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    sonder
    last edited by 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.

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      Dave R
      last edited by 27 Feb 2013, 21:37

      I guess I'd be in.

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        solo
        last edited by 27 Feb 2013, 22:03

        @dave r said:

        I guess I'd be in.

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          Dave R
          last edited by 27 Feb 2013, 22:08

          Ballpark price?

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            d12dozr
            last edited by 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.

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              solo
              last edited by 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.

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                solo
                last edited by 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.

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                  l_breault
                  last edited by 27 Feb 2013, 23:16

                  I would more than likely be in.

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                    CJRyan
                    last edited by 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

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                      solo
                      last edited by 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.

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                        Box
                        last edited by 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.

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                          sonder
                          last edited by 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.

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                            solo
                            last edited by 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.

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                              pbacot
                              last edited by 28 Feb 2013, 06:31

                              That's killer, Nick. ๐Ÿ˜„ but maybe the speakers are too small?

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                                sonder
                                last edited by 28 Feb 2013, 18:09

                                Those little speakers sound amazing. The are Klipsch THX with a powered sub! They also look tiny against the three 47" screens.

                                As for the whiplash. It's really not bad. What I love is the peripheral affect when you are modeling. Definitely immerses you into the model.

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                                  solo
                                  last edited by 28 Feb 2013, 18:14

                                  The new Crysis 3 would be a pleasure on your rig and monitors, drool.

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                                    maxhouserocks
                                    last edited by 1 Mar 2013, 18:52

                                    hello all, i have not been active here but always appreciative of the hard work and collective knowledge. I found out about this thread from Pete on another forum.

                                    I may be looking to buy one or two high end machines in the very near future. i was looking at ORIGIN PC because i had a great experience with them previously. How does this company you are looking to purchase from compare with ORIGIN PC quality?

                                    If the price is cheaper, and quality similar, i would be very interested in what you can negotiate and how we can participate.

                                    Would there be any possibility of spec'ing out with GTX Titan 6gb cards?

                                    Thanks,
                                    Bob

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                                      solo
                                      last edited by 1 Mar 2013, 19:02

                                      Hey Robert,

                                      I do not want to post the company name as that will be advertising on open forum, however I can say that I have done my homework on them from following all the feedback and reviews from clients and peers of mine that have purchased from them and it is stellar, not a complaint only praise. I also looked at Origin PC as well as Cyberpower before making this decision and contacting them directly, in fact we talked yesterday and they are giving me another setup and price today or tomorrow, the plan is if we can get enough people to buy then they can do a bulk build as they would if a company purchased 10 machines, so we would benefit in the costs and get a bulk order discount. This company builds machines for specific and tailored needs, our needs are modeling and rendering so they will optimize for just that. (no third party crap software like HP, a lean clean monster machine)

                                      Regarding the Titan card, as sweet as it seems I'd only touch that after second driver release (when bugs are sorted out) secondly it's a limited release, not sure you can or will be able to get your hands on one easily, but I can ask.

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                                        solo
                                        last edited by 1 Mar 2013, 19:09

                                        What I also plan to do is to document the purchase from delivery to production with photo's of when it arrives, how it was packed, what all is in the bundle, to connection, benchmarking, running temps etc,

                                        That way serving as a resource for everyone who needs a good machine at a good price in future as we get too many questions about computers on this forum so we can now just link to that thread.

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                                          maxhouserocks
                                          last edited by 1 Mar 2013, 19:16

                                          Understood. That sounds good to me. Count me in for 2 please. If the info comes in as being preferable to OriginPC, i will certainly trust your research and recommendation.

                                          You have any idea of a timeline yet?

                                          Thanks,
                                          Bob

                                          Robert A. Christman
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