$17k Allowance

So, youre loaded right? And you go to apple.com and pick the biggest baddest mac pro you can spec. Its going to look like this:
Two 2.93GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon “Westmere” (12 cores)
32GB (8x4GB)
Mac Pro RAID Card
512GB solid-state drive
2TB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s hard drive
2TB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s hard drive
2TB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s hard drive
ATI Radeon HD 5870 1GB
One 18x SuperDrive
Apple Cinema HD Display (30" flat panel)
Apple Cinema HD Display (30" flat panel)
Apple Magic Mouse + Magic Trackpad
Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad (English) & User's Guide
AppleCare Protection Plan for Mac Pro - Auto-enroll

Give or take a few hundred for solid state considrations and software..

your bill is going to float in right around a whopping $17k

the pc builder in me wants to have a heart attack..

so, if you had 17k to blow on a full PC software and all... what would it be. ( clearly.. the sky is the limit)

Why go Mac? Any why only one video card? seems a little exsessive to me with 32 gigs of RAM. But i guess if your going MAC to begin with, your doing lots of encoding and need to processing power instead of multiple video cards for a wall of screens!

I think i'd just get a modest PC (around 3K) and then buy a new car to drive my PC around in! Might even get Windows 7

/agree Twodavez

There's a very fine line that starts at about $1200-$1500 total spent (peripherals included) on a system where you have to sink exponentially more money into something for more performance gain. It makes me want to /facepalm anytime I hear someone spending some ludicrous amount of money on any type of purchase that is going to just be barely different than a lower cost alternative. If you're throwing money away - please just throw some my way and I'll make good use of it. If I were given $17k and there were strings attached that I absolutely had to spend it all on computer stuff, I'd be saving it and building 10+ kickass computers over the next 20-30 years. That said I'm very happy with what I have now - i7 920, 9GB RAM, 1.5 TB total storage space, Radeon 5870 does everything I need just great.

Shopping Cart
Qty. Product Description Savings Total Price
1 Corsair Obsidian Series 800D CC800DW Black Aluminum / Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case
Item #: N82E16811139001
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy -$20.00 Instant

$20.00 Mail-in Rebate Card11-139-001
$299.99
$279.99
3 Western Digital RE4 WD2003FYYS 2TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
Item #: N82E16822136579
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy
$869.97
($289.99 each)
3 LG W3000H-Bn Black 30" 5ms Widescreen LCD Monitor
Item #: N82E16824005115
Return Policy: Monitor Replacement Only Return Policy -$100.00 Instant

$3,779.97
$3,479.97
($1,159.99 each)
3 EVGA 015-P3-1489-AR GeForce GTX 480 (Fermi) 1536MB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
Item #: N82E16814130561
Return Policy: VGA Replacement Only Return Policy
$1,949.97
($649.99 each)
3 GIFT StarCraft2 - FREE Trial Version Game coupon
Item #: N82E16800999244
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy -$59.99 Saving

$179.97
$0.00
($0.00 each)
1 SILVERSTONE ST1500 1500W ATX 12V 2.3 & EPS 12V SLI Ready 80 PLUS SILVER Certified Active PFC Power Supply
Item #: N82E16817256054
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy -$20.00 Instant

$20.00 Mail-in Rebate17-256-054
$399.99
$379.99
1 Logitech G19 Black USB Wired Standard Gaming Keyboard
Item #: N82E16823126053
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy -$23.00 Instant

$199.99
$176.99
1 RAZER Mamba Black 7 Buttons USB Laser Gaming Mouse - Dual Mode Wired/Wireless Functionality
Item #: N82E16826153048
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy
$129.99
1 G.SKILL Trident+ Turbulence II 24GB (6 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2000 (PC3 16000) Desktop Memory Model F3-16000CL8T2-24GBTDD
Item #: N82E16820231390
Return Policy: Memory Standard Return Policy
$1,499.99
1 EVGA Classified SR-2 (Super Record 2) 270-WS-W555-A1 LGA 1366 Intel 5520 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 HPTX Intel Motherboard
Item #: N82E16813188067
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy
$599.99
1 PLEXTOR Black Blu-ray Disc Burner SATA PX-B940SA-11
Item #: N82E16827249057
Return Policy: Limited Replacement Only Return Policy $40.00 Mail-in Rebate27-249-057
$219.99
2 Intel X25-M Mainstream SSDSA2M160G2XXX 2.5" 160GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) - OEM
Item #: N82E16820167017
Return Policy: Limited Replacement Only Return Policy
$829.98
($414.99 each)
1 RAZER Megalodon Gold-plated USB Connector Circumaural 7.1 Surround Sound Gaming Headset
Item #: N82E16826153051
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy
$149.99
2 Intel Xeon X5680 Westmere 3.33GHz LGA 1366 130W Six-Core Server Processor BX80614X5680
Item #: N82E16819117228
Return Policy: CPU Replacement Only Return Policy
$3,446.30
($1,723.15 each)
Subtotal: $14,013.11

Damn I was a little short but still had to buy some water cooling supplies.

