Crysis Uber Desktop Build - Challenge

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azwebs

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Crysis Uber Desktop Build - $3700 TO SPEND!

I don't think ubers a word, but hey. If you had $3500 to spend on computer parts at newegg.com, what parts would you buy. The machine is wanted to play Crysis on maximum everything, at at least 1920 x 1200, with 35+ fps. Processor must be a quad core, and the machine must have at least 4GB RAM, 1TB HDD (7200RPM SATA), Vista Ultimate, and a 24" monitor with DVI.

I'll post what I'd get in a minute.

EDIT: Would be willing to go to $3700 at most, if 8GB RAM included.
 
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Here's mine.

ASUS Striker II NSE LGA 790i SLi @ $374.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131293

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 3.0Ghz @ $549.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115130

XFX GTX280 1GB 512Bit GDDR3 in TriSLi @ $1349.97
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150309

2x SeaGate Barracuda 7200.10RPM 750GB @ $199.98
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148134

Samsung 245BW 1920 X 1200 @ $429.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824001234

2x OCZ ReaperX 4GB DDR2 800Mhz @ $259.98
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227278

Cooler Master Real Power Pro RS-C50-EMBA-D2 1250W PSU @ $299.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817171029

Antec 1200 @ $214.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129043

Zalman CNPS9700 @ $53.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118019

Vista Ultimate SP1 64 Bit DVD @ $174.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116493

2x LiteOn Black 20X DVD-RW @ $45.98
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106228

That comes in at $3660.85, so there's room for upgrades there. If you'd change anything, feel free to post a build - I'm open to suggestions.
 
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cohen said:
WOW, nice budget!!! I'll do a build for you!!!
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Thanks for the enthusiasm there. It's for my cousin in the US - we'll be going there in a couple of weeks, and he's gonna order this weekend so I'll build it while I'm there. You don't get to build one of these kinds of PC's everyday!
 
Budget = $3,500

Total - No Rebates - $2,761.89
Total - After Rebates - $2,731.89
Total saving on rebates - $30.00

With the left over money, he can get a good sound card and some nice speakers. Maybe even run dual screen, or get a really good keyboard and mouse, it is up to your cousin.

Extras

azwebs said:
I don't think ubers a word, but hey. If you had $3500 to spend on computer parts at newegg.com, what parts would you buy. The machine is wanted to play Crysis on maximum everything, at at least 1920 x 1200, with 35+ fps. Processor must be a quad core, and the machine must have at least 4GB RAM, 1TB HDD (7200RPM SATA), Vista Ultimate, and a 24" monitor with DVI.

I'll post what I'd get in a minute.
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azwebs said:
Here's mine.

ASUS Striker II NSE LGA 790i SLi @ $374.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131293

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 3.0Ghz @ $549.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115130

XFX GTX280 1GB 512Bit GDDR3 in TriSLi @ $1349.97
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150309

2x SeaGate Barracuda 7200.10RPM 750GB @ $199.98
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148134

Samsung 245BW 1920 X 1200 @ $429.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824001234

OCZ ReaperX 4GB DDR2 800Mhz @ $129.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227278

Cooler Master Real Power Pro RS-C50-EMBA-D2 1250W PSU @ $299.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817171029

Antec 1200 @ $214.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129043

Zalman CNPS9700 @ $53.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118019

Vista Ultimate SP1 64 Bit DVD @ $174.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116493

That comes in at $3484.88, so there's room for upgrades there. If you'd change anything, feel free to post a build - I'm open to suggestions.
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Some of the things are good, but i like mine better :D

And Trisli - WOW!

cohen said:
WOW, nice budget!!! I'll do a build for you!!!
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azwebs said:
Thanks for the enthusiasm there. It's for my cousin in the US - we'll be going there in a couple of weeks, and he's gonna order this weekend so I'll build it while I'm there. You don't get to build one of these kinds of PC's everyday!
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Yeah, with big budgets, i like to do builds :P :D, and i wish i could build this beast!!
 
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The budget's gone up. He's completely willing to spend the $3500-3700 for something that will max Crysis out - he's richer than me. Waah!!! Sorry, I must've edited after you posted. Thanks for the build though, looks great!
 
azwebs said:
Thanks for those, but don't have office atm. I take it the excel file is some kind of calculator? I'll have a check later.

Where did I put that disk. . .
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lol, yeah, excel using formulas and stuff, there is the PDF file there as well, but in excel you just plug in the numbers and it works it all out for you :) i made it myself :D
 
cohen said:
lol, yeah, excel using formulas and stuff, there is the PDF file there as well, but in excel you just plug in the numbers and it works it all out for you :) i made it myself :D
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Nice, I'll use that in the future - make the numbers easier. I couldn't even use Calculator to tot up my build without f***ing it all up! Thanks.
 
I'll give it a shot!!! :D

Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133056

HDD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148337

Monitor: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824116084

Motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131292

GPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125233

Sound Card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829102005

PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703020

Speakers: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16836121012

Keyboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823114004

Mouse: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826104089

8GB's ram: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227289

CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103273

Heatsink: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118019

Blue-Ray/DVD/CD drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136137

$3,619.00 before shipping :)

How did I do?
 
Just to let you know on your build there really isnt to much of a performance increase in tri sli with those gtx280s its like ten percent or something. at the most get two 4870x2s
 
two 4870x2's perform worse than tri sli, the main reason being, crysis favors nvida gpu's because of the way its programmed
 
Pck21 said:
How did I do?
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Nice build. I think I'm gonna combine all of the ideas you have posted, and see whether I can get as much as possible for the money. Will be built in a couple of weeks, so thanks for all your input.

The performance increase in TriSLi is 23% (according to an overclocking review or the XFX GTX280's XXX OC'ed Edition 1GB in TriSLi and SLi). Crysis (and now Warhead) much favour nVidia GPU's, and from observation, CoD4 runs at the same kind of quality on ATi and nVidia cards, but the nVidia is slightly faster.
 
cohen - this is a Crysis machine. Not sure if you knew this or not, but the game was built more so around NVIDIA's architecture, so while the 4870 X2 might be top alone, Tri-SLI will kill two of them. Especially on Crysis.
 
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