Ultimate Dream Build For Free (Hypothetical)

August 31, 2013

have you seen the Asus Tytan?

its beautiful

What are those red circles...?

I don't like it in my opinion. Never liked plain side panels or simplistic looks. I love alienware's customizable lighting though

hehehehhehehehe · August 31, 2013

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1y9I1

whatthe_fuzz · August 31, 2013

What are those red circles...?

I don't like it in my opinion. Never liked plain side panels or simplistic looks. I love alienware's customizable lighting though

i love customizable lights so convenient

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1y9I1

4 WAY TERTAHN

TheSLSAMG · August 31, 2013

So here's a discussion post for fun

go into PCpartpicker and just find the best build you could every find yourself buying! for any amount of money!

if you want to justify your reasoning then go ahead

this is just something fun and i know we've all done it before.

Here's mine

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-3970X Extreme Edition 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($997.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Motherboard: Asus Rampage IV Extreme EATX LGA2011 Motherboard ($415.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Memory: Kingston HyperX Beast 64GB (8 x 8GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($566.83 @ Amazon)

Storage: Kingston HyperX 3K 480GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($409.99 @ Amazon)

Storage: Kingston HyperX 3K 480GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($409.99 @ Amazon)

Storage: Western Digital WD VelociRaptor 1TB 2.5" 10000RPM Internal Hard Drive ($239.98 @ SuperBiiz)

Storage: Western Digital WD VelociRaptor 1TB 2.5" 10000RPM Internal Hard Drive ($239.98 @ SuperBiiz)

Storage: Western Digital WD VelociRaptor 1TB 2.5" 10000RPM Internal Hard Drive ($239.98 @ SuperBiiz)

Storage: Western Digital WD VelociRaptor 1TB 2.5" 10000RPM Internal Hard Drive ($239.98 @ SuperBiiz)

Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card (3-Way SLI) ($675.98 @ SuperBiiz)

Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card (3-Way SLI) ($675.98 @ SuperBiiz)

Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card (3-Way SLI) ($675.98 @ SuperBiiz)

Sound Card: Asus Xonar Phoebus 24-bit 96 KHz Sound Card ($159.99 @ Newegg)

Case: Corsair 900D ATX Full Tower Case ($319.99 @ Microcenter)

Case Fan: Corsair Air Series SP120 Quiet Edition (2-Pack) 37.9 CFM 120mm Fans ($27.99 @ Newegg)

Case Fan: Corsair Air Series SP120 Quiet Edition (2-Pack) 37.9 CFM 120mm Fans ($27.99 @ Newegg)

Case Fan: Corsair Air Series SP120 Quiet Edition (2-Pack) 37.9 CFM 120mm Fans ($27.99 @ Newegg)

Case Fan: Corsair Air Series SP120 Quiet Edition (2-Pack) 37.9 CFM 120mm Fans ($27.99 @ Newegg)

Case Fan: Corsair Air Series SP120 Quiet Edition (2-Pack) 37.9 CFM 120mm Fans ($27.99 @ Newegg)

Case Fan: Corsair Air Series SP120 Quiet Edition (2-Pack) 37.9 CFM 120mm Fans ($27.99 @ Newegg)

Case Fan: Corsair Air Series SP120 Quiet Edition (2-Pack) 37.9 CFM 120mm Fans ($27.99 @ Newegg)

Case Fan: Corsair Air Series SP120 Quiet Edition (2-Pack) 37.9 CFM 120mm Fans ($27.99 @ Newegg)

Case Fan: Corsair Air Series SP120 Quiet Edition (2-Pack) 37.9 CFM 120mm Fans ($27.99 @ Newegg)

Case Fan: Corsair Air Series SP120 Quiet Edition (2-Pack) 37.9 CFM 120mm Fans ($27.99 @ Newegg)

Case Fan: Corsair Air Series SP120 Quiet Edition (2-Pack) 37.9 CFM 120mm Fans ($27.99 @ Newegg)

