ULTIMATE PC - HELP NEEDED

ok so i want to build the best gaming pc possible idc about price idc if it costs $50000+ what would you guys recommend also would i be better off getting something somewhere else or getting all of the parts myself and paying some1 to build or if i bought all of the parts would digital storm build it with cooling and tweaks of i sent it all in

This is the best place, otherwise I would not have dropped 10 grand of my own in it.

As Gpaint mentioned, before we know what to build, we need to know what to build it for, in short we need to the native resolution of your monitor, if the main use of pc is gaming, if you play crysis and/or gta 4 or games that have the same requirements in order to get maxed out.

Most of us here know how to build a pc, but we let DS do it cause we don't want to go thru the toruble shooting boot issues, stablility problems, and lack of warranty of different parts, with DS, we let them build it, and we don't have to worry about nothing, the burden is on them to get it stable and ready to play with for us.

for the price and service and worksmanship, you can't beat DS.

TV's suck for monitors.

you are looking to get 3 monitors for you new PC ? or just one?

I would get a Dell 3008 first, then add more as needed.

contrast ratio and response time are bs, there is no real way of measureing them and there are also different methods used to supposedly measure them, all that meaning that 1. the numbers are bs, and 2. you can't compare one monitor to the other, since different methods yield different results, so in short same monitor can have different numbers for response time or contrast ratio.

the 3008 is a great ips panel and yes it does have a high res, which is great.

Nvidia system:

Here you go Ticket# 406239 --- Price: $6887 (To see this build click here) Price after current promotion $6387

Copy of Specifications:
Chassis Model: Black OPS HailStorm Edition
Exterior Finish: - Standard Factory Finish
Trim Accents: - Standard Factory Finish
Processor: Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition 980X 3.33GHz (Hexa-Core) (Extreme Performance)
Motherboard: EVGA X58 Classified 3X SLI (Intel X58 Chipset) (Supports Triple SLI or CrossFire)
System Memory: 6GB DDR3 1600MHz Digital Storm Certified Performance Series (Highly Recommended) (Hand Tested)
Power Supply: 1250W Enermax Galaxy EVO (Dual/Triple/Quad SLI Compatible) (Recommended)
Expansion Bay: - No Thanks
Hard Drive Set 1: Operating System: 1x (160GB Solid State (By: Intel) (Extreme Performance) (Model: SSDSA2MH160G2R5)
Set 1 Raid Options: - No Thanks
Hard Drive Set 2: Multimedia\Data: 1x (1TB Seagate/Hitachi/Western Digital (7200 RPM) (32MB Cache) (SATA) (Extreme Speed)
Hard Drive Set 3: Backup\Misc.: - No Thanks
Optical Drive 1: DVD±R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 22x / CD-Writer 48x)
Optical Drive 2: - No Thanks
Internet Access: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections)
Video Card: 2x SLI Dual (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 1.5GB (Includes PhysX Technology)
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 the processor between 4.0GHz to 4.2GHz (Requires H20 Cooling Upgrade)
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)
Restore Kit: Digital Storm Specialized Recovery System (DVD Image Based)
Virus Protection: - No Thanks
Office: - No Thanks
Benchmarking: - No Thanks
Install/Test Game: FREE: Please include a free copy of a hot-selling game
Display: - No Thanks
Surge Shield: - No Thanks
Speakers: - No Thanks
Keyboard: - No Thanks
Mouse: - No Thanks
External Storage: - No Thanks
Exclusive T-Shirt: FREE: Digital Storm T-Shirt - Black (Medium)
Priority Build: - No Thanks, Ship Within 5-15 Business Days After Order Is Successfully Processed
Warranty: 5 Year Platinum Care Extended Parts & Labor Warranty (Highly Recommended)

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Ati system:

Here you go Ticket# 406240 --- Price: $6663 (To see this build click here) Price after current promotion $6163

Copy of Specifications:
Chassis Model: Black OPS HailStorm Edition
Exterior Finish: - Standard Factory Finish
Trim Accents: - Standard Factory Finish
Processor: Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition 980X 3.33GHz (Hexa-Core) (Extreme Performance)
Motherboard: EVGA X58 Classified 3X SLI (Intel X58 Chipset) (Supports Triple SLI or CrossFire)
System Memory: 6GB 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) (Extreme Performance) (Model: SSDSA2MH160G2R5)
Set 1 Raid Options: - No Thanks
Hard Drive Set 2: Multimedia\Data: 1x (1TB Seagate/Hitachi/Western Digital (7200 RPM) (32MB Cache) (SATA) (Extreme Speed)
Hard Drive Set 3: Backup\Misc.: - No Thanks
Optical Drive 1: DVD±R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 22x / CD-Writer 48x)
Optical Drive 2: - No Thanks
Internet Access: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections)
Video Card: 2x CrossFire Dual (ATI Radeon HD 5870 1GB)
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 the processor between 4.0GHz to 4.2GHz (Requires H20 Cooling Upgrade)
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)
Restore Kit: Digital Storm Specialized Recovery System (DVD Image Based)
Virus Protection: - No Thanks
Office: - No Thanks
Benchmarking: - No Thanks
Install/Test Game: FREE: Please include a free copy of a hot-selling game
Display: - No Thanks
Surge Shield: - No Thanks
Speakers: - No Thanks
Keyboard: - No Thanks
Mouse: - No Thanks
External Storage: - No Thanks
Exclusive T-Shirt: FREE: Digital Storm T-Shirt - Black (Medium)
Priority Build: - No Thanks, Ship Within 5-15 Business Days After Order Is Successfully Processed
Warranty: 5 Year Platinum Care Extended Parts & Labor Warranty (Highly Recommended)

something along those lines.

