i'd had a drink, tis the season to be jolly and all that, sorry if i offended anyone. BTW i am a 3D Artist, and i do need a machine for rendering. otherwise i'd probably still be on an e8400 but i digress, enjoy the rig.
According to some reviews I've seen on-line the line of SB that will be coming out in Q1 2011 (LGA1155) will be aimed at the LGA1156 line of today; and will likely outperform the i3s and i5s of today, but tne i7s will still be the top dogs; even the low line i7s will outperform the chips that are coming out early next year; for the i7 beaters, you will have to wait a while longer. Rumors say Q3 2011 for the LGA2011 chips; and even then you'd have to go up the line to the K series to really see a noticeable gain in performance against the i7s of today. My whole original rant was not directed at you; my last one was, but it wasn't so much a rant as just a response. I have no issue with anyone here... I do have issue with people bashing newcomers to the site simply because they feel that the new guy is doing something inappropriate. My whole rant was towards those people that came in with the "you're stupid for wanting to waste money like that" comments... All your arguments are ok; only issue is that you're again assuming to know what the OP likes, wants, or is willing to endure in order to have the computer he wants. Lambos only for shopping? But 99% of all Lambos ever sold are just used for normal daily driving routine... It's only the few hard core enthusiasts that race them; the rest of the world is content in just going down the road at 65MPH on their $300k machine. I know this is getting off topic now!!! My only issue with this thread was that the OP was getting bashed for wanting to spend his money however he liked... The issue is mute now because the OP has decided on what he's going to build; and I'm sure that if he posted his list of components someoene else would chime in and tell him that three GTX580s are a waste of money. Again.... No issue with you here, or anyone else for that matter.
Personally, I'd say the car analogy doesn't work. A car doesn't become out of date, a car is something that you can enjoy for what it is. You can't really enjoy a specific computer for what it is, because in the end, if you're using it for games, five years down the line, you're not going to get a computer that still gives you "joy"; in the end, you're ending up with a slower system. The fact is that even if it's for the daily drive, those that buy expensive cars are buying them for enjoyment, even if it is for their daily commute. There is no extra element of gameplay when you buy an expensive PC... The reason I disagree with the idea of spending that much money on a PC is that within two years, that's your money down the drain. You end up spending several times more money for a limited amount more performance. You saved that money, you could have an extremely fast system, with money to last you the next five or six years for upgrades. It's just that the OP might be disappointed in a couple of years and regret spending the extra money. It's just something to be aware of. At the end of the day though, it's his money, and if spending $10k on a PC makes him happy, and he has that kind of disposable amount of money to spend, good on him!
If you're going to get a DIY build at that budget, then get this case : http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=254100
Why? I'll be moving it only twice a year. I admit I know next to nothing about WC, but what's the main danger here? Isn't there a simple way, such as removing the fragile components and reinstalling them afterwards? The reason I'm saying this is that I don't think it's possible to air cool such a system.
Or just add a couple drain ports. Drain the whole thing before moving it and then refill it once at the new location. A couple hours spent on each side of the move would seem like a small price to pay IMHO.
Enjoy whatever you decide to go with, it's clear you have the money enough to not miss it. I think jealousy does spawn some of the comments but even though I sit under a pile of debt with a piss poor dual core from 4 years ago I won't spurn you your freewill. OFF TOPIC: xXSebaSXx - that picture is ridiculous, I am sure you posted it for shock value but I am intrigued, what's it all about?
@ Digi What picture? You mean my avatar? Did not add it for shock value... I'm a fan of 3D art and that piece is one of my favorites... It is the artist's representation of a recurring childhood nightmare of his... I can relate to that since I went for about 10 years having the same nightmare almost every night. If you want to see the big one: Here Besides... Better my "dark" image than them annoying gifs some people have as their avatars
Yes the avatar. Well, that about summed up exactly how I felt about it, some kind of freaky nightmare type character. The full image is very very nice though. TO OP: Sorry for interrupting the thread, I'll bugger off now.
Nowhere do I say you should always wait. I saw that making minor upgrades more often is a far better choice than going for super-upgrades far apart. For the price of buying the craziest quad-SLI dual-Xenon rig today, you could buy a nice i7-950 and HD 6970 rig today. And a hexcore Ivy Bridge rig with a HD 7970 next year. And an 8-core Haswell rig with a HD 8970 the year after that. At the end of the day, you'll have a high-powered gaming rig for longer by spreading out the money, due to diminishing returns. Going from a $500 Dell to a $1500 custom-built gaming rig will give you far more than three times the performance. Going from that $1500 gaming rig to a $4500 gaming rig will give you far less than three times the performance. Upgrading to a reasonable high-end machine more often is a far better idea than upgrading to an obscenely high-end machine and expecting it to last far longer. Huh? You miss the part about the i7-2600K coming out on LGA 1155? There's no doubt that it will thrash all of the quad-core i7s that are out today. The only current i7 that will be faster will be the i7-980x, and that will only be in applications that can use six threads.
9 times out of 10, you're right. You can't transport liquid cooled computer or other electronic equipment via air without having special permission to do so from the airline - and even then, their security team must check the equipment including the fluid before it boards the aircraft.
