cheaper graphics cards and a more expensive case, with everything else the same.
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lol, idk man. that part surprised me too. i did my math like 3 times on each rig to verify that i didn't do anything wrong.
the only thing that was cheaper on the NVIDIA rig was the case really. |
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Aug 31, 2008, 09:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Zardon
Its not 1300 more expensive. the price of the Nvidia system is around 10,966. Although neither are "ultimate" for an ultimate system you need 8 cores anyway (at the minute) - has to be a QX9775x2...
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i can redo both machines....but i take it that the qx9775x2 is a socket 771 CPU?
what components am i missing? will that MoBo support both x-fire and SLI? or does each have its own respective MoBo to support either platform?
i wanted to make it as "ultimate" as possible for both NVIDIA and ATI platforms, so that's why i asked to fill me in on what i'm missing  |
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Aug 31, 2008, 09:32 AM
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Originally Posted by CDsDontBurn
i can redo both machines....but i take it that the qx9775x2 is a socket 771 CPU?
what components am i missing? will that MoBo support both x-fire and SLI? or does each have its own respective MoBo to support either platform?
i wanted to make it as "ultimate" as possible for both NVIDIA and ATI platforms, so that's why i asked to fill me in on what i'm missing |
It would be a skulltrail machine is my first guess  |
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Aug 31, 2008, 09:35 AM
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with 8 cores
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Aug 31, 2008, 09:36 AM
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Burned
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Originally Posted by CDsDontBurn
lol, idk man. that part surprised me too. i did my math like 3 times on each rig to verify that i didn't do anything wrong.
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Well you might want to do it a fourth 
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Originally Posted by CDsDontBurn
i can redo both machines....but i take it that the qx9775x2 is a socket 771 CPU?
what components am i missing? will that MoBo support both x-fire and SLI? or does each have its own respective MoBo to support either platform?
i wanted to make it as "ultimate" as possible for both NVIDIA and ATI platforms, so that's why i asked to fill me in on what i'm missing |
Well I think you need to be a bit more specific, if you want to make the ultimate gaming rig then yes you are on the right path. If you want to make it the ultimate rig then the systems you are building are already 4 cores down on something like a skulltrail system. Wouldnt be that noticeable for quite a lot of things, but if you wanted to game, and 3d render or even perform complex video editing then you need to start again.
Not that im being pedantic about it all, just thought id mention it... |
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Aug 31, 2008, 09:39 AM
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Well you might want to do it a fourth
Well I think you need to be a bit more specific, if you want to make the ultimate gaming rig then yes you are on the right path. If you want to make it the ultimate rig then the systems you are building are already 4 cores down on something like a skulltrail system. Wouldnt be that noticeable for quite a lot of things, but if you wanted to game, and 3d render or even perform complex video editing then you need to start again.
Not that im being pedantic about it all, just thought id mention it... |
Can you put together a $20,000 ultimate rig? Could get Intel in the idea and then run a DH competition...   |
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Aug 31, 2008, 09:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Zardon
Well you might want to do it a fourth |
gues i'll need to...but not right now gotta get ready for work. i'll do it from work
Quote:
Originally Posted by Zardon
Well I think you need to be a bit more specific, if you want to make the ultimate gaming rig then yes you are on the right path. If you want to make it the ultimate rig then the systems you are building are already 4 cores down on something like a skulltrail system. Wouldnt be that noticeable for quite a lot of things, but if you wanted to game, and 3d render or even perform complex video editing then you need to start again.
Not that im being pedantic about it all, just thought id mention it...
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a little more specific...the ultimate gaming rig is what i was looking for .
