Can this build get any better?

[Costas Athan]

Note: I'm not going to build this computer. I started this thread to explore the limits of today's "ultimate" system.

1. Case: Corsair Obsidian Series® 900D Super Tower Case
   
2. PSU: Enermax Platimax 1500W EPM1500EGT
   
3. Mother Board: ASUS RAMPAGE IV EXTREME
   
4. CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-3970X Processor Extreme Edition
   
5. Memory: G.SKILL RipjawsZ F3-19200CL10Q2-64GBZHD
   
6. Video Card: 2x EVGA GeForce GTX TITAN Hydro Copper in 2-way SLI
   
7. Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster ZxR PCIe
   
8. SSD: 2x Samsung 512GB 2.5-inch SSD 840 Pro Series in RAID 0
   
9. Raid Controller: LSI SAS 9212-4i4e Sgl (LSI00192)
   
10. HDD: 2x WD VelociRaptor WD1000DHTZ in RAID 0
    
11. Custom single loop water cooling setup:
    
    • Swiftech MCP655
    • CPU-380I Water Block
    • XSPC RX480 Quad Fan Radiator V2
    • XSPC RX240 Dual Fan Radiator V2

I would like to see your suggestions.

 

[ShintaiDK]

The same one I got now. Maybe a GTX770 or GTX780 if I was to buy it all today.

 

[Costas Athan]

The same one I got now. Maybe a GTX770 or GTX780 if I was to buy it all today.

There are some tasks like UHD video editing or high quality 3D models rendering for which no amount of processing power is enough. The more the better.

 

[DigDog]

Q:What PC would you build if you had an unlimited budget?

A: i would build a 2500k-based PC with a SSD and a GTX770.
But the case would be very nice.

In fact, i already have a case in mind .. this one:

 

[pete1229]

I woulkd build a friendly version of one of those hot cyborg chicks from Battlestar Galactica!

 

[Costas Athan]

When I started the thread I was waiting for improvement suggestions to my proposed setup, but since the thread didn't take my intended root I chanaged the title to a more suitable one.

 

[Sleepingforest]

For the best help, you should probably answer the questions in the sticky. I'll copy them over:

PLEASE when you POST threads asking for input on system builds tell us...

1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means what types of tasks you'll be performing.

2. What YOUR budget is. A price range is acceptable as long as it's not more than a 20% spread

3. What country YOU will be buying YOUR parts from.

4. IF you're buying parts OUTSIDE the US, please post a link to the vendor you'll be buying from.
We can't be expected to scour the internet on your behalf, chasing down deals in your specific country... Again, help us, help YOU.

5. IF YOU have a brand preference. That means, are you an Intel-Fanboy, AMD-Fanboy, ATI-Fanboy, nVidia-Fanboy, Seagate-Fanboy, WD-Fanboy, etc.

6. If YOU intend on using any of YOUR current parts, and if so, what those parts are.

7. IF YOU plan on overclocking or run the system at default speeds.

8. What resolution, not monitor size, will you be using?

9. WHEN do you plan to build it?
Note that it is usually not cost or time effective to choose your build more than a month before you actually plan to be using it.

X. Do you need to purchase any software to go with the system, such as Windows or Blu Ray playback software?


At the end of the day it's your money. There's only so much we can do.

To me, it looks like you are spending money for the sake of spending money; sure, you're getting the "best", but the average user can't even take advantage of that much power or notice the difference between RAID0 SSDs and an SSD.

 

[RayTheKing]

Jesus Christ! Do you really need a 3970X? That's like buying a toilet over other toilets because it's made of expensive gemstones and gold.

 

[T_Yamamoto]

This is his imaginary build. (If you're wondering).

 

[RaistlinZ]

You could probably cut the budget by half and still get a system that performs 90-95% as well as that one.

 

[RayTheKing]

If we're imagining, I can do better:

1-Athlon x64

7-GTX 690s

1-piece of dried up clay

3-gluesticks

2-24cm x 14cm x 193 cm cardboard boxes

1-human sacrifice

Someone give me a medal.

 

[RayTheKing]

In my opinion:

1. Case: Corsair Obsidian Series® 900D Super Tower Case
   
2. PSU: Enermax Platimax 1500W EPM1500EGT
   
3. Mother Board: ASUS RAMPAGE IV EXTREME
   
4. CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-3970X Processor Extreme Edition
   
5. Memory: G.SKILL RipjawsZ F3-19200CL10Q2-64GBZHD
   
6. Video Card: 2x EVGA GeForce GTX TITAN Hydro Copper in 2-way SLI
   
7. Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster ZxR PCIe
   
8. SSD: 2x Samsung 512GB 2.5-inch SSD 840 Pro Series in RAID 0
   
9. Raid Controller: LSI SAS 9212-4i4e Sgl (LSI00192)
   
10. HDD: 2x WD VelociRaptor WD1000DHTZ in RAID 0
    
11. Custom single loop water cooling setup:
    
    • Swiftech MCP655
    • CPU-380I Water Block
    • XSPC RX480 Quad Fan Radiator V2
    • XSPC RX240 Dual Fan Radiator V2

I would like to see your suggestions.

