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Identifier49's Cool X79 Build
Processor: Intel Core i7-3930K, $894.98
Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth X79 Motherboard, included in combo price above
RAM: CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB, $89.99
Graphics Card: ASUS Radeon HD 6850, $159.99
Hard Drive: OCZ Vertex 3 VTX3-25SAT3-120G, $189.99
Case: Antec Three Hundred Mid Tower ATX, $38.00
Power Supply: CORSAIR Builder Series CX600, $69.99
Cooling: COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO, $34.99 plus bracket $1.99
DVD Burner: ASUS 24X DVD Burner, $19.99

Total system cost: $1499.91
with special thanks to NewEgg.com and Frys.com...

Posted this late at night so now that I have time, let me 'splain my reasoning on this build. Opted for a bigger SSD so that it'll run more than a bloated OS and one game without adding any heat even tho that meant giving up some graphics punch - and less heat again! Speaking of heat, that 'cheap' but well designed case breathes enough that I didn't feel the need to add water, just another fan with the cooler. Throughout this build I opted for quality, even willing to pay for the bracket rather than risk waiting for one tiny piece to complete the build. Think I've created a rig that will boot-up and keep going. What $1500 rig doesn't need some upgrades, but it won't need upgrading as soon as its finished.... :pt1cable:

This was my first entry for one of Tom's contests. Had A Blast! Can't wait to see what the next two rounds will let us do!
 
FlavaKilla Bombshell
Processor: Intel Core i7-3930K Sandy Bridge-E 3.2GHz - Bundled w/ Motherboard
Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth X79 - Bundled w/ CPU -- $894.98
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (4 x 2GB) DDR3 1600 -- $59.99
Graphics Card: ASUS Radeon HD 6870 -- $189.99
Hard Drive: OCZ Agility 3 60GB SATA III SSD -- $109.99
Case: Fractal Design Core 3000 -- $64.99
Power Supply: KINGWIN Lazer 850W PSU -- 119.99
Cooling: COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus -- $25.99
CoolerMaster LGA2011 Retention Bracket for Hyper 212 EVO -- $4.99
DVD Burner: ASUS 24X DVD Burner -- $19.99
Case Lighting:12in Dual White Cold Cathode Kit -- $7.99 (thrown behind the grill on the front of the case, along with the white led on the PSU, would look pretty sleek imo)

[strike]Total-$1492.89 after instant rebates[/strike]
revised price after instant rebates(a few jumped up a few dollars)$1498.89
 
Omega Doom's Coolest Build!!!


Processor/Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth X79 LGA 2011 Intel X79 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with Intel Core i7-3930K Sandy Bridge-E 3.2GHz $894.98
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory Model F3-14900CL9Q-16GBXL $109.99
Graphics Card: ASUS ENGTX560 DCII OC/2DI/1GD5 GeForce GTX 560 (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card $199.99
Hard Drive: OCZ Vertex 2 OCZSSD1-2VTX40G 1.8" 40GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) $99.99
Case: HEC 98 98R9BB Black 1.0 mm thickness SECC or aluminum ATX Full Tower Computer Case $49.99
Power Supply: OCZ ZT Series 650W Fully-Modular 80PLUS Bronze High Performance Power Supply compatible with Intel Sandy Bridge Core i3 i5 i7 and AMD Phenom $99.99
Cooling: COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus RR-B10-212P-G1 "Heatpipe Direct Contact" Long Life Sleeve 120mm CPU Cooler Compatible Intel Core i5 & Intel Core i7 $25.99
DVD Burner: LITE-ON 24X DVD Writer - Bulk - 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model iHAS224-06 LightScribe Support - OEM $18.99



Notes:

CPU/MOBO combo saving's > $939.98-$45.00 = $894.98
G.SKILL saving's > $139.99-$30 = $109.99
OCZ Vertez savings > $139.99-$40 = $99.99
Cooler Master Hyper 212 savings > $29.99-$4 = $25.99
Cooler Master is giving free LGA2011 upgrade kits to owners of Hyper 212 Plus Coolers (CM press release)
HEC 98 98R9BB Black Case - Newegg November special savings, ends 11/30 ($129.99-$80 = $49.99)
10% off with promo code OCZBLKNOV, ends 11/22 for OCZ power supply


