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A Killer Gaming PC...

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Some guy at school just built a $6,000 system.... He's actually waiting on the CPU and video cards yet but the rest came today.

MB... I haven't a clue what motherboard it is, but he mentioned it is one of the only SLI boards that supports dual 16x? Sound right?
CPU... an x2 4800+ 939 chipset
RAM... 2GB of RAM... he wanted 4GB, but I guess the RAM is made specifically for that board? Maybe he'll buy another 2GB later?
Video... 2x XFX GeForce 7800 GTX's w/ 512MB RAM
HDD... 4x 10,000RPM Raptors.. :shock: (Unsure on size... assuming the 74GB model?)
Case.. I think he said a coolance case
Other... 1GB Video RAM..?
I'm sure he has some killer optical drives and sound, just didn't hear what he got.

Overkill? I think so. Extremely tight system? Indeed! :supz:

I surely wouldn't spend $6,000 on a computer... I'd spend $2,000 tops probably.
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Post by Kerii »

Could the motherboard be this one?
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDe ... e=shopping :P

I'm with you on that one, lol. Most I'd spend is $2000.
Though it would probably be more like $1000-$1500
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Could be.

I can't believe there is already a solution solving the 8x limitations though... it's just amazing how fast technology comes along. Sure it was probably a simple solution, but damn!
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WOW! That's some computer. I'm with the you guys, the absolute most I'd pay would be 2K.
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The only board that supports the dual SLI x16 is the ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe...... and it looks to be a sweet board....trouble is trying to find one without paying twice what its worth is damn near impossible.
The memory is probably the Corsair 3500LLPRO that I've been playing with for the past week.....almost as nice as the Crucial Ballistix PC4000 we reviewed a few weeks ago.
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What in the world does he intend to do that for? That is so far beyond excessive...its a gigantic waste of money...
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Wow, that computer is insane. Should definately last him for quite a while though :shock:
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I wonder if they built this... been a month... Nails update bro!
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Strid3r- wrote:What in the world does he intend to do that for? That is so far beyond excessive...its a gigantic waste of money...
He didn't have a clue what he was going to use it for. He doesn't play games often. We (my class) asked him what he was going to use it for and asked if he was going to play games. He said, "I guess I could get into that.."

Yea, dunno.

Apoptosis wrote:I wonder if they built this... been a month... Nails update bro!
I don't know. Last I talked to him he was waiting on the video cards yet. He was looking at the 512MB XFX 7800 GTX's which are/were on backorder. I won't be able to update this until January 15th the earliest as that's when school goes back. He said he was going to bring it in sometime and let us play around on it. So, when school gets back into session I'll toss an update up here, hopefully with pics! :)

I swear, this kid is made of some serious cash or something...
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it HAS to be drug money or rich parents... LOL j/k

Must be nice to afford a pair of 512MB video cards... heck I don't even have one!
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Apoptosis wrote:it HAS to be drug money or rich parents... LOL j/k

Must be nice to afford a pair of 512MB video cards... heck I don't even have one!
Most mere mortals don't...yet
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I spent 1400€ for my comp, but being a little old now :D

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$6,000. Thats alot of $ to blow on PC, though my parents did spend $2300 on our first PC, Pentium II 350 mhz w/ 256 mb of ram. :)
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i will laugh when next year at this time you will be able to buy the same system at wal-mart for $499, and get a free gallon of milk.
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