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ItsLocBaby 
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N/A Expectations: Zero lag. Screaming fast. Stays cold. Usage: Purely for gaming. Special Needs: It's for my son, he often complained of lag on his older machine that I built him. I don't have the time or patience to put everything together and OC it myself. He linked me to this website. Saved Ticket #: 527713 Specifications: Chassis Model: Special Deal Hot Seller - Black OPS HailStorm Sub-Zero Liquid Chilled Edition Exterior Finish: - EXOTIC StormWhite High-Gloss Automotive Paint Finish (HailStorm Chassis Only) Trim Accents: Paint Chassis Vents and Grills (Red) Processor: Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition 990X 3.46GHz (Six-Core) (Extreme Performance) Motherboard: ASUS Rampage III Extreme (Intel X58 Chipset) (Features USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gb/s) System Memory: 12GB DDR3 2000MHz Corsair Dominator GT with DHX (3x4GB Sticks) (CMT12GX3M3A2000C9) Power Supply: 1500W Silverstone (Dual/Triple/Quad SLI Compatible) (Recommended) Expansion Bay: Hard Drive Hot Swap Bay (EZ-Rack) Hard Drive Set 1: Operating System: 2x (120GB Solid State (By: Intel) (Model: 510 Series SSDSC2MH120A2K5) Set 1 Raid Options: Configure HDD Set 1 to a Raid 1 Config - Mirror (Requires Two HDDs) Hard Drive Set 2: Multimedia\Data: 2x (600GB Western Digital VelociRaptor (10K RPM) (32MB Cache) (Model: WD6000HLHX) Hard Drive Set 3: Backup\Misc.: - No Thanks Optical Drive 1: Blu-Ray & DVD Writer/Reader (Burn + Play Blu-Ray & DVDs) (12x BD-R) (Lite-On iHBS112) Optical Drive 2: - No Thanks Internet Access: !PROMOTION: Killer 2100 (Optimized for Online Gaming) Lag and Latency Reduction Video Card: 4x SLI 4-Way (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 1.5GB (PhysX) (Overclocked Edition) Add-on Card: - No Thanks Sound Card: Auzen X-Fi Hometheater HD 7.1 (Model: AZTHTHD02817) (PCI-Express Slot Based) Extreme Cooling: Sub-Zero CPU Liquid Chilled System & Chipset + Triple Video Cards Liquid Cooling H20 Tube Color:Red Tubing with High-Performance Fluid (UV Lighting Reactive) Chassis Airflow: Upgrade Chassis With Zalman Performance Fans (Up to 6 Fans) Internal Lighting: Internal Chassis Lighting System (UV) (Creates Glowing Effect for H20 Tubes) Enhancements: Strike-X AeroCool Temperature Display & Fan Controller (Requires Chassis Airflow Upgrade) Chassis Mods: HailStorm & 950Si: Processor & Video Card Area: Drill and Mount Two Side Window 120mm Fan Blow-Holes Noise Reduction: Noise Suppression Package Stage 2 (Optimized Airflow & Fan Speeds with Noise Dampening Material) Boost Processor: Stage 3: Overclock the processor between 4.2GHz to 4.6GHz (Requires i7 990X Processor) Boost Video Card: Yes, Overclock the video card(s) as much as possible with complete stability Boost Memory: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my memory Boost OS: Yes, Disable and tweak all of the non-crucial services on the operating system Windows OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate (64-Bit Edition) Recovery Tools: Advanced Recovery Kit (40GB Hard Drive Partition of Image With OS & Drivers) Virus Protection: McAfee Internet Security 2011 (Virus, Spyware , Spam, Phishing, Firewall, Online Backup Protection) Office: Microsoft Office 2010 Pro (Full Retail Box Packaging) Benchmarking: - No Thanks Install/Test Game: - No Thanks Display: Samsung 23.6 inch (Widescreen) (Black) (5ms Response Time) Surge Shield: APC 1500VA Uninterruptible Backup Surge Conditioner (Recommended) Speakers: - No Thanks Keyboard: Razer Lycosa Mirror Special Edition (Gaming Keyboard) Mouse: Razer Lachesis Gaming Mouse (High-Speed Gaming Grade) External Storage: - No Thanks Exclusive T-Shirt: FREE: Digital Storm T-Shirt - Black (Large) Priority Build: - No Thanks, Ship Within 5-15 Business Days After Order Is Successfully Processed Warranty: Life-time Expert Customer Care with 6 Year Limited Warranty My son claimed this is what he needs. I'm not sure of this though. Back when I was gaming, even the guys that had the 10k+ rigs didn't use all of that power. It was unnecessary. Is he feeding me a load of lies? |
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I'll mow the lawn and tell you your the best pops in the world for a five grand one. Then just buy him a cheap one for two grand . Since I'll be the good son. Heck I have just saved you three grand. You are welcome sir.