Instant Savings $199.00
Total after savings = $1499.91
Total after savings (using PSU promo code at checkout) = $1489.91

 
Pewter's Ice Ice Baby Build
Processor: Intel 3930K LGA 2011 - $599.99 (Awesome 6-core of get ready to cool your metal surface of goodness)
Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth X79 Motherboard and - $339.99 (Awesome heatsinks, YES!, Active Cooling, WHY OF COURSE! X79 chipset! DING DING DING)
Combo Deal: 3930K and Sabertooth x79 - -$45
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 16GB 4x4GB - $89.99 (16GB in quad channel? Why not? and they're blue, blue is totally cool)
Graphics Card: ASUS Radeon HD 5450 512MB - $34.99 (Nice and cool graphics!)
Hard Drive: Intel 320 Series 40GB - $99.99 (Nice Cheap SSD who needs more than 40GB? No moving parts, less heat imo. Whats that I hear? COOL)
Case: MYOPENPC BENCH - $54.99 (Test Bench for ln2 awesomeness so the board will be horizontal and you can see the cool mist form like a haunted house.)
Power Supply: CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX650 V2 - $94.99 (One thing I will never skimp on and its Corsair? Duh Corsairs are awesome, oh and that company is cool too 😀 )
Cooling: Diamastech ECO Pot V2.0 - $159.99 (or a used kingpin pot but I wanted to have a verifyable price ln2 is cool if you didn't know! 😀)
4x Insulating Material for the Socket Area - $14.68 (Its like silly putty and to protect the other components around the cpu and silly putty is pretty cool in my opinion)
Paper Towels - $4.40 (one roll) (LINE OF DEFENSE! Room temp, but that’s cool with me)
Pipe insulation for the LN2 Pot $7.60 (Keeps all the COOL inside the pot)
Liquid Nitrogen - $10 (about 20-50 cents per liter at your local COLLEGE CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENT 10 dollars buys a lot according to my professor, but you have to bring your computer!)
2x Coolmax 120mm Case Fan - $13.98 (Coolmax, I feel a theme going on here. Also whats cooler than blue fans? Nothing, just like why is red faster? No one knows)
DVD Burner: ASUS Black 18x DVD-ROM - $16.99 (IT’S THE BEAR ( MOWGLI SAID SO) NECESSITIES... OF LN2 COOLING!)

Total: $1497.57

Hopefully you enjoyed my comments! Have a nice day, hope to win a new computer, been stuck on this lga775 for too long 😀, never did upgrade to x58 when i wanted to.
 


That Intel Core i7-960 is incompatible with an X79 board, since the i7-960 is a Socket 1366 CPU while X79 boards are Socket 2011. Also, you are probably going to want a quad-channel RAM kit, because otherwise you are severely limiting your memory bandwidth on X79 boards. Plus, Socket 2011 CPU's don't come with a stock heatsink, so you'll need to find a compatible one (I recommend Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - $34.99 + LGA2011 Retention Bracket for Hyper 212 Series - $1.99 from NewEgg).
 
Intrus's White Lightning

INTRODUCTION
This system was built with beauty in mind, every corner depicts the perfection Corsair and ASUS are known for. My goal here was to create a clean, epic, outreaching system that not only delivers power within the $1500.00 budget, but also allows for a massive expansion capacity. When combining the new state of the art Intel Core i7-3930K with the fearless Sabertooth X79 and Corsair's unbeatable reputation for performance memory modules and power supply units; we are greeted with the creation of the "White Lightning".


