Absolute Best Build Possible

[BloodyDream3]

ASRock X79 Extreme11 Motherboard
Intel i7 3970X CPU
32GB (8x4GB) Corsair Dominator Platinum 2400MHz CAS9 RAM
Quad EVGA GTX Titan Graphics Cards
8 Samsung 840 Pro 512GB SSDs
6 WD Black 4TB HDDs
EVGA SuperNova 1500W
Corsair 900D (Not sure if released yet)
$12,000ish

I dont think you cant even get quad with Titan?

You can; like the other guy said, it depends on the motherboard. K|ngP|n did it with the EVGA x79 dark, but I don't believe it is out yet?

This is just for fun, put together the absolute best possible gaming set up and post it. Pretty simple. There is no budget at all, just put together the best of the best.

BloodyDream3,

A fun project, to try and work out the best solution regardless of cost. And, when imagining ways to spend someone else's money- always ask an architect!

Follows is a quick idea for an ultimate gaming system that uses a successful, but fairly conventional processor / motherboard that takes advantage of GPU acceleration in the form of an outboard GPU enclosure that extends the number of PCIe X16 slots. the alternative was to use a multiple CPU board as another way to extend the PCIe rails available, but as the Nestor outboard GPU modules adds the calculation power, it saves about $35,000 in Xeon E7 10-core processors. The disk system is based on a 480GB OCZ Revodrive 3 X 2, an LSI Logic SAS RAID controller, and 5X Western Digital SAS HD's in RAID 5.

Components that seems minimized or neglected in these ultimate build threads are the monitor and especially the sound system. In this idea, there is more expenditure on the monitor and sound system than the CPU/GPU. There's always a fuss about having several high-benchmark graphics cards, but it seems all those pixels shot out the cannon go to 27" 1980 X 1080 monitors. Not Good enough! In this idea, the Planar 84" monitor runs at 3840 x 2160. This would obviously need a situation where the gamer sits about 12' away. Sound too, is important, and in an earlier thread, a poster though I was a wasting money on an $85 dedicated sound card. However, in my view, the sound ought to be a great thundering sound. There is a 7.1 channel AV receiver powering 6X floorstanding speakers -2X Front, 2X Side, 2X Rear, 2X Subwoofers with built-in 300W amplifier,
and a single Center.

Several aspects of this idea are not fully addressed, especially component cooling.

Besides gaming, this should be a good video editing station and in moderate GPU accelerated supercomputing applications>

http://www.nvidia.com/object/gpu-accelerated-applications.html

-And if it was being used for CAD, the background music would be of higher than average office quality,..

An Ultimate Gaming Computer> The BambiBOOM PixelCannon MKI™ >

CPU >

1. Intel Core i7-3970X Extreme Edition Sandy Bridge-E 3.4GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) LGA 2011 150W Six-Core Desktop Processor BX80619i73960X $1,079.99
a. Overclock to 4.2GHz

2. ASUS Rampage IV Extreme LGA 2011 Intel X79 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Extended ATX Intel Motherboard $439.99

3. RAM > 64GB RAM > 2X G.SKILL Ripjaws Z Series 32GB (8 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2133 (PC3 17000) Desktop Memory Model F3-17000CL9Q2-32GBZH ($319.99 each) $639.98

4. CORSAIR Hydro Series H110 Water Cooler $129.99

5. OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 series RVD3X2-FHPX4-480G PCI-E 480GB PCI-Express 2.0 x4 MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) $769.00

6. EVGA 04G-P4-2690-KR GeForce GTX 690 4GB 512-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP $1019.00

7. LSI MegaRAID LSI00335 (9286CV-8eCC) PCI-Express 3.0 x8 Low Profile SATA / SAS RAID Controller $639.99

8. 5X Western Digital RE WD2001FYYG 2TB 7200 RPM SAS 6Gb/s 3.5" Enterprise Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive $1,140. ($228.99 each)

9. Digigram VX-7422HR 7.1 Sound Card for PC $525.

10. LIAN LI PC-D8000 Black Aluminum ATX Full Tower Computer Case $331.99

11. Thermaltake Toughpower XT TPX-1475M 1475W ATX 12V 2.3 & SSI EPS 12V 2.92 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS GOLD Certified $329.99

CPU Subtotal = $7037.