Fr3shm3at Reporting for duty Will also destroy your sons enemy's in black op for another five hundred. 
The two grand one will still kick ass lol Edited by FR3SHM3AT - 22 Apr 2011 at 4:29pm |
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Looks to me like your son went and picked every option but he is not understanding how things work.
for gaming teh new platform is better, your son is making a mistake thinking that the 6 core of x58 is better then 4 core of p67 for gaming, its not. also in 5 months, there are new 4/6/8 core cpus coming out that will put these x58 6 cores to shame, if you look at my sig I have the 980x myself, so I'm in the same boat, but my use of pc is different. your son also made a mistake thinking that, well let me just say, I can configure a pc for less and have it perform much better. also the Sub-Zero CPU Liquid Chilled System is only on the cpu, the graphic cards (gpu) get regular LC system, and with 4 x 580 its not gonna be having great temps, on top of that 4 x 580 is not needed and gets beat by 3 x 580 due to scaling issues of quad sli, and on top of that, he picked 4 cards but the cooling system is for tri sli (three cards). long story short, what your son needs to get ride of lag, depends on what res he is playing at, and that depends on the monitor's native res, which I see he chose a 23" in the config, problems with that: 1. that is not a great monitor 2. for its res you can't tell the difference between dual sli and tri/quad sli, so what I mean is that lets say he has 4 x 580 gtx, at that res, I can come in the middle of the night and remove 2 of those 580 gtx, and the next day playing games he would never notice the difference. there are many other things in there that are pure waste of money, the killer 2100 network card for example, you will see no difference from it, if you having network lag, this will not help. I can go on and on about how that whole config is wrong and money not well spent, just about everything is wrong in that build, ram, psu, gpu, cooling etc. instead I like to ask what is the budget for the monitor and what is the budget for the pc. so that maybe we can get him a good quality big kickarse monitor and a kick arse pc to go with it. right now I can configure a pc for less then half that price and have it kick that pcs butt up and down the street all day. Edited by DST4ME - 22 Apr 2011 at 4:55pm |
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ItsLocBaby
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Responding in order to your own post, DST4ME.
Why is that so, regarding the x58 vs p67 architecture? Like I mentioned earlier, I haven't gamed in a long while. My last build was in 2002. I haven't had the time for it anymore, being the old fart that I am. Educate me. :P I've always thought myself that six cores is better than four. Please, though. Tell me. If you can configure a PC that will perform in the exact same manner this one will for a fraction of its current cost, please do. I'm not up to date with all of this new technology. Hell, my last build was using some Socket A crap from AMD. Rest assured, it was a long time ago. Anyways. Like I was saying earlier, if you can configure a build that will play, for example, Crysis 2 on high, Mafia 2 on high (with PhysX enabled), maybe some Empire Total War on high, at a resolution of 2560 x 1600, then please do so. I would be more than happy to save a couple of dollars. :) Also, what's this about scaling issues with X4 580's in SLI? What do you mean by that? And the Killer 2100 network card, I don't even know what that is. Regarding my budget: Don't worry about it. I'm about ready to just go off of whatever build you post and scrap his idea, if he's wasting my money with all of that overpowered garbage. My checkbook is yours! |
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One would think 6 core is better than 4 core but since the p67 is the new chip, it has better performance then the old platform, the same with i7 920 vs Q9850 for example, both quad cores but the i7 is newer so its performance is better.