Processor: Intel Core i7-3930K Sandy Bridge-E 3.2GHz (3.8GHz Turbo)
Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth X79 Motherboard (Bundle with CPU)
(Combo Unit) Motherboard & CPU Combo: $894.98 ($45.00 Savings)

RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (4x2GB) DDR3 1600 -- $69.99
Graphics Card: ASUS Radeon HD 6770 1GB GDDR5 -- $124.99 (Includes Free DIRT 3 GAME)
Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar Blue 160GB 7200RPM -- $79.99
Case: Corsair Special Edition White Graphite Series 600T Steel/Plastic ATX Mid Case -- $169.99 ($10.00 Instant Rebate)
Power Supply: Corsair Gaming Series GS700 700W 80PLUS PSU -- $109.99 ($10.00 Instant Rebate)
Cooling: Intel BXRTS2011AC Sandy Bridge CPU Cooling Fan -- $29.99
DVD Burner:LITE-ON 24x DVD Burner w/LightScribe Support -- $18.99

TOTAL COST for the White Lightning w/out Shipping: $1,498.91
 
As my error was pointed out that the processor is in fact a different socket, I feel as if I should edit my prior post.
Nate's NEW Beast PC
1. Motherboard and Processor: ASUS Sabertooth X79 TUF Edition Motherboard and Intel Core i7-3930K 3.20 GHz Six-Core Unlocked Processor Bundle ... $909.99
2. RAM: Corsair Memory Vengeance 16 Quad Channel Kit DDR3 1600 MHz 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 ... $79.99
3. Graphics Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 550Ti Graphics Card ... $134.88
4. Case: Ultra U12-40670 BLACK Edition Full-Tower ... $99.96
5. Hard Drive: Wester Digital AV 320GB 7200 RPM ... $43.99
6. Power Supply: CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX850 V2 850W ATX12V v2.31/ EPS12V v2.92 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC High Performance Power Supply ... $134.99
7. CPU Cooler: CORSAIR H80 (CWCH80) High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler ... $93.99

Grand Total: $1497.79

Definitely room for video card/hard drive upgrades
 
Here's my build; would be an amazing rig!

.: Deprecator-2011 :.
Processor and Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth X79 LGA 2011 with Intel Core i7-3930K Sandy Bridge-E 3.2GHz - $894.98
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 1600 - $89.99
Graphics Card: ASUS ENGTX460 GTX 460 Fermi 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 Video Card - $169.99
Hard Drive: OCZ Vertex 3 2.5" 60GB SATAIII SSD - $108.99
Case: Cooler Master HAF 922 Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Case - $89.99
Power Supply: Cooler Master Silent Pro M600 600W Active PFC Modular Power Supply - $89.99
Cooling: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus 120mm CPU Cooler - $25.99
Cooling: Cooler Master Intel LGA2011 Retention Bracket - $1.99
DVD Burner: ASUS 24X DVD Burner LightScribe Support - $24.99

Total as of November 20, 2011 at 11:15 PM, CST: $1,496.90

This includes combo deal on MB and CPU, all instant rebates, no shipping, no tax, no mail-in rebates.
Instant and combo rebates total $184.00 in savings, plus it comes with a free ASUS T-shirt worth another $29.99! Total savings = $213.99

-twillux
 
PIZZA Man's Siberian Abacus
Processor: Intel Core i7-3930K Sandy Bridge-E 3.2GHz Six-Core - Included with mobo package
Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth X79 Motherboard - $894.98 (with processor)
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 1600 - $29.99
Graphics Card: ASUS GeForce GT 440 1GB - $99.99
Hard Drive: OCZ Vertex Plus 2.5" 60GB SSD - $79.99
Case: NZXT Phantom White Steel ATX Full Tower Case - $124.99
Power Supply: Rosewill 700W ATX12V SLI Ready PSU - $34.99
Cooling: Swiftech Dual 120mm Radiator / Reservoir w/ MCP35X PWM Pump Combo - $154.95
EK Supreme HF Universal CPU Liquid Cooling Block w/ Easy Mount Kit - $71.95 (LGA 2011 mounting kit comes with every EK-Supreme HF series waterblock manufactured and shipped since Nov 14th 2011)
1x Blue LED 200mm (included w/case)
2x 120mm (included w/case)

Total: $1491.83

If I had more play in the budget I would've included a water block for the gpu and ram. I've never built anything watercooled before, so forgive me of any faults. I'll leave the details of the hoses and fittings to you guys 😉 Make a few upgrades (i'm looking at YOU gpu and hd) and this would be a sick oc system.
 
