Extreme Gaming PC Build

Motherboard
ASUS Sabertooth X79 TUF Motherboard ($340)

CPU
Intel Core i7-3960X Extreme Edition ($1050)

CPU Cooler
Corsair Hydro H100 CPU Liquid Cooler ($115)

RAM
Corsair Dominator Desktop Memory Kit 32GB ($280)

Video Card
2 X XFX Radeon HD 7950 Double D Black Edition ($800)

Sound Card
Asus Xonar Essence STX PCIe 7.1 ($180)

Hard Drives
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (7200rpm, 64MB cache) ($175)
Crucial m4 Solid State Drive 256GB ($210)

Optical Drive
Lite-On Internal Blu-Ray Burner ($75)

Case
Corsair Obsidian 800D ($280)

Power Supply
Corsair CMPSU-1200AX 1200 Watt ($290)


Total Cost: $3795 (USD)

Hearing "Grrrrrrrr...." in teamspeak all day (priceless)



Was drooling over computer parts that i cant afford and stumbled across an insanely expensive gaming computer build... i can only dream of what BF3 would look like with this rig running at full throttle... or half... or one quarter...  since my computer now is fairly stable in bf3 on medium graphics (30-50fps) maybe if i win the lottery ill build this... heck if i win the lottery ill have a giveaway and build one or two for clan members who need an upgrade!  anyway, just putting this out there for fun since its almost 3am and im about to go jump into bf3.

---

Wow, some of the $ prices seem very good value compared to the equivalent £ prices.
I'm looking for a 3rd gen i7, case, power supply, SSD and 79xx graphics.

---

uchimata try overclockers.co.uk and novatech.co.uk both tend to have the latest hardware.

but i was looking at building my ultimate rig (the one i will never be able to afford)
last price up i did, brought it to well over £2000 (i had to stop it was making sad) and that was only for
cpu,
psu,
mobo,
ram,
gpu,
hdd's and ssd's


i already have the case, monitor, speakers keyboard mouse etc.

but i will never be able to afford that well at lease not without the lottery.

---

It is Going To Hurt
http://taylormadehosting.co.uk

Darn, forgot about extra RAM. I have bits I can re-use but thought I might as well future-proof myself for a number of years. For instance, I only need a dual-core i5 for gaming, but the i7 will give plenty of headroom. My son wants to build an i7 machine for music production (he's never even seen the inside of a PC!)

---