EVGA X58 4 SLI Mobo only fits in the Lian case, unless you do something like DST4ME did

3x GTX 480's is pretty much overkill for almost anything lol, my opinion anyways

By overkill he means you're spending alot more money and getting no significant performance improvement.

and remember i do plan to play FSX and have a full simulator set up with track IR matrox pedals and all the panels saitek off or something diff if i find

ok well tyvm uve helped me a lot and i just have 1 more question if u could... if i went with with the 4 video cards, more memory and faster and the overclocks what would be the fastest FPS i could get in say FSX or COD:MW2 also not sure if any of u play it but do u know of any accessories for FSX?

more memory could give you lower oc, lower oc, lower fps in fsx and other games.

at 2560 x 1600 if you had 4 gpus, I could come in the middle of night and remove 2 of them, and the next day you would never notice, plus tri sli will get better fps then quad sli, again please keep in mind once over 60 fps, you can't really tell the difference, so whether you got dual sli or quad sli, won't really be noticed.

Also as I said, FSX does not use sli, so for fsx, anything pass a single card is not used, from what I understand.

in cod you gonna be getting around 90 - 100 fps with dual sli/cf.

lol sry but im back with a couple more questions... first off i dont know why i never asked before but since its only 2 cards whats better 2 GTX 480s or 2 Radeon 5970s and also what is the best 2560 x 1600 monitor or is it the Dell 3008 the best.. also how important is liquid cooling? i mean i know obviously without it i cant / shouldnt overclock but whats the risk of like my video card burning out where i live its not really that hot (michigan) but might be moving somewhere hotter i most like am going to get liquid cooling i dont know how to do it myself so id order from digital storm problem im having is i can build this computer with the 4 way evga motherboard 12gb 2000mhz memory and 5 1.5 tb harddrives and 2 blu ray drives for about 2000 less... now obviously here id get the 5 year warranty and dont have to do any of it myself but thats kind of a big difference

Is it worth it to OC  a GTX 480 on LQ ? As in will you see a improvement in game play ?

Can you request digital storm to overclock that much or are there some restrictions?

wait so i want 3 video cards? what is the best 2560 x 1600 monitor or is it the Dell 3008 the best? or is 2560 x 1600 even the best for gaming... for call of duty i dont think id play on that res because i also play it for ps3/xbox and i dont want to get used to a diff resolution but i think it would be better for FSX also how important is liquid cooling? i mean i know obviously without it i cant / shouldnt overclock but whats the risk of like my video card burning out where i live its not really that hot (michigan) but might be moving somewhere hotter i most like am going to get liquid cooling i dont know how to do it myself so id order from digital storm problem im having is i can build this computer with the 4 way evga motherboard 12gb 2000mhz memory and 5 1.5 tb harddrives and 2 blu ray drives for about 2000 less... now obviously here id get the 5 year warranty and dont have to do any of it myself but thats kind of a big difference

exactly thats why i keep asking all these questions but im not really gettings straight answers... u normally answer 1 question without explaining... and that d4st guy told me i only need 2 video card but ur saying 3 so im asking... but if ur talkin about why i am going to play cod on 1920 x 1080 its because i play cod on gamebattles.com on both ps3 and xbox as well and i dont want to get used to different video settings where i can see different things because the pc ladder on there is dead

Let's see if I can sort this out for you. Your passions are FSX and COD online, right? FSX is not coded to take any advantage of more than one video card, if DST4ME is correct, and I have read that elsewhere myself. You are going to play your other fave with your monitor res gimped for what seems to me to be a very good reason. At that res, one card would give you very good framerates. You seem committed to 2 cards, and are wondering about 3. DST4ME says in almost all games, your framerates will be high enough you could not detect with your human eye any difference between 2 and 3 cards. justin.kerr disagrees with this, but he hasn't been very specific. I think it would be helpful if they could resolve this in terms of your specific situation.

ok but i plan to play a lot more games i just dont have a pc that can handle the games right now because i havent upgraded mine in a LONG time because ive been playin console games so i dont know what pc games are really out but ive been watching stuff about FSX and i definately want to get into it i want a computer that can handle ANY game on the best settings thats why i named it like that i just named a few games i knew for sure id want to play and i actually never talked about a 30" monitor i was talkin about 24" tvs as monitors and u told me not to because "they suck" no explaining but recommended that monitor and D4STME said that it is good and i have been looking around at other ones that have that res and i found some by a company called NEC and i think 1 by LG so i was asking you guys what other ones you know of that people have said are good... to be honest i know about computers and i can build it myself and all of that but i dont know what the best stuff right now is which is why i was trying to find out... and i have been looking around and what ive noticed is that digitalstorm definately has the best deal (considering the warranties customer service and they build it) but i also want the computer to look flashy even tho its not the most important thing... but the case i want and ive been contacting ibuypower which they dont answer which is a sign i dont want to order from them but the case i want is the coolermaster HAF 932 i think? and it is painted green and black and i love the look of the case and to deck it out with LED Fans and LCS green and everything id love but i dont want to void my warranty is there a way i can do this? im more worried with the actually computer then the looks tho so if worst comes to worst and i cant get the look i want i still want the best computer possible and i dont see that coming from ibuypower or cyberpower or any other site ive looked at for that matter