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The Ultimate NoobIsNoob's $1500 build:

Processor: Intel Core i7-3930K $599.99
Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth X79 Motherboard $320.79
RAM: Corsair DOMINATOR GT 8 GB (2x 4GB) PC3-15000 1866 MHz $112.19
Graphics Card: ASUS Radeon HD 6950 2 GB GDDR5 (Unlocked to a 6970) $227.19
Hard Drive: Western Digital 500 GB Sata 6.0 Gb-s 16 MB Cache $39.59
Case: Thermaltake V3 Black Edition $35.99
Power Supply: Corsair Enthusiast Series 650-Watt $89.99
Cooling: Thermaltake CLP0579 $34.99
DVD Burner: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B DRW-24B1ST DVDRW $18.20

Build comes in at $1,478.92 without any reliance on instant rebates.
 
Processor + Motherboard Combo - ASUS Sabertooth X79 / i7-3930K Sandy Bridge-E:

$894.98
Ram - CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)

$61.99
Graphics Card - ASUS ENGTX560 DCII TOP/2DI/1GD5 GeForce GTX 560 (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5

$219.99
Hard Drive - Corsair Force CSSD-F40GB2-A 2.5" 40GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive

(SSD): $84.99
Case - Corsair Carbide Series 400R Graphite grey and black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower:

$99.99
Power Supply - CORSAIR Gaming Series GS600 600W ATX12V v2.3 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC

$89.99
Cooling - COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus RR-B10-212P-G1:

$25.99
Cooling - COOLER MASTER RR-ACCY-2011-R1 Intel LGA2011 Retention Bracket:

$1.99
DVD Burner - ASUS 24X DVD Burner - Bulk 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW:

$19.99
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TOTAL - $1499.90

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Economy Gaming PC
Processor: Intel Core i7-3930K for $600
Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth X79 Motherboard for $340
RAM: >Crucial BL2KIT25664BA160A<(x2) for $44
Graphics Card: ASUS EAH6870 $190
Hard Drive: OCZ Onyx OCZSSD2-1ONX32G for $60
Case: COOLER MASTER HAF 932 Advanced RC-932-KKN5-GP for $150
Power Supply: COOLER MASTER Silent Pro M700 RS-700-AMBA-D3 for $109

Total Cost: $1494

Items outside the requirements that are necessary
Cooling: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO for $34
DVD Burner/Blu-Ray Reader: LIT-ON ihes112-04 $50

Cost with 'extras': $1578
 
1.Jack's "Coolest" Build
2.Processor: Intel Core i7-3930K Sandy Bridge-E 3.2GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) LGA 2011 130W Six-Core Desktop Processor BX80619i73930K $599.99
3.Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth X79 Motherboard $339.99
4.RAM: Corsair Memory Vengeance 16 Quad Channel Kit DDR3 1600 MHz 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 $79.99
5.Graphics Card: ASUS EAH6850 DC/2DIS/1GD5/V2 Radeon HD 6850 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 $159.99
6.Hard Drive: Corsair Nova Series 2 60 GB SATA II 2.5-Inch Solid State Drives (CSSD-V60GB2) $89.99
7.Case: Antec Nine Hundred Two V3 Black Steel ATX Mid Tower $114.99
8.Power Supply: Antec EarthWatts EA-650 GREEN 650W ATX12V v2.3 SLI Ready CrossFire Certified 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply $69.99
9.Cooling: CORSAIR H70 Core High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler $89.99
10.DVD Burner: none... everything is downloadable now!

Subtotal: $1544.92

Combo Savings:
-$45 for CPU/Mobo from Newegg


GRAND TOTAL: $1499.92
Liquid cooling for the coolest build!
 
DNStorage's Coolest $1500 PC
Processor: Intel Core i7-3930K Sandy Bridge-E 3.2GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) LGA 2011 130W Six-Core Desktop Processor $599.99
Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth X79 Motherboard $339.99
RAM: CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory $89.99
Graphics Card: ASUS EAH6870 DC/2DI2S/1GD5 Radeon HD 6870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card $189.99
Hard Drive: Seagate Momentus XT ST95005620AS 500GB 7200 RPM 2.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s with NCQ Solid State Hybrid Drive $149.99
Case: APEX Vortex 3610 Black Metal / ABS ATX Mid Tower Computer Case $19.99
Power Supply: LOGISYS Computer PS600XBK 600W ATX12V SLI Ready Power Supply Black w/ 120mm Ball Bearing Fan $34.99
Cooling: CORSAIR H40 120mm High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler $74.99
Total $1,499.92
 
1.DRosencraft's New Project Lowe
-2.Processor: Intel Core i7-3930K $599.99
3.Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth X79 Motherboard $339.99
4.RAM: G.Skill Sniper Low Voltage Series 8GB (2x4GB) $44.99
5.Graphics Card: ASUS EAH6850 Radeon HD 6850 $159.99
6.Hard Drive: Mushkin Enhanced Chronos 120 GB SATA III $144.99
7.Case: Sentey Arvina Extreme Division $99.99
8.Power Supply: Xigmatek NRP-PC702 700W $59.95
9.Cooling: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO $34.99
10.DVD Burner: Lite-On 24X DVD Writer $18.99

