strange price for someone who won the lottery, why not 5000 or even 6000
why the extra 250?

maingear.com
falconnwest

build badass PC for $1500-2000, pocket the rest

That is the most random fucking amount of money ever. How the hell did she come up with that.
also
2600k
2x 6990s
16gb RAM
SSD
2tb HDD
1200w corsair psu
sweet asus mobo
corsair 800d
water cooling

>>18877866
Probably because 6250 is just the money his girlfriend allotted to him. OP, you don't need that much to build an amazing fucking computer. Don't be stupid.

>My gf that I live with just won the lottery.
What about the girlfriend that you don't live with? She's going to find out.

>>18877866
It's 1/4 of what she won.

Buy some nice monitors, too. Those things a expensive.

>>18877911
yup.
Monitors can cost more than the computer did easily.

>build $1500 computer
>is outdated in four years

>build $6000 computer
>is outdated in four years

Protip: invest in some longer living stuff like godly headphones or something. The ones I'm currently using are almost 20 years old and have always served me well.

Jesus fuck.

Spend like 1000-2000 to buy a nice SLI rig, and then spend the rest on other things. Like you can buy your girlfriend some nice jewelry or some shit.

>>18877890
>>18877866
I don't see how it is that random. It's not like there is cents added to it. I should have put she won 25000 dollars.

Why 6250?
Why not 6000 or 6500?

>>18877945
Oh that will win points.

"Oh look honey I was thinking of you!"

>>18877930
this x2000. speaks the truth. just put it into savings for future computer upgrades after initial build

asus level IV extreme mobo
2-3 6970/6990
corsair 1200-1500w
16g ddr3 ram
lian li Pc-P80
Some dirty watercooling, start here: http://www.koolance.com/product_wizard/blocks.php#vid-ar697

get a quad socket mobo.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813151219
and four processors.

>>18877930
sound advice.
>Buy an epic Case that part will last you the longest usually.
>Monitor also a part you don't upgrade as often.

Everything else will be outdated quick. With that much money tho I would wait till next year for the new Ivy Bridge and Bulldozer also new PCI 3.0

I was thinking about building two computers, but the only game my GF plays is minecraft. I wouldn't mind playing some games in 1600p while still maintaining over 100fps.

>>18877973
I'd agree with this man. Monitors and a nice desk/chair. There, that's about half and you can still buy a $2000 computer.

>>18877973
>Ergotron arm
Holy shit, why have I never heard of this before?

>>18877986
looks dope

>>18878027
I don't know.
You probably haven't heard of Aeron chairs, either, then?

>>18877973
I did mean the whole set up. Those monitors do look really fucking cool.

>>18877955
Spend the rest of peripherals and try to find some more combos.

>>18877905
If it's really 1/4th of what she won, they you REALLY shouldn't spend it all on a computer, or even most of it. I wouldn't even spend any of it on a new computer unless you're in need. $25k isn't that much money and you shouldn't frivolously spend it on luxury shit.

Build good pc, save money for upgrades since spending
that much money in one go in such a fast-paced market
is utter folly.

Say:
25/600k
8GB DDR3
Rice mobo
Fucking rice case (since this won't go obsolete)
120GB SSD for OS & programs
Couple of 1TB Blacks in RAID
Whatever card you want
1000+W PSU for upgrades
Maybe some sort of unconventional cooling if that's your kind of thing.

Spend the rest on accessories you lucky faggot.

>>18877844
Get a Mac and shut the fuck up

You can make multiple dream computers with that.

i5 2500k
2x 6970s
100+GB SSD
1TB Samsung F3 Spinpoint (add more spinpoints if you think you'll need more storage)
850w PSU
HAF X case

That'll probably run you $2k-3k (on paper it'll look to be about $2k, but then you get all these extra costs that no one ever bothers to list that'll probably push it up to $3k). Take the rest of the money and invest in three IPS monitors for eyefinity (I'd recommend the Dell U2311H but you can splurge on an S-IPS or H-IPS panel instead if you want) and a surround sound system. The immersion will blow you away with that setup. You can also invest in a nice flight stick, racing wheel, etc. if you're into those genres. Make sure to get an X360 controller for your PC as well.

