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Top end computer - Can you estimate the price where you live?
I was browsing a site, and this computer is on discount, the price reduction is 1250 dollars in my currency. I am not interested in buying this, but I am curious what a rig like this goes for in other countries.
Out of the blue discount of 1250 dollars, sort of seems to me like either they cant get rid of their product or, that they were charging too much.
Just curious.
Is it even worth the dollars? I do not want to link to the site, but I will let you know the total price. Keep in mind this is not a US store. 4366 dollars, was the original price, now it is on sale for 3118 dollars.
Cage: Corsair Graphite 760T Big Tower
Power supply: Corsair AX 860 PSU
ATX 12V V2.31, 80 Plus Platinum, Modular, 6x 6+2-pin PCIe, 12x SATA, 8x Molex
Proccessor: Intel Core i7-5820K, Socket-LGA2011-3
6-Core,3.3GHz,15MB,140W,22nm,28 PCIe lanes,Haswell-E,Boxed,No fan incl.
CPU-Cooler: Cooler Master Seidon 120V v2 CPU 120mm Radiator, 775/115x/2011/2011-3/1366, AM2(+)/AM3(+)/FM1/FM2, 16.5~75 CFM
Motherboard: ASUS X99-A, Socket 2011-3
ATX, X99, DDR4, 4xPCIe-x16, SLI/CFX, M.2, SATA Express
DDR4 Memory: Crucial DDR4 2133MHz 16GB (4x4GB) 16GB Kit (4GBx4) DDR4 2133 MT/s (PC4-17000) CL15 SR x8 Unbuffered DIMM 288pin
GFX: ASUS GeForce GTX TITAN Z 12GB
PCI-Express 3.0, GDDR5, DL-DVI-I, DL-DVI-D, HDMI, DisplayPort
Harddrive: Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 240GB 2.5"
SATA 6 Gb/s (SATA3.0), 555MB/510MB/s read/write, SandForce®
Harddrive:Seagate Barracuda® 2TB
Optic drive: Samsung DVD Writer, SH-224DB SATA, DVD±R: 24x, DVD±R DL: 12x, CD-R: 48x, Bulk, BLACK
Keyboard: CM Storm Devastator - Gaming Gear Combo
USB 2.0, Nordic, 800~2000 DPI, Custom membrane, Anti-slide, Blue LED
OS: Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-bit
Comments
That is a massive rig.
I don't know if they are overcharging you, too many variables but they probably can't get rid of it.
Not everyone has 3k for a pc....
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Basically, the video card is obsolete. The Titan Z is roughly two GTX 780 Tis on a single board, so you're looking at an SLI configuration. Nvidia charged $3000 for the card, which is a stupid price when it's no better than this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202108
So the big discount is probably because they're trying to get rid of the video card, as no one sensible wants two of what is now a relatively slower GPU in place of one newer, faster GPU.
If your profile is correct and your currency is Krone then 3118 Krone is $451 USD.
If I saw that new on sale for $451 USD I would buy it lol. The CPU alone is almost worth that.
Unless I am misunderstanding and your asking is it worth $3000 USD. If so then the hardware may well be, but it wouldnt be worth spending that on it. If you had $3k USD to build a PC you could spend it a bit wiser. Like not getting a Titan GPU to start with.
intel Core i7-5820K, Socket-LGA2011-3 = $525AUD
Motherboard: ASUS X99-A, Socket 2011-3 = $329AUD
ASUS GeForce GTX TITAN Z 12GB = $1294AUD
Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 240GB 2.5" = $138AUD
Ripjaws RED 32G Kit 2133 (8Gx4)= $599AUD
Priced up the big ticket items with equivalents.. total comes to $2885AUD. or 2249.55US.
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I don't know if i'd call it obsolete. its still 2x 780ti's. Thats still a pretty ridiculous amount of graphics power. That being said, yes, i agree with quiz that its likely that which is reducing its price so much.
"The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently."
- Friedrich Nietzsche
It's not obsolete in the sense of, if you have one it's time to get rid of it. But it is very much obsolete in the sense of, you shouldn't buy one new today unless you get it awfully cheap. 75% off of original MSRP isn't "awfully cheap" enough to seriously consider it. If you had your choice between a Titan Z and a Titan X, is it really a hard decision? Unless you have some weird non-gaming use that scales well to multiple GPUs, the Titan X is better in every way you care about and most of the ones you don't.
I forgot they had even made a Titan Z. Not that great of a card, I think it's another of those "We just made this card so we can say we have the fastest card" items.
Yeah you'd much rather have a Titan X, for 1/3 the price, when it finally starts shipping. If your into the "money is no object" category, that is.
Others can critique the hardware better than I can so I'll just stick with the case, keyboard and the unmentioned warranty.
The case may be good looking but it will be a very noisy case. Those easy opening side panels will rattle a lot once the fans spin up. They will also cause the case to flex more when moved. Since the side panels are clear there is no sound deadening available. This will increase the harmonics noise from the fans. Combine that flexibility with shipping and you might have to reseat parts in order to get it working. Or worse convince the seller the system arrived broken.
Looking at the total build that keyboard is an amazingly cheap keyboard. It's pretty but is no better than what you can pick up at your local office supply store. Keyboards are a very personal preference but if you're a serious gamer you will probably quickly put that one in the back of a closet.
When you purchase a system the warranty is what you are paying the most for. If the only warranties you get are the individual hardware manufacturer warranties then this system is a major ripoff. If the warranty is good but you have to ship the system off somewhere you have to ask if the warranty is worth the shipping hassles and being without a system for 2 - 4 weeks. Is it a local shop? Do they have a good reputation? How long have they been in business?
Price wise:
If I were to purchase those parts, EXCLUDING the graphics card, and assemble it myself I would end up paying about $1600 US after taxes and shipping costs. Buying all parts locally might cost a little more but I would have somewhere to go look a person in the eye if I had to return something