i know that i'd need quadro for NVIDIA and iforgetwhat for ATI 3D modeling for CAD and stuff like that. |
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Aug 31, 2008, 10:03 AM
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DH's Youngest Mod
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Newegg.com - COOLER MASTER Stacker 830 Evolution RC-830-KKN3-GP Black Aluminum ATX Full Tower Computer Case - Computer Cases
Newegg.com - COOLER MASTER STB-3T4-E3-GP 4-in-3 Device Module Hardisk Cage - HDD Accessories
Newegg.com - COOLER MASTER UCP RSB00-AAAAA3-US 1100W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS SILVER Certified Power Supply - Power Supplies
4x Newegg.com - Scythe SY1425SL12H 140mm Case Fan - Case Fans
2x Newegg.com - Scythe SY1225SL12SH 120mm "Slipstream" Case Fan - Case Fans
2x Newegg.com - Thermaltake A2018 120mm Blue LED Case Fan - Case Fans
Feser X-Changer Quad 120mm Xtreme Performance Radiator - Thermochill Killers! - FrozenCPU.com
Feser X-Changer Dual 120mm Xtreme Performance Radiator - Thermochill Killers! - FrozenCPU.com
2x Danger Den G 1/4" High Flow Thread Barb - 1/2" ID - FrozenCPU.com
Swiftech MCB-120™ Revision 2 "Radbox" Radiator/Fan Housing - Black - FrozenCPU.com
2x D-TEK FuZion v2 Universal CPU Water Block - AMD & Intel - FrozenCPU.com
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2x Swiftech MCW6500-T-775 Thermoelectric CPU Liquid Cooling Block (Socket 775) - FrozenCPU.com
Swiftech MCP655™ 12v Water Pump w/ Speed Control and 3/8" Conversion Kit (317 GPH) - FrozenCPU.com
http://www.frozencpu.com/products/2226/ex-res-80/Swiftech_MCRES-MICRO_Small_Form_Factor_High Flow_Reservoir_12_ID_and_38_ID.html?tl=g30c97s165# blank
Feser Tube Active UV Hose - 1/2" ID (3/4"OD) Anti-Kink Tubing - Clear / UV Blue - FrozenCPU.com
Newegg.com - Scythe DFS123812-3000 "ULTRA KAZE" 120 x 38 mm Case Fan - Case Fans
8x Newegg.com - Fujitsu MBA3300RC 300GB 15000 RPM 16MB Cache Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) Hard Drive - Internal Hard Drives
Newegg.com - areca ARC-1680IX-12 PCIe x8 SAS RAID Card RAID level 0, 1, 10(1E), 3, 5, 6, 30, 50, 60, Single Disk or JBOD - Controllers / RAID Cards
Newegg.com - Crucial Ballistix 2GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Desktop Memory - Desktop Memory
2x Newegg.com - Intel Core2 Extreme QX9775 3.2GHz 12MB L2 Cache LGA 771 150W Quad-Core Processor - Processors - Desktops
Newegg.com - Intel BOXD5400XS Dual LGA 771 Skulltrail D5400XS Extended ATX Motherboard - Intel Motherboards
4x Newegg.com - Crucial 4GB 240-Pin DDR2 FB-DIMM ECC Fully Buffered DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Server Memory - Server Memory
3x Newegg.com - BFG Tech BFGEGTX2801024H2OCWE GeForce GTX 280 1GB 512-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards
Newegg.com - AuzenTech Auzen X-Fi Prelude 7.1 7.1 Channels 24-bit 192KHz PCI Interface Sound Card - Sound Cards
Newegg.com - LG Black 16X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 4X DVD+R DL 16X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 40X CD-R 24X CD-RW 40X CD-ROM 4MB Cache SATA Super Multi Blu-ray Disc Burner & HD DVD-ROM Drive - CD / DVD Burners
thats part of the case stuff..... cooling system done, HDD array done, core complete..... now calculating price
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Aug 31, 2008, 10:57 AM
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no pricing and nice formatting stuff like i made it out? |
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Aug 31, 2008, 11:50 AM
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DH's Youngest Mod
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well its not done yet so it makes little sense to put the case costs with no hardware.... |
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Aug 31, 2008, 12:44 PM
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DH's Dormant Dragon
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if it's not Skulltrail (did i get the name right... skulltrain?.... sigh)
fail....
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Aug 31, 2008, 12:50 PM
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Originally Posted by cozumel
Can you put together a $20,000 ultimate rig? Could get Intel in the idea and then run a DH competition... |
lol Intel could just give away one of their skulltrail test benches and it would crap all over the $20k machine |
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Aug 31, 2008, 01:05 PM
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Did someone mention peltier phase change?
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Aug 31, 2008, 01:14 PM
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DH's Youngest Mod
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Originally Posted by cozumel
Did someone mention peltier phase change?
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peltier cooling isnt all that good on the skulltrail... but it can work i guess.... |
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Aug 31, 2008, 02:06 PM
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