Anonymous 392be74a974d3745596114da8003584b started this discussion 2 months (2008-10-09 02:42:20 UTC) ago:
Hello anon,
I have just purchased a computer which cost more than any vehicle I have ever owned. Please advise me if I'm fucking insane. $14,732 was the exact total I believe. Here are the specs. I believe it will be worth the money, due to the fact that when I take this out of the box I know, in my heart of hearts, that I will shit my pants, throw up, and shoot a load at the mere sight of this in my arms. I will most likely have a heart attack as well.
Specifications:
Chassis: Digital Storm 850Si
Exterior Finish: - EXOTIC StormBlack High-Gloss Automotive Paint Finish
Interior Finish: - EXOTIC StormRed High-Gloss Automotive Paint Finish
Power Supply: 1200W PC Power & Cooling (ESA Edition) (Dual/Triple/Quad SLI Compatible)
Processor: 2x Intel Core 2 Quad QX9775 3.20GHz (1600MHz FSB) (Supports Skulltrail D5400XS Only)
Motherboard: Intel Skulltrail D5400XS (Supports up to Two QX9775 Processors) V8 Platform
System Memory: 8GB FB-DIMM DDR2 at 800MHz with ECC (High Performance)
Card Reader: Internal Digital Media Card Reader (Black)
Hard Drive 1: 250GB Solid State (By: OCZ) (Ultimate Lightning Speed)
Hard Drive 2: 250GB Solid State (By: OCZ) (Ultimate Lightning Speed)
Raid Option: Setup hard drive 1 and hard drive 2 in a Raid 0 Stripe Configuration (Expert)
Hard Drive 3: 1TB Western Digital (7200 RPM) (16MB Cache) (SATA) (Extreme Speed)
Optical Drive 1: Blu-Ray Writer/Reader (Burn Blu-Ray discs and play them)
Optical Drive 2: DVD±R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 20x / CD-Writer 48x) (LightScribe Edition)
Wireless Access: Bigfoot Killer Network Card (Features MaxFPS and UltimatePing Technology)
Video Card: 3x SLI Triple (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 1GB) (Includes PhysX Technology)
TV Tuner: Pinnacle PCTV USB HD Pro Stick (HDTV, Video Recording, Video Capture)
Sound Card: Asus Xonar D2X (PCI-Express Slot Based) (Recommended)
Extreme Cooling: Liquid Chilled FrostBite Dual Loop System for CPU & Triple SLI
Internal Lighting: Blizzard Internal Lighting (Red Edition) (Cold Cathode Tubes)
Modifications: NVIDIA Enthusiast System Architecture (ESA) System (Install, Test, Optimize Computer)
Boost Processor: Yes, Overclock the processor as much as possible with complete stability
Boost Video Card: Yes, Overclock the video card(s) as much as possible with complete stability
Boost Memory: Yes, Overclock memory timings (Includes Memory Fan Kit Installed)
Tweak Windows: - No Thanks, Please do not tweak the services on the operating system
Windows OS: Dual Boot (Windows XP Professional & Windows Vista Ultimate (64-Bit Edition)
Restore Kit: Digital Storm Specialized Recovery System (DVD Image Based)
Protection: - No Thanks
Office: - No Thanks
Benchmarking: - No Thanks
Install/Test Game: Call of Duty: World At War (Pre-Order) (Pre-Install, apply updates, and test gameplay with my syste
LCD Display: Samsung 24 inch (Widescreen) (Black) (High-Performance Gaming Display)
Surge Shield: APC 1300VA Uninterruptible Backup Surge Conditioner (Recommended)
Speakers: Razer Mako THX Advanced Speaker System (2.1 System) (Includes Subwoofer)
Keyboard: Razer Tarantula Gaming Keyboard
Mouse: Razer Lachesis Gaming Mouse (High-Speed Gaming Grade)
External Storage: Corsair 32GB Flash Survivor Ultra Rugged USB 2.0 Drive
Warranty: 5 Year Platinum Care Extended Parts & Labor Warranty (Highly Recommended)
Advertisement: Unhappy with this site in any way? Throw your wishes into the wishing well!
Anonymous 5400c068fc1f106173e5451d9d1644be replied with this 2 months (2008-10-09 02:56:55 UTC) ago, 15 minutes later (#67,793):
You wasted your money, you will never use this computer to its fullest potential, or at least not before the same computer can be purchased for under $5000. Particularly when it comes to the blu-ray burner.
Anonymous 53367b59d1f8d2fce2b1aff0b2cd9a50 replied with this 2 months (2008-10-09 02:57:55 UTC) ago, 1 minute later (#67,794):
but can it play pong?