Separate Enclosure >

12. Netstor NA255A External GPU Unit $2,200.
a. http://www.netstor.com.tw/_03/03_02.php?MTEx

13. 3X NVIDIA TESLA K20 (900-22081-2220-000) GK110 5GB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 $14,000 ($3,499.99 each)


GPU Subtotal = $16,300

Monitor>

14. Planar UltraRes Series Professional 4K LCD Display 84" Ultra HD (3840 x 2160) $39,900.
a. http://www.planar.com/products/large-format-displays/ultrares/?_kk=%2Bhighest%20%2Bresolution%20%2Bmonitor&_kt=f6d94c0e-6f1e-44c9-a8f0-98aa8034c877&gclid=CJ72gdPMqbYCFVKf4AodyzoA2A

Monitor subtotal = $39,900.

Sound Components >

15. Marantz AV7701 home theater preamp/processor $1,450.

16. 6X Triangle Floorstanders Speakers (2F, 2S, 2R) $4,950. ($825. each)

17. 2X Vandersteen V2W subwooder $2,500. ($1,250 each)

18. [/b]Triangle Color center speaker $650.

Subtotal Sound = $7,050

CPU = ____ $7047.
GPU =___ $16,200.
Monitor = $39,900.
Sound =__ $7,050.

TOTAL= $72,937.

The price does not reflect $160 in mail-in rebates.



Cheers,

BambiBoom

It was supposed to be simple, just the computer so that it wouldn't get wild and complicated. You know how the forums are right? Everyone would start arguing over a dang speak when that doesn't even matter in the least to performance -__- nevertheless, most of your choices were good; I don't see the point in having a home theater system with that king of computer though. However, it would be absolutely ridiculous to use a 3970X with a Tesla; the Tesla wouldn't be able to perform with that thing slowing them down, especially 3 of them. Swap it out for a dual Xeon or a single Xeon and a Xeon Phi, that would make more sense. Why have supercomputer graphics with a consumer, however outrageously priced it may be, motherboard and graphics.

 

[bambiboom]

It was supposed to be simple, just the computer so that it wouldn't get wild and complicated. You know how the forums are right? Everyone would start arguing over a dang speak when that doesn't even matter in the least to performance -__- nevertheless, most of your choices were good; I don't see the point in having a home theater system with that king of computer though. However, it would be absolutely ridiculous to use a 3970X with a Tesla; the Tesla wouldn't be able to perform with that thing slowing them down, especially 3 of them. Swap it out for a dual Xeon or a single Xeon and a Xeon Phi, that would make more sense. Why have supercomputer graphics with a consumer, however outrageously priced it may be, motherboard and graphics.

BloodyDream3,

Sorry- I did that configuration without regard to practicality or cost- and not carefully enough. After posting, I went back and did a semi-sensible system that used a pair of Xeons in order to have more PCIe X16 slots- I found a board with 6- so there could be 3X 680's plus a single K20, OCZ Revodrive 3X2, LSI RAID Controller running 5 SAS Drives, and a good soundcard. That CPU setup was in a single enclosure and about $9,000. The reason to have supercomputer graphics is that games depict smoke, particles, and fluids which is just what GPU-based computing does very well.

I still believe an ultimate gaming system would be in a home theatre form and with high quality surround sound. It does surprise me that gamers seem to prefer to discuss the fastest graphic system and don't make mention of sound. And, while a $40,000 and 84" monitor is silly, it seemed that the experience would be improved with a large monitor and the monitor and surround sound would of course double as the TV/Video home theatre system. Just a thought- and as you mentioned in your earlier post, this kind of thing is useful to stimulate discussion.

I don't use any K20's, but they would not be hampered by connection to an i7-3970X- in that role, the i7 becomes more of a data stream controller and the K20's are doing the heavy lifting processing.

Good discussion!

Cheers,

BambiBoom