I think the title of the post was if money is no object, we do think money is and would love to save tons of it, please go ahead use your imangnation. If i won the lottery this is want i would build.

Twodavez wrote:

Why go Mac? Any why only one video card? seems a little exsessive to me with 32 gigs of RAM. But i guess if your going MAC to begin with, your doing lots of encoding and need to processing power instead of multiple video cards for a wall of screens!

I think i'd just get a modest PC (around 3K) and then buy a new car to drive my PC around in! Might even get Windows 7

I think you missed the whole point of this thread, lol.

Dreyvas wrote:

Twodavez wrote:

Why go Mac? Any why only one video card? seems a little exsessive to me with 32 gigs of RAM. But i guess if your going MAC to begin with, your doing lots of encoding and need to processing power instead of multiple video cards for a wall of screens!

I think i'd just get a modest PC (around 3K) and then buy a new car to drive my PC around in! Might even get Windows 7

I think you missed the whole point of this thread, lol.

I got the point of the post, since he said you were going to the MAC store, i figured he was just pointing out what they had top of the line. and i was just trying to be funny and say "why go MAC?". Obviously my humor is lost when typed out.
I just wonder, if you're loaded, why only spend $17K on a PC?
For the record, i think i'd buy 10 PC's just like what i have at home (maybe upgrade the video cards) and set them up at my house, so people could come over and LAN without having to pack up their PC!

technobear wrote:

so, if you had 17k to blow on a full PC software and all... what would it be. ( clearly.. the sky is the limit)

This is what i read and made a part list

i was curious to see if with 17 k people would go with more horse power ( loaded with hdd vid ram cpu) appearance ( big elaborate cases with overkill cooling etc), or maybe display crazy with a projector (easy to drop 5-10k on a high lumen projector)

garfi3ld wrote:

I would build something similar to what JJ posted. The main thing I would change is using a case that fits the SR-2;)

I was thinking custom mountain mod, i think they call the sr2 a XL atx board, some of the new cases are designed for the extra big boards.

Ya, Mountain Mods makes several cases that can accommodate the SR-2 board from EVGA. I would be hard pressed to want to spend 17k on just one pc, but if I had to I'd probably mimic what MaximumPC did for the latest issue. It was around 15k and change and had some really nice stuff. I think I could enjoy the 3 30" monitors, triple video cards, 4.4 terabytes of storage, 12 cores, 24 gigs of RAM and Win 7 Ultimate and the complete water cooling setup. I'd like to find room in all that for the speakers they left out, and perhaps a few other essentials too. Heck with 17k I'd build the pc, and buy a damn good seating/desk arrangement to setup with it.

Evertime someone does not use an 800D for their case a baby seal is clubbed!!!!!!

Why spend 17k on a Mac Pro, when you get the same thing with an iPad for $499? lol.

I would build a nice rig, save most of it, get some blow, a crave case from White Castle and 5 hookers. Done deal. That's my build or should I say demise?

Wingless92 wrote:

Evertime someone does not use an 800D for their case a baby seal is clubbed!!!!!!

Why spend 17k on a Mac Pro, when you get the same thing with an iPad for $499? lol.

I would build a nice rig, save most of it, get some blow, a crave case from White Castle and 5 hookers. Done deal. That's my build or should I say demise?

now that might be a fun LAN party

garfi3ld wrote:

jj_Sky5000 wrote:

garfi3ld wrote:

I would build something similar to what JJ posted. The main thing I would change is using a case that fits the SR-2;)

I was thinking custom mountain mod, i think they call the sr2 a XL atx board, some of the new cases are designed for the extra big boards.

You posted the corsair 800d, it doesn't fit the SR-2. Thats what I was referring too

Ok, I can fit a duel loop system into a radio and a itx mb in a ice cube , you dont really think I couldnt get it to fit !!!!!

garfi3ld wrote:

maybe, but i don't think anyone really has any idea how large the sr-2 is lol

the smaller board is a micro ATX, but look how wide it is

full ATX comparison

just use a dreamal. They have already gotton it to fit in the 700D