New computer.

[Madmitten]

6000
OMFG
YOU COULD BUY PARTS IMPORTED FROM MARS THAT DONT COST THAT MUCH MAN

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[tay104]

This with an EATX mobo traySweet case.
i7 920  The i7 975 is an enthusiast processor and is more than capable of being overclocked to 4GHz, therefore better.
evga x58 classified  Meh ok, eatx doesnt mean much.
HD5970x2I might give you that one, it's performed better at some games than the 2x 5870 in crossfire.
GTX 295 for the physxWhy?  The HD5970x2 is more than capable of handling any benchmarks thrown at it without it and seems unnecessary.
4x Intel Postville 160GB in Raid 0 Why 4 of them?  You just spent over $2k on that alone
4x WD Cav Black 2TB in Raid 0+1Yep, thats 8TB
Corsair HX1000 1000W Might not be enough to power the system.
bluray burnerYep.
2 dvd burners I was under the impression that we didn't need 2 bluray burners, and now we need multiple dvd burners?
EK waterblocks reservoirs and pump topsOoh fancy.
2x 6GB Dominator GT 1866MHz That's nifty.

This should be well within his budget.
I'll edit the watercooling later.

mobo - $419 (394)
HD5970x2 - $679
GTX295 - $519
powersupply - $279(259)
CPU - $288
RAM - $723
SSD - $2,196
HDD - Couldn't find price
Bluray burner - $199
DVD burner - $59
case - $439
Watercooling - Unknown
Total - $5762

Yes it may be within his budget, but it costs MORE than the build I posted.

And yes please grow up a little.

[Chabo]

GTX295 is pointless.

Who remembers that the new geforce drivers disable physx if you have a card that's not made by nvid. Eg that nice ati card over there.

[Otis Da HousKat]

GTX295 is pointless.

Who remembers that the new geforce drivers disable physx if you have a card that's not made by nvid. Eg that nice ati card over there.

Nvidia PhysX never worked on ATI cards???


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[tay104]

Nvidia PhysX never worked on ATI cards???

Yeah I didn't think so.

[Chabo]

No what i'm saying is that you used to be able to use an ATI card for graphic renders then use a Nvidia card to handle PhysX. But the new geforce drivers for it disables the feature if it detects a card that's not made by the company.

:(

[dkamm65]

Yes it may be within his budget, but it costs MORE than the build I posted.

It's $1,000 more, and it's DRASTICALLY better. That was my whole loving point. See how much better you can do than the one you posted for only 1k more?

And if you take away some of the overkill parts(GTX295, SSD's) it's STILL better AND it costs less.

[tay104]

It's $1,000 more, and it's DRASTICALLY better. That was my whole loving point. See how much better you can do than the one you posted for only 1k more?

And if you take away some of the overkill parts(GTX295, SSD's) it's STILL better AND it costs less.

Okay, you know what darling, just stop while you're ahead.  No, it is not better, it's probably closer to unbalanced with the 5970 and the i7 920 together.  Yeah, it would work, but it would not perform as well as with the i7 975, which has a higher base clock and is more stable when overclocked.  Now, if you wish to continue this debate, then please do so through PM.  Otherwise drop the subject and have the maturity to admit defeat.  Also, if anybody would like to correct me on anything, please do so constructively.

[Righteous One]

How the hell do you people have $6000 to spend on a computer? Go buy a loving car.


Oh, and that's coming from me.

[Saber15]

How the hell do you people have $6000 to spend on a computer? Go buy a loving car.


Oh, and that's coming from me.

This. You could buy a decent car for $6000

My computer was $1800 when I built it in 2004; a computer with equal power in 2004 would have probably ran into the $2500+ range.

HAHA waste my time. I got a job to deal with.

Uh, it takes like two hours at most to put together a computer once you get all the parts, plus ten minutes to start installing Windows. Don't waste a thousand bucks to save an hour of assembly.

[Righteous One]

This. You could buy a decent car for $6000

My computer was $1800 when I built it in 2004; a computer with equal power would probably run into the $2500+ range.

Uh, it takes like two hours at most to put together a computer once you get all the parts, plus ten minutes to start installing Windows. Don't waste a thousand bucks to save an hour of assembly.

You've fallen into his trap. He's probably like 11.

[General Nick]

No what i'm saying is that you used to be able to use an ATI card for graphic renders then use a Nvidia card to handle PhysX. But the new geforce drivers for it disables the feature if it detects a card that's not made by the company.

:(

Gee, I wonder. Probably because only Nvidia cards are the only graphic cards to actually use PhysX.
Why the hell would you use GeForce drivers for anything other than Nvidia?

[Inv3rted]

Gee, I wonder. Probably because only Nvidia cards are the only graphic cards to actually use PhysX.
Why the hell would you use GeForce drivers for anything other than Nvidia?

PROTIP: You can have a GPU as your main and have a secondary one to run PhysX on. New drivers now prevent you from running PhysX on a non-Nvidia secondary GPU.

My computer was $1800 when I built it in 2004; a computer with equal power would probably run into the $2500+ range.

Actually, a computer with equal power as the best of '04 would be more like less than $1000.

[Saber15]

Actually, a computer with equal power as the best of '04 would be more like less than $1000.

I meant back then, not a '04 computer today.