Suppose you have 4.000 dollar/euro/whatever your currency is, to blow on a pc

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kirby007 on 29 January 2014

Building on a thread earlier today, which had me looking into new pc builds i got a bit overboard and put the following together for shit and giggles

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Parts Are Compatible: See notes below.

Estimated Wattage: 1157W

Component		Selection	Base Price	Promo	Shipping	Price	Where
CPU		Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor	$327.99		FREE	$327.99	NCIX US	Buy
CPU Cooler		Cooler Master Eisberg 240L Prestige 60.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler	$169.99			$169.99	Amazon	Buy
Motherboard		MSI Z87 MPOWER ATX LGA1150 Motherboard	$194.99	-$10.00	FREE	$184.99	SuperBiiz	Buy
	$10.00 mail-in rebate
Memory		Corsair Vengeance Pro Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3-2666 Memory	$599.99		$0.99	$600.98	Newegg	Buy
Storage		Corsair Neutron Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk	$149.96		FREE	$149.96	Amazon	Buy
	Eligible for free two-day shipping with Amazon Prime membership
		Western Digital Red 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive	$98.94			$98.94	OutletPC	Buy
		Western Digital Red 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive	$98.94			$98.94	OutletPC	Buy
Video Card		Asus Radeon R9 290X 4GB Video Card (3-Way CrossFire)	$579.99		FREE	$579.99	Amazon	Buy
	Eligible for free two-day shipping with Amazon Prime membership
		Asus Radeon R9 290X 4GB Video Card (3-Way CrossFire)	$579.99		FREE	$579.99	Amazon	Buy
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		Asus Radeon R9 290X 4GB Video Card (3-Way CrossFire)	$579.99		FREE	$579.99	Amazon	Buy
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Sound Card		Asus Xonar DSX 24-bit 192 KHz Sound Card	$59.99	-$10.00	$1.99	$51.98	Newegg	Buy
	$10.00 mail-in rebate
Case		Corsair CC650DW ATX Mid Tower Case	$179.99		FREE	$179.99	Best Buy	Buy
Power Supply		Antec 1300W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply	$276.99		$6.99	$283.98	SuperBiiz	Buy
Optical Drive		Asus BW-16D1HT Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer	$99.99	-$25.00	FREE	$74.99	Newegg	Buy
	+ $5 off w/ promo code AFNJ3174, ends 1/31
	$20.00 mail-in rebate
Base Total:	$3997.73
Promo Discounts:	-$5.00
Mail-in Rebates:	-$40.00
Shipping:	$9.97
Total:	$3962.70
(Using your selected merchants and only including nearby in-store pickup prices)

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superchunk on 29 January 2014

I'd build one for less than $1000 and use the other $3000 on something worth while.

However, in your fictional tale, I'd toss out the HDDs and go with SSDs only. Don't need many TBs of storage, but fast-durable storage is better.
Toss out the Bluray drive and not replace with nothing. At this point I think media drives on a PC are worthless.
Toss out the audio card. MOBO audio is good enough.

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-CraZed- on 29 January 2014

I spend half that and then use the rest for games, games, games. Still. it would be an impressive build. And you even got a $5.00 discount!

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Anfebious on 29 January 2014

4000 Pesos? I can't even buy a Wii U with that shit.

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the2real4mafol on 29 January 2014

Nice computer but mine is still more than good enough and it only cost £550. I think i would use the 4 grand on a nice long holiday or a car thanks

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kirby007 on 29 January 2014

Anfebious said:
4000 Pesos? I can't even buy a Wii U with that shit.

i assume an equivalent considering worth

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Anfebious on 29 January 2014

kirby007 said:

Anfebious said:
4000 Pesos? I can't even buy a Wii U with that shit.

i assume an equivalent considering worth

I barely understand anything about PC's but I would get a machine that runs a 120 fps a 4K monitor and a CPU that runs at 3 billion teraflops.

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Frogger on 29 January 2014

I'd buy a Mac Pro. And then not play games on it.

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sergiodaly on 29 January 2014

600 in main memory??? too much...
256 ssd??? not enough...

3 GPUs? not worth unless you have 3 or more screens...

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Pemalite on 29 January 2014

Cut down the Radeon to the Radeon 290 with aftermarket cooling, not reference.
Swap the motherboard for a Socket 2011 board+Core i7 4930K.

Ditch the two red drives and get a single Western Digital Black 4tb.

I would also personally drop the Blu-ray burner, who uses last centuries optical discs these days? :P
I would also drop the sound card and go with much cheaper DDR3 1600mhz or 1866mhz memory.

That should save you enough cash to get a fourth Radeon 290.

And upgrade that case to something with more room.

And you basically end up my primary PC.

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