Then save whatever you have left over for future upgrades. I wouldn't really recommend going above two flagship GPUs just because of driver and compatibility issues. Tri-fire/SLI might be okay, but I've heard nothing but bad things about quad-fire/SLI.

Heres what you should be doing with the money


>Kickass PC
>Fancy ass Desk
>Super comfy chair
>Three monitors with good mounts
>High end headphones
>High end speakers
>Amazing Amplifier
>Amazing headphone Amplifier

Amps can be second hand (recommended)

>>18878135
My ass is jelly of that chait. Oh god my back hurts.

>>18878099
What a POS

>>18877844
>>18877844
>buy 1500 computer
>buy a couple sweet-ass monitors
>360
>PS3
>sweet-ass laptop
>home theatre system
>put the rest in savings account (you'll thank me later)

>>18878077
Good, good.
You might want to look into a good sound system rather than a $1000 chair.
Some good compact speakers will make a nice 2.0 system with decent enough sound, but I guess if you love the deepest bass, you're going to want a sub as well.
And then you'll need some units to power that stuff, of course.

A top-notch desk is probably $500 depending on how much of a handyman you are.

>>18878166
Why?

>Buy a $2000 computer
>Save the rest for future upgrades or other hardware
If you game then buy games.
Otherwise rent a VPS or something.

>>18878117
Half is going to Google stock

>>18878159
Actually, scratch the 6970s. I think nVidia can do surround gaming too, so go with two GTX580s instead. Just be aware though that the next gen of cards (at least for AMD) is due out Q4 2011.

Build a nice 1500-2000$ computer.
Buy 3 Dell Ultrasharp 2711U's for Eyefinity.
Buy a nice pair of speakers.
Buy a nice chair.

Spend 2k, save the rest for future builds.

>knows that people will make fun of him for going full retard and spending that much on a PC
>makes up a lie to make it sound less retarded
>tricks all the newfag anons
>replies errrrrrrywhere
>OP still spends a full retard amount on a PC and wastes all of his grandparents gift to him

Way you go you stupid faggots, are you really this dumb? People are so easy to figure out.

put some of that money in a CD (bank account) man.....get some intrest, buy better parts 15 years down the line and have a fuckton left over

>>18878206
>nvidia
>more than 2 monitors
haha nope

>>18877884
>build badass PC for $1500-2000, pocket the rest

Except the $1500 OP should spend on an engagement ring.
Seriously, any girlfriend who would give you over 6 grand so you can build a nice computer is wife status, do not fuck it up.

With that much money why would you put AMD in your machine. You could make a great gaming/workstation with that.

>>18878223
It can run more than 2 monitors if you have 2 or more cards.

>>18878135
>Netting
>Not cushy leather

Why the fuck would anyone buy that?

Get a nicer flat.

>>18878230
this
please go intel/nvidia op do not fuck this up

also make sure to do what that one anon suggested and get a ring for your new wife

>>18878236
Mesh doesn't stick to your sweaty ass.

Mac Pro

>>18878252
This. Newegg sells rings too I believe.

>>18878224
That and $25k is enough to throw a good wedding/honeymoon without taking on any debt.

OP, if you've been with this girl for a few years perhaps you should consider dumping that money into a ring and tux.

>>18878266
Don't forget poptarts.

>>18878217
The world is going to hell in a handbasket soon because of Bernanke. Your money, my money, your gfs money is all going to be worthless soon enough. Spend what you can, as soon as you can.

>>18878269
I don't think spending her money to buy her a ring would be right.

>>18878099
Go with 4 1TB Caviar Blacks instead, OP is a big boy.

>>18877844
op please give some of the money to deserving black people in somalia as they are starving right now and also it would save a lot of families. there are some families with 10 kids to feed and just 200 $$ would go a long way. do it for the kids and the future of a great nation

>get money
>spend money

Poorfags gonna poor.

