- Joined
- Jul 28, 2012
- Messages
- 9
- Motherboard
- Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H
- CPU
- i7-3770K
- Graphics
- GTX 780 Ti
- Mac
- Mobile Phone
Components
Intel Core i7-3770K 3.5 GHz (not overclocked yet)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116501
G.Skill Trident X Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2400 (PC3 19200)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231590
Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H (rev 1.1)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128545
2x EVGA GeForce GTX 680 FTW+ 4GB (SLI in Windows only, unfortunately )
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130794
4x Samsung 840 Pro 256 GB in RAID 0 (Mountain Lion 10.8.4 running on them )
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147193
2x Samsung 830 256 GB in RAID 0 (Windows 8 running on them)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147164
2x Seagate 2 TB (after all, I need some place for my data)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148681
2x LG Blu-ray reader/ DVD writer/ HD DVD reader (remember that?)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BRE7Q14
Thermalright Silver Arrow SB-E (to be soon replaced by a Swiftech H220 )
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007BO0VEI
Corsair Professional Series Gold AX750 750W PSU
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139016
NZXT Phantom Red
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146066
2x NZXT 200mm cooler
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835146003
2x Corsair SP120 120mm Quiet Edition
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181024
2x Corsair AF140 140mm Quiet Edition
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181028
3x 32" Samsung 1080p LED TV
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BCGRTKU/
24" LG 1080p LED monitor
N82E16824005134
Razer DeathAdder mouse
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826153058
Logitech K800 wireless illuminated keyboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823126194
MultiBeast options
Geekbench scores
Geekbench 3: 3716 (single core) / 15096 (multi-core)
Geekbench 2: 14826
Comments
I decided to build this machine for 2 things:
- playing racing games on Windows
- doing audio and video editing on Mac
When I first used Final Cut Pro on my MacBook Pro (late 2011) the editing was fine, but it took longer than 11 hours to generate a 50-minute video using the specific formats and codecs I needed. Using this machine it takes no longer than 3 hours. Plus, with four 1080p screens it's much easier to edit. I can't wait for Mavericks to come out so I can use all it's multi-monitor features.
I also use Logic Pro for audio editing and it bounces MP3s in half of the time it takes the MBP. The MP3s are for the podcast I'm part of, called "Putz! Tive uma ideia", whose logo is in 3 of the monitors in the picture above. If you can understand (Brazilian) Portuguese, you're more than welcome to listen to us on www.putztiveumaideia.com.br
I also ended up using it for developing Android apps, and the GeForce GTX 680 comes very handy when running the device emulators.
On Windows I've been playing mainly F1 2012 and the Need For Speed Shift 2 Unleashed, which is my favorite. Unfortunately the later is not optimized for SLI.