svtmike

Here's the key electronics in my new rig:

Intel 920 Core i7 Processor (2.66GHz)
Asus P6T Deluxe V2 motherboard
12GB OCZ DDR3 memory (6x2GB) (7-7-7-20)
XFX Radeon HD4750 video card with 1GB GDDR5 memory
OCZ Vertex 120GB boot SSD (for OS and large applications like Office/Adobe)
2 x 300GB WD Velociraptor 10k RPM HDDs (I'm going to run these mirrored)
LG BluRay / DVD+/-RW / CD+/-RW drive
Enermax 850W modular power supply
Samsung 24" wide-screen LCD monitor
Vista Ultimate 64-bit

It's going to absolutely smoke my current computer.

Ken1997TL

Holy Unnecessary Batman!








I approve!

svtmike

That's my strategy for building computers -- build a god box every blue moon because completely loading the software/configuring is a significant time hit, so I only want to do that rarely.

I built my current machine 6 years ago for about $3G. This one is running about the same -- I'm OK with $500/yr for my personal computer.

Mizouse

I want it. Except for the raptors not enough space for me.

Mizouse

I notice that with core i7 people tend to get reddiculous amounts of ram. Why?

mcflyguy24

How much was the solid state HD? I seriously think there is no way people are going to need much more than core i7 and SSD's in the future. I bet your boot time with the SSD is like 20 seconds or some shit.

BigLizard

check out the mobo's for core i7's, they're insane.

svtmike

Triple channel memory -- so you're pretty much automatically buying 3G (3x1) as a minimum.

The 12G I bought was around $200 total, matches the memory, and pretty much future proofs the machine.

svtmike

$420.

svtmike

I have a 3TB NAS for my static data.

yohan81718

no dual monitor?

RJANACONDA

iTrader: (1)

so um yeah with a computer like that you should be able run..... The Earth with out out being bogged down.

phee

iTrader: (5)

windows experience swcore? 6??

svtmike

I already have the second monitor (a 20" Samsung that's my main monitor right now).

svtmike

It goes together this weekend, so right now it's 0.

phee

iTrader: (5)

cant wait. sounds like a bad-ass machine with hackintosh potential

SupaRookie

i recently build a computer for my brother. i7 w/ ssd is extremely fast.

#1 STUNNA

yeah that machine will be a 5.9 across the board. If he installs Win7 on it then he'd have mostly 7.0+ scores. Ken1997TL is running Win7 build 7057 on a ssd drive.

Mizouse

yeesh, i thought it was ridiculous with dual channel memory now its triple channel whats next quad channel??

STL+3.0CL

Holy Crap! Nice setup. Where did you buy your parts from?

Ashburner

Sounds nice!

I just upgraded mine about 2 months ago. This was the first time ever to just upgrade as I usually apend 2K+ every 18 months.

I went from an Athlon 64 X2 4800 to an Intel dual core E8500 overclocked to 4 Ghz, 8 GB ram, and overclocked Crossfire 4850's.

Also, reused my 74gb raptor for some games and mirrored 500GB Black drives.

Running 64 bit Vista Ultimate and Windows 7. So far, the machine flies on anything I throw at it and I only spent about $680.

But for sure I am jealous!

sho_nuff1997

iTrader: (2)

Wow. Sounds like an amazing machine. I am jealous.

What case are you using?

svtmike

Newegg.

Lian-Li PC-60 Plus II.

I have a very similar case now and am very satisfied with it.

Whiskers

What, no 2400 baud modem?

svtmike

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wackjum

It should have a Windows Experience Index a lot higher than 5.9

My medium specs machine is already 5.9 across the board. It's just a Dell XPS 420 with a 9800 GT.

#1 STUNNA

^Vista's highest wei score is 5.9 In Win7 it goes to 7.9. IDK if Vista's max possible score will increase to 7.9 like Win7 in with Vista SP2.

wackjum

Oh I see. Didn't know that.

xoulu

iTrader: (3)

=)

i wanna see!!!

svtmike

It's just a black Lian Li case with a bunch of electronics in it. I don't do anything visually fancy with my computers.

I have to say I _really_ like it. It's amazing how fast even stupid things like Facebook run.

Now I'm in the middle of migrating all of my software and data.

SupaRookie

I always love Lian Li cases. I'm looking at this case for my next core i7 build:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811112130

My brother window 7 score was 5.9 because of his memory. Everything else was pretty much 7.0+. Cpu and ram are pretty cheap for the core i7.

svtmike

I had to open it up yesterday to retrieve the protective cellophane sheet that I forgot to remove from the video card shroud and that found its way into the side fan, so I snapped a crappy pic:

srika

looks awesome.. where do you live?

AMGala

iTrader: (4)

that is beautiful! But it looks like the CPU fan air duct could be a bit bigger...

svtmike

It definitely could be bigger, but I'm not going to sweat it. The alignment is pretty much bound to be imperfect since there's no standard for processor placement on the motherboard.

svtmike

Building another one for a buddy --

Core i7 930
12GB PC 1600
1 x OCZ Vertex 2 240GB SSD
2 x WD Velociraptor 600GB
2 x Samsung 1.5TB
2 x ATI 5750 running CrossFireX
Asus P58 based motherboard
Lian-Li case
Thermaltake PSU
Corsair H50 CPU cooler
Win7 Pro
Lite-on BR drive
Flash reader

EuRTSX

Very nice Mike. I just updated my rating, was rated at 7.2. I'm assuming mines not too bad either?

svtmike

Nope, mine comes up as a 7.0. I'll post up what my buddies' rig rates after I get it built (should be tonight, maybe tomorrow).

mcflyguy24

So what does your friend do with his PC that requires that much storage and the much memory? That is a pretty insane set-up.