Let's dream a bit - Infinitive Budget

[heroz0r]

If you have all the money in the world (...);
What gaming rig specs, you guys would love to have?

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Just the normal.

 

[mfenn]

*yawn*

To quote MaRo, "Restrictions breed creativity".

 

[lehtv]

in·fin·i·tive, n.

a verb form found in many languages that functions as a noun or is used with auxiliary verbs, and that names the action or state without specifying the subject, as French venir “to come,” Latin esse “to be,” fuisse “to have been.”

 

[DominionSeraph]

Ivy bridge i3 with a 7770 would be nice.

 

[T_Yamamoto]

YOLO

 

[bononos]

If you have all the money in the world (...);
What gaming rig specs, you guys would love to have?

I would get a custom job done. You can look up Digitalstorm, Falcon, Alienware etc.

 

[Ken g6]

Gee, you guys are no fun.

CPU: 3770k $320
Mobo: ASUS P8Z77-V PREMIUM LGA 1155 Intel Z77 $450
RAM: G-Skill 32GB DDR3-1866 $190
GPU: Sapphire 7970 6GB x3 $2100
SSD : OCZ Z-Drive R4 CM88 800GB PCI-E PCI-Express 2.0 x8 $4700
HDD : 512GB Samsung 840 Pro x4 (RAID 10) $2400 (For 15-minute internal backups)
External backup: 4TB NAS $855
DVD : Blu-ray burner x2 $204
PSU: Seasonic X-1050 $200
Case: Lian Li PC-9F $120
OS: Win 7 Ultimate $280
Monitor: NEC 27” x3 $3021
Chair: Emperor 200 $49150
Total: $63990

And I'd have to ask Aigomorla about adding a chilled water (antifreeze) system.

Edit: P.S. Then I'd probably sell the thing, as I'm not that into gaming.

 

[Zap]

If you have all the money in the world (...);
What gaming rig specs, you guys would love to have?

I would pay to have my own case built to my specifications. That would take up a good chunk of money.

 

[DominionSeraph]

Gee, you guys are no fun.

Dual Xeon E5-2687W 8 cores. $3800
Supermicro MBD-X9DRi-LN4F+ $500
32GBx24 RAM (768GB) $31,200
GTX 690 SLI: $2000
FusionIO ioDrive Octal 10TB PCIe SSD: $125,000
MS-DOS 6.2: Priceless

 

[JamesV]

I'd sink a ton of money into a custom Amish built desk I designed myself, and a triple monitor setup, and probably pair a nice projector system with it for lan parties and watching movies.

As for system hardware; not a big deal. Hardly anything can phaze my 2600k/580, so even a newer 3770k with SLI and watercooling would be simply for kicks (and not be all that expensive).

 

[lehtv]

I would pay to have my own case built to my specifications. That would take up a good chunk of money.

Agreed. The internals themselves wouldn't be that expensive. Even with a virtually unlimited budget, I would think about what I actually need the PC for and buy parts accordingly because that makes sense to me. I would rather like to spend cash on personalization

 

[DaveSimmons]

I have no budget restrictions, but I like a system that's stable, easy to maintain, and has as few issues with drivers as possible.

So I built:
Antec P280, i5-2500, 8 GB RAM, single GTX-680, 80 GB SSD boot (intel 310), 256 GB SSD data (Samsung 830), 1 TB storage (recycled Samsung Spinpoint). Onboard sound. Single 1900x1200 Dell 24" monitor.

It runs quietly, plays the games I want to play at 1900x1200, and hasn't had any problems. Spending an extra $10,000 wouldn't really make it better for my needs.

 

[fread2281]

No dual CPU system yet?!

 

[bononos]

No dual CPU system yet?!

Its a dream build in a recession.

 

[yinan]

Ibm 3850

 

[KeithP]

How come when I clicked on this thread I knew the poster had less then 10 posts?

-KeithP

 

[Insert_Nickname]

It runs quietly, plays the games I want to play at 1900x1200, and hasn't had any problems. Spending an extra $10,000 wouldn't really make it better for my needs.

Completely agree, why spend on something that you never use anyway...? :sneaky::thumbsup:

(for bragging rights perhaps, but I have nothing to prove to anyone...)

 

[SithSolo1]

Hrmm, if I had all the money in the world...


I wonder how much power they could stuff in a small, portable box if I gave Intel, Samsung, and Nvidia trillion dollar infusions. I guess I could spend another trillion for a custom 4K pico projector with at least 3000 lumens. You know, since we've left the realm of reality and entered a dream world.

 

[lehtv]

No dual CPU system yet?!

I like messing around with hardware and would rather build it myself, but I don't do anything that would be worth the hassle to install two CPU heatsinks. Save 5 minutes of time > dual CPUs

 

[Skott]

Gee, you guys are no fun.

CPU: 3770k $320
Mobo: ASUS P8Z77-V PREMIUM LGA 1155 Intel Z77 $450
RAM: G-Skill 32GB DDR3-1866 $190
GPU: Sapphire 7970 6GB x3 $2100
SSD : OCZ Z-Drive R4 CM88 800GB PCI-E PCI-Express 2.0 x8 $4700
HDD : 512GB Samsung 840 Pro x4 (RAID 10) $2400 (For 15-minute internal backups)
External backup: 4TB NAS $855
DVD : Blu-ray burner x2 $204
PSU: Seasonic X-1050 $200
Case: Lian Li PC-9F $120
OS: Win 7 Ultimate $280
Monitor: NEC 27” x3 $3021
Chair: Emperor 200 $49150
Total: $63990

And I'd have to ask Aigomorla about adding a chilled water (antifreeze) system.

Edit: P.S. Then I'd probably sell the thing, as I'm not that into gaming.

Personally, I'd get the Emperor 1510. Get more bang for the buck I think. Have them mod it for three 30" LCDs. Then build a hefty rig myself for maybe five grand at the most just to run everything.

 

[Blain]

If you have all the money in the world (...);
What gaming rig specs, you guys would love to have?

*yawn*

Very well said

 

[Wall Street]

I would own all of them...

 

[ultimatebob]

I think that most people here have learned (many the hard way) that today's $3,000 PC build will be about as fast as an average $1,000 PC build a year from now.

There are better things to spend money on that hold their value better than high end gaming PC's.

 

[lehtv]

I think that most people here have learned (many the hard way) that today's $3,000 PC build will be about as fast as an average $1,000 PC build a year from now.

Well that's a bit of an exaggeration. A $3000 PC now is more like a $2000-2500 PC one year from now.