Ultimate Gaming Rig

Woot_Justin said:
Actually it is possible - check out Guru3D's GTX 480 4-way SLI review (about halfway down the page)
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I read that article and that's all fine and dandy but if you read the whole article you would note the fact that you need to over clock the cpu by a significant amount to run all 4 cards to there full potential.
The Rig I put together wasn't meant for over clocking, Otherwise I would have stated that.

The CPU will still bottle neck the 4 gpu's.
 
The Joker said:
LOL

Actually not:)
I read somewhere that a tri sli set up like that raped crysis to pieces. Will find the link tonight.
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Haha pics or it didn't happen :D
Nah I'm sure it works perfectly ...... until Crysis 2 :p (word is it crashes your computer just by looking at screenshots)
 
Murph said:
Haha pics or it didn't happen :D
Nah I'm sure it works perfectly ...... until Crysis 2 :p (word is it crashes your computer just by looking at screenshots)
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"Crysis Warhead

Yes, it plays Crysis. I think we can put that meme to bed. Instead of mixing settings, I maxed it out. Let's punish these cards, eh? So with all Enthusiast settings and the resolution cranked, I wanted to see just what Fermi could do - with the end result seeing if 3-way would provide a good experience. It does - without anti-aliasing. It comes close with 4X, and does surprisingly well at 8X AA, but remember that there are more demanding parts in this game than this canned benchmark.

http://img6.imageshack.us/i/cwfermi.jpg/
Correction: Crysis is running in DX10 mode, typo on my part, long night

Take a look at that scaling. Typically the returns on going to 3 or more GPU cores are very diminishing, but you can see that Fermi scales very well, so that investment in a third card is not going to waste. Adding 100% more processing power @8X AA with a 2nd GPU brings with it an 86% improvement, and then adding 50% aggregate processing power to a dual GPU setup brings an astounding 36% improvement - not bad at all."

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-480-3-way-sli-crossfire,2622-6.html
Still won't run Crysis with everything maxed at 60 fps...OMG!!
 
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Ironmeme lmao - that muthafugger ain't goin nowhere :p

Seriously though, I couldn't believe it - If that didn't do it, what the hell will ? :D
 
Isengard said:
Definitely a dream rig, but the problems is that it will be a R10 000 PC in four years, so I wouldn't feel too good about the R77 000 I spent on it.

I read an interesting article in the NAG once by Neo Sibeko where he made a fairly valid point. He questioned whether it was really necessary to buy the top end stuff, because basically most of us have 60hz screens and as such we're not going to see more than 60 frames per second, so what then is the use of having a monstrously expensive rig running our games at 150 frames per second.

So while it's really cool to have such a PC and it serves as great epeen, there's really no point. It's cheaper to build a fast mid range PC and upgrade it as needed.

Still want me that monster rig though :p.
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Will if you value your eyes your screen should run at 85hz

_Caboose_ said:
Your PC is not ultimate until you have this installed

http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=sil-cigcup-bay
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indeed :D
 
I did a bit of research and I'm thinking of redoing that whole rig..but the 1 I have in mind will easily go over the 100k mark:)
 
Thats a nice rig, but lets get serious here:

PS, assume R9/USD
Mobo -

EVGA 270GT-W555

http://www.fudzilla.com/content/view/17204/37/

+-R6500

CPUs

Intel i7 980 XE Hex Core 3.33GHz

http://www.landmarkpc.co.za/store/in...hz-p-4151.html

R10443.54 x 2 inc vat.

Memory

Corsair Dominator GTX 2333Mhz

http://www.fudzilla.com/content/view/17362/36/

$200 per 2gb stick. 24gb = $2400 = +-R21 000

GFX
4 X MSI GTX 480

http://www.msi.com/index.php?func=proddesc&prod_no=2040&maincat_no=130

+- R6500 ea.

PSU
Thermaltake Toughpower 1500w

http://www.prophecy.co.za/thermaltake-toughpower-1500watt-23eps-291amdint-p-38999.html

R5197.10

SSDs
OCZ Z-Drive R2 P88 1tb

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...-Solid+State+Disk-_-OCZ+Technology-_-20227517

R39800

Storage
WD Caviar RE4-GP 2gb x 4 (raid 5)

http://www.prophecy.co.za/western-digital-caviar-re4gp-wd2002fyps-sata2-7200rpm-p-38492.html

R3 138.53 ea.

Case
Lian-Li PC-P80

http://www.prophecy.co.za/lianli-pcp80-full-tower-armorsuit-black-remova-p-30309.html

R3897.50

Cooling
Custom Watercooling, minimum two full loops.

+- R14 000, including waterblocks for the graphics cards and cpus.

Screens
2 X Dell Ultrasharp 3000WFP 30" monitors

http://www.wantitall.co.za/PC-Hardw...nch-Widescreen-Flat-Panel-Monitor__B001JI92KQ

R19 748.00 ea.

Optical Drive
LG BH10LS30 Lightscribe Dual Layer Blu-Ray Writer 10x

http://www.landmarkpc.co.za/store/bh...er-p-4157.html

R2005.26 inc vat.

Sound Card
AuzenTech AZT-XFHTHD 24-bit 192KHz PCI Express X-Fi HomeTheatre HD

http://www.landmarkpc.co.za/store/au...re-p-4649.html

R3103.96 inc vat.