Free LGA 2011 mounting hardware can be obtained from Cooler Master's US website. Total price: $1,503.87
 
 
Kitty's Kat Box
1. Processor and Motherboard: Asus X79 SaberTooth and Core I7 3930K $848.98
2. RAM: Kingston HyperX Grey Series $49.99
3. Graphics Card: ASUS Radeon HD 6850 $159.99
4. Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar Blue 320 GB 7200 RPM $99.99
5. Case: Rosewill Smart One w/ 3X120mm Fans included $49.99
6. Power Supply: SeaSonic X750 80 Plus Gold Modular PSU $159.99
7. A. Cooling: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus $25.99
7. B. Cooling: Cooler Master 2011 Bracket $1.99
7. C. Cooling: Cooler MAster Blade Master 120mm Fan $9.99 (For Hyper 212 in push pull configuration)
8. DVD Burner: LITE-ON 24X DVD writer w/LightScribe support $25.99

Rig set up for negative air pressure for better thermal performance. 😀
Sorry the links didnt work had to go in and redo them.

Total Cost Without MIR $1478.89
 
The Angry Stormtrooper

Processor: Intel Core i7-3930K $894.98 with Motherboard combo deal.
Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth X79
RAM: CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) $52.99
Graphics Card: ASUS ENGTX560 DCII TOP/2DI/1GD5 GeForce GTX 560 (Fermi) 1GB $219.99
Hard Drive: Corsair Force Series GT CSSD-F60GBGT-BK 2.5" 60GB $114.99
Case: NZXT H2 H2-001-WT White $99.99
Power Supply: Sunbeam PSU-ECO650-US 650W ATX12V V2.3 80 PLUS Certified $69.99
Cooling: COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus $25.99 Intel LGA2011 Retention Bracket for Hyper 212 $1.99
DVD Burner: SAMSUNG CD/DVD Burner $18.99

Final Price: $1499.90

Love the white and red theme, originally planned on going with the Corsair 600T but that put me over budget. There's a few mail in rebates but I left them out for obvious reasons.
 
Maxwell's Razor Thin Balancing Act
Processor: Intel i7-3930K $599.99
Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth X79 Motherboard $339.99
Combo Savings: -45.00
RAM: G.Skill Ripjaw 16GB (4x4) $84.99
Graphics Card: ASUS EAH6950 2GB AMD 6950 $289.99 and Price
Hard Drive: WD Caviar Blue 250 GB, 7200 RPM Hard Drive $59.99
Case: Coolermaster HAF 912 $59.99
Power Supply: Antec Earthwatts 650 watt $69.99
Cooling: Coolermaster Hyper212 $25.99
Coolermaster Hyper212 bracket $1.99

Total Cost - $1487.91

To hit the $1,500 mark, and utilize a graphics card that would somewhat balance the heavy cpu power, I needed to make a few compromises. Using just a 60GB SSD seems pretty worthless, as it will do nothing more than benchmark for you. So, instead I went with the regular hard drive. I figure the 2GB 6950 will help out in situations that heavily utilize video memory, with the page file being stuck on a slower hard drive, than an SSD would offer.
 
 
A $1,500 budget for a Sandy Bridge-E build is freaking tough to make. Anyways, here's mine:

Jaffar's Coolest Fire Maker

CPU+Motherboard Combo: Intel Core i7 3930k + Asus Sabertooth X79 $894.98

RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 $74.99

CPU Cooler: COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus $25.99

CPU Cooler Bracket for LGA2011: COOLER MASTER RR-ACCY-2011-R1 Intel LGA2011 Retention Bracket for Hyper 212 EVO & Hyper 212 Plus* $1.99
* Or you could remove this and get one for free through Cooler Master's website

Graphics Card: ASUS EAH6870 DC/2DI2S/1GD5 Radeon HD 6870 1GB 256-bit $189.99

SSD For OS: Intel 320 Series SSDSA2CT040G310 2.5" 40GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) - OEM $74.99

HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue WD3200AAJS 320GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" $99.99

Case + PSU Combo: Rosewill ARMOR Gaming ATX Mid Tower + Rosewill Green Series RG700-S12 700W $134.98

TOTAL excluding shipping: $1,497.90
 
 
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Phelan's Speed Demon
Processor: Intel i7-3930K- $599.99

Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth X79 Motherboard- $339.99

RAM: GeIL Enhance CORSA 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM 1600- $84.99

Graphics Card: ASUS Radeon HD 6850 1GB- $159.99

Hard Drive: Crucial M4 64GB SATA III SSD-$114.99

Case: NZXT GAMMA Classic- $35.99

Power Supply: APEVIA ATX-AS680W-BL 680W-$54.99

Cooling: CORSAIR H100- $119.99

DVD Burner: SAMSUNG CD/DVD Burner- $18.99

Total is $1,529.91 before saving $45 on buying the motherboard and cpu combo, which brings the total to $1484.91. Plenty of cooling room for overclocking to 5GHz and good gaming performance. Sure it sacrifices some in data but throw in any legacy HDD you have and you'd be fine, just putting your OS and most played games on the SSD for insane read speeds. The case also has good venting so with the

I'd love to win this as my wishlist build includes the same CPU/MB. For fun you can view it here. It'll all go in my NZXT Phantom case I already have.
 
