Describe your Ultimate PC Gaming Rig to win an NVIDIA GeForce GTX!
What's your ultimate gaming rig?
Have you always dreamed of the Ultimate PC Gaming Rig? If you could have everything you wanted to make it complete what would you include? Which games would you play on it?
We’ve teamed up with NVIDIA to offer you the chance to share your Ultimate Rig.
Two top PC Gamers will then judge which rig they deem to be the ultimate and award an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 graphics card to the winner!
How to enter
- Write a blog post describing your Ultimate PC Rig
- The Rig must contain an NVIDIA GPU
- You can include a picture of your Rig – Photoshop or a photo of a drawing/diagram is fine (this isn’t compulsory to enter)
- Copy and paste the code below to add the Ultimate PC Rig badge to your blog post
- Share the link to your blog post (do not post your entry here, just a link to the entry on your blog) with us either in the comment section here or on Twitter (hashtag #ultimaterig)
- Remember: have some fun; the more interesting/amusing/entertaining the better!
Code for badge
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 is the fastest, DirectX 11 single GPU in the NVIDIA stable, optimized for outstanding performance and an innovative thermal design, GeForce GTX 580 delivers awesome DirectX 11 tessellation performance so you can experience mind-blowing realism with all your favourite games.
GTX 580 supports 3D Vision, allowing you to surpass the boundaries of your screen into a new dimension with NVIDIA 3D Vision technology.
Enter your blog post into the Gaming Rig Competition to be judged by a panel of expert PC Gaming judges – and be in with a chance to win a GeForce GTX 580! Gear Up, Game On!
To help get your creative juices flowing (though we’re sure you already have a pretty clear idea of what your ultimate rig would be!) here’s an example of what we’re looking for:
Example: Ultimate PC Gaming Rig… The Batcave
Firstly, the fastest desktop processor known to man, backed up by a mighty 24 gig of the fastest ram available. A trio of GTX 580 3072MB GDDR5 Dual DVI HDMI PCI-E Graphics Cards, for the perfect SLI setup, 3 terabytes of super speed Solid State Hard disk goodness, to store every Batman game since the ZX Spectrum, all backed up by a 1200 watt modular PSU. Mmm… modular.
Then, because the Batcave is a big place, the ultimate monitor setup – three 70″ 1080p monitors, to make those pixelated bad-guys as lifesize and realistic as possible. And because the acoustics in the cave are unrivalled in any superhero hideout (Cave of Solitude, Cave of Schmolitude) – a top spec soundcard and a 5.1 surround setup. And an external 12 terabytes of storage for all those Beiber MP3s.
With easy access to a good water supply, in the form of an actual river running through his pad, the Dark Knight has gone with a watercooling setup – fed straight from the giant in house waterfall. A twin radiator setup, with a mighty 12 fans (in push/pull configuration, naturally) keeps that water nice and chilly, so as not to disturb the local eco-system. A further 7 fans on the case make this a noisy beast, but when you’re in the zone as much as the bat – you won’t even notice.
PC
Case: NZXT Khaos Aluminium Full Tower Case
MB: Asus P6T7 WS SuperComputer X58 Socket 1366 CEB Motherboard
CPU: Intel Core i7 Extreme i7 980X 3.33GHz Socket 1366 12MB Cache
3 x GPU: Gigabyte GTX 580 3072MB GDDR5 Dual DVI HDMI PCI-E Graphics Card
6 x RAM: Crucial Ballistix 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 2133Mhz Memory Kit CL9
5 x Solid State Drives: Intel 600GB 320 Series SSD – 2.5″ SATA-II – Read 270MB/s Write 220MB/s – OEM
Soundcard: Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Champion Series Soundcard – PCI-Express
Speakers: Logitech Z906 Surround Sound 5.1 Speaker System
3 x Monitors: NEC MultiSync P701 – 70″ Display
PSU: Corsair Professional Series Gold AX 1200W Modular PSU
Bluray: LiteOn iHBS112 12x BD-RE with DVD±RW DL & RAM SATA Blu-Ray Drive
2 x External HDD: Buffalo 6TB DriveStation Duo External Hard Drive – USB 3.0 – 2x3TB Raid
Watercooling
CPU Block: Aqua Computer Cuplex XT CPU Waterblock for Socket 1156/1366
Pump: Aqua Computer Aquastream XT Ultra USB 12v Pump
2 x Radiators: Hardware Labs Black ICE GT Extreme 360 radiator In Black
19 x Fans: Scythe Gentle Typhoon 120mm 3000rpm Case Fan
5 x Fan Controllers: AeroCool Touch 1000 Fan Controller – 5.25″ Bay
And here are some we made earlier.. well here are some ultimate rigs shared to the NVIDIA rig browser!
