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Motherboard: Asus Rampage IV Gene Micro ATX LGA2011 Motherboard  ($277.99 @ SuperBiiz) 









Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 295X2 8GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($1499.99 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 295X2 8GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($1499.99 @ Amazon) 



Monitor: Dell UP2414Q 60Hz 23.8" Monitor  ($765.99 @ Amazon) 

Monitor: Dell UP2414Q 60Hz 23.8" Monitor  ($765.99 @ Amazon) 

Monitor: Dell UP2414Q 60Hz 23.8" Monitor  ($765.99 @ Amazon) 

Other: Watercooling ($1500.00)

Total: $10417.78

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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What is your dream Gaming PC?

Mine is as follows:

Corsair 900D case

Asus Rampage 5 Extreme ( when that comes out)

i7 5960X ( overclocked with custom watercooling setup)

4 Titan Z cards in SLi ( overclocked with waterblocks(

128GB DDR4 RAM

full SSD RAID with max capacity drive ( 1+TB each)

Dual Corsair AX1500i PSUs

case with custom military green paint-job and green interior LEDs

 

what do you guys think of my setup? ( obviously i wont be able to afford anything on this list lol, but i am planning a nice 5820K build with the following parts that i have got:

Phanteks Enthoo Pro

2TB Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm HDD

Corsair RM1000 PSU

Noctua NH-D14 SE2011

Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit 

I would like to know, what would your dream gaming PC be?

Also, should i go with the 120GB 840 EVO or 128GB 850 Pro as an OS-only boot drive?

You can't have 4 way titan Zs

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but titan z is a dual card and you cant have more than 4 way sli

Two titan Zs is quad SLI we had this discussion the other day. 4 was SLI is four single GPU cards. Quad SLI is two dual GPU cards. 

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CPU: Intel Core i7-4930K 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor  ($579.99 @ Newegg) 

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($89.99 @ Newegg) 

Motherboard: Asus Rampage IV Black Edition EATX LGA2011 Motherboard  ($473.99 @ Newegg) 


Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($669.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($669.99 @ Newegg) 

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 295X2 8GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($1499.99 @ Newegg) 

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 295X2 8GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($1499.99 @ Newegg) 

Case: Corsair 900D ATX Full Tower Case  ($279.99 @ Micro Center) 


Optical Drive: Asus BW-12B1ST/BLK/G/AS Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer  ($47.99 @ Newegg) 

Total: $7091.89

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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I'm pretty reasonable with mine, I feel so ssnobby owning something expensive:

4790k

Dual 360mm costum water cooling loop

DDecent Blue and black Mobo

16gb of RAM

500GB 850 pro

2TB WD Black

CrossFire'ed 290X's

H440 (black and blue)

Good PSU...

Is it a monkey? Is it an ape? I don't care, I LOVE'EM!

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PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/rYX6NG

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/rYX6NG/by_merchant/

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-4960X Extreme Edition 3.6GHz 6-Core Processor  ($1026.98 @ SuperBiiz) 

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($89.99 @ Newegg) 

Motherboard: Asus Rampage IV Black Edition EATX LGA2011 Motherboard  ($466.48 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: Corsair Dominator Platinum 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2400 Memory  ($274.99 @ Amazon) 

Memory: Corsair Dominator Platinum 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2400 Memory  ($274.99 @ Amazon) 

Memory: Corsair Dominator Platinum 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2400 Memory  ($274.99 @ Amazon) 

Memory: Corsair Dominator Platinum 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2400 Memory  ($274.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($669.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($669.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($669.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($669.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($669.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($669.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($669.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($669.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($669.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($669.99 @ Newegg) 

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX Titan Z 12GB Superclocked Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($3199.99 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX Titan Z 12GB Superclocked Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($3199.99 @ Amazon) 

Case: Corsair 900D ATX Full Tower Case  ($279.99 @ Micro Center) 

Power Supply: Corsair AX1500i 1500W 80+ Titanium Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($449.99 @ Newegg) 

Total: $16513.27

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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Two titan Zs is quad SLI we had this discussion the other day. 4 was SLI is four single GPU cards. Quad SLI is two dual GPU cards. 

