Hi, I placed an order today for my new gaming rig & paided off my credit card Here is the spec, box only, I have the monitor 27" and all other bits and pieces. Grand Total = A very big amount - Motherboard - Asus Z9PE-D8 WS for dual Socket-2011 Xeon E5-2600 Series It is an EBB form factor motherboard requiring a proper EBB certified case Link - http://www.asus.com.au/Motherboards/Intel_Socket_2011/Z9PED8_WS/ - CPU 1 - Intel Xeon E5-2650 Eight Core (2.0GHz - 2.8Ghz Turbo), LGA2011, 8.0GT/s QPI, 20MB Cache, 32nm, 95W - No Heatsink - CPU 2 - Intel Xeon E5-2650 Eight Core (2.0GHz - 2.8Ghz Turbo), LGA2011, 8.0GT/s QPI, 20MB Cache, 32nm, 95W - No Heatsink - CPU 1 Cooler - Corsair Hydro Series H80 CPU Cooler Intel LGA1155/1156/1366/2011/775, 2x 120mm Fans, 2500rpm, 92CFM, 39dBA - CPU 2 Cooler - Corsair Hydro Series H80 CPU Cooler Intel LGA1155/1156/1366/2011/775, 2x 120mm Fans, 2500rpm, 92CFM, 39dBA - Memory Quad Channel A - Kingston 32GB (4 x 8GB) 1333MHz ECC Registered DDR3 RAM - Memory Quad Channel B - Kingston 32GB (4 x 8GB) 1333MHz ECC Registered DDR3 RAM - Video Card 1 (SLI) - ASUS GeForce GTX680 - 2GB GDDR5 - (1058MHz, 6008MHz) 256-bit, 2xDVI, 1xDisplayPort, 1xHDMI, PCI-Ex16 v3.0, Fansink - Video Card 2 (SLI) - ASUS GeForce GTX680 - 2GB GDDR5 - (1058MHz, 6008MHz) 256-bit, 2xDVI, 1xDisplayPort, 1xHDMI, PCI-Ex16 v3.0, Fansink - Boot Drive - Corsair 240GB 2.5" Solid State Disk, MLC, SATA-III (CSSD-F240GBGT-BK) Force Series GT (Includes 2.5" to 3.5" adapter) Read 555MB/s, Write 525MB/s - Data Drive - Western Digital 2000GB (2TB) 7200rpm SATA-III 6Gbps HDD 64MB Cache (WD2002FAEX) Caviar Black - Raid Storage - 4 x Western Digital 2000GB (2TB) 7200rpm SATA-III 6Gbps HDD 64MB Cache (WD2002FAEX) Caviar Black - Bluray - ASUS BC-12B1LT Internal Blu-Ray Combo Drive 8xBD-R, 8xBD-RE, 6xBD-R DL, 16xDVD+R, 12xDVD+RW, 8xDVD+R DL, Lightscribe - Case - CoolerMaster Cosmos II Ultra Tower Case - No PSU, Black 2xUSB3.0, 4xUSB2.0, 1xAudio, 1x200mm LED Fan, 1x140mm Fan, 1x120mm Fan (Properly supports EBB Motherboard) - PSU - Corsair 1200W Professional Series - ATX 12V v2.2, EPS 12V, 140mm Fan, Modular Cables, 16x SATA, 6x PCI-E 8-pin Whee, now I shall return to Entropia, but with no starting funds. No longer will I use my credit card to play EU. Cheers, Viper
Only comment I have now that I have it built ... well two or three. One ... No need for an air conditioner, this thing will do with its 9 fans. Two ... omg this rig is so overkill, like wtf was I thinking. Three ... virtualization works like yea baby, 4 computers in 1.
A sidenote and a question! I got an 24" screen and think it's to big sometimes. Ain't a 27" hard to use as it's "to" big? When i'm playing (dying) BF3 I find it hard to "see" the whole picture sometimes.
Hi Mandel, At first the 27" seemed big, but you get used to it very quickly. It feels much like the old days of upgrading from 21" to 24". So now the 27" seems normal to me now that I am used to it.
ASUS GeForce GTX680 heck.... they are on 6's now? I'm still on a 2 and thinking that that was pretty reasonable! I'm worried its going to pack in soon.... keep getting white squares appearing all over/around various 3d objects lately. My friend from Crytek said looks like memory corruption... certainly reminds me vaguely of when my last one went pink and died... Wist