Anonymous 711fef8fd2fcf931035dc9fe038983e1 replied with this 2 months (2008-10-09 03:05:05 UTC) ago, 7 minutes later (#67,795):
You are such an idiot, what a fucking waste of money.
Anonymous 392be74a974d3745596114da8003584b (OP) replied with this 2 months (2008-10-09 03:07:42 UTC) ago, 3 minutes later (#67,797):
I completely agree that it is a horrendous waste of money, what I am try to ascertain is if I'm psychologically disordered in some way? Oh, on another point, it will be used to it's fullest when I benchmark the hell out of it and shove my scores in others faces.
Anonymous bf77d3e17a45369a13957435638cb608 replied with this 2 months (2008-10-09 03:11:45 UTC) ago, 4 minutes later (#67,799):
@67,797Yes, you have e-penis disorder.
I completely understand what you're going through, however it is quite likely you will have buyers remorse and never ever purchase such a machine again.
Still, I don't mean to bring you down. It's a fine machine in every aspect apart from failing in value to power ratio.
Anonymous 5400c068fc1f106173e5451d9d1644be replied with this 2 months (2008-10-09 03:11:53 UTC) ago, 8 seconds later (#67,800):
@67,797From a mental and emotional pooint of view, you probably did this to fill some hole with material possessions. I'd say that it isn't a big deal so long as it doesn't interfere with the rest of your life (like if you made that much money every couple of hours), but since this is more than you have spent on a vehicle then I think that ship has sailed.
Anonymous 99d370a1a35cd64746fb00d455ac26f6 replied with this 2 months (2008-10-09 03:19:29 UTC) ago, 8 minutes later (#67,803):
Um… Do you mean $1,400? You can't really mean $14,000 USD…
Anonymous 24ed708c9d206ab4f92402901abebfa9 replied with this 2 months (2008-10-09 03:27:25 UTC) ago, 8 minutes later (#67,805):
Yes. Imagine what $14,000 would be worth in 10, 20 or 30 years if it was invested instead of wasted on a computer.
Anonymous 392be74a974d3745596114da8003584b (OP) replied with this 2 months (2008-10-09 03:31:00 UTC) ago, 4 minutes later (#67,807):
Yeah, I mean $14,000. At this time I'm making around 35 to 40k a year, I already own my own home which is fully paid for, as well as 2 vehicles. Even though it may not seem like it, I'm very good with my finances and only had to get a $5,000 dollar loan to purchase this, as I had already saved the other 9k. I'm 21 years old and my occupation is farming.. lol yes farming. Life is very, very dull where I live and the main purpose of this machine will be to fill the void in entertainment in my area. But also it might be for other reasons.. IDK. Thank you for you're responses anon, but I would just like to hear one other anon agree that this is awesome and would do the same thing as I just did given the chance.. ? Anyone?
Anonymous 99d370a1a35cd64746fb00d455ac26f6 replied with this 2 months (2008-10-09 03:40:14 UTC) ago, 9 minutes later (#67,809):
@67,807Well… in that situation, I can understand wanting to buy "the best". I have personally never owned "the best" of anything (usually the next cheapest or the cheapest)…
Anonymous ec4a4f5ea165758ca420eb14a421fd92 replied with this 2 months (2008-10-09 04:07:53 UTC) ago, 28 minutes later (#67,813):
You will not really use it at its full potential unfortunatley. It would be a perfect piece if you were building an intelligent house but still … 14,000 $ is way too much money for a computer. You could haver used that money for a trip somewhere in the world, or for sex I don't know.
Anonymous 3f3f1a37ce1270281b10a062d4e45bde replied with this 2 months (2008-10-09 04:54:05 UTC) ago, 46 minutes later (#67,827):
I call bullshit. I believe OP didn't spend $14,000 dollars on a computer, but he just loaded up shopping cart on Newegg or something.
Anonymous 5400c068fc1f106173e5451d9d1644be replied with this 2 months (2008-10-09 05:03:32 UTC) ago, 9 minutes later (#67,836):
@67,827What difference would it make? The issue at hand is still the psychological condition of someone who would buy this and whether or not it is a bad idea. Besides, what reason is there to lie?
Anonymous eca6f14f635aec3af3c1029bad69bb2f replied with this 2 months (2008-10-09 09:18:45 UTC) ago, 4 hours later (#67,903):
It sure looks like the best gaming PC money can buy at the moment. You just need to be very sure about it. You're buying a Skulltrail mainboard, which is very exotic. Does it support SSD's? I don't mean "does it have SATA connectors so you can connect SSD's", I mean: will you be able to run SSD's on it as if they were regular SATA disks.
Are you sure RAID0 (which is ridiculous anyway) on SSD is properly supported? What good is your lightning array if it breaks after every unclean shutdown?