check out the 2600k vs 990x: 
Ok I will configure a system for you for res of 2560 x 1600, with LC on cpu and gpu, but I like to point out that the p67 is the midrange platform for sandybridge (SB) the newest chip out like the 2600k, the highend platform comes out Q4 of this year and with it will come the SB highend 4/6/8 core cpus, now if the 2600k is the weaker 4 core and it beats the 990, imagine what its 6 core and 8 core brothers will do, in short what I'm saying is that for the kind of pc you want with such a budget, I would wait for the x78 platform (the highend platform of SB). what I mean is that you will have better fps in games at say 2560 x 1600 with 3 x 580 than you will with 4 x 580. the killer 2100 is a network card suppose to help with lag with games on the net, however the difference it makes is like a needle in a haystack. LOL if your checkbook is mine, then its time for me to go shopping  , ok joking aside how about this:
Here you go Ticket# 527917 --- $4693 (To see this build click here) Copy of Specifications: Chassis Model: Special Deal Hot Seller - Black OPS HailStorm Edition Exterior Finish: - Standard Factory Finish Trim Accents: - Standard Factory Finish Processor: Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40GHz (Unlocked CPU for Extreme Overclocking) (Quad Core) Motherboard: ASUS P8P67 Deluxe (Intel P67 Chipset) (New & Improved B3 Revision Without SATA 3G Issue) System Memory: 8GB DDR3 1600MHz Digital Storm Certified Performance Series (Highly Recommended) (Hand Tested) Power Supply: 1000W Corsair (Dual/Triple/Quad SLI Compatible) Expansion Bay: - No Thanks Hard Drive Set 1: Operating System: 1x (160GB Solid State (By: Intel) (Model: 320 Series SSDSA2CW160G3K5) Set 1 Raid Options: - No Thanks Hard Drive Set 2: Multimedia\Data: 1x (1TB Western Digital Caviar (7200 RPM) (64MB Cache) (Model: Black Edition WD1002FAEX) Hard Drive Set 3: Backup\Misc.: - No Thanks Optical Drive 1: Blu-Ray & DVD Writer/Reader (Burn + Play Blu-Ray & DVDs) (12x BD-R) (Lite-On iHBS112) Optical Drive 2: DVD-R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 24x / CD-Writer 48x) Internet Access: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections) Video Card: 2x CrossFire Dual (ATI Radeon HD 6970 2GB) Add-on Card: - No Thanks Sound Card: Integrated Motherboard Audio Extreme Cooling: H20: Stage 6: Sub-Zero LCS Dual Loop: CPU & Dual SLI/CrossFire Video Cards H20 Tube Color:Blue Tubing with High-Performance Fluid (UV Lighting Reactive) Chassis Airflow: Standard Factory Chassis Fans Internal Lighting: Internal Chassis Lighting System (UV) (Creates Glowing Effect for H20 Tubes) Enhancements: - No Thanks Chassis Mods: - No Thanks Noise Reduction: - No Thanks Boost Processor: Stage 2: Overclock CPU 4.5GHz to 4.8GHz (Requires Pro or Deluxe Series Motherboard) Boost Video Card: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my video card(s) Boost Memory: Memory Fan Kit Only (Does not include memory overclocking service) Boost OS: - No Thanks, Please do not tweak the services on the operating system Windows OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional (64-Bit Edition) Recovery Tools: Windows Recovery Toolkit (Bundled with Windows 7 CD) Virus Protection: - No Thanks Office: - No Thanks Benchmarking: - No Thanks Install/Test Game: - No Thanks Display: - No Thanks Surge Shield: - No Thanks Speakers: - No Thanks Keyboard: - No Thanks Mouse: - No Thanks External Storage: - No Thanks Exclusive T-Shirt: - No Thanks Priority Build: - No Thanks, Ship Within 5-15 Business Days After Order Is Successfully Processed Warranty: Life-time Expert Customer Care with 6 Year Limited Warranty this system will do very well at 2560 x 1600, some games you many not do so great at that res, metro, for one, you can have tri sli/cf or quad sli/cf and you will not max that game out, that just how some games are. also with the third card the third card, it does not make as much of a difference as the second card made, the third card makes a small difference in fps gains. Having said that for that res I like the option of the third card just in case, and the p67 platform being the midend platform, is not where you want to be with tri cf/sli, so like I said, I would wait till Q4 of this year and build a SB 6 core or 8 core pc, that will be a beast, and will do tri sli/cf easy and better than older platforms. the hailstorm is the case you see in my sig. the 6970 was chosen cause at 2560 x 1600 you want more vram, and the 6970 has 2GB while the 580 has 1.5GB, to give you an idea: 
now some games the 580 might be couple of fps better than the 6970, but you crank up the aa and the 6970 wins at that high res. Edited by DST4ME - 22 Apr 2011 at 11:03pm |
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If i was going to waste $10K of your money on something that would be pretty much just a big epeen measuring tool with my friends, i'd shoot for something like this: (about $8900 worth)
If i was going to spend your money like it was my own, but get something solid, dependable, great looking and killer performance, it'd be the following.
abut $4800 worth. Both will run anything you throw at them. http://www.digitalstormonline.com/comploadsaved.asp?id=527920 |
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10k. Sheesh. Put $1700 to a rig, and save the other $8300 for his first car...NO kid should deserve a rig like that...teaches no money values. It's also practically pointless, a decent gaming rig is all he's asking for, and after $2500 the price/performance ratio starts to drop radically.
