Creative Planners

[Terminashunator]

I want to see how creative you folks are at making the most powerful Rig for the least amount of money.

 

Here's the idea: Construct a list of components that total near US$1000 (CAD$1036.80), (£661.51), though I understand prices are a bit different, (I know Nvidia cards are about the same £ to $ despite the pound being worth more).

 

Let's keep this fun, with minimal fanboy flaming, let's keep synthetic benchmarks in mind. The purpose of this computer will be Equal CPU and GPU usage, say Gaming and Video Editing. You'll want a full system, minus OS and peripherals. DVD drive not required. Picture something like this:

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

 

CPU:  Intel Xeon E3-1230 V2 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($234.98 @ SuperBiiz) 

Motherboard:  MSI Z77A-G45 ATX  LGA1155 Motherboard  ($114.20 @ Amazon) 

Memory:  Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($60.93 @ Newegg) 

Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($94.80 @ NCIX US) 

Video Card:  MSI Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card  ($310.98 @ SuperBiiz) 

Case:  NZXT Source 210 Window ATX Mid Tower Case  ($51.07 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply:  Corsair CX 500W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply  ($55.41 @ Newegg) 

Total: $922.37

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

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-05-29 14:51 EDT-0400)

[defunkt]

Looks good. Xeon processors aren't really geared for gaming but it should perform well anyhow :)

[ERSCreeper]

I would upgrade the motherboard to G45, G41/43 are a but meh on the power phaseing and cooling.

[Terminashunator]

Looks good. Xeon processors aren't really geared for gaming but it should perform well anyhow :)

Well, the point is it's basically a locked i7, since it has Hyperthreading, at an i5 Price

 

 

I would upgrade the motherboard to G45, G41/43 are a but meh on the power phaseing and cooling.

Change will be made, since it's a trivial $30 :)

[Chakshu]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

 

CPU:  AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor  ($179.99 @ Amazon) 

Motherboard:  Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 ATX  AM3+ Motherboard  ($69.98 @ Newegg) 

Memory:  Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($109.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($87.99 @ NCIX US) 

Video Card:  PowerColor Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($249.99 @ NCIX US) 

Video Card:  PowerColor Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($249.99 @ NCIX US) 

Case:  Antec VSK-4000 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($34.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply:  Thermaltake TR2 700W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply  ($44.00 @ Newegg) 

Total: $1026.92

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

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-05-29 15:35 EDT-0400)

[Chakshu]

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

 

CPU:  AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor  ($179.99 @ Amazon) 

Motherboard:  Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 ATX  AM3+ Motherboard  ($69.98 @ Newegg) 

Memory:  Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($109.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($87.99 @ NCIX US) 

Video Card:  PowerColor Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($249.99 @ NCIX US) 

Video Card:  PowerColor Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire)  ($249.99 @ NCIX US) 

Case:  Antec VSK-4000 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($34.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply:  Thermaltake TR2 700W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply  ($44.00 @ Newegg) 

Total: $1026.92

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

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-05-29 15:35 EDT-0400)

 

I think its better.

Will overclock to 4.4 on stock cooler.

And also the HD7950's

[WoodenMarker]

There: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/11fFM $986

 

Finally, some CUDA cores and a proper SSD.