Buying a new computer?

solo · 27 Feb 2013, 19:40

Hey guys,

Are you at the point of buying a new computer (desktop) and need something powerful for a multitude of tasks from Sketchup, video processing, Rendering and post processing?
If so I'm assuming you want all that at a good price right?

So, I am thinking why not buy one in a group and get a bulk discount.

Unfortunately at the moment this only applies to folks in the USA.

This is what I believe will be an all encompassing rig:

Single CPU Rendering Machine

System Assembled Computer System with Operating System Loaded.

Assembled and tested

12 Month Warranty, 3 Year Tech Support.

Antec 302 Mid-tower case, USB 3.0,
COOLER MASTER Silent Pro 850W ATX12V v2.3 / EPS12V v2.92 SLI Ready 80 PLUS
BRONZE Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply

Intel Extreme DX79SR Desktop Motherboard - Intel X79 Express Chipset - Socket R
LGA-2011

Intel i7 3930k socket 2011 CPU, 6-core (12 rendering threads), 3.2Ghz

GELID Solutions Tranquillo CC-TranQ-01-A 120mm Hydro Dynamic CPU Cooler
LGA 2011 Bracket Kit for Gelid Tranquillo & GX-7

Overclock CPU to 4.0GHz - Stress test for 36 hours before shipping.

Corsair 32 GB (4 x 8 GB) - DDR3 SDRAM - 1866 MHz DDR3-1866/PC3-15000 - Non-ECC -
Unbuffered - 240-pin DIMM

Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s
3.5" Internal Hard Drive

EVGA GeForce GTX 680 Graphic Card - 1019 MHz Core - 4 GB GDDR5 SDRAM -
PCI-Express 3.0 x16

DVD/RW, LG, reads DVD, CD Writes DVD, CD

Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64bit
Install all purchased components, install operating system

I believe this will be an awesome and fast machine, so what would you pay for this?

solo · 27 Feb 2013, 19:46

Feel free to discuss if you would like something changed, I would add a 128 gb SSD drive as primary and the 1TB as secondary.

sonder · 27 Feb 2013, 20:00

I'm late. I just purchased one from "Origin" computers. Best machine I've ever had. I have similar specs:

Full tower case with 5 120mm fans Bitfenix shinobi XL
Asus P9X79 WS MB
Origin Frostbyte 360 sealed liquid cooling
64 gb ram
Intel i7 3930 clocked 4.2-4.4
EVGA GTX 680 4 gb
180 gb SSD
1 TB 7200 rpm drive
850 W Corsair Power supply
Bluray
multi card reader
The best customer service I've ever experienced - Lifetime 24/7 US based
Windows 7 64 bit pro ultimate

So fairly close specs - I paid $3,600.

Dave R · 27 Feb 2013, 20:48

I'm planning to build a new machine this spring. Or I was. Maybe this would be the ticket for me.

I'd want a bigger SSD than you listed, Pete. And at least two HDs.

So what's the story here?

d12dozr · 27 Feb 2013, 21:09

SSD's are coming down in price - I'd want at least a 256 GB SSD - the rest looks good.

solo · 27 Feb 2013, 21:15

@unknownuser said:

So what's the story here?

Quite simple, if I can get enough folks intereasted I can negotiate a better price based on quantity.

I agree with the bigger SSD drive, and how about a 2TB 2nd drive?

Now the GPU is a top one, so if you'd like to go one step down to say a GTX660TI 3GB (I have one and they are awesome for Lumion and Thea GPU) Then we could lower the price even further.

sonder · 27 Feb 2013, 21:28

Go for the 680 4gb. It is incredible, even running (3) 47" LED's at 1080P. It is well worth the money.

Dave R · 27 Feb 2013, 21:37

I guess I'd be in.

solo · 27 Feb 2013, 22:03

@dave r said:

I guess I'd be in.

Dave R · 27 Feb 2013, 22:08

Ballpark price?

d12dozr · 27 Feb 2013, 22:10

If it comes in ~$2K, I'd go for it. I don't need the bigger graphics card or extra HD though.

solo · 27 Feb 2013, 22:13

For the top mentioned rig it's around $2500 that's completely built, tested and clocked with warranty and support. However lets wait and see what we can finally put together, optimize even better and who knows if we have the numbers we could get a better price.

solo · 27 Feb 2013, 22:14

@d12dozr said:

If it comes in ~$2K, I'd go for it. I don't need the bigger graphics card or extra HD though.

Well that should doable I believe.

l_breault · 27 Feb 2013, 23:16

I would more than likely be in.

CJRyan · 28 Feb 2013, 01:28

I'd be interested, I'm always up for a newer box.

I'd add a third 2 T HD and raid. Also a card reader, but that's not a deal breaker.

The GTX 680 specs on the NVida site suggest that it supports 4 monitors, is that 4 independent monitors, or are some mirrored? I currently have a GTX 550Ti, and although I thought it did it does not.

Chris

solo · 28 Feb 2013, 01:41

@cjryan said:

I'd be interested, I'm always up for a newer box.

I'd add a third 2 T HD and raid. Also a card reader, but that's not a deal breaker.

The GTX 680 specs on the NVida site suggest that it supports 4 monitors, is that 4 independent monitors, or are some mirrored? I currently have a GTX 550Ti, and although I thought it did it does not.

Chris

I believe it does, 2 HDMI and 2 DVI.

Box · 28 Feb 2013, 01:47

You might want to verify that, I have a nice big Nvidia on my tower, it has two lovely DVIs and an HDMI port, but will only run two at a time. Looks to me like you'd get three out of that one, but I've often been known to be wrong.

sonder · 28 Feb 2013, 02:16

It will run 4. It has an HDMI, Display port, DVI-I and DVI-D, You can run one continuous screen across all 4, Run 4 independent, or mix and match as you like. It is also very large, so I would personally be cautious with a mid tower.

solo · 28 Feb 2013, 05:00

Nice setup you have there, just wondering, how is Sketchup over three screens? I'd get whiplash. I use SU on a 27" and Internet, photo-shop, etc on the other 27" monitor, never tried to stretch over more than one before.

pbacot · 28 Feb 2013, 06:31

That's killer, Nick. but maybe the speakers are too small?