Have you read Tom's review for "all" VGA's of Q3/2008? (
http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/gaming-graphics-charts-q3-2008/benchmarks,30.html). Apparently SLI only works in a few games because of driver optimisations needed per game. In some other games it performs worse than a single card. Granted, you can probably configure the nVidia driver to enable / disable SLI automatically depending on the game run. 3 cards just seems silly to me though.
And finally, to get back to the Skulltrail board: it's exotic and extremely expensive so only a handful will be sold since it's more a proof of concept / showcase of Intel's cutting edge technology. How long will they support it? With drivers I mean, so everything still works on Vista SP2 or Windows 7.
Just something important to keep in mind.
If you're going to use this only for gaming, it's like burning money: a $ 3000 computer that's replaced every 18 months (still insane ;)) will perform just as well the first 36 months and probably better after that.
Also, what's with the 2.1 speaker system? :P
Anonymous 269df27d93285ed3bab0a6c6fa3942bc replied with this 2 months (2008-10-09 10:03:30 UTC) ago, 45 minutes later (#67,906):
You could have built a computer of comparable performance for much much less if you purchased mid level parts and overclocked them. A total waste.. You are an idiot.
And if you're going to spend $14,000, get more than a 24 inch monitor and 2.1 speakers for fucks sake.
Anonymous 3642079d86a4072b3f7d59b3fa33dff1 replied with this 2 months (2008-10-09 12:50:27 UTC) ago, 3 hours later (#67,917):
You don't even have DDR3 memory. :(
Anonymous 392be74a974d3745596114da8003584b (OP) replied with this 2 months (2008-10-09 13:54:32 UTC) ago, 1 hour later (#67,928):
.. ah haha i'm already feeling buyers remorse over this purchase. But, it's to late to look back now. As for the monitor only being 24", I have just bought a monitor for my current computer a couple of months ago which is a 30" and very nice, so I planned on just swapping the 2. The speakers, although they are only 2.1, are very nice and work for me because I will not setup a surround system anyways. My room in which I keep my computers is not really a good place for it. The computer I'm on currently was just purchased from Alienware last october. I did as many anons have said, and bought mid to high level parts with it, and OC'd as needed. But I am already experiencing visual lag and bad fps on some newer games. This is mabye the main reason why I decided to go all out and purchase the newest possible hardware. I know it will not take long for games to advance enough to make this new system obsolete in my opinion. But dammit, I want to be able to fully crank up any game, add any texture mods.. etc. to it, and play them without a hint of the computer having to work to show me the visuals. I'm so fucking tired of not having the best, so that's why I did this. And yes, I realise some of the problems with the selection of "exotic" parts, but hopefully you're fears are unfounded. All I can do is cross my fingers and hope that the future will be good and I don't have to beat my computer down. {once upon a time, I bought a dell. the dell was a piece of shit, never buy one. I reached the point where I was so upset with it, I got my baseball bat out of the closet and beat the living hell out of it on my living room floor. somehow, I managed to get a bad gash in my left thumb while throwing it out into the yard. therefore, i have a scare on my left hand as a reminder of how pathetic dells are… and i am i suppose}
Anonymous eca6f14f635aec3af3c1029bad69bb2f replied with this 2 months (2008-10-09 14:40:34 UTC) ago, 46 minutes later (#67,930):
Best of luck to you. I would have never bought it, nor recommend it to anyone. Plus, if you can spare the money, why the fuck not.
Anonymous cdab5ee51a2e61d7cf36890ccf63af12 replied with this 2 months (2008-10-09 17:46:02 UTC) ago, 3 hours later (#67,968):
It's gonna be a long time before that shit's obsolete. I couldn't bring myself to spend more than 2000$ on a computer, but I guess if you need 8GB ram and 1.5TB hard drive space.. go for it. Still a waste of money IMO.. I doubt you will use the computer to its fullest potential.
Anonymous 56ee1b0ec42655b1e26c97e71e245416 replied with this 2 months (2008-10-09 19:01:05 UTC) ago, 1 hour later (#67,976):
For 14k you can get a cray. You fag.
Anonymous a57d5a73d4ab7a5de01b0d47c0394d3c replied with this 2 months (2008-10-09 22:24:32 UTC) ago, 3 hours later (#68,048):
That's a big lol, did you put it on a credit card or take out a loan? By the time you pay that shit off the computer is going to be mediocre at best.
Also, enjoy shoving those frame rates in peoples faces when you realize that there is no difference in game play from your 14k computer to their 2k computer.
I laughed out loud.
