{"id":62503,"date":"2014-03-12T01:15:25","date_gmt":"2014-03-11T23:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=62503"},"modified":"2014-03-12T01:16:42","modified_gmt":"2014-03-11T23:16:42","slug":"sas-ultimate-gaming-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/62503-sas-ultimate-gaming-pc","title":{"rendered":"SA\u2019s ultimate gaming PC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever dreamed about owning a PC that costs more than a second-hand VW Polo with low mileage? Then you are in the right place.<\/p>\n<p>We decided to see what you can get if money is no object and the only limitation is the builder&#8217;s imagination (and parts list).<\/p>\n<p>The kind folks at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.evetech.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\">Evetech<\/a>\u00a0obliged, and\u00a0put together their ultimate gaming PC for your viewing pleasure at our request.<\/p>\n<p>At\u00a0<strong>R103,999.00<\/strong> &#8211; including VAT, but not a keyboard, mouse, or monitor &#8211; the spec list below is as close as most of us will ever get to a PC like this.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the beast\u2019s specs:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Intel Core i7-4960X (3.6GHz, 15M Cache, 12x Cores)\u00a0Extreme Edition CPU &#8211; overclocked to 4.5GHz per core.<\/li>\n<li>MSI Big Bang XPOWER II LGA 2011 Intel X79 SATA 6Gb\/s USB 3.0 ATX Motherboard.<\/li>\n<li>3 x MSI Gaming Edition Twin Frozr IV GTX 780 Ti (3 x 3GB GDDR5; 384-bit bus) Overclocked Edition graphics cards in SLI.<\/li>\n<li>Kingston Beast 64GB Quad Channel (8 x 8GB) DDR3 2,400MHz high performance gaming RAM with heat spreader.<\/li>\n<li>Samsung 840 EVO 1TB SSD SATA3 in Raid 0 (OS Drive) &#8211; Read up to: 1,000MB\/s; Write up to: 800MB\/s.<\/li>\n<li>4 x 4TB Western Digital BLACK 7,200RPM 64MB Cache SATA3 6.0Gb\/s Hard Drive (Data Drives).<\/li>\n<li>NZXT Phantom 820 Full Tower Professional Gaming Case.<\/li>\n<li>Corsair Hydro Series H110 Extreme Liquid CPU Cooler in PUSH PULL Config with Noctua Ultra Quiet Fans.<\/li>\n<li>ANTEC High Current PRO 1300W Platinum PSU.<\/li>\n<li>LG 14X BLU-RAY Writer.<\/li>\n<li>Creative Sound Blaster ZxR Sound Card.<\/li>\n<li>Windows 8.1 Pro 64bit.<\/li>\n<li>24 months warranty.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;With a machine like this using only the best components available, you can be sure that upgrading any time in the foreseeable future will be totally off the cards,&#8221; said Evetech&#8217;s head of operations, Kamran Sorathia.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The top of the range i7 4960X is pushed to the limits with an over-clock of 4.5GHz, squeezing out every last drop of juice the processor has to offer; 64GB of Kingston Beast 2,400MHz memory; not one, but 3 GTX 780Ti graphics cards running in SLi with every setting pushed to the max; and the Creative Sound Blaster ZxR Sound Card delivering unmatched crystal-clear audio &#8211;\u00a0this machine just screams: \u201cI AM KING!&#8221;&#8216; said\u00a0Sorathia.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There won\u2019t be anything standing in your way of supreme gaming bliss,&#8221;said\u00a0Sorathia. 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