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@zate your builds really make no sense... you chose a OC of 4.9 - 5.2 when it requires extreme series mobo... Windows Ultimate is a waste, there's no point in going x3 way SLI on a p67 board. 8/8/4? x58 is 16/8/8.........
There is absolutely no reason to put 10,000$ on a "gaming" pc. Unless you're running servers... you're wasting your money. Edited by zangetsu - 23 Apr 2011 at 1:34am |
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ItsLocBaby
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I don't need to be told I'm wasting my money. I have the freedom to buy my kid whatever I see fit, and if he wants to design a gaming computer worth one hundred grand, that's fine with me. I've already said that money isn't an issue. However, I also have no problem with saving a few bucks and having him not notice the difference otherwise. Either is fine by me.
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Get off your high horse. I didn't say anything about how you should spend your money, but I will say you're wasting your money. You can max out every single credit card to make sure your son is happy, I couldn't care less. There is not one game on this planet that would have the need for 10,000$. Unless you're achieving benchmark scores, not one person here will agree to 10,000$ "gaming" rig.
Like I said, spend all you want. Edited by zangetsu - 23 Apr 2011 at 11:46am |
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OK guys I can argue both your cases, in one hand I can point out the waste, in the other hand I could argue that if it serves a purpose then its not a waste, maybe its purpose is to make the kid happy, or spoil the kid.
At the end, its a matter of preference, there are people here all the time that I recommend to them what makes the most sense and money/performance, and yet they get what they want anyways, and I don't get mad, I understand that the ram they want or the case or etc that makes no sense to me, makes sense to them, it provides more comfort or excitement or whatever it is for them. In short, yes its a waste of money, and no its not. As I always tell everybody, get whatever that makes you happy, we are just providing info, at the end, its your money, you got to go with what makes you happy, in this case its what makes the son happy, and that is the first purpose of this pc, the second purpose of this pc is being a gaming pc. So lets not aruge, instead lets wait for the highend SB chips, I can't wait to see the 8 core, after seeing the current 4 core and its performance. 
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I saved for mine for 5 months, wish I had a dad like you!!! or even a dad at all I should say, never knew mine sadly. But If you check my signature thats what I have, been using it for a month now and I love it to death. Destroys everything I throw at it, really no reason to toss more than what I paid for extreme performance. Unless you want to throw in another card, and LC both cards. Which is what I would improve if I had the money to do so.
My review with pictures, 3,703$ http://www.digitalstormonline.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=14184 Edited by Divine - 23 Apr 2011 at 7:32am |
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\ I agree. the first build was a little tongue in cheek. just basically to show that you could spend about half the $10K and get roughly the same performance, the extra $5k is for bragging rights with his friends, or for benchmarking/etc online. if it was me with $10K, and my son. I'd be more inclined to buy 2 $5K badass rigs and spend some time gaming with him. |
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Understandable and I agree. The 10,000$ is for bragging rights, but if it makes him happy go for it. I plan on getting a 2000-2500$ system. Once the new SB's come out, I plan on dropping 6000$ on a system from DS... is 6000$ way too much? Yes. Does it make me happy? Yes.
Do I need a 6,000$ system? Absolutely not. The mild-build 2600k system I am about to order will do everything I need, until the new Sandy's come out and I want to upgrade. I'm just trying to inform the guy there's no point, unless his son is folding/breaking benchmarks scores. From the looks of it he isn't...
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Well if you guys notice in my first post I told him that son's config was crazy and he agreed, so that is why he was willing to go with what me/we advised, I dont think we can ask him for more than that.
