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So it was totally not my fault

I entered a pact with the cloven hooved one from here whereby he very generously donated an awesome Thermaltake Level 10 case to me - although we didn't realize it was the really, really expensive one at the time or I might not have taken it!

I sent my brother the pics, (that's my biological bro' not the two ugly sisters on here that look like they shoud be) and he immediately dubbed it 'Skynet'

Such an unusual beast demanded a pretty decent system so I posted on here a month or so ago asking what people thought about the new Haswell architecture 'cos online it didn't seem to popular.

Enter Titch Ando who pointed out that you could get some of the older Sandy Bridge Hexacore processors on Fleabay for quite reasonable figures. My conversion to the darkside was completed when the Goat texted me to ask if I'd really be satisfied with a common quad core hyperthreading processor with only 8 cores or did I really want 12 cores.

The more I thought about it the more I realized that I did nothing on the PC that would properly utilise 12 cores but that I really NEEDED all that power

So my spec went from a decent 700ish system to this:

3970X extreme i7 processor
32GB of Kingston RAM
Rampage IV Extreme motherboard
H80i Watercooler
GTX 680 2GB Graphics Card
750w Antec PSU
256GB Samsung Pro SSD
4 x 3TB Barracuda drives (still awaiting delivery )
I've run the clock up to 4.2 gig and it munches through cinebench with a score of 12.68 at 58FPS which is absolutely awesome and the CPU hasn't gone over 40 degrees yet although the fans are flipping loud if you ramp them up to max - well there are 8 in the case usually you can barely hear them.

I've got it on the Enterprise version of windows 8 right now and I'm sorry to say that I hate it although it's bearable if you set it to open the desktop at startup but I'm going to be running it on 7 when the rest of the drives arrive

Ps If anyone wants to know why I need such a beast - no reason at all except that I can

Many thanks to Titch and Billy for all the advice so far - but don't think I've finished with you two yet

4 x 3TB Barracuda drives


That is one HELL of a lot of porn

Colour Republic wrote:4 x 3TB Barracuda drives


That is one HELL of a lot of porn

Not enough

out of curiosity not including the case.. what has that set you back if you don't mind me asking

You have mail CR (well you will in a min)

It was a pleasure spending someone elses cash!

I'd do a cinebench score, but it would be about -40000000 due to my old as the world graphics card. I've got two really good ones, but they both need DVI/HDMI/DP for them to be used :(

*sad eyes*

Is your screen that old BG?

You can get DVI to VGA conversion leads. The VGA pins are all still there

They are all VGA, but the cards I have don't support it - there are different types of DVI and not all of them do VGA (that DVI-I or DVI-A).

Not really a gamer, so I've always been happy with 4 VGA output and a mixture of monitors that I use. I've got the stuff, just need a monitor and I'm allergic to paying for things.

BG

I commandered the living room 37" telly as a monitor....1920x1200 resolution....I REALLY need to get the living room painted so I can get the telly mounted back on the wall and the desktop in the living room instead of the hall....tho need to skim the walls first as they are a total disaster......
my PC spec is a lot more basic...
6770 ATI Gfx card
8GB DDR2 RAM
Q6600 Core2Quad
and a mishmash of hard drives

Future plans here at kelly towers include an octagonal workshop (shed) with EIGHT 42" HD screens in portrait mode! I fancy myself a 360 degree 3D display! Mind you, by the time I get to the end of the DIY list I'll be far too old to walk into any workshop..... so this particular plan will, like many others, stay firmly in Sketchup.....