Our Judges:
Richard Sweeting, PC Gamer & Managing Editor at Gamersathome
“I’ve been playing and building PCs for 21 years, and i’m only 27 so almost all my life. In addition, I have worked alongside the world’s biggest games companies and hardware companies, which always improves my knowledge on the PC world. Also having some friends who are the best in the world at certain PC games and have their own pro brand of PC hardware out, they always inspire to build better and play greater. For me the thing that makes the best PC is not only the graphical power and the CPU power but also the cooling system and PSU that you use, as you don’t want your machine cutting out half way through your journey in Skyrim or a kill streak in Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.”
Phill Cameron, PC Gamer and Freelance Journalist, writing for Eurogamer, Gamasutra, PC Gamer, Videogamer.com and others. See here for our interview with Phill last year about Edinburgh Interactive.
“As consoles come and go, the role of the PC is staying pretty consistent. It’s always going to be at the top of the graphical game, and it’s always going to be providing services that the consoles are going to struggle to keep up with. I’ve been using my PC for games for as long as I can remember, but the thing that I’ve found, in the past few years, is that the need to be at the bleeding edge is diminishing. Having a powerful system is always going to be a boon, but more and more utility is the name of the game, with the breadth of things your PC can do becoming more important than how well you can do them. So it’s not just about how many pixels you can get on the screen, and how much AA you can blast them with, but also how many screens you can get that up on, and how you can interact with those selfsame pixels.”
Terms and Conditions
- By entering into the promotion, all participants will be deemed to have accepted and be bound by these Terms and Conditions. All entry instructions form part of these Terms and Conditions.
- This promotion is open to all UK residents, except for employees of Ebuyer (UK) Limited, their families, agencies or any other company directly connected with the administration of this promotion.
- Only one entry per person is permitted.
- The prize is one GTX 580 Graphics Card. Nvidia reserves the right to substitute prizes of equal or greater value at any time.
- The prize is non-transferable and there is no cash alternative.
- The promotion starts on 19th January 2012 and lasts until 19th March 2012.
- All entries must be received by 23.59 on 19th March 2012 to be eligible.
- Entries that contain any terms or images considered explicit and inappropriate will be disqualified.
- The winning response will be selected by two independent judges. The winner will be notified via whichever channel the entry was submitted, for example, the Ebuyer blog or Twitter. The winner will be notified by Friday 23rd March 2012.
- Should there be no response for any reason including but not restricted to an invalid email address, the two independent judges reserve the right to disqualify that entry and select an alternative winner.
- Ebuyer (UK) Limited accepts no liability for any loss of entries caused by a technical fault.
- By entering this promotion you give permission for Ebuyer (UK) Limited to post your first name initial, surname and home town on our site should you win the promotion.
- The winner of the prize may be required to participate in publicity.
- The judges’ decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
- This promotion is governed by English law. If any provision of these Terms shall be unlawful, void or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions.
- Any personal data relating to entrants will be used solely in accordance with current UK data protection legislation and will not be disclosed to a third party without the individual’s prior consent.
- Ebuyer (UK) Limited reserves the right to change these Terms and Conditions at any time.
