Buying a new crazy sick PC, opinion required?

oh and round cables? that is just for looks

Round cables can be justified for airflow in tight cases or in situations where you have a very large number of cables. My file server, which has 20 HDD in it, makes use of rounded IDE and rounded SCSI cables to allow me to push the cables aside so that I can be sure enough air flows over the 10k RPM disks.

you definitely have a point there. the one thing that gets me though, is why round a SATA cable? it is already small as it is. but rounding the main power cables, i could see why

Hmmmm idk, you forgot some parts like mouse and stuff but it looks kinda empty for that price..

Okay i'll think about it


Hmm the psu is just 500W?

Some financial advice...

I just threw together a $3000 system on their website and their 48/mo price was $89/mo. I did the math and that's 50% of the value of the system ADDED to your bill just for the privilege of making payments. They must be charging REALLY high interest rates... over 20% APR.

You are a fool if you are choosing this company because they offer financing. They will be 'robbing you blind' in a financial sense. If you don't have the money to buy a $4000 system up front or in a few payments, then don't. If you HAVE to, find alternative sources or financing. And of course, if you have plenty of money to toss around, then just pay for it up front.

oh WOW, i just made a dumba$$ out of my self, LOL.
must have imagined that S infront of ATA. oh well i can see it all clearly now

IMO, buy all your parts off another site like Newegg, ClubIT or ZipZoomFly and get them all assembled at your local computer store for a minimal fee. You'd have a far bigger range to choose from and would be able to get much better parts than those in ExtremePC's catalog, while also saving money in the process.
It's quite possible to build it yourself as well, if you're willing to go that way.

Well, I'm thinking he might be from Canada. If that's the case, things like Newegg are off-limits.

If you live in the U.S though, definitely consider Newegg if you're looking to save some money.

In that case, NCIX.com, TigerDirect.ca and CanadaComputers.com are the top hardware sites for Canada IMO.

tbh id listen to what these guys are saying .. n i have to agree with em

it seem s like youve got access to the money and you seem to want a brag-factor rig...
could be wrong tho


urm i know this may sound stupid but why have you gone with 32-bit vista over 64-bit??

i guess the ultimate question taht seems to still be unanswered is (unless ive skipped a few posts lol)

what are you gonna be using this computer for?

for gaming .. then, like whats been said before you can build cheaper
actually unless your gonna be ultra multi-task or doing alot of 3ds max renders etc then personally i dont see the need for such a powerful build...

but then again im like that with alot of things lol
why buy NOS if your not gonna race...? lol

anyways good luck and i hope you get the build you want

Wow thanks i hadnt noticed that!

Too bad i cant buy from newegg im from canada

And i dont have 2000-3000$ cash to give right away...

Maybe ill buy a computer part by part from some other place...

Thanks!

Ok this post already looks done but.. just to make another post...
What zenosincks said, yeah that powersupply is over it, try this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817128010

Also yes, Your ram speed should match you processors FSB, even more so with intel core 2 duo CPU's. Since you don't need DDR3 ram with the q6600's 1066, just use a cheeper board and buy DDR2 1066.

I would probably go with the q9300 with an FSB of 1333 so you can buy faster RAM. There happens to be some really fast DDR3 PC-3 10666 ram for $90 per gig and cas latency 6!

This just came out but... i think it would be cheeper and faster to do tri-9800 GTX's
And really you DO NOT NEED SO MUCH POWER!!!!!! not unless you plan on running a server with like 10 hdds!! (i actually have no idea how much power hdd's take)

Im sorry you can decide but really you willing to pay $4000 for a pc? at least TRY to save some money and go with $3000 max mabye a little more if your not going to upgrade or anything for a while.

oh yeah and yes you are getting ripped of.

Yeah thanks for your opinion hellokitty

I have decided on a PC with good specs and performance comparable to the 4000$ one i wanted to buy and it just costs me 1800$ CAD!!! Cheaper than newegg!

But the only problem is they charge tax but cpretty cheap shipping so it costs totally about 2000$!

ASUS Striker II Formula 780I SLI LGA775 ATX DDR2 3PCI-E16 2PCI-E1 1PCI 1394A GBLAN Motherboard
$318.60
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition 32BIT DVD OEM. $99.88

Samsung Spinpoint F1 Series HD753LJ 750GB SATA2 7200RPM 8.9MS 32MB 3.5IN Hard Drive Oem 3YR Mfr Wrty
$135.88

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Quad Core Processor LGA775 Kentsfield 2.40GHZ 1066FSB 8MB Retail Box
$245.99

Zalman CNPS9700 LED Copper CPU Heatsink 110MM Fan LGA775 AM2 S939 1250-2800RPM 19.5-35DBA Blue LED
$39.85

OCZ NVIDIA SLI Ready XTC PC2-8500 2GB 2X1GB DDR2-1066 CL5-5-5-15 240PIN DIMM Dual Channel Memory Kit
$89.25

Logitech Mx Air Motion Sensing Rechargeable Cordless Air Mouse 2.4GHZ LI-ION Battery
$117.52

Logitech G15 2ND Gen Gaming Keyboard Usb Black Silver Amber Lcd Panel Programmable Backlit Keys
$59.99

OCZ GameXStream 700W ATX12V 24PIN SLI Ready Active PFC ATX Power Supply 120MM Fan Black
$115.84

ASUS 16X DVD-ROM Drive SATA Retail Box W/ Black & Beige Faceplates
$23.22

NZXT LEXA Blackline ATX Case Black 4X5.25 2X3.5 5X3.5INT No PS Temp Display Window Front USB & Audio
$99.36

EVGA E-GEFORCE 9800GX2 600MHZ 1GB 2.0GHZ GDDR3 PCI-E Dual DVI-I HDMI HDCP HDTV Out Video Card
$589.83

Shipping Method Xpresspost - $84.54
Estimated Shipping & Handling: $84.54

Total: $2,040.72

What do u guys think bout this build!
I think its pretty cheap for the good parts and I don't really care if it's 100-200$ more than i need. I just need to save a little bit more and i'll get it!

I'm going to install the parts myself and i chose them with the help of you guys

Thanks zeno and others!

oh LOL heh i didn't see the second page heh...

well anyway nice job realizing that $4000 is too much lol
I still look down upon the 9800X2 as it is sortof a rip off as price to performance goes... but then again its still the most powerfull GPU or rather GPU's so i guess if you like it! (i looks fat to me lol)

Thanks!

I'm from canada so i can't use newegg becuase they don't ship internatonally

Well theres only 20$ difference in price for the RAM i guess and for the PSU it's on sale so its about the same price as a 600W GameXtream one, maybe 10-20$ more so ya know 100 more W for 10-20$ isint a big diff

So yeah i guess it is a good build and i'm gonna buy it soon

Thanks