>>18878269
Holy shit are you fucking retarded lol?

nvm this is /g/.

ITT: Dumb faggots with no sense of money management

Just upgrade your current computer and use the rest for other things.

>>18878308
DON'T HAVE SO MANY FUCKING KIDS.

>>18878266
>Look this up on newegg
>It's true

Seriously, what's up with newegg's recent foray into being a jack-of-all-trades merchant? I mean, who goes to newegg and thinks "I should get some groceries and jewelry while I buy my new computer"?

>>18878253
Hehe... Buy 14 of these OP.

No but seriously, buy >>18878099 some nice monitors/mouse/keyboard, headphones and then spend the some cash on making your girlfriend happy. Like, buy her some roses and then take her out to to a nice restaurant and all that.

>>18878214
She actually won the lottery. I would personally never spend that much money on a PC. My last build was 2500, including peripherals.

>>18878214

Read this.
Autism daydream/waste of money.
Stop responding.

How about keep your pc and travel to some poor fuckhole 3rd world country and throw the money on some poor people and laugh at them.

http://www.anthro.com/computer-furniture.aspx?desk=fit-console

OP you will purchase this desk

>>18878315
I donate to water.org already
>>18878308
I am a firefighter, and my gf is a dentist, I think we will be fine for money.

>>18878373
This.

Instead, go to Malaysia and do this to Falcon.

I dreambuilt a build the other day for about 6 grand. It had raid 0+1 SSD's and three 590's. Enjoy whatever epic shit you build.

>>18877890
Howcome everyone seems to always recommend crossfire 6990s, does dual 590s not scale well or something?

>>18878308
The world is too overpopulated as it is. Right now I'm all for a little population culling . OP, don't listen to this guy, let the stupid fucks who decided to have a bunch of kids in a famine ridden, impoverished country starve to death.

>>18878292
From a logical standpoint there's no functional difference between any money that you own. You currently have $6250 more than you otherwise would have. Even if you blow it all on other stuff, the fact still remains that in the future you would have $6250 more than you would have had you bought all that shit with your own money.

>>18878214
Please leave /g/.

>>18878390
That desk is awesome. How much does it cost?

>>18878390

Buy a fucking Fortress FT02
A Seasonic X-750W
i7-2600K and 8GB of RAM AT MOST YOU DUMBFUCK
Get 2 PCI-E SSDs and RAID them
As many Spinpoints are you want
2 GTX 570s at most
1 IPS 16:10 panel, 2 TN 16:9 side monitors
Godly headphones, mechanical keyboard, ricer mouse

>>18877884
This, don't waste the money

>>18878414
Non of them scale very well but the 6990 is simply more powerful.

>>18878412
>RAID SSDs
WHY.jpg

>3x GTX590s
Oh nevermind, you're just a retarded troll.

>>18878442
$1200, I should have saved the battlestation that was posted here with the same desk, it was fucking baller. That desk can be modified a hell of a lot, hence the "modular" part.

>>18878474
6990 is more powerful than 590? I've heard nothing but otherwise. Am I misinformed?

>>18878391
>Public sector
>Fine for money

Get a really nice case and a Dell U2711

>>18878414
6990s perform better than the 590. That's about it.

>>18878491
fuck both of those cards, with $6000 he could throw in a quadro 6000.

>>18878513
But 6990s have no drivers.

>>18878497
>dentist
>public sector

>$6000
>not buying a Mac Pro

Get the fuck out of /g/. You clearly do not belong here.

>>18878523
>quadro

>recommending a workstation card because it's expensive

You are an idiot.

>>18878540
Oh, you're American...

go here:

http://www.murderbox.com/gallery.html

and post pics when you get one

>>18878491
Those cards are for 3x2560x1600 fucks. AMD's Radeon series has almost always outperformed NVIDIA at super high resolutions.