Anonymous 3e07dc7e2d09edf63e547398ac2997cd replied with this 2 months (2008-10-09 22:27:16 UTC) ago, 3 minutes later (#68,049):
I bet this can't play Crysis.
Anonymous 392be74a974d3745596114da8003584b (OP) replied with this 2 months (2008-10-10 00:22:16 UTC) ago, 2 hours later (#68,098):
Of course it can play Crysis, are you retarded? My current one can at almost max settings. And I will post results of benchmarks when I recieve this. I would challenge anyone with a $2,000 dollar computer to beat them. The cpu scores alone will be amazing.
Anonymous 5400c068fc1f106173e5451d9d1644be replied with this 2 months (2008-10-10 02:29:47 UTC) ago, 2 hours later (#68,149):
@68,048Did you not see where he said he spent cash? He said he'd had over 9k in the bank for a while as he was saving up.
Anonymous 2412046fa660ccb85da961d8d863692e replied with this 2 months (2008-10-10 08:13:11 UTC) ago, 6 hours later (#68,243):
Awesome computer! Did you build it or get it custom built? Wish I had 14 grand to spend on a machine like that…
I wouldn't have taken out the loan for it. Getting a loan for things that depreciate isn't so smart financially.
Anonymous 2148a607dd983bab7fc0008b97cea3a3 replied with this 2 months (2008-10-11 03:24:53 UTC) ago, 19 hours later (#68,449):
@67,917Moron, it's Fully Buffered Ram, that's much different than regular Ram. FB-DIMM can easily compete with DDR3, POSSIBLY be better though that is quite argumentative. It's just not as well supported as DDR3 is. I don't expect noobs to know what FB-DIMM though.
Honestly this is just a server motherboard attempted for gaming. OP you are nothing short of retarded; not only was this a colossal waste of $14,000 which you would probably never even utilize half of what you have, you probably could have built this sucker for a few grand cheaper yourself.
Anonymous e0afbd72c4d2145ecb041ee3d1677484 replied with this 2 months (2008-10-11 16:18:18 UTC) ago, 13 hours later (#68,538):
You're insane, cyberpowersystem.co.uk (.com) would have gotten you something similar for about half price. Alienware fails.
Anonymous 0e90e7ac234c55a3b8549961d11f2ba4 replied with this 2 months (2008-10-11 18:05:12 UTC) ago, 2 hours later (#68,582):
I'm so jealous of you, OP, but for the wrong reasons. I'm a Game Art & Design major, and I'm just dreaming of having a computer like that. I could paint massive works in photoshop without any slow down, I could render super detailed scenes in 3d studio max… I could sculpt billion-poly models in Zbrush. I could render post with after effects in real time….
Anyway, you did waste your money. Games barely use 2 processor cores anyway. You would never actually use your 8 cores unless you had like 8 copies of world of warcraft open.
Anonymous 0bd2b2f8825baa52ae35c341300b822f replied with this 2 months (2008-10-12 02:08:37 UTC) ago, 8 hours later (#68,707):
In three to four years' time there will be stuff out better than this that is under $1500 total. You're a total idiot for spending this much on a computer which is full of brand new technology that will doubtless never be expanded upon because the developers don't think it's good enough. Plenty of things won't even run on it because it's too future-tech, and plenty of future things won't run on it because it'll be different technology.
As for insane, no. I think you're just having a stupid moment or a midlife crisis.
My advice right now would be to cancel the order and instead get yourself a $2000 rig that will run games easily as well as this rig does - that is, the max system hog games out in the next year at max settings. Get a 9800, a dual core 3GHz CPU or so. 2GB of RAM, XP. A normal hard drive since fast ones sound like powerful fans trying to take off. With a 9800GT and a powerful CPU etc, you'll still get that feeling of an extremely powerful PC. Because it is. Splash out even more if you like. Just don't spend $14k.
Anonymous ca613d66a8e0b5dbcad58955e36650ce replied with this 2 months (2008-10-12 04:47:20 UTC) ago, 3 hours later (#68,784):
Gimme these 14k and I'l provide you entertainment for the next year. With some real tits.
Obvious troll is obvoius
Anonymous bd7d43a00a07926249e8cf5bd73fab49 replied with this 2 months (2008-10-12 04:56:21 UTC) ago, 9 minutes later (#68,787):
Don't listen to what we have to say. It was YOUR wish. You'll enjoy it and move on since you got that out of the way.
Anonymous 392be74a974d3745596114da8003584b (OP) replied with this 2 months (2008-10-12 17:41:21 UTC) ago, 13 hours later (#68,927):
Thanks for all the replies guys. It's nice to be called stupid every once in a while. I'm getting the computer tomarrow finally, so I will let you know if I think it was worth the money.
© AnonTalk.com 2008