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Is it worth it?

ShawnHollin
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Hi All,

 

Please see link below, PC in the link seems a bit pricy me thinks, £35k price tag ??????????

 

What do you reckon Linus?

 

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/8pack-orionx2-dual-system-extreme-overclocked-pc-intel-core-i9-7980xe-and-intel-core-i7-9700k-fs-006-8p.html#t=b1c1

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Shawn 

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Even with 3 titans i think that's overpriced. Heck where the hell would you use 3 titans anyways? 

Im with the mentaility of "IF IM NOT SURE IF ITS ENOUGH COOLING, GO OVERKILL"

 

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'Is it worth it?' isn't the point in that price range. Still a baller system though

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15 minutes ago, ShawnHollin said:

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/8pack-orionx2-dual-system-extreme-overclocked-pc-intel-core-i9-7980xe-and-intel-core-i7-9700k-fs-006-8p.html#t=b1c1

Seeing how custom that PC is, there is a lot of man hours in that rig so yes I can see why its priced the way it is. 

Personally if I can buy a car for less then the rig, it is not worth it. 

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