Hellbound's Fist of The Empire Build
Processor: Intel Core i7-3930K Sandy Bridge-E combo price with mobo below

Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth X79 Motherboard and Core i7-3930K Combo Price $894.98

RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB $84.99

Graphics Card 1: ASUS ENGTX550 TI DC/DI/1GD5 GeForce GTX 550 Ti (Fermi) 1GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card $129.99

Graphics Card 2: ASUS ENGTX550 TI DC/DI/1GD5 GeForce GTX 550 Ti (Fermi) 1GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card $129.99

Hard Drive: OCZ Agility 3 AGT3-25SAT3-60G 2.5" 60GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) $106.99

Case: Rosewill CHALLENGER Black Gaming ATX Mid Tower Computer Case $49.99

Power Supply: COOLMAX CL-700B 700W $69.99

Cooling: XIGMATEK Gaia SD1283 120mm Long Life Bearing CPU Cooler $29.99

Total = $1496.91
 
Doz's $1500 i7-3930K Asus build
Processor & Motherboard Combo: Intel Core i7-3930K Sandy Bridge-E 3.2GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) LGA 2011 130W Six-Core Desktop Processor & ASUS Sabertooth X79 LGA 2011 Intel X79 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard $894.98
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws Z Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2133 (PC3 17000) Desktop Memory Model F3-17000CL11Q-16GBZL $164.99
Graphics Card: ASUS EAH6850 DC/2DIS/1GD5/V2 Radeon HD 6850 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX $159.99
SSD: Crucial M4 CT064M4SSD2CCA 2.5" 64GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) with Transfer Kit $119.99
Case: Antec One Hundred Black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case $49.99
Power Supply: Antec NEO ECO 520C 520W Continuous Power ATX12V v2.3 / EPS12V 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply $54.99
Cooling: XIGMATEK Gaia SD1283 120mm Long Life Bearing CPU Cooler bracket included LGA 2011 i7 i5 775 1155 AMD $29.99
DVD Burner: ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner $19.99

Really wanted to get a ssd and hdd listed to use the caching but with the crazy prices it wasn't going to happen, opted for some nice fast DDR3 and better Asus graphics card.

Subtotal in cart, no shipping, no rebates = $1494.91
 
 
Endi's 2011 Max 2011 Build

Processor: Intel Core i7-3930K $599.99
Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth X79 Motherboard $339.99
RAM: CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB) $89.99
Graphics Card: ASUS ENGTX560 DCII TOP $219.99
Hard Drive: OCZ Vertex Series 30GB $64.99
Case: COOLER MASTER HAF 912 $59.99
Power Supply: CORSAIR 750TX $119.40
Cooling: COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus $25.99 with free upgrade LGA 2011 Bracket
DVD Burner: ASUS 24X DVD Burner $19.99

After the combo on Newegg of Motherboard and CPU of $894.98 (a savings of $45) the total comes to $1495.32.
 
Mike's Icy Delight

Processor: ASUS Sabertooth X79 Motherboard and CPU combo - 894.98
Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth X79 Motherboard and CPU combo - 894.98
RAM: Crucial Ballistix sport 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 - 21.99
Graphics Card: ASUS EAH5450 SILENT/DI/512MD3(LP) Radeon HD 5450 - 34.99
Hard Drive: Intel 320 Series 2.5" 40GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive - 84.99
Case: APEX Vortex 3610 Black Metal / ABS ATX Mid Tower - 19.99
Power Supply: Antec CP-850 850W Continuous Power - 114.99
Cooling: Custom water cooling with peltier/TEC - total 326.41 - see below

EK-Supreme LTX - socket 2011 waterblock - 47.11
245W Potted Peltier - 39.99
Copper cold plate - 5.49
Swiftech MCR320 triple 120mm radiator - 64.95
1/2 ID barb fittings - 2.95 x 6
12v water pump - 49.95
T fitting (for fill line) - 2.75
Delta high flow 120mm fans - 24.99 x 3
Tygon 3603 1/2 id tubing 2.00 x 10
Dont forget some thermal compound! arctic silver ceramique - 3.50


10. DVD Burner: none. thumb drives are better for the environment.

grand total - 1498.34

 
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CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9B

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Intel Core i7-3930K Sandy Bridge-E 3.2GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) LGA 2011 130W Six-Core Desktop Processor BX80619i73930K
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