New Machine, Gaming

NiSm0 · 23-October-08, 03:35 PM

Hey guys,

Was not exactly sure which forum to post such an odd request in but here it is. A good friend of mine recently came into some money and he asked me to configure him a state of the art gaming machine. I know how to build a fairly powerful computer but I was wondering if their was any new state of the art stuff out there for gaming that would really make a difference. If any of you guys have like ideal gaming builds or state of the art builds please post them for me!!! I think I have a good idea of what I want to suggest but outside insight is always a good thing. Barring all costs what is the absolute best top of the line gaming machine you can build. Any input would be great in helping me make my reccomendations!

reflux · 23-October-08, 04:17 PM

Basically this.

Scan 3XS Systems

Scan 3XS Great White | Dream PCs | Desktop PCs | Labs Tests | Custom PC

Three 1TB Samsung Spinpoint F1 HDDs (alongside two 64GB OCZ SSDs), a 4.4GHz overclocked Core 2 Quad Q9650 CPU, 2GB of Corsair DDR3 RAM, three 1GB NVIDIA GTX 280 GPUs and enough LEDs to light up a small basement. Oh, and it's all watercooled.

I'd change to 4GB of RAM though.

Slaymate · 23-October-08, 04:18 PM

Mobo - Newegg.com - Intel BOXD5400XS Dual LGA 771 Skulltrail D5400XS Extended ATX Motherboard - Intel Motherboards
CPU - 2 of these - Newegg.com - Intel Core2 Extreme QX9775 3.2GHz 12MB L2 Cache LGA 771 150W Quad-Core Processor - Processors - Desktops
Memory - Newegg.com - Crucial 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR2 FB-DIMM ECC Fully Buffered DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Server Memory - Server Memory
Video - 3 of these - Newegg.com - EVGA 01G-P3-1284-AR GeForce GTX 280 SSC Edition 1GB 512-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards
Hard Drives - 2 of these - Newegg.com - Western Digital VelociRaptor WD3000GLFS 300GB 10000 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - Internal Hard Drives

Have I hit your budget yet? HeHeHe

Fred_G · 23-October-08, 08:19 PM

Now those are a couple of sweet rigs!

Tell the guy it will be double the cost of the one reflux linked to, and buy that one for him, and get the stuff Slay linked to for yourself.

Master Yunk · 23-October-08, 09:59 PM

Build a rendering machine.

And for slay's rig; I'd rather have some SSDs instead of those raptors. Oh yeah, 16 gigs of ram.

NiSm0 · 24-October-08, 04:42 AM

My god that would be amazing. I will show this to him!

23-October-08, 03:35 PM		#1 (permalink)
NiSm0 Apex Advanced Techie	New Machine, Gaming Hey guys, Was not exactly sure which forum to post such an odd request in but here it is. A good friend of mine recently came into some money and he asked me to configure him a state of the art gaming machine. I know how to build a fairly powerful computer but I was wondering if their was any new state of the art stuff out there for gaming that would really make a difference. If any of you guys have like ideal gaming builds or state of the art builds please post them for me!!! I think I have a good idea of what I want to suggest but outside insight is always a good thing. Barring all costs what is the absolute best top of the line gaming machine you can build. Any input would be great in helping me make my reccomendations!

23-October-08, 04:17 PM		#2 (permalink)
reflux Sempr0n?	Re: New Machine, Gaming Basically this. Scan 3XS Systems Scan 3XS Great White \| Dream PCs \| Desktop PCs \| Labs Tests \| Custom PC Three 1TB Samsung Spinpoint F1 HDDs (alongside two 64GB OCZ SSDs), a 4.4GHz overclocked Core 2 Quad Q9650 CPU, 2GB of Corsair DDR3 RAM, three 1GB NVIDIA GTX 280 GPUs and enough LEDs to light up a small basement. Oh, and it's all watercooled. I'd change to 4GB of RAM though.

23-October-08, 04:18 PM		#3 (permalink)
Slaymate PCApex Reviewer From Hell	Re: New Machine, Gaming Mobo - Newegg.com - Intel BOXD5400XS Dual LGA 771 Skulltrail D5400XS Extended ATX Motherboard - Intel Motherboards CPU - 2 of these - Newegg.com - Intel Core2 Extreme QX9775 3.2GHz 12MB L2 Cache LGA 771 150W Quad-Core Processor - Processors - Desktops Memory - Newegg.com - Crucial 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR2 FB-DIMM ECC Fully Buffered DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Server Memory - Server Memory Video - 3 of these - Newegg.com - EVGA 01G-P3-1284-AR GeForce GTX 280 SSC Edition 1GB 512-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards Hard Drives - 2 of these - Newegg.com - Western Digital VelociRaptor WD3000GLFS 300GB 10000 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - Internal Hard Drives Have I hit your budget yet? HeHeHe

23-October-08, 08:19 PM		#4 (permalink)
Fred_G !! Sm-hoe-k Free !!	Re: New Machine, Gaming Now those are a couple of sweet rigs! Tell the guy it will be double the cost of the one reflux linked to, and buy that one for him, and get the stuff Slay linked to for yourself.

23-October-08, 09:59 PM		#5 (permalink)
Master Yunk D.O.A. Tournament Champion	Re: New Machine, Gaming Build a rendering machine. And for slay's rig; I'd rather have some SSDs instead of those raptors. Oh yeah, 16 gigs of ram.

24-October-08, 04:42 AM		#6 (permalink)
NiSm0 Apex Advanced Techie	Re: New Machine, Gaming My god that would be amazing. I will show this to him!

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