I think the fact that he didn't just listen to the son and came here to ask what we thought about the son's build, says it all, for me that shows an open mind, and personally I can't ask more than that. I mean the example $4600k I build was not needed either, but I added the LC and etc to have some bells and whistles, so that he does not throw a lot more money on this pc and the son will be happy with the performance and LC and uv lights and etc, I mean even in my build money is not wasted, you are getting better cooling for your money, IMO waste is upgraded fans, noise package, killer card, Temperature Display & Fan Controller, and things like that, there are very few instances when some of those are needed, never the killer card tho, lol. @ItsLocBaby, I'm not clear on the monitor, what monitor are you going with? |
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The monitor is a left over NEC monitor that I received from work. It's a 30", I believe. Response time is surprisingly fast for a monitor of that size. The color quality is quite good, too.
edit: The resolution is 2560 x 1600. Edited by ItsLocBaby - 24 Apr 2011 at 3:57am |
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Depending on the model, NEC does make some good monitors, but response time and contrast ratio are bs numbers.
for that res I would recommend dual or tri fire 6970, it has more vram than the 580, allowing for higher aa settings. so what do you think about waiting for the x78 platform? |
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Hi ItsLocBaby,
If you want your son to really enjoy the experience you need to make sure the monitor is an IPS design. Do you have the model number of the NEC monitor? A lot of monitors used at work are not IPS monitors unless they are doing art work or maybe technical drafting. Your son has told you things that he thinks he needs but some of his choices are not going to improve his gaming. The i7 990 processor is last years technology and not the best choice at this time. The i7 2600 is the best available processor with high operating speeds. The new Intel platform coming this fall is expected to knock the socks off of the 2600. The members of this forum want to make sure you get a killer machine that your son will be proud of. We just hate to see you spend a hugh amount of money on a computer that will be out performed in 6 months. If you must buy right away then the 2600 processor is your best choice today, not the 990. I suggest you start with DST4ME system and add what you and your son would like to have. Your son has made wrong choices with the processor, the hard drives, the SSD, the 4X video cards, the Noise Suppression, the Zalman fans, the OS, the cooling and some other things. Frank Edited by FrankW - 24 Apr 2011 at 5:10pm |
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It wouldn't bother me (regarding the x78 platform). I can wait. And I can definitely make him wait.
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I would wait, in the mean time have a loot at this monitor, its an IPS one:
Dell UltraSharp U3011 30" |
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not sure why people are commenting on someone willing to spend money on something that makes them happy.
OP-- If I was you and $$$ wasn't a issue then this is what I would do. I would make this a xmas gift or drop money on a 2500 on a stop gap system in the meantime. (later on he can have a buddy come over and play games with him and have both already setup, or you could move it somewhere else in the house or donate to charity and write it off, w/e you want to do).
I think if you wait till xmas you will get what your looking for in particular. Keep in mind new tech is always coming out...but we've seen great gains from the low/mid tier info sent out/released already has held up. I think the Q4 decision would be the right one in your case.
Best of luck to you with your decision. Edited by Purecarnagge - 26 Apr 2011 at 2:41pm |
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I have one question though regarding the p67 SB's vs the x58 architecture. Why is it that i7 2600k on a p67 mobo outperforms the six-core i7 990X on a x58 mobo? One would think that the six-core would outperform the other. From what I'm seeing in these graphs, that is not the case.
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6-core may outperform the i7 2600k when those 6 cores/12 threads are fully used to their potential. Not all applications will make use of them though, and in the practical sense, the i7 2600k trumps the i7 990X.The i7 2600k is additionally easier to overclock I think from justin's first impressions.
I'd consider waiting for the higher end platform that will replace X58 though, I mean, if mainstream SB can perform at this rate compared to the 990X, imagine what Intel's true replacement can do?  Edited by ablahblah - 26 Apr 2011 at 10:43pm |
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Also 6 core will out perform 4 cores, when they are both from the same family, aka a 990x does out perform a 950.
the 2600K (p67) however is the new platform and technology, thus its more powerful than the one before it (x58), this time its so powerful that it beats the 6 core in some cases, in other cases its a lack of support for 6 cores/12 threads. On top of that, the p67 uses less power, runs cooler, and oces higher easier. all of that equals to better performance, my 980x is at 4.4, vcore is pushing it, a 2600K can do 4.4 much easier, and it will be cooler, and it will have room to push pass what my 980x can do. |
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This has already been beaten to death. Now here's my two cents :). Buy a Dell UltraSharp 30" monitor for ~$1500.00. Wait until the new chips come out. Build a solid rig then. Definitely go for CF or 3xCF for that new beast of a monitor. Pay for the best internet you can put in your budget. Dominate noobs with your new rig.
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You can frequently find them on sale, or just buy them cheaper from other outlets. I got mine for $1125 straight from Dell from a sale, though you can often find them for $1200-1300 normally at other places. And the monitor is amazing. |
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