that's what i said -_-

CPU- i7 5960x MOTHERBOARD- Asus Rampage V extreme RAM- 32gb Corsair Dominator Platinum ddr4 2800mhz GPU-  2X EVGA GTX 980 SC in SLI PSU- Corsair ax860 CASE- Corsair Obsidian 750d COOLING- EK cpu+dual gpu custom loop (ek supremacy evo, dual gtx 980 copper/acetal waterblocks) MOUSE- Logitech g502 proteus core KEYBOARD- Ducky shine 3 cherry mx blue switches and blue LED MONITOR- Samsung u28d590d UHD  STORAGE -  120 gb samsung 850 evo ssd, 960 gb ocz trion ssd OS- Windows 10 pro http://pcpartpicker.com/p/jtP8GX

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good psu, as in a 2000w Corsair prototype or something lol

Current Rig:   CPU: AMD 1950X @4Ghz. Cooler: Enermax Liqtech TR4 360. Motherboard:Asus Zenith Extreme. RAM: 8GB Crucial DDR4 3666. GPU: Reference GTX 970  SSD: 250GB Samsung 970 EVO.  HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB. Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro. PSU: Corsair RM1000X. OS: Windows 10 Pro UEFI mode  (installed on SSD)

Peripherals:  Display: Acer XB272 1080p 240Hz G Sync Keyboard: Corsair K95 RGB Brown Mouse: Logitech G502 RGB Headhet: Roccat XTD 5.1 analogue

Daily Devices:Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact and 128GB iPad Pro

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that's what i said -_-

You said 4 way SLI

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good psu, as in a 2000w Corsair prototype or something lol

Do you know how to quote posts? Hit the quote button to respond to someones comment.

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oh sorry,my bad, need to update my info. i was thinking of when the card launched and people thought u could run 4 of them, if one of u guys could code the drivers to enable this, u could make billions

Current Rig:   CPU: AMD 1950X @4Ghz. Cooler: Enermax Liqtech TR4 360. Motherboard:Asus Zenith Extreme. RAM: 8GB Crucial DDR4 3666. GPU: Reference GTX 970  SSD: 250GB Samsung 970 EVO.  HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB. Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro. PSU: Corsair RM1000X. OS: Windows 10 Pro UEFI mode  (installed on SSD)

Peripherals:  Display: Acer XB272 1080p 240Hz G Sync Keyboard: Corsair K95 RGB Brown Mouse: Logitech G502 RGB Headhet: Roccat XTD 5.1 analogue

Daily Devices:Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact and 128GB iPad Pro

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You said 4 way SLI

tell me honestly, does it really matter whether i said 4 way or quad? you know what i meant

CPU- i7 5960x MOTHERBOARD- Asus Rampage V extreme RAM- 32gb Corsair Dominator Platinum ddr4 2800mhz GPU-  2X EVGA GTX 980 SC in SLI PSU- Corsair ax860 CASE- Corsair Obsidian 750d COOLING- EK cpu+dual gpu custom loop (ek supremacy evo, dual gtx 980 copper/acetal waterblocks) MOUSE- Logitech g502 proteus core KEYBOARD- Ducky shine 3 cherry mx blue switches and blue LED MONITOR- Samsung u28d590d UHD  STORAGE -  120 gb samsung 850 evo ssd, 960 gb ocz trion ssd OS- Windows 10 pro http://pcpartpicker.com/p/jtP8GX

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Something on the lines of a Core i7 4790K, MSI Z97 Gaming 7 Motherboard, Coprsair H100i, 16GB of Corsair Vengeance Pro ram, An MSI GTX 780Ti Gaming graphics card, XFX ProSeries 750W , a 512GB Crucial MX100 SSD + 2TB Seagate barracuda for storage,all in a Corsair Obsidian 800D case.

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CPU: Intel Core i7-4960X Extreme Edition 3.6GHz 6-Core Processor  (£675.59 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 

Motherboard: Asus Rampage IV Extreme EATX LGA2011 Motherboard  (£287.50 @ More Computers) 


Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£142.32 @ Aria PC) 

Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£142.32 @ Aria PC) 

Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£142.32 @ Aria PC) 

Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£142.32 @ Aria PC) 





Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 295X2 8GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  (£1259.12 @ Amazon UK) 

Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 295X2 8GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  (£1259.12 @ Amazon UK) 

Case: Corsair 900D ATX Full Tower Case  (£269.99 @ Aria PC) 


