Worth getting this?

[Neji]

Is this worth getting? Or can I get a better one for a smaller price?

 

Processor: Up to Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition 975 Overclockedto 4.2GHz LGA 1366 Quad-Core

Video Card: Up to SLI Triple 1GB GDDR3 NVIDIA® GTX 285

 

Cooling: ORIGIN High-Performance CPU & GPU Liquid Cooling system

 

Memory: Up to 12GB of Triple Channel DDR3 Memory

 

Optical Drive: Up to 8X Dual Layer Blu-ray Disc™ Burner (BD-RE, DVD±RW, CD-RW)

 

Hard Drive: Up to six TB hard drives or more depending on chassis

 

RAID Configurations: RAID 0 and RAID 1

 

Audio: Sound Blaster Fatal1ty X-FiHigh Definition Surround Sound Audio (optional)

 

Power: Up to 1.2KW ThermalTakePower Supply

 

Operating System: Genuine Windows® 7 Ultimate 64-Bit

 

Dimensions: Varies with different chassis optionsz

 

Starting at price: $1,699

[TheVirus]

Extreme Edition CPUs are a complete and utter waste of money.

 

Edit: Also, that says 'Up to', which means you won't be getting that for $1700.

[Banana Joe]

The specs it shows, is that what you get for the 1.699? Since it says "up to" and "starting price at".

[Zealot]

Build one much cheaper that out performs that piece of shit.

 

CPU: i7 2600k + B3 revision board, or a i7 950

GPU: GTX 560-Ti or AMD 6870/6950

Case: W/e

PSU: 600w Corsair tx

Ram: 6 gb Corsair dominators/Kingston HyperX

HD: 1TB Western Digital Caviar Black/Green

 

I would get links but I'm lazy.

[Chaoz`]

Build one much cheaper that out performs that piece of shit.

 

CPU: i7 2600k + B3 revision board, or a i7 950

GPU: GTX 560-Ti or AMD 6870/6950

Case: W/e

PSU: 600w Corsair tx

Ram: 6 gb Corsair dominators/Kingston HyperX

HD: 1TB Western Digital Caviar Black/Green

 

I would get links but I'm lazy.

 

good mobo with B3-revision

 

MSI P67A-GD65 (B3)

[Coffee Crisp]

Mobo: Gigabyte, Asus, MSI are pretty reputable companies.

Processor: You can get a lower default clocked i7 CPU and overclock it to something near.

Video card: A single mid-range/top-of-the-line card from ATI's 6000 or Nvidia's 500 series should suffice with the properly clocked CPU. Running triple-sli would be inferior due to the quick development cycle for most technology companies. 285s are already last last generation anyways and unless you have a 30inch monitor you won't need that much juice.

Cooling: Liquid cooling is fine but if you're not a fan of both overclocking and timely cleaning you probably won't need anything other than air.

Memory: 12GB of RAM is totally unnecessary unless you do heavy file processing. Even then, 6GB is enough.

Optical: Do you really need Bluray?

Hard Drive: Unless you download a lot of movies, games, tv shows, etc you probably won't need more than a single TB hard drive. Really good 1TB Hard Drives like the WD Caviar Black go for

Power: You're probably fine with a 500-700W modular power supply. >1000W power supplies are too overkill for even the most demanding systems...

Audio: Onboard sound on Asus boards for example are sufficient enough unless you really pay attention to detail.

OS: Unless you're a power user Ultimate isn't really needed. If you're just going to use this PC for gaming, school, etc then 64-Bit Home Premium will suffice.

[Harry]

Build one much cheaper that out performs that piece of shit.

 

CPU: i7 2600k + B3 revision board, or a i7 950

GPU: GTX 560-Ti or AMD 6870/6950

Case: W/e

PSU: 600w Corsair tx

Ram: 6 gb Corsair dominators/Kingston HyperX

HD: 1TB Western Digital Caviar Black/Green

 

I would get links but I'm lazy.

600w on that? Really think it would handle on that little?

[Kiwi]

600w on that? Really think it would handle on that little?

 

It won't.

[Zealot]

600w on that? Really think it would handle on that little?

 

It won't.

Easily.

 

The recommended power usage on all your components doesn't mean shit all. It might have when PSU's weren't bonze/silver/gold certified for efficiency. You can watch any video on youtube that has an actual power draw meter attached the the entire comp and see that most configs (mid ranged PC's) use less than 500w.

[trakaill]

It won't.

 

Of course it would...easily even. I have it. Not I did not make the experiment but someone in the reviews had it with an i7 OCed faily high, 4 HDD and some lots of other things but pretty much a mad system that exceeds the average gaming rig by a lot. He had it all stable for over 24 hours. Yes the draw was close to the limits and the PSU heated up a lot but it held and was stable

 

I have quoted it before in this section but I have lost the link since and Im to lazy to find it... but yea you both fail for not believing in this awesome PSU...