I’m looking to build a desktop supercomputer or something close to it for everything from gaming to research to programing. Any hardware that I should replace in my current design?Processor: Overclocked Intel® Core™ i7-975 Extreme 3.86 GHz 8MB Cache
Power Supply: 1200 Watt Multi-GPU Approved Power Supply
Graphics Processor: Dual 1,792 MB NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 295
Memory: 24GB DDR3 SDRAM at 1333MHz – 6 x 4096MB
Motherboard: Intel® X-58 Motherboard- Socket 1366 Core i7 Ready, Dual Triple Channel DDR3 Memory
Operating System: Genuine Windows Vista® Ultimate (64-bit Edition) with Service Pack 1
System Drive: RAID 0 – 512GB (2 x 256GB) Solid State Drive
Optical Drives : Dual Drive Configuration – Drive 1: 20X Dual Layer Burner (DVD±RW)
Drive 2:6x Dual Layer Blu-ray Burner (BD-RE, DVD±RW, CD-RW)
Network Interface Card: Killer Xeno Pro
Sound Card: High-Definition 7.1 Performance Audio
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make sure sound is x-fi.
oh yeah best pc case now is made by ABS.its clled canyon 695 or something. its like $500
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Lot of unnecessary stuff in there brah.
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LMAO….24 GB RAM,overclocked i7,1200Watts PSU!! Thats ridiculous dude.Pay for hardware you need not for hardware you’ll need in 10 years! I have a kick ass gaming computer that cost me $700
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It looks very good and well but i would change the mobo because the Intel X-58 motherboard is not very good and stable and is terrible for overclocing. Instead i would either get an EVGA x58 SLI or an EVGA x58 SLI Classified or an ASUS Rampage II mobo. With the processor you can go for a lower version and clock it to 4.0 Ghz with no problems at all saving you some money there. Other than that it looks like a pretty solid build
Hope this helps
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I think you’re a little low on Ram! Malaka!
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I fail to see ANY cooling devices what so ever in this configuration…
This is a ridiculous build. That processor and that much RAM is uncalled for…. honestly.
You could make a really strong computer for a lot less than you will be spending here.
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Well if you’re going to be ridiculous, get one of these
and put 2 of these in it.
You could probably put 3 of those GTX 295’s in it, and an absolute crapload of memory.
And I’m sure the whole thing would still cost significantly less than many new cars. What a deal.
Uhm well, yeah, no cooling whatesoever. But, your processor is puny. Why not go for the Intel Core i7 980x hexacore?