The big question is: Will it blend?

 

[Costas Athan]

It's an hypothetical build. I'm not going to build this system (or any other any time soon).

I just try to explore the limits of today's ultimate system.

 

[VirtualLarry]

This is his imaginary build. (If you're wondering).

I think he posts these every once in a while. Sure gets the gullible n00bs going.

 

[Agent11]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131817
ASUS Z9PE-D8 WS Dual LGA 2011

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819117272
Intel Xeon E5-2687W Sandy Bridge-EP 3.1GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) 20MB L3 Cache LGA 2011 150W 8-Core Server Processor x2

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16816118195
LSI MegaRAID LSI00331 (9271-8i) PCI-Express 3.0 x8

I think it's fun to speculate like this.

Total $5,139.96 that's a nice chunk of change right there. And you still would have all those ram slots to fill...

 

[T_Yamamoto]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131817
ASUS Z9PE-D8 WS Dual LGA 2011

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819117272
Intel Xeon E5-2687W Sandy Bridge-EP 3.1GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) 20MB L3 Cache LGA 2011 150W 8-Core Server Processor x2

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16816118195
LSI MegaRAID LSI00331 (9271-8i) PCI-Express 3.0 x8

I think it's fun to speculate like this.

Total $5,139.96 that's a nice chunk of change right there. And you still would have all those ram slots to fill...

That's what I was gonna post

hypothetically you could get an infinite amount of 512gb ssds

 

[Blain]

Can this build get any better?

yes

 

[Costas Athan]

To me, it looks like you are spending money for the sake of spending money; sure, you're getting the "best", but the average user can't even take advantage of that much power or notice the difference between RAID0 SSDs and an SSD.

Jesus Christ! Do you really need a 3970X? That's like buying a toilet over other toilets because it's made of expensive gemstones and gold.

As I explained it's an hypothetical build.

But this processing power isn't useless. I edit 1080p videos for my Youtube channel, and if I remember right processing the longer ones which are about 90 minutes takes about 2 and a half or 3 and a half hours with an i7-920 processor overcloked at 3.6 GHz. I only replace the audio of the videos and encode them to H.264 according to Youtube's recommendations. If I was using more complicate algorithms for video processing as the ones for removing the noise of videos shot during the night, processing times would may be over 24 hours.

For that kind of tasks a 10% faster processor could save you hours. Imagine now how many days you could save when processing complicate 3D models or 8K videos with special effects!

You could probably cut the budget by half and still get a system that performs 90-95% as well as that one.

I would like to know what exactly is on your mind.

I think he posts these every once in a while. Sure gets the gullible n00bs going.

What do I post?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131817
ASUS Z9PE-D8 WS Dual LGA 2011

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819117272
Intel Xeon E5-2687W Sandy Bridge-EP 3.1GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) 20MB L3 Cache LGA 2011 150W 8-Core Server Processor x2

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16816118195
LSI MegaRAID LSI00331 (9271-8i) PCI-Express 3.0 x8

I think it's fun to speculate like this.

Total $5,139.96 that's a nice chunk of change right there. And you still would have all those ram slots to fill...

When I started the thread I had in mind single socket configurations. If we were going to talk about a system with multiple CPUs, then the appropriate answer to this thread would be a supercomputer and that's not what I was thinking about.

yes

I was expecting something more specific.

 

[Agent11]

Pfft. That board accepts standard memory, overclocking, and will fit in most full towers. A legitimate supercomputer is a completely different sort of beast.

 

[Costas Athan]

Pfft. That board accepts standard memory, overclocking, and will fit in most full towers. A legitimate supercomputer is a completely different sort of beast.

I'm not literally talking about a supercomputer. But what I'm trying to do in this thread is to max out a desktop.

Building the ultimate server is for another thread.

 

[Agent11]

Ok. Just remember this rig could beat up your rig and take it's lunch money any time it wanted to.

Really though it isn't a server. You could build a server much more powerful and better at doing most everything than what I linked, with many more cpu's and much more ram. what I linked is a powerful personal computer, called a workstation.

 

[Costas Athan]

Ok. Just remember this rig could beat up your rig and take it's lunch money any time it wanted to, really though it isn't a server. You could build a server much better at doing most everything than what I linked, with many more cpu's and much more ram. what I linked is a powerful personal computer, called a workstation.

It depends on the task. If we process a video with a software that supports for example 4 threads the benefits won't be breathtaking.

A server benefits from the multiple CPUs and cores because many users access it at the same time running their own tasks.