The Situationally Unfair Rig
Processor: Intel Core i7-3930K $599.99
Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth X79 Motherboard $339.99
Processor + Motherboard Combo: -$45
Subtotal: $894.94

RAM: CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3 1600 $89.99
$10 off with Promo Code EMCJJJC22
Cost of RAM after $10 off: $79.99

Graphics Card: ASUS Radeon HD 6850 $159.99

Hard Drive: Intel 320 Series 40 GB $84.99
Case: COOLER Master CM690 II Advanced Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case $89.99
Power Supply: RAIDMAX HYBRID 730W Power Supply $59.99
Cooling: CORSAIR H80 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler $93.99
Additional Case Fan x2: Rosewill 4 Blue LEDS LED Case Fan $7.99
Cost of 2 Fans: $15.98
DVD Burner: ASUS 24X DVD Burner $19.99

Total before Shipping & Mail-in Rebates: $1499.85
 
NotANerd's Ice Machine

Processor: Intel Core i7-3930K Sandy Bridge-E 3.2GHz Combo'd with. . . .
Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth X79 Motherboard Combo Price- $894.98

RAM: G. Skill RipJaws Series 8GB (4 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 Cas Latency 8-$79.99


Graphics Card: ASUS AMD Radeon 6850-$159.99

Hard Drive: Western Digital AV 320GB 7,200RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive - Recertified-$43.99


Case: ANTEC DF-85 GAMER ATX FULL TOWER-$141.26

Power Supply: Antec Earthwatts Green 650W Power Supply- $52.46

Cooling: A: Antec KUHLER H2O 920 Liquid Cooling System-$94.99
B: Thermalright TR-FDB-12-2000 2000Rpm Fluid Dynamic Bearing 120x120x25mm Fan-$11.99

DVD Burner: LITE-ON 24X DVD Writer-$18.99

Total: 1498.64

Had a good time figuring this system.

Disclaimer: Does not actually freeze water into cubes suitable for cold beverages.
 
Alex's Stealth Assassin Build
Processor and Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth X79 Motherboard bundle with Intel Core i7-3930K and Price $894.98
RAM: Corsair Memory Vengeance 16 Quad Channel Kit DDR3 1600 MHz and Price $79.99
Graphics Card: ASUS EAH6850 DC/2DIS/1GD5/V2 and Price $159.99
Hard Drive: Crucial 64 GB m4 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive SATA 6Gb/s and Price $113.99
Case: Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case and Price $54.99
Power Supply: OCZ ModXStream Pro 700W Modular High Performance Power Supply and Price 80.99
Cooling: Noctua NH-C14 Heatsink and Price $86.46
DVD Burner: ASUS 24X DVD Burner and Price $19.99

Total: $1491.38

Can easily overclock to 4.7 ghz, plus Notctua will provide free brackets for the lga 2011 board. 16gb of quad channel ram means you do intensive video editing or other ram heavy activities. Good PSU at 700w, with current build only 500W needed, but ample enough for addons more video cards, storage, or other components. Asus 6850 provides ample enough game performance at directx 11, another can be added for SLI later. The SSD will boost your performance greatly, boot windows in no time at all. Plus most of these have mail in rebates which is outside the current total, enabling you to buy more stuff.

 
Romulus's Flexible Build

Processor: Intel Core i7-3930K - $599.99
Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth X79 - $339.99
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8Gb Low Profile DDR3 1600 - $49.99
Graphics Card: ASUS EAH6850 - $159.99
Hard Drive: OCZ Vertex 3 60Gb - $108.99
Case: Cooler Master Storm Scout - $69.99
Power Supply: Seasonic M12II 620W - $89.99
Cooling: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus - $25.99 and Retention bracket - $1.99
DVD Burner: Lite-On 12X Blu-ray Burner - $79.99

Total: $1526.90 - $45 for CPU/Motherboard Combo = $1481.90

Throw in some Velcro reusable straps - $7.69 in case you don't have any and want to improve the cable routing and internal airflow and the price will come up to $1489.59. There are mail-in rebates for the video card and the SSD which would bring the price down another $30 but those rebates don't count.

I call it flexible because it's got the flexibility to add another video card for even better gaming performance with a big enough case and modular power supply that will be able to support it, and it also has a high quality SSD that would pair nicely with another hard drive as a cache (using the ASUS SSD caching) or simply as a boot drive. And a Blu-Ray burner? Well, the discs are down to about $1 per disc so it's nice for those guys who like an alternative to cloud storage/backups. It's a good build on it's own but with a couple of additions can be an excellent build.
 