88 Responses to “Describe your Ultimate PC Gaming Rig to win an NVIDIA GeForce GTX!”
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Wayne Tomblin says:
Well Ive been into computers since I bought my first pc with saved up pocket money, paper round and I sold my Hornby trainset to buy a Sinclair ZX81. I paid £49 plus £2.95 P&P. My newest one is a duel core 1.8GHz, with a Nvidia 1GB graphics card, 2 320GB IDE HDD’s, a Lightscribe DVD and a 15″ monitor running Windows Vista ( Just abouts ). I still have 2 Commodore C64′s with everything up in the loft, (working as well). Would love to enter the competition to win but Im so far behind with whats the best these days. Good luck to all that enter though. Wayne
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SmartAss says:
Can I enter the above Example PC except with 6*4GB Sticks of DDR3 instead of 6 * 4GB Kits as I always struggle to squeeze 12 sticks in to 6 DIMM slots?
Oh, and an extra Scythe Gentle Typhoon 120mm 3000rpm Case Fan just for good measure.
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John says:
i already own my dream computer so i will just list everything here
Case: Silverstone FT02-WRI
Mobo: Asrock Extreme 4 Gen 3 Z68
CPU: Intel I7 2600k 3.4GHZ
GPU: Asus GTX590 3GB
SSD: Crucial M4 256GB
HDD: 2x2TB Western Digital Caviar Black (got them before the flood now just 1 costs the price i paid for 2)
RAM: 4x4GB (in dual channel)
PSU: OCZ GameXtream 850W
CPU Cooler: Be Quiet Dark Rock Pro
Monitor: BenQ G2420HD 24″
External HDD: i have 3 of these, 1TB Western Digital Elements, 1.5TB Iomega, 2TB Buffalo -
Marcin says:
Well my dream PC? I thought about it often I don’t need much really but enough to enjoy latest tittles at competitive level with great FPS also I would like to have fun playing new tittles and good old ones in 3D mode.
so her it is, what I would like to have under my hood.MB: ASUS Crosshair V Formula /AMD990FX/SATA3/USB
GPU: 2 x VGA MSI GTX580 Lightning XE 3072MB GDDR5 2DVI+HDMI
CPU: Processor AMD Phenom II X4 980 Black Ed. 125W 3.7GH
RAM: 4 x GOODRAM DDR3 8 GB/1333MHz PC3-10600 CL.9
PSU: be quiet! Dark Power PRO P8 1000W ATX2.3M -
Ben Lythgoe says:
PC
Case: Corsair Obsidian 800D
MB: Asus P6T7 WS SuperComputer X58 Socket 1366 CEB Motherboard
CPU: Intel Core i7 Extreme i7 980X 3.33GHz Socket 1366 12MB Cache
2 x GPU: Gigabyte GTX 590
6 x RAM: Crucial Ballistix 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 2133Mhz Memory Kit CL9
4 x OCZ Vertex 3 480GB SSD – Solid State Drive
2x Hitachi 3TB CoolSpin SATA 3 Hard Drive CoolSpin
Soundcard: Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Champion Series Soundcard – PCI-Express
Speakers: Logitech Z906 Surround Sound 5.1 Speaker System
3 x Monitors: NEC MultiSync P701 – 70″ Display
PSU: Corsair Professional Series Gold AX 1200W Modular PSU
Bluray: LiteOn iHBS112 12x BD-RE with DVD±RW DL & RAM SATA Blu-Ray DriveWatercooling
Corsair H100 + Comand Control
NZXT Fan Controller -
claire says:
Hi Chris, thanks for your entry- please could you re-add the badge to your blog post as we just had to tweak the code?
We’ve updated it above! Thanks -
Marcin and Ben Thanks for your comments- in order to enter the competition please write a blog post describing your ultimate rig, include the badge above and then share the link to that blog post with us here, cheers.