Case Fan: Corsair Air Series SP120 Quiet Edition (2-Pack) 37.9 CFM 120mm Fans ($27.99 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA Classified 1500W 80 PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($429.99 @ NCIX US)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate Full (32/64-bit) ($299.99 @ Adorama)

Monitor: Asus PQ321Q 31.5" Monitor ($3399.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Monitor: Asus PQ321Q 31.5" Monitor ($3399.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Monitor: Asus PQ321Q 31.5" Monitor ($3399.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Trigger Wired Gaming Keyboard ($119.99 @ Best Buy)

Mouse: Mionix NAOS 8200 Wired Laser Mouse ($69.98 @ Amazon)

Headphones: Astro A50 Circumaural Headset - Black 7.1 Channel Headset ($299.99 @ Newegg)

Other: Watercooling ($1200.00)

Total: $19224.42

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-08-30 20:25 EDT-0400)

i went with 3 x 780's to push a resolution of about 12,000 x 2,000

a 480GB SSD in RAID 1 with an identical drive.

2 x VelociRaptors in RAID 1 for a total of 2TB

64GB of 2133Mhz RAM so i can have a 40GB RAMDisk (and well, because i can)

EVGA 1500W SuperNova because I need UBER power.

i have Watercooling at $1200 and that might or might now include cooling the GPU's. they look so perfect as they are already...

Win7 Ultimate because i need RAM recognition

Your turn

We dont want to have some jumbled mess of random chaos that states "an SSD"

so

PLEASE try and keep your post organized by using PCPartpicker's BBCode Markup.

Just copy & paste from the popup window

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How do you put a spoiler into your sig?

megadarkwood · August 31, 2013

Well I guess this thread is not going to be closed.

So here is my dream build that is actually achievable...

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/megadarkwood/saved/2anr

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-3930K 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor ($563.98 @ SuperBiiz)

Motherboard: ASRock X79 Extreme9 ATX LGA2011 Motherboard ($339.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Memory: Corsair Dominator GT 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($254.63 @ TigerDirect)

Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($212.99 @ NCIX US)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($79.99 @ Newegg)

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($654.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Sound Card: Asus Xonar Essence STX 24-bit 192 KHz Sound Card ($169.99 @ Amazon)

Case: Corsair 900D ATX Full Tower Case ($329.99 @ NCIX US)

Power Supply: Corsair 1200W 80 PLUS Platinum Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($304.99 @ Amazon)

Optical Drive: Asus BW-14D1XT Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($94.99 @ NCIX US)

Monitor: Asus VE258Q 25.0" Monitor ($235.99 @ Amazon)

Other: EK-Supremacy - Full Copper - CPU Waterblock ($81.28)

Other: EK-RAM Monarch X2 ($30.45)

Other: EK-CoolStream RAD XT (480) ($88.40)

Other: EK-CoolStream RAD XT (240) ($52.81)

Other: EK-CoolStream RAD XTC (140) ($48.75)

Other: EK-D5 Vario (12V DC Pump) ($79.95)

Other: EK-RES X3 250 ($54.85)

Other: EK-CSQ Fitting 10/13mm G1/4 - Black (x20) ($91.20)

Other: TUBE PrimoChill PrimoFlex™ Advanced LRT™ 12,7 / 9,5mm - Crystal Clear RETAIL 3m ($20.28)

Other: EK-Ekoolant CLEAR (premix 1000mL) ($7.10)

Other: http://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-fc-titan.html (x2) ($202.00)

Total: $5206.55

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-08-30 21:19 EDT-0400)

whatthe_fuzz · August 31, 2013

How do you put a spoiler into your sig?

