The Ultimate Gamester ! PC Spec ~ $6,000 - $7,000 USD

Hi Razer,

Will do once the new components are released I will update the thread.

Hi Narfi,

I have a ok knockabout rig atm, Intel i7 930, 470GTX Nvidia, 6Gb memory, 1Gb SATA-3. The goal was to build something out of the ordinary, something extreme at the bleeding edge of technology.

I understand what your saying about Entropia. I have already a budget assigned for Entropia which involves slowly building up over the first year to craft my own gear. Since I do not trash anything to TT and sell most things in 500+ ped stacks, this will take some time to fill storage to make appropriate sized stacks (100 stacks ~ 5k usd worth of deposits, 5 months)

I intend to use the TT weapons, UnL CB5, Nemesis & Vigi till such time I have enough deposited to start crafting from the bottom up, focusing on hunting & mining crafted items mainly as I really enjoy both activities.

I mainly play with small mobs for now while loot building.

At the moment I am going through 350 PED > Storage playing each day using TT weapons & UnL CB5 which I can sustain until the next month's deposit. Returns have been nice and yesterday being my 3rd day of hunting I scored a 108 PED global on a Corn Old :wavespin:

Since I intend to mainly use everything I craft, this will take some time to reach my goals in crafting levels 2 - 3 years. I am a returning player with new goals and a new perspective on Entropia, exploring things again as a newbie :D

Hey Nor Alien,

Thanks heaps for the info, this is one thing I was worried about, as I understand it, SLI doesn't work either. I wonder if they will bring a fix to this as I am really looking forward to trying out the 3D 270 degree vision that this card supports through the use of 3 monitors (Later goal to add an additional 2 monitors from right and left side viewing)

I guess we will have to wait and see.

Cheers,
Viper

 

Hey Narfi,

Thanks, and will do :)

GL to you too, HOF ;)

Cheers,
Viper

 

Hi Nor Alien,

Thanks again for the info. I think I am going to pospone building this system until early next year after the next generation of CPUs & Chipsets are released.

I have been doing more reading and found that there are some exciting things to come in the releases that will improve performance of a gaming rig greatly.

There is no rush my side to build this new gaming rig as the one I have now runs Entropia just fine and still has 2 years to go before she turns 3yrs old (End of life, EBay selloff)

I have cancelled the order I placed for the new Case, PSU and monitor pending the new releases and pending MA making Entropia dual GPU ready.

For now I will concentrate the funds into Entropia and rebudget next year for the new system :)

 

Some interesting info:

Intel 8-core Sandy Bridge processor spotted on eBay
http://www.geek.com/articles/chips/intel-8-core-sandy-bridge-processor-spotted-on-ebay-20110510/

Intel confirms Windows 8 on ARM won’t be backwards compatible
http://www.geek.com/articles/chips/...on-arm-wont-be-backwards-compatible-20110518/

 

More info on the Intel 2011 Core processors from Intel :)

http://www.engadget.com/photos/intel-core-2011-processor-details

 

The quest is still on to build a bleeding edge machine, as a small update, the BMW case will no longer be used as I have had to downsize two rooms in my house to one with a relative moving in.

This project is on hold until the release of the 2011 processors & motherboards.

However I have decided to go with a rackmount solution using the following:

32RU Tall Network Cabinet - 600 x 800 mm - 007 ~ $ 1180 inc gst. delivered
http://www.rackworld.com.au/detail.asp?pid=2587&cid=1051,1063



The computers will be housed in new rackmount casing:

Antec 4U22ATX 4U Rackmount Chassis ~ $ 200 each
Inc. 7x Fixed Hard Drive Bays
Supports ATX & EATX Motherboards
http://www.techbuy.com.au/p/40034/CASINGS_SERVER_-_4U/Antec/CSR-4U22ATX.asp

 

Hey Ordaz,

Thanks for the tips :)

I will be looking at the disk arrays in more detail down the track and will take your ideas into consideration.