What the fuck,this guy has 6k to spend ona computer and you faggots are recommending him 6990s and 6970s? GTX 580 Hydro Copper 3GB, my man. 3 of them. Also, get a Corsair 800D and watercool the shit out of your graphics cards and CPU.

>>18878548
or
or
maybe
maybe it was a joke.

>>18878491
The 590 is only better in a few titles and on low resolution (if you can call ~1920x1080 "low").
On multimonitor and really high resolution monitors then the 6990 is better.

>>18878446
I'm probably being trolled but...

>PCI-e SSDs
>RAID them
Learn something about SSDs before you recommend them. PCI-e SSDs and any kind of SSD used in RAID cannot use TRIM, which pretty much negates the entire fucking point of an SSD.

>1 IPS 16:10 panel, 2 TN 16:9 side monitors
And this is just stupid. The screens are different aspect ratios/resolutions so now he has to deal with black bars or screen distortion on the center screen. And if you're going to mix together TN and IPS panels it should be the other way around. IPS should be on the sides since they have better viewing angles and TN should be in the center since they have such shit viewing angles.

>>18878585
no.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G47Usfk3AEw&feature=channel_video_title

>wins the lotto
>blows it on stupid shit instead of investing or paying off the house
Nothing ever changes.

>>18878550
Canadian, Ontario specifically

Dental isn't covered by Ontario Health Insurance Plan. Even if some dental procedures are covered in other countries, I doubt the many cosmetic procedures are. Thus, dental is always considered private sector.

>$6250
>crossfire
What in the name of all fuck are you even doing?

>>18878608
Is this kid serious? No wonder I stopped coming here.

>>18878523
>Quadro
>Workstation card

You do realize that card is terrible for gaming right? You'd be better off getting a 5770.

>>18878622
That's just 1920x1080...

>>18878617
totally off topic but
let's say my computer can't boot from pci-e ssd.
could I put the bootloader on my sata hdd and just point it to the pci-e ssd?

>>18878649
You realize nobody would seriously suggest buying a $4000 graphics card right?

Good luck trying to get your hands on one atm. Theyre sold out everywhere. Which is why I suggested 2x 580s

>>18878588
>GTX 580 Hydro Copper 3GB
Except they suck in terms of watercooling. There are far better water blocks out there.

>>18877844
buy a honda civic and an ipad ya fucking loser.

>>18878637
cheers from Toronto.

Guys, AMD has no drivers.

>>18878588
You might have noticed that most builds posted here costs ~2000 dollars, because the performance difference between that and let's say a $6000 build is very small.

>>18878624
>blows it on stupid shit instead of investing
Can you really blame anyone in our generation for doing that? We've seen people get screwed out of their life savings and careers TWICE now (dotcom bubble burst and now the Great Recession). For anyone under 30 investments probably look like a giant scam, and honestly I wouldn't call that entirely inaccurate considering the small gains you're likely to make at best as a middle class investor.

Yeah, spent $1000 on a PC, $1000 on headphones, $1000 on a DAC+Amp and the rest on an nice emerald, jade or malachite engagement ring. (Green is a beautiful color)

>>18878663
>I was only pretending to be retarded.jpg

>>18878767
no you weren't also you have no sense of humor.

>>18878695
Another person from Toronto. On /g/ it can't be.

You could easily spend $6,000+ on a PC. 2600K, 4 GTX580s, 16GB+ RAM, 2 large Sandforce II SSDs, 2-4 3TB storage drives, 1200w PSU, nice expensive case, water cooling, 2-3 30" monitors.

PC hardware progression has slowed down considerably. Spending a ton of money on a PC used to be silly as it'd be outdated quickly; however, that's not the case anymore. I spent $2,500 on a PC 3 years ago and it's still extremely fast. If I upgraded the graphic cards (2 GTX285s) it'd be like a brand-new high-end system.

tl;dr: Don't let the poorfags tell you that you only need to spend $1,000 on a PC. Spend $1,000 on a PC and it WILL be outdated within a year. Spend more and it won't.