This system should be called Sacrifice. I had to sacrifice on a few choices to include a hard drive large enough for everyday use, A video card fast enough to do some gaming, I also included an OS, even though it doesn't ask us to in the price. Also, unlike others, everthing linked is in stock, not old prices and out of stock.



Processor: Intel Core i7-3930K Sandy Bridge-E 3.2GHz Price Below

Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth X79 Motherboard 894.98

RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (4 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 59.99

Graphics Card: ASUS EAH6770/DI/1GD5 Radeon HD 6770 1GB 129.99

Hard Drive: HITACHI HDS721050CLA362 (0F10381) 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive 99.99

Case: Rosewill CHALLENGER Black Gaming ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 109.98

Power Supply: Rosewill Green Series RG700-S12 700W Continuous Price is included in the above combo.

Cooling: CORSAIR H80 (CWCH80) High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler 93.99

DVD Burner: Free DVD with purchase of the Hard drive




OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit - OEM 99.99


total: 1,488.91 Free Shipping, and including combo prices and instant savings, but not rebates.
 
1. Processor - Intel Core i7-3930K - combo w/ Mobo
2. Motherboard - ASUS Sabretooth X79 - $894.98 for combo w/ CPU
3. Graphics Card - ASUS Radeon HD 6850 1GB - $159.99
4. Memory - G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (4 x 2GB) DDR3 1600 - $59.99
5. SSD - OCZ Vertex 2 60GB - $99.99
6. Storage HDD - Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB - $139.99
7. Optical Drive - LG SATA DVD Burner w/ LightScribe - $18.99
8. Case - Antec 300 - $54.99
9. Power Supply - OCZ ModXStream Pro 600W - $67.49, w/ 10% promo code (was $74.99)

Total: $1496.41

Notes: Though the rules didn't specify promo codes, I consider promo codes to be a type of instant rebate and they're DEFINITELY not mail-in rebates, so I assumed that they are allowed. Also, although I love ASUS, limiting a build to $1500 when the CPU + Mobo combo accounts for well over $900 results in what is, IMHO, a rather unbalanced build since processor is SO much more powerful than the GPU, and it doesn't leave much room at all for any kind of 3rd party cooling, PSU overhead, or a larger, faster SSD.
 
1.Doid's low end system
2.Processor: i7 3930K $600
3.Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth X79 Motherboard and $340
4.RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws Z Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) $165
5.Graphics Card: ASUS EAH6570/DI/1GD3(LP) Radeon HD 6570 1GB $80
6.Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda ST3250312AS 250GB 7200 RPM $90
7.Case: Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower $55
8.Power Supply: Rosewill Green Series RG700-S12 700W $70
9.Cooling: Thermaltake CLP0554 $60
10.DVD Burner: ASUS 24X DVD Burner $20

Total = $1480

This case has excellent cooling and the cpu fan does a great job. Using 4 x 4GB ram since the processor/motherboard has quad channel memory. Many of the builds here are using 2 ram modules which is a mistake. The single drive and video are a little weaker than i'd like but the $1500 limit won't let me do better. Adding another $500 for an SSD, bigger drives and/or a better video setup would make this a nice system.
 
No Compromises
Processor: Intel Core i7-3930K Combo - $894.99
Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth X79 Motherboard Combo - Included with processor combo
RAM: GeIL Enhance CORSA 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3 SDRAM 1600 - $74.99
Graphics Card: ASUS GeForce GTX 560 Ti - $234.99
Hard Drive: Corsair Force 3 60GB - $105.99
Case: Antec Three Hundred Illusion - $69.99
Power Supply: - OCZ ZS Series 650 Watt - $74.99
Cooling: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo - $28.76
DVD Burner: ASUS 24x DVD Burner - $11.19

Total = $1495.89

-16Gb of ram to take advantage of quad-channel, with good timing and a slight advantage over the 1333 speeds
-Amazing graphics card, without having to worry about the issues that come with dual graphics
-Top-end SSD with enough space to get you going for a while
-Amazing case for the money with great cooling; simply can't be beat
-Solid PSU that rates very well among online reviews, both expert and consumer
-Great cpu cooler with a free LGA2011 adapter
-solid 24x dvd drive
 