[spoiIer= Title]

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never put anything other than bullet points. for multiple spacing just hit enter twice.

btw the "L" in the [spoiIer=Title] is really a capital "i"

TheCanadianGamer16 · August 31, 2013

so, um yeah lol

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-3970X Extreme Edition 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($1130.00 @ Canada Computers)

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($124.28 @ Memory Express)

Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 12g Thermal Paste ($17.31 @ DirectCanada)

Motherboard: MSI Big Bang - XPower II XL ATX LGA2011 Motherboard ($438.19 @ Newegg Canada)

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Z Series 64GB (8 x 8GB) DDR3-2400 Memory ($788.71 @ NCIX)

Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 512GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($553.68 @ NCIX)

Storage: Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive ($191.86 @ DirectCanada)

Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card (4-Way SLI) ($802.28 @ Newegg Canada)

Sound Card: Asus Xonar Essence STX 24-bit 192 KHz Sound Card ($206.78 @ TigerDirect Canada)

Case: Corsair 900D ATX Full Tower Case ($395.48 @ Memory Express)

Case Fan: Phanteks PH-F140TS_WT 78.1 CFM 140mm Fan ($41.10 @ TigerDirect Canada)

Case Fan: Cougar Vortex 70.5 CFM 140mm Fan ($16.80 @ DirectCanada)

Power Supply: Rosewill 1600W 80 PLUS Silver Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($451.98 @ Newegg Canada)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit) ($110.72 @ NCIX)

Monitor: BenQ GW2750HM 27.0" Monitor ($224.87 @ Canada Computers)

Keyboard: Corsair Vengeance K95 Wired Gaming Keyboard ($168.37 @ Vuugo)

Mouse: Mad Catz CCB4370800B1/04/1 Wired Laser Mouse ($191.90 @ Amazon Canada)

Total: $10392.01

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-08-30 21:25 EDT-0400)

Air tree · August 31, 2013

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-3820 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor ($299.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4 ATX LGA2011 Motherboard ($233.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Corsair Dominator Platinum 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($200.57 @ TigerDirect)
Memory: Corsair Dominator Platinum 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($200.57 @ TigerDirect)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($176.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($134.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($133.01 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($654.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($654.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Corsair 900D ATX Full Tower Case ($329.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Silverstone Strider Gold Evolution 1000W 80 PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($177.04 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 Professional (OEM) (64-bit) ($129.98 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $3302.10
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-08-30 21:27 EDT-0400)

That would be my "affordable" dream build, but that's not even considering the custom loop.

zip2k4 · August 31, 2013

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-3970X Extreme Edition 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($1019.99 @ Newegg)

Thermal Compound: Noctua NT-H1 3.5g Thermal Paste ($9.99 @ Newegg)

Motherboard: MSI Big Bang - XPower II XL ATX LGA2011 Motherboard ($369.99 @ Newegg)

Memory: Corsair Dominator Platinum 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3-2400 Memory ($509.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Intel 320 Series 600GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($955.61 @ Amazon)

Storage: Seagate Constellation ES.3 4TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($371.26 @ Amazon)

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX Titan 6GB Video Card (3-Way SLI) ($1074.98 @ Newegg)

Case: NZXT Phantom 820 (Black) ATX Full Tower Case ($219.99 @ Best Buy)

Case Fan: Cougar Vortex PWM 70.5 CFM 120mm Fan ($12.99 @ Amazon)

Case Fan: BitFenix BFF-SPRO-12025KK-RP 56.2 CFM 120mm Fan ($9.36 @ Amazon)

Power Supply: SeaSonic X Series 1250W 80 PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($201.75 @ Newegg)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate Full (32/64-bit) ($299.99 @ Adorama)

Monitor: Asus VG248QE 144Hz 24.0" Monitor ($239.99 @ Newegg)

Monitor: Asus PQ321Q 31.5" Monitor ($3399.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Keyboard: Corsair Vengeance K95 Wired Gaming Keyboard ($168.49 @ Newegg)

Mouse: Logitech G500 Wired Laser Mouse ($49.47 @ Amazon)

Mouse: Mionix NAOS 8200 Wired Laser Mouse ($69.98 @ Amazon)

Speakers: Corsair Gaming Audio Series SP2500 232W 2.1ch Speakers ($159.99 @ NCIX US)

Other: Swiftech Komodo Titan waterblock ($149.95)

Other: Asus D2X ($185.00)

Other: Heatkiller CPU waterblock rev 3.0 ($75.00)