The situation has somewhat changed my end with what seems half my family moving back into my house
So now I have to cater for mum, my younger brother, older sister and maybe even dad if I can convince him to move back in, on the network I am building up (2 workstations and 1 dedicated server my end)

For now dad is connected via 20Mbit VPN (Or will be in the 6th of July) using - http://shop.techbuy.com.au/p/152622/NETWORKING_FIREWALLS/Cisco/RV120W-A-AU.aspthrough
to my Cisco 867W.

I intend to use the dedicated server for general networking, general storage, print & scan server, etc.
1 workstation (current system) setup as a web server (More for hobbiest purposes than commercial)
1 ultimate gaming machine (To be built) for Entropia and any other games i can throw at it.

For the ultimate gamester machine, it needs to be able to handle very fast sustained read & write speeds, moreso read. I was thinking of using the SSD's in a raid scenario, stripping them in RAID-0. However I will review what you have suggested when the time comes to build this machine (End of this year or early next) and make a decision to which way to jump.

I have chewed a little into my 7k budget from buying the rack, rack cases and a new bed which all has come to ~ 3.8k, so a little saving needs to be done again my side ;)

The UPS is a definite must, I am considering going for a 3kVA (2700W) APC Smart UPS ~ $ 2200 to support all 3 machines once this one is built ... again a matter of saving for a 2-3 months to do this.

Link - http://shop.techbuy.com.au/p/36333/UPS_RACKMOUNT/APC/SUA3000RMI2U.asp

Although I hear the EATON brand also comes highly recommended for UPS & power management.

I don't want to go too overkill in setting this all up on the $ side of the equation, but we shall see how it all turns out.

Anyhow thanks again for the advise, it is much appreciated.

Thanks,
Viper

 

Some general items considering the raid implementation I would consider - Highpoint
http://shop.techbuy.com.au/p/96221/...ED_SCSI_(SAS)_C/HighPoint/RocketRAID_4320.asp

Drives - OCZ 200Gb SAS
http://shop.techbuy.com.au/p/171606/HDD_SOLID_STATE_FLASH_DISK_-_3.5/OCZ/TRSAK352-0200.asp

But first we will see how much I can save up to do all this :D

 

With additional family moving into my place, the goal has changed somewhat.
I now intend to build 2 relatively high end spec PCs, however not as expensive as the system in the OP.

The new target price will be under $ 4000 per machine, with upgradability.

Here is a rough indication of the new specification:

To be released Q4 - M/B with 2011 Socket, 6 dimm sup for 24Gb+, minimum 2 SAS ports, 4+ 16X Express lanes.
To be released Q4 - Processor 2011 Socket, highest available though not the extreme addition.

12Gb memory in each machine. (1 will run Win7 Pro 64 the other Windows Server 2008 R2)
Asus Nvidia 570GTX in each machine with 1280Mb DDR-5
On M/B Audio in one machine, the other will have a Creative HD sound card.

SAS OCZ 200Gb in each machine connected to one of the motherboard SAS ports
Blueray Reader/Writer

Antec Rackmount casing as specified above.
750W Corsair PSU, silver rated for energy effeciency - All that is required imho.

27" Asus LCD for each machine

And the other general bits and bobs ~ 300-400 bucks worth, eg. Wireless K/B, Mouse, etc

I will create a new thread once the Socket 2011 Motherboards & Processors are released.

 

Hi Ordaz,

I have completed orders for the rackmount from RWS, the Antec casing x 2 so far and have purchased a UPS.
The rest I will do at the start of next year once I save up a bit more.

The UPS I purchased is the 2200VA 1980W APC - $ 1990
http://www.techbuy.com.au/p/172647/UPS_RACKMOUNT/APC/SMT2200RMI2U.asp

 

Something I found on the web today, the first look at a X79 Chipset Socket 2011 Motherboard :)

 

Cool beans and thanks. :)