Speakers
Logitech Z-5500s (sticking with PC speakers here...)

http://www.prophecy.co.za/logitech-970115-z5500-digital-speaker-system-p-457.html

R4417.34

Total cost, excluding KB, mouse and headset: R198 858.36

With a decent KB and mouse, thats more than R200 000 for a rig :p
 
GReeN_ORB said:
Thats a nice rig, but lets get serious here:

PS, assume R9/USD
Mobo -

EVGA 270GT-W555

http://www.fudzilla.com/content/view/17204/37/

+-R6500

CPUs

Intel i7 980 XE Hex Core 3.33GHz

http://www.landmarkpc.co.za/store/in...hz-p-4151.html

R10443.54 x 2 inc vat.

Memory

Corsair Dominator GTX 2333Mhz

http://www.fudzilla.com/content/view/17362/36/

$200 per 2gb stick. 24gb = $2400 = +-R21 000

GFX
4 X MSI GTX 480

http://www.msi.com/index.php?func=proddesc&prod_no=2040&maincat_no=130

+- R6500 ea.

PSU
Thermaltake Toughpower 1500w

http://www.prophecy.co.za/thermaltake-toughpower-1500watt-23eps-291amdint-p-38999.html

R5197.10

SSDs
OCZ Z-Drive R2 P88 1tb

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...-Solid+State+Disk-_-OCZ+Technology-_-20227517

R39800

Storage
WD Caviar RE4-GP 2gb x 4 (raid 5)

http://www.prophecy.co.za/western-digital-caviar-re4gp-wd2002fyps-sata2-7200rpm-p-38492.html

R3 138.53 ea.

Case
Lian-Li PC-P80

http://www.prophecy.co.za/lianli-pcp80-full-tower-armorsuit-black-remova-p-30309.html

R3897.50

Cooling
Custom Watercooling, minimum two full loops.

+- R14 000, including waterblocks for the graphics cards and cpus.

Screens
2 X Dell Ultrasharp 3000WFP 30" monitors

http://www.wantitall.co.za/PC-Hardw...nch-Widescreen-Flat-Panel-Monitor__B001JI92KQ

R19 748.00 ea.

Optical Drive
LG BH10LS30 Lightscribe Dual Layer Blu-Ray Writer 10x

http://www.landmarkpc.co.za/store/bh...er-p-4157.html

R2005.26 inc vat.

Sound Card
AuzenTech AZT-XFHTHD 24-bit 192KHz PCI Express X-Fi HomeTheatre HD

http://www.landmarkpc.co.za/store/au...re-p-4649.html

R3103.96 inc vat.

Speakers
Logitech Z-5500s (sticking with PC speakers here...)

http://www.prophecy.co.za/logitech-970115-z5500-digital-speaker-system-p-457.html

R4417.34

Total cost, excluding KB, mouse and headset: R198 858.36

With a decent KB and mouse, thats more than R200 000 for a rig :p
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LOL

Wicked setup but I have some other monitors in mind:)

Thanx though for that setup:) Its epic.
 
Also just btw can't a Z-drive in when you have 4 x 480gtx even with watercooling on them :)
oh and that mobo is the EVGA SR-2 which holds quite a few records but doesn't support i7 processors you have to use 2 x Xeon X5680 rather. Also your sound card won't fit ;)
And stay away from Thermaltake they are crappy quality. Rather go with Antec 1200W best performing PSU on the market.
 
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/derail on
Megan Fox's eyes.
Angelina Jolie's lips.
Jennifer Aniston's hair.
Jessica Alba's torso.
Eva Mendez's hips.
Alessandra Ambriosia's backside.
Heidi Klum's legs.
/derail off

That is one seriously hot PC (both Orbs and Jokers). If you had that much money, and REALLY didn't care, I don't see why not :D

Till then, we can keep fantasizing about "the perfect build" ;)
 
tanka said:
Also just btw can't a Z-drive in when you have 4 x 480gtx even with watercooling on them :)
oh and that mobo is the EVGA SR-2 which holds quite a few records but doesn't support i7 processors you have to use 2 x Xeon X5680 rather. Also your sound card won't fit ;)
And stay away from Thermaltake they are crappy quality. Rather go with Antec 1200W best performing PSU on the market.
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1) Yes, you can actually fit the Z-Drive on the board and it will work. Potentially, one of the GFX cards will run at 8X though, since the Z-Drive will take up PCI-E lanes. No real loss really, the sheer bottleneck created by four gfx cards would be more of a concern.

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In case you're concerned about it not physically fitting, due to dual slot requirements, by adding WC you're essentially turning it into a single slot card. If you're really picky, you could just use something like this:

http://www.evga.com/products/moreInfo.asp?pn=015-P3-1489-AR&family=GeForce 400 Series Family


2) Yes yes, Xeon processors are needed. I was too lazy to go fetch a link. The price is generally the same (+-R500) between Xeon and regular processors though...

3) Yes, the sound card will fit. You don't need a 1X PCI-E slot. See point 1, as well.

4) My thermaltake toughpower 1000W has survived more than 3 years including a number of close lightning strikes and regular brownouts. If you're going to make a statement like that, back it up with some reasonable evidence please. Maybe a failure rates figure?

@ Dice. Rather go with the 30" monitors. With all the extra monitors, you'll get the equivalent of Eye-finity on Nvidia, which is damn cool. Not only that, but despite the huge picture on the projector, it's still only a 2048x1080 resolution. The displays are, individually, 2560X1600, and obviously double that when you have two of them. Heck, you could add a third even... Also, R300k for a projector? Atleast this PC is (marginally) within the realms of reality :p
 
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