DrakeHeart's Dark Style Build
Processor: Intel Core i7-3930K Sandy Bridge-E 3.2GHz Processor with ASUS Sabertooth X79 LGA 2011 Intel X79 Motherboard Combo: $894.98
Motherboard: Combo Above
RAM: CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (4 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 Desktop Memory: $69.99
Graphics Card: ASUS ENGTX560 TI DCII/2DI/1GD5 GeForce GTX 560 Ti (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Graphics Card: $244.99
Hard Drive: HITACHI HDS721050CLA362 (0F10381) 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive with Free Sony Optiarc 24X DVD Burner Combo: $99.99
Case: NZXT LEXA S LEXS - 001BK Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case: $79.99
Power Supply: COOLER MASTER eXtreme Power Plus RS700-PCAAE3-US 700W ATX 12V v2.3 Active PFC Power Supply: $79.99
Cooling: XIGMATEK Gaia SD1283 CPU Cooler: $29.99
DVD Burner: Sony Optiarc 24X DVD Burner: $0.00(see above combo)

Subtotal (After combo and instant rebates): $1,499.92

Gives the serious gamer a good start. I like the build but, have definitely had a lot more breathing room with hard drive prices being what they were a few months ago. SLI another 560Ti and add in water cooling if you want to spice it up.

Mail-in Rebates: $20 x 3 Total: $60 in mail-in 1439.92

Happy Building.

 
Peregrine Falcon

CPU & Motherboard combo: Asus Sabertooth X79 Motherboard and a Intel® Core™ i7-3930K $894.98
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.770946&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-RSSDailyDeals-_-na-_-na&AID=10521304&PID=4176827&SID=1h7teos2g7znw

RAM: Two - Patriot Viper Xtreme Series Division 2 Edition model: PXD34G1866ELK 2x $35.99 = $71.98
http://www.nedsgadgets.com/p/Patriot-Viper-Xtreme-Series-Division-2-Edition-Ddr3-4-Gb-Pc3-15000-1777241.html

Graphics Card: ASUS EAH6950 Radeon HD 6950 1GB $263.99
http://www.meritline.com/asus-eah6950-video-card-radeon-hd-6950-1gb-gddr5-pci-express---p-70716.aspx?source=fghdac

Hard Drive: OCZ Vertex Series OCZSSD2-1VTX30GXXX 2.5" 30GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive $63.07
http://www.neworldit.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=OCZSSD2-1VTX30G

Case: APEVIA X-JUPITER G-Type X-JUPITERG-MG Metallic Gray Aluminum ATX Full Tower Case $69.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811144200

Power Supply: Rosewill Xtreme Series RX750-S-B 750W $89.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182067

Cooling: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus $23.99
http://www.directron.com/rrb10212pgp.html?gsear=1

COOLER MASTER RR-ACCY-2011-R1 Intel LGA2011 Retention Bracket for Hyper 212 Plus $4.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103432

DVD Burner: Samsung SH-222AB 22x DVD+/-RW Desktop DVD Burner $15.98
http://www.outletpc.com/ag2149.html#axzz1eN826DCM


Total= $1498.96
 
 
 
"Ohmybad tries to follow directions" THE BUILD

I went with just SSD for performance > storage

Processor & Motherboard: X79 + 3930K = $894.98
RAM: CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB = $74.99
Graphics Card: ASUS 6850 = $159.99
SSD: Corsair Force SSD 40GB = $84.99
Case: IN WIN BUC mid tower = $86.99
Power Supply: CORSAIR Builder Series CX600 = $69.99
Cooling: CORSAIR H80 = $103.99
DVD Burner: ASUS DVD burner = $19.99

Total is 1495.91 before shipping. As of 11:48pm PST 11/24. prices keep swaying.

this is "cool" because it's H20 and the case isn't the norm.

I challenged myself to include the prizes as well, just for fun

Had to change SSD due to price change... and who marks posts "useless" in a build contest?!?!
 
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