navycrow Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 (edited) •CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-3960X Extreme Edition Six-Core 3.30 GHz 15MB Intel Smart Cache LGA2011 •HDD: 480 GB Intel 520 Series SATA-III 6.0Gb/s - 550 MB/s Read & 520 MB/s Write (480GB x 2 (960GB Capacity) Raid 0 Extreme Performance •MEMORY: 16GB (2GBx8) DDR3/2000MHz Quad Channel Memory •MOTHERBOARD: (SLI Support) Intel DX79SI Intel X79 Chipset Quad Channel DDR3 ATX w/ BT/WiFi Module, 7.1 HD Audio, Dual GbLAN, SATA-III RAID, 3 Gen3 PCIe X16, 2 PCIe X1 & 1 PCI •SOUND: Asus Xonar Essence STX Virtual 7.1 Channels 24-bit 192KHz PCIe 124 DB SNR / Headphone AMP Card •VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 Dual GPU SLI 3GB 16X PCIe Video Card x2 This is what the currently in my mind if you have any suggestions to max it please let me know i am not planning on overclocking and the sytem will be liquid cooled. so please assit Edited March 17, 2012 by navycrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ch_Zero Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 add a second video card Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
navycrow Posted March 17, 2012 Author Share Posted March 17, 2012 i figure 6g of graphics should be good dont think anything in next 6 years is going to require anything over that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ch_Zero Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 (edited) i figure 6g of graphics should be good dont think anything in next 6 years is going to require anything over that i have the same card, I run a higher resolution at 5760x1080 it lags on ilum. my bad, just noticed 6 gb is 3 gb X2. meaning 2 cards Looks good bro Edited March 17, 2012 by Ch_Zero Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blowmedown Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 (edited) •CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-3960X Extreme Edition Six-Core 3.30 GHz 15MB Intel Smart Cache LGA2011 •HDD: 480 GB Intel 520 Series SATA-III 6.0Gb/s - 550 MB/s Read & 520 MB/s Write (480GB x 2 (960GB Capacity) Raid 0 Extreme Performance •MEMORY: 16GB (2GBx8) DDR3/2000MHz Quad Channel Memory •MOTHERBOARD: (SLI Support) Intel DX79SI Intel X79 Chipset Quad Channel DDR3 ATX w/ BT/WiFi Module, 7.1 HD Audio, Dual GbLAN, SATA-III RAID, 3 Gen3 PCIe X16, 2 PCIe X1 & 1 PCI •SOUND: Asus Xonar Essence STX Virtual 7.1 Channels 24-bit 192KHz PCIe 124 DB SNR / Headphone AMP Card •VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 Dual GPU SLI 3GB 16X PCIe Video Card x2 This is what the currently in my mind if you have any suggestions to max it please let me know i am not planning on overclocking and the sytem will be liquid cooled. so please assit I would hold off a bit and see what the new Ivy bridge chips look like just me. Also this is something you might like to look at. http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/340599-33-6990-7990 Also why just 16GB of ram i would get nothing less than 32 Edited March 17, 2012 by blowmedown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ch_Zero Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 32 is a waste 16 is more than enough.. you only need 8 >.> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blowmedown Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 32 is a waste 16 is more than enough.. you only need 8 >.> Well everything he listed is a waste so why stop their. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paralassa Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Hi there! There are existing discussion threads regarding computer hardware which you may find very helpful: Desktop Hardware Q&A and Laptop Hardware Q&ALooking to build a machine?*Ultimate* Desktop PC Performance GuideUltimate Guide to speeding up Win 7 on low/mid range systems[HOWTO - RAMDRIVE] Increasing SWTOR System PerformanceOfficial Bioware Guide to In-Game Performance SettingsGraphics Tips - NVidia & ATI (Gain FPS and Quality)Budget Gaming PC Thread You can also check out our General FAQs for information about minimum system specifications. In the interest of consolidating discussion, we have closed this thread. Please use one of the topics linked above for further questions and discussion of hardware specifications. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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