Monitor: Asus PB287Q 60Hz 28.0" Monitor  (£531.82 @ More Computers) 

Monitor: Asus PB287Q 60Hz 28.0" Monitor  (£531.82 @ More Computers) 

Monitor: Asus PB287Q 60Hz 28.0" Monitor  (£531.82 @ More Computers) 


Other: Corsair K95 RGB Backlit Keyboard 

Other: Watercooling Items (£1500.00)

Total: £8932.84

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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"Sulit" (adj.) something that is worth it

i7 8700K 4.8Ghz delidded / Corsair H100i V2 / Asus Strix Z370-F / G.Skill Trident Z RGB 16GB 3200 / EVGA GTX 1080Ti FTW3 / ASUS ROG SWIFT PG279Q

Samsung 850 EVO 500GB & 250GB - Crucial MX300 M.2 525GB / Fractal Design Define S / Corsair K70 MX Reds / Logitech G502 / Beyerdynamic DT770 250Ohm

SMSL SD793II AMP/DAC - Schiit Magni 3 / PCPP

Old Rig

i5 2500k 4.5Ghz | Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3P | Zotac GTX 980 AMP! Extreme | Crucial Ballistix Tactical 16GB 1866MHz

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4 850 Pro 1TB in Raid for MAXIMUM POWER!!!!  Two 295X2's in CF  for 3 1440P monitors. 900D case because it is huge! Custom loop for 4960X. AX 1500i because MORE POWER!!!! Expensive sound card because why not? 6 Noctua because i am basic like that. 10GBps Ethernet adapter because MORE INTERNET!!!! K70 RGB (Not in stock) and M95 mouse! Love corsair peripherals!! Sennheiser gaming headset because MAXIMUM AUDIO!!!! and Logitech Z906 because MORE AUDIO!!!!!!

 


 


Motherboard: Asus X79 Deluxe ATX LGA2011 Motherboard  ($321.98 @ SuperBiiz) 


Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($669.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($669.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($669.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($669.99 @ Newegg) 

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 295X2 8GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($1599.99 @ Newegg) 

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 295X2 8GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($1599.99 @ Newegg) 

Case: Corsair 900D ATX Full Tower Case  ($279.99 @ Micro Center) 


Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit)  ($128.98 @ OutletPC) 

Monitor: Asus PB278Q 27.0" Monitor  ($469.99 @ Amazon) 

Monitor: Asus PB278Q 27.0" Monitor  ($469.99 @ Amazon) 

Monitor: Asus PB278Q 27.0" Monitor  ($469.99 @ Amazon) 



Case Fan: Noctua NF-A14 FLX 68.0 CFM 140mm  Fan  ($22.70 @ Mwave) 

Case Fan: Noctua NF-A14 FLX 68.0 CFM 140mm  Fan  ($22.70 @ Mwave) 

Case Fan: Noctua NF-A14 FLX 68.0 CFM 140mm  Fan  ($22.70 @ Mwave) 

Case Fan: Noctua NF-A14 FLX 68.0 CFM 140mm  Fan  ($22.70 @ Mwave) 

Case Fan: Noctua NF-A14 FLX 68.0 CFM 140mm  Fan  ($22.70 @ Mwave) 

Case Fan: Noctua NF-A14 FLX 68.0 CFM 140mm  Fan  ($22.70 @ Mwave) 

Keyboard: Corsair Vengeance K70 Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($99.99 @ Amazon) 

Mouse: Corsair Vengeance M95 Wired Laser Mouse  ($64.99 @ Amazon) 

Headphones: Sennheiser PC 363D 7.1 Channel Headset  ($299.95 @ Amazon) 

Speakers: Logitech Z906 500W 5.1ch Speakers  ($299.99 @ NCIX US) 

Total: $11910.21

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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AMD Athlon X4 760K | MSI A78M-E45 | Sapphire R7 265 | Cougar Solution | Cooler Master Hyper T4 | ADATA XPg V1.0 1600Mhz 8GB | Fractal Design 650W
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-4960X Extreme Edition 3.6GHz 6-Core Processor  (£675.59 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 

Motherboard: Asus Rampage IV Extreme EATX LGA2011 Motherboard  (£287.50 @ More Computers) 

Memory: Corsair Dominator Platinum 64GB (8 x 8GB) DDR3-2133 Memory  (£659.57 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£142.32 @ Aria PC) 

Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£142.32 @ Aria PC) 

Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£142.32 @ Aria PC) 

Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£142.32 @ Aria PC) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£120.63 @ YoYoTech) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£120.63 @ YoYoTech) 

Storage: Western Digital Red Pro 4TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£169.98 @ Ebuyer) 

Storage: Western Digital Red Pro 4TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£169.98 @ Ebuyer) 

Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 295X2 8GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  (£1259.12 @ Amazon UK) 

Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 295X2 8GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  (£1259.12 @ Amazon UK) 

Case: Corsair 900D ATX Full Tower Case  (£269.99 @ Aria PC) 

Power Supply: Corsair AX1500i 1500W 80+ Titanium Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£275.99 @ Aria PC) 

Monitor: Asus PB287Q 60Hz 28.0" Monitor  (£531.82 @ More Computers) 

Monitor: Asus PB287Q 60Hz 28.0" Monitor  (£531.82 @ More Computers) 

Monitor: Asus PB287Q 60Hz 28.0" Monitor  (£531.82 @ More Computers) 

Mouse: Logitech G502 Wired Optical Mouse 

Other: Corsair K95 RGB Backlit Keyboard 

Other: Watercooling Items (£1500.00)

Total: £8932.84

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-27 21:52 BST+0100

I see you're running the R9 295X2s in CrossFire.... I guess you can call that.... AMD Radeon R9 295X2X2

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I like how these dream builds have no basis in reality. That's the point, I know..but X amount of ram that'd never be used. Come on, now. At least try. I'd be content with a 2 grand system and a Wacom Cintiq.

 

 

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AMD A10 7850k OC'ed to 4.7ghz
16GB Corsair Dominator 1866mhz
2x400GB Intel 730 series in Raid x3 (total of 2,400GB) 

XFX AMD Radeon r9 290x 3GB 

Fractal R4 Case

MSI A88X-G41 PC Mate FM2+

 

Aaaaand any 750w PSU i can find thats 80+ bronze certified. 

 

Yes, I still love AMD. 

Bite me. x3

Eric S. Raymond used an E6600 from 2005 until 12/30/14 or open source software creation. Raw data computations in excess of 18GB each. Core 2 Duos still have tons of life left, my friend.

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If money wasn't a problem, What would your dream build be?

 

Mine would be:

 

Intel 3.6 GHz Core i7-4960X (Processor)

LGA 2011 Motherboard (MotherBoard)

CS Series™ Modular CS850M — 850 Watt 80 PLUS® Gold Certified PSU (Power Supply)

GeForce GTX 780 Ti x2 (Graphics)

Samsung 840 Pro Series SSD (SSD)

Seagate Barracuda 4TB (Hardrive)

Corsair H100i (Cooling)

Corsair 900D (Case)

Asus PQ321Qx3 (4kMonitor)

Corsair SP2500 Gaming Audio Speakers (Speakers)

Razer Deathadder (Mouse)

Razer Blackwidow 2013 (Keyboard)

Razer Kraken 7.1 (HeadSet)

And as a laptop for on the go a Razer Blade Pro

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two 18 core xeons and 256gb's of ddr4 with a Gm200 Tianhe

Computing enthusiast. 
I use to be able to input a cheat code now I've got to input a credit card - Total Biscuit
 

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why that psu? id go for the evga 850w supernova

|| MAELSTROM ||

|| i5 3570K W/ CM 212x @ 4GHz || r9 290 Windforce || Corsair Obsidian 450D || 2tb HDD + 120gb 840 evo SSD || 2x4gb Hyperx Fury Blue

 

 

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why that psu? id go for the evga 850w supernova

I chose that PSU as it is a reliable company that makes good products and 850w is all i need!

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To be honest that's pretty close to mine, just for fun I would love to have something like Titan Z's just cause  :D

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I chose that PSU as it is a reliable company that makes good products and 850w is all i need!

The evga 850g2 is better

n0ah1897, on 05 Mar 2014 - 2:08 PM, said:  "Computers are like girls. It's whats in the inside that matters.  I don't know about you, but I like my girls like I like my cases. Just as beautiful on the inside as the outside."

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Mine would be the TITAN supercomputer.

A water-cooled mid-tier gaming PC.

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