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Motherboards SKT 2011 On Monday what's your dream PC?

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by rob the bank, 11 Nov 2011.

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  1. rob the bank

    rob the bank What's a Dremel?

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    Now we have got a bit of info on skt 2011 boards what’s your wish list?
    I have to come up with some new dream PC's for our site.
    So what would you guys go for money no object?
     
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  2. Picarro

    Picarro What's a Dremel?

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    SR3, xeons, 4x512 gig SSD's in RAID 0 and then just use it for web browsing.
     
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  3. jakobfrimmel

    jakobfrimmel What's a Dremel?

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    you missed the quad gtx 580 with a dedicated physics....
     
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  4. Pookeyhead

    Pookeyhead It's big, and it's clever.

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    SR3, fast Xeons, 4x 580s (Tri SLI and one Physics.. just for sh1ts and giggles), 64GB RAM, 2x 512GB SSDs in RAID0.

    What I will be having is probably EVGA Classified, 3930K, 2x 580s in SLI, 32B RAM.. No SSDs.
     
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  5. rob the bank

    rob the bank What's a Dremel?

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    Cheers guys, keep them coming, what case do you want it in?

    Re the web browsing, you would be amazed at some of the systems I have built for chaps playing chess!
     
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  6. Pookeyhead

    Pookeyhead It's big, and it's clever.

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    I'm undecided to keep my current Lian Li (great air cooling) or go the Obsidian route. Even then I can't decide whether to go back to the monolith days of yore, and get the 800, or stay sensible and get it's smaller sibling.
     
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  7. Yeoo

    Yeoo Minimodder

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    Couple top end Xeon
    Top end Mobo
    Stacked up with fastest RAM
    as many of 4GB MSI HD 6990 as board can handle.
    3x Kingston Hyper X 240GB in RAID 5
    Some Blue LEDS :D
     
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  8. Tangster

    Tangster Butt-kicking for goodness!

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    SR3, phase changed cooled, Xeons, few TB's worth of vertex 3's, as much of the fastest RAM as possible, 6x eizo CG303w's and 2 GTX590's+ one for phyx (all phase cooled as well).
    Better add that it should have a geothermal power plant and the phase change cooling needs to be completely silent.
     
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  9. Yeoo

    Yeoo Minimodder

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    [​IMG]
     
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  10. Noob?

    Noob? What's a Dremel?

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    It'd break the piggy bank I have LOL.

    Though X79 looks very tempting!
     
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  11. fdbh96

    fdbh96 What's a Dremel?

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    I'll just get one from alienware...
     
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  12. Yeoo

    Yeoo Minimodder

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    seriously need 8 grand
     
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  13. debs3759

    debs3759 Was that a warranty I just broke?

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    SR-3
    2 * E5-2687W
    96GB DDR3-2400
    6 * 512GB SST, 2 at RAID 0 on the SATA 3 connectors, 4 at RAID 0 on the SATA 2 connections (for storage)
    96GB DDR3-2400
    4 * GTX 580
    watercooling (of course, or what's the point? :D )
    Cubitek HPTX-Tank
    2 * 1200W PSU (easier cable management, plus I think that combo will use over 1800W when overclocked).
     
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  14. Bloody_Pete

    Bloody_Pete Technophile

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    Whatever True_Gamer builds...
     
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  15. debs3759

    debs3759 Was that a warranty I just broke?

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    I just spotted your post. It's all feasible, except that ther are only 6 SATA ports, so you might have trouble finding a few Tb of vertex 3 to fit :) Mind you, I suppose you still have 3 PCIe slots to add extra SATA controllers :)
     
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  16. Bloody_Pete

    Bloody_Pete Technophile

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    4 of these http://www.scan.co.uk/products/ocz-vertex-3-480gb-ssd-sata-iii-solid-state-hard-drive-sandforce , although I'd go for 4 of these http://www.scan.co.uk/products/512g...d-mlc-flash-500mb-s-write-260mb-s-new-version

    Or just go for one of these http://www.scan.co.uk/products/ocz-...-s-w-raid-sandforce-1565-(x4)-3-year-warranty
     
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  17. debs3759

    debs3759 Was that a warranty I just broke?

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    I'm all for the vertex 3. I'm going performance all the way :) Only reason my build would have 4 580s in it instead of 4 590s is because that way I can use my chiller for that system and my SB system at the same time. 590's I would expect to give out more heat than the chiller can cope with. In fact my planned build for next year is almost what I posted as my ideal system - except I'll just have 2 * 240GD Vertex 3 and 4 2/3 TB undetermined drives on the SATA 2 connections for storage. Oh and 2 of the 580s might have to wait :D
     
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  18. Pookeyhead

    Pookeyhead It's big, and it's clever.

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    That sounds expensive, even by my standards! What the hell do you use your computer for? LOL
     
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  19. debs3759

    debs3759 Was that a warranty I just broke?

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    Bragging rights :D

    Seriously though, I want a system that will remain high-end and not need upgrading for several years. And it might be my last chance to build such a powerful system, it's rare for me to have the sort of money it's going to cost :)

    Most of the power will be used for folding, as it will have far too much power to just use for browsing and writing the odd article :)
     
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  20. Pookeyhead

    Pookeyhead It's big, and it's clever.

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    I don't think you'll need all that to remain high end. I still consider this rig I'm on now as pretty high end and it's 3 years old.


    It will be fast at folding, but damn... HUGE power bills will ensue. It would a killer system for video work!
     
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