Other: XSPC AX360 ($99.00)

Other: XSPC AX240 ($82.00)

Other: XSPC black chrome compression fittings x14 ($63.00)

Other: Koolance NZL-LXG1 silver x6 ($72.00)

Other: PrimoChill PrimoFlex Advanced LRT tubing x2 ($18.00)

Other: Bitspower Water Tank Z-Multi 80 res ($35.00)

Other: Koolance Drain valve ($19.00)

Other: EK D5 Vario DC pump ($89.00)

Total: $14278.39

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-08-30 21:45 EDT-0400)

I think i've done most of the parts including custom loops

and the keyboard + mouse is basically what I have atm, except I use K70

Reason: I do a good amount of video editing and i want to see 3x1080p on ultra settings, can't blame me :3 + I switch mouses when my hand's tired I go with mionix

Glenwing · August 31, 2013

Yay, another put together a list of the most expensive parts you can find even if they have no point thread!

zip2k4 · August 31, 2013

Yay, another put together a list of the most expensive parts you can find even if they have no point thread!

i do have a point for my dream build D:

and if it's the thread, idk i saw it popped up so why not

Glenwing · August 31, 2013

i do have a point for my dream build D:

and if it's the thread, idk i saw it popped up so why not

It's ok, one of my wishlists on Newegg is $20,000...

zip2k4 · August 31, 2013

It's ok, one of my wishlists on Newegg is $20,000...

yea i wish i win the lottery or something, i'd buy myself something with that much overkill :3

kaneandtaker · August 31, 2013

Well I'm not greedy,

AeroCool Xpredator

i7-4770K

Maximus IV Hero

Swiftech H220

Samsung 840 Pro x2 RAID 0

2x AMD Radeon 9970

Corsair AX850i (with their sleeved cables)

A 2560x1600 120MHz monitor

whatthe_fuzz · August 31, 2013

Yay, another put together a list of the most expensive parts you can find even if they have no point thread!

im hoping that maybe Bill Gates will join the forum and be so impressed with my potential build that he will pay for it then give me $20mil

so there is a point

Lil Chillbil · August 31, 2013

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1yfT8

hehe, I felt like a rich guy picking this out...

Ascendents · August 31, 2013

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1yfT8

hehe, I felt like a rich guy picking this out...

Yeah check out this one i put together this is super overkill!

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1yh7d

Wasabay · August 31, 2013

this is the one i started to buy originally i was gonna do a 2011 build but then i got my 2500k at microcenter for 99$ still don't regret it but this everything except the ssd's and 780's were things i had chosen http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1yhoY and budget of course got me too.

LAwLz · August 31, 2013

I am sorry dude, but that build is terrible.

Why Kingson SSDs? If you want the best if the best then the 512GB Samsung 840 PRO is better. If you want something even more extreme then the 1TB 840 EVO is insane as well.
Why mechanical HDDs? If it was my dream PC then I would have a 24bay NAS with 3TB drives in it and completely ignore mechanical storage in my main PC.
Asus Xonar Phoebus? Why? Just why? It's not bad, but for an ultimate build you should get something much better.
A Corsair 900D? Again, why? You could easily fit all this hardware in a much smaller and better case.
24 Corsair SP fans? First of all, those fans aren't even that great. Second of all, 24 fans will be loud as hell, even if you run them at very very low RPM.
Why the EVGA SuperNOVA card? Your build would most likely run just fine on a 1000W PSU so something like the 1000W 80+ Platinum from Seasonic would be better.
I would not want to use those monitors at this point in time. They are too big and the technology is pretty unreliable and unpolished. You would have far less headaches by going with more common 2560x1440 monitors.
You got to be kidding when you say "dream build" and then get that headset. Now granted I have not tried that particular one yet, but I am willing to bet 1 Internet that it is absolutely terrible. For a dream build you should get something like the AKG K712 for gaming and maybe the Sennheiser HD 800. By the way, the A50 does not have an analog connector, so your soundcard would be absolutely useless with those headphones.

