Ok, so I've put aside a LOT of money for what will be my first ever build. My last computer was a ~$2,500 customized HP, which served me well for a number of years before ultimately succumbing to hard drive failure followed soon after by a fried mother board. This time around, enthusiast that I am, I've decided to "roll my own". This is motivated out of the desire to eliminate the labor costs and parts restrictions that are incurred when ordering from any computer building company.
Please understand that I am fully aware that for nearly all practical applications this rig is sure to be overkill in many ways. However, I'm attempting to future-proof the system as best I can and I plan to re-use many of the components in future builds so as to save money in the long run.
I'm looking for ANY and ALL compliments, insults, suggestions, questions, etc. concerning my proposed setup!
So, without further adieu, here are the potential specifications:
Approximate budget amount: $4,000-$6,000.
CASE: Antec (Twelve Hundred V3) [~$165.00]
http://www.antec.com/product.php?id=2715&pid=2
PSU: Antec (HCP-1200) [~$240.00]
http://www.antec.com/product.php?id=2468&fid=343
Motherboard: Asus (P9X79 Deluxe) [~375.00]
http://www.asus.com/Motherboard/P9X79_DELUXE/
CPU: Intel (i7-3930K) [~$550.00]
http://ark.intel.com/products/63697/Intel-Core-i7-3930K-Processor-12M-Cache-up-to-3_80-GHz
CPU Fan: Noctua (NH-D14 SE2011) [~$80.00]
http://www.noctua.at/main.php?show=productview&products_id=41&lng=en
RAM: Kingston (HyperX Beast 32GB, 4x8 1600MHz kit) [~$250.00]
http://www.kingston.com/us/memory/hyperx/predator/beast
Sound Card: Creative (Sound Blaster Recon3D THX Fatal1ty Champion) [~$135.00]
http://us.store.creative.com/Creative-Sound-Blaster-Recon3D-Fatal1ty-Champion/M/B0060SXDRI.htm
Video Card: NVIDIA, Asus (GeForce GTX 690) [~$1,000.00]
http://www.asus.com/Graphics_Cards/GTX6904GD5/
SSD: Intel (520 Series 240GB) [~$250.00]
http://ark.intel.com/products/66250/Intel-SSD-520-Series-240GB-2_5in-SATA-6Gbs-25nm-MLC
RAID: Intel (RS2VB080) [~$700.00]
http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/servers/raid-controller-rs2vb080-brief.html
HDDs: Western Digital (RE SATA 2TB 7200RPM 6Gb/s 64MB Cache Enterprise Hard Drive) x6 [~$1,250.00]
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=30
Display: Asus (VG248QE) [~$300.00]
http://www.asus.com/Monitors_Projectors/VG248QE/
Speakers: Logitech (Z906) [~$350.00]
http://www.logitech.com/en-us/product/speaker-system-Z906?crid=47
Total: ~$5,645
I'm planning to use the SSD either as a boot drive and/or for fast-caching with RAID. The HDD's are going to be in a RAID 5 array, so 10TB actual storage with 2TB for parity. OS will be Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit. I haven't included optical drives, all-in-one card readers, etc. as they're really not important in critiquing the build.
I have concerns about the Noctua CPU cooler being compatible with the not-necessarily-so-low-profile HyperX Beast memory modules. If anyone has any information about that it would be very much appreciated. In fact, the compatibility of components is one of the most important factors I'd like to get feedback on in general.
So…what do you guys think?
Please understand that I am fully aware that for nearly all practical applications this rig is sure to be overkill in many ways. However, I'm attempting to future-proof the system as best I can and I plan to re-use many of the components in future builds so as to save money in the long run.
I'm looking for ANY and ALL compliments, insults, suggestions, questions, etc. concerning my proposed setup!
So, without further adieu, here are the potential specifications:
Approximate budget amount: $4,000-$6,000.
CASE: Antec (Twelve Hundred V3) [~$165.00]
http://www.antec.com/product.php?id=2715&pid=2
PSU: Antec (HCP-1200) [~$240.00]
http://www.antec.com/product.php?id=2468&fid=343
Motherboard: Asus (P9X79 Deluxe) [~375.00]
http://www.asus.com/Motherboard/P9X79_DELUXE/
CPU: Intel (i7-3930K) [~$550.00]
http://ark.intel.com/products/63697/Intel-Core-i7-3930K-Processor-12M-Cache-up-to-3_80-GHz
CPU Fan: Noctua (NH-D14 SE2011) [~$80.00]
http://www.noctua.at/main.php?show=productview&products_id=41&lng=en
RAM: Kingston (HyperX Beast 32GB, 4x8 1600MHz kit) [~$250.00]
http://www.kingston.com/us/memory/hyperx/predator/beast
Sound Card: Creative (Sound Blaster Recon3D THX Fatal1ty Champion) [~$135.00]
http://us.store.creative.com/Creative-Sound-Blaster-Recon3D-Fatal1ty-Champion/M/B0060SXDRI.htm
Video Card: NVIDIA, Asus (GeForce GTX 690) [~$1,000.00]
http://www.asus.com/Graphics_Cards/GTX6904GD5/
SSD: Intel (520 Series 240GB) [~$250.00]
http://ark.intel.com/products/66250/Intel-SSD-520-Series-240GB-2_5in-SATA-6Gbs-25nm-MLC
RAID: Intel (RS2VB080) [~$700.00]
http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/servers/raid-controller-rs2vb080-brief.html
HDDs: Western Digital (RE SATA 2TB 7200RPM 6Gb/s 64MB Cache Enterprise Hard Drive) x6 [~$1,250.00]
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=30
Display: Asus (VG248QE) [~$300.00]
http://www.asus.com/Monitors_Projectors/VG248QE/
Speakers: Logitech (Z906) [~$350.00]
http://www.logitech.com/en-us/product/speaker-system-Z906?crid=47
Total: ~$5,645
I'm planning to use the SSD either as a boot drive and/or for fast-caching with RAID. The HDD's are going to be in a RAID 5 array, so 10TB actual storage with 2TB for parity. OS will be Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit. I haven't included optical drives, all-in-one card readers, etc. as they're really not important in critiquing the build.
I have concerns about the Noctua CPU cooler being compatible with the not-necessarily-so-low-profile HyperX Beast memory modules. If anyone has any information about that it would be very much appreciated. In fact, the compatibility of components is one of the most important factors I'd like to get feedback on in general.
So…what do you guys think?
