Who has the most overkill setups for the intended use?

[asim1999]

for example: running 4 980s in quad-sli for 1080p gaming. people might say my rig is overkill, but i need a solid productivity machine as i am doing computer studies for GCSE and A-level and want to pursue this as a career. 

so, who here has the most overkill rig for their use?

[thekillergazebo]

Gtx 770... Porn lol

[asim1999]

u could use a Pentium 4 for that lol

[UltraNeonGaming]

A Mac to use FaceBook, Freaking overkill, Just get a Raspberry Pi

 

(That was a joke, I have a mac )

[ShadowCaptain]

 computer studies for GCSE and A-level and want to pursue this as a career. 

 

My friend did computer science at uni and now works for HSBC global HQ using nothing but a 13" macbook pro so I would agree your rig is overkill especially considering your age (GCSEs/A Level) but there is nothing wrong 

 

My friend has a 60hz 27" 1080p monitor but SLI 780tis

[soaringchicken]

4 980's isn't really worth it, if you're looking into things like video editing or other graphical/image programs, you are better off with a workstation card like a quadro alongside a regular card for gaming (not sli). But if you do want to get a 980, 2 way-sli is the best config, then when you go 3-way you start to get compatibility issues

[Hazy125]

5.1GHz 3770k and a 670 as well as 32GB of RAM for facebook. Although, one might argue that you need that to make chrome run smoothly...

[UltraNeonGaming]

5.1GHz 3770k and a 670 as well as 32GB of RAM for facebook. Although, one might argue that you need that to make chrome run smoothly...

 

You have a 5.1GHz 3770k and a 212 Evo for cooling? F**king bulls**t!!

[tobben]

Nothing is overkill when we got folding and boinc to back us up in our stupid purchases

[Hazy125]

You have a 5.1GHz 3770k and a 212 Evo for cooling F**king bulls**t

That was true at the time, see my profile for most up to date specs. Honestly though, my CPU and cooling was old news a year ago

[UltraNeonGaming]

That was true at the time, see my profile for most up to date specs. Honestly though, my CPU and cooling was old news a year ago

Even with a custom loop how the hell did you hit 5.1GHz? Did you bribe intel for their highest binned chip that they keep under high security and blast proof walls?

[eLucid]

Rig is in profile. I mainly play online poker.

[Hazy125]

Even with a custom loop how the hell did you hit 5.1GHz? Did you bribe intel for their highest binned chip that they keep under high security and bulletproof walls?

 

Nope, I mostly do web dev stuff these days, but at heart I'm a CPU guy. I can tell you a lot more about CPU's than most other people on the forum and once wrote a 12+ page overclocking guide. But that was a long time ago, don't even know what happened to that guide. Interestingly enough, the chip pretty much caps at around 5.1. Any higher is difficult to reach without excessive voltage and the highest I ever got stable was 5.3

[noob_gamer]

3570K @ 4,5ghz, gtx 780, and 1866mhz ram for browsing the forum

and there is spend over a 1000$ on watercooling

[DigitalHermit]

My rig with a light OC for 720p, retro, flash, and emulation gaming (GBA, NES, PSP, PS1)...

[eLucid]

3570K @ 4,5ghz, gtx 780, and 1866mhz ram for browsing the forum

and there is spend over a 1000$ on watercooling

 

I call bs on this one.

[noob_gamer]

I call bs on this one.

no bs mate, i live in Denmark shits expensive here, if you don´t believe me check my build log of apollo, there is a full budget as the last post.

just as an example a gtx 980 cost around 780 $ for the most bone stock msi reference card.

[mc141]

4770k watercooled in a maximus video formula board 16 gb ram and a 290x for Netflix Web and some gaming but it's still not fast enough for me I want instant everything lol

[alby800]

In my sig, and all I do is browse the forum pretty much. I hope to play more games soon though.

[Thunderjolt]

Computer studies at A Level isn't all that intensive at all. I used to do it and the most you will have time for is a 2D game/project. Trying to go 3D will take a lot longer than a year. I even asked my teacher if it was worth even trying to do anything on the GPU since my project was going to be like Geometry wars but have Physics based enemies that can affect your flight, grab onto you and throw you off course with their inertia etc.

So yeah, It's overkill for now

[DeepStarCorp]

One of my main Rigs at my house actually uses two $3000 Titan Z's (Actually they were $3500 I think), Dual Intel E5-2697 V3's, $500 MoBo, Best Corsair everything, probably cost like $10,000-$15,000 including Displays. I use it to play Star Citizen so it is like 99% wasted most of the time. 

[NannerBeans]

I will soon have a watercooled gtx 780 ti with an EK block for LoL . Also, I'm water cooling a G3258...

[DeepStarCorp]

I will soon have a watercooled gtx 780 ti with an EK block for LoL . Also, I'm water cooling a G3258...

 

I like your style brother. I set a world record on a G3258 the other day. Air but it was fun. -astro

[deVIZtation]

I have a 3570k cooled by a H100i, a 670, a ROG mobo, 6 noctua fans, and all I do is browse LTT and watch youtube vids.

[Diederik_Gr]

I'm water cooling an I5-4670, not even the K version so i can't overclock it or anything.