I am sorry, but this build looks like "I'll add the most expensive parts I can find, that's my dream build!". Same thing with people saying "I want a 10 SSD RAID!" and then think it will be a good idea to use the onboard RAID controller, since they don't include a RAID card in the build.

whatthe_fuzz · September 1, 2013

I am sorry dude, but that build is terrible.

Why Kingson SSDs? If you want the best if the best then the 512GB Samsung 840 PRO is better. If you want something even more extreme then the 1TB 840 EVO is insane as well.

Why mechanical HDDs? If it was my dream PC then I would have a 24bay NAS with 3TB drives in it and completely ignore mechanical storage in my main PC.

Asus Xonar Phoebus? Why? Just why? It's not bad, but for an ultimate build you should get something much better.

A Corsair 900D? Again, why? You could easily fit all this hardware in a much smaller and better case.

24 Corsair SP fans? First of all, those fans aren't even that great. Second of all, 24 fans will be loud as hell, even if you run them at very very low RPM.

Why the EVGA SuperNOVA card? Your build would most likely run just fine on a 1000W PSU so something like the 1000W 80+ Platinum from Seasonic would be better.

I would not want to use those monitors at this point in time. They are too big and the technology is pretty unreliable and unpolished. You would have far less headaches by going with more common 2560x1440 monitors.

You got to be kidding when you say "dream build" and then get that headset. Now granted I have not tried that particular one yet, but I am willing to bet 1 Internet that it is absolutely terrible. For a dream build you should get something like the AKG K712 for gaming and maybe the Sennheiser HD 800. By the way, the A50 does not have an analog connector, so your soundcard would be absolutely useless with those headphones.

I am sorry, but this build looks like "I'll add the most expensive parts I can find, that's my dream build!". Same thing with people saying "I want a 10 SSD RAID!" and then think it will be a good idea to use the onboard RAID controller, since they don't include a RAID card in the build.

1. i personally have had a great experience with Kingston SSD's and i would gladly buy them again

2. I have more trust in a high RPM HDD than a Hybrid drive.

3. It's a great card and aesthetically i think it looks beautiful

4. 900D? for the size i would love to mod it to Hell and load it with an insane amount of rads. plus i love the brushed aluminum

5. hopefully that would be just the right amount for all the rads i would have. yes it would be EXTREMELY loud. that's why i would have them set up to run passively and only spin IF i needed extra cooling. they are pretty darn good for SP

6. If i ever had the desire to squeeze even more HDD's i would like the buffer. 3 GPU's OCed plus an OCed CPU would be around 1200w (by my estimate) including OCs

7. I dont mind the size. Plus it would look pretty sweet on some racing games. very virtual very real.

8. i love the looks of the A50's. They are a great headset not a great pair of headphones. if i wanted headphones i wouldve included them.

this would be pricey but there is a method to my madness

Recon-UK · September 1, 2013

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1yx3e

I hope some lol's are to be had

LAwLz · September 1, 2013

-snip-

Well it's your dreambuild, but a lot of the parts still makes no sense. Unpractical, not as high performance as you could get and so on.

I am not trying to single you out by the way, I think most of the builds in this thread are absolutely horrible. You don't build a "dream PC" by just picking the most expensive parts from each category.

7850OC · September 1, 2013

is hard to get :blush:

dual AMD Opteron 12 cores (24 cores total)

dual Malta 7990

whatthe_fuzz · September 1, 2013

Well it's your dreambuild, but a lot of the parts still makes no sense. Unpractical, not as high performance as you could get and so on.

I am not trying to single you out by the way, I think most of the builds in this thread are absolutely horrible. You don't build a "dream PC" by just picking the most expensive parts from each category.

i understand i'd be interested to see what you have up your sleeve you should post yours!

is hard to get :blush:

dual AMD Opteron 12 cores (24 cores total)

dual Malta 7990

thats it?? just 24 cores and 4 GPUs??

MiracleMan · September 1, 2013

The PC part picker doesn't even find the components i want

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