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Yogesh says:
Case: Antec Dark Fleet Series DF85 Gaming Enclosure
MotherBoard: Asus Crosshair V Formula AMD 990FX (Socket AM3+) DDR3
CPU: AMD Bulldozer FX-8 Eight Core 8150 Black Edition 3.60GHz Clock Speed, 4.20GHz Turbo Clock Speed, 8MB Cache (Socket AM3+)
GPU x2: OcUK Tech Lab H2O ATI Radeon HD 7970 3072MB GDDR5
RAM: Dominator® GT with DHX Pro Connector — 1.5V 32GB (4x8gb) Quad Channel DDR3 Memory Kit
SSD x2: Kingston HyperX 240GB 2.5″ SATA-3 Solid State Drive
HDD x4: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache
Soundcard: Asus Xonar Xense Sound Card + Sennheiser PC 350 Xense Edition Headset
Monitor x2: Samsung S27A950D 27″ 120Hz 3D Widescreen Ultra Thin LED Monitor
PSU: Antec High Current Pro 1200W Modular ’80 Plus Gold’ Power Supply
Bluray: Pioneer BDR-206MBK 12x BDXL BluRay RW / 16x DVD±RW Drive
Watercooling: OcUK Tech Lab – V12 Watercooling Kit 360
Command Control: Aqua Computer Aquaero 5 PRO LCD Fan-Controller
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Duke Nukem says:
Motherboard: ASUS A8N-SLI DELUXE
PSU: Some crap 550w one from 2003
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3800+
RAM: 2GB single-channel DDR 200MHz
HDD: some crappy 250GB Maxtor drive
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GT 6800 housefire editionPlays BF3 on ultra at 1920×1200 with 2000FPS
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Joe says:
Sorry about the double post. Didn’t realise I chose the wrong type of GPU:
Case: Coolermaster Cosmos II XL-ATX Ultra Tower Case
Motherboard – Gigabyte Ga-x79-ud5 Ga-x79-ud5
CPU: i7 3960x Core Processsor OC’ed at 5Ghz
Cooling: 10 Mounted 140mm Silent fans/ extreme watercooling
GPU: 3x Nvidia GeForce GTX 590 3GB
RAM: CORSAIR Vengeance 4x4GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B overclocked to 2133MHz
Hard Drives: 13xOCZ Z-Drive R4 CM88 3.2 TB PCI-E PCI-Express 2.0 x8 MLC Enterprise Solid State Disk ZD4CM88-FH-3.2T
Disk Drives: 2x LEXTOR PXL950SA 12x Internal Blu-Ray Combo – Black
Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Champion Series Sound card – 192 kHz – 24-bit
3x Monitors: NEC Display MultiSync LCD8205 208 cm (82″) LCD Monitor
Keyboard – Cyborg V 7 Gaming Keyboard
Mouse – Cyborg R.A.T 9 Gaming Mouse
Headphones – Monster Beats Pro
Feel free to delete my other post.
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L Webber says:
to start with
Motherboard EVGA Classified SR-2 Socket 1366
CPU 2x Six-Core Xeon 5600
RAM 48GB DDR3 Kingston
4 4tb Solid state Drives
1 Blue Ray ROM
1 Blue Ray Burner
2x Gainward GTX 580 Phantom
4x 27″ monitors
Watercooling: OcUK Tech Lab – V12 Watercooling Kit 360
Powercool 1050W PSU 80+ Quad 12V V2.3 High Efficiency
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Sebastian says:
Hi im 14 years old, and i would really like the gtx 580 because i have got an depression, and unfortunately i got anxiety too, so i sit around playing League of Legends, Crysis 2, and World of Warcraft all day because i cant go to school.
My dream rig would be:
NZXT Phantom White 410
Intel i7 2600K
ASUS Maximus III Extreme
nVidia Gtx 580 SLI (x2)
Cooler Master Silent Pro Gold 1200W PSU
Corsair Hydro Series H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler – 120mm 22-39dBA
24 GB Corsair Dominator
7 NZXT Silent Fans FS 200LED – 20.16dBA Fans
ASUS Xonar Xense PCI express
ASUS WL-197G Wireless PCIE
It would be soo awesome to win that GTX 580
Thanks for your time and have a nice day. -
Sam says:
Case: Thermaltake Level 10 GT Snow
Motherboard: EVGA Classified SR-2 Socket 1366 2 CPUs supported i5520 HD Audio 8 Channel Audio HPTX Motherboard
CPU:2x Intel Core I7 990x socket 1366 3.46 GHz
GPU:3x Nvidia GTX 590 3gb
Ram: 48gb Kingston Hyper x ddr3
PSU: Antec High Current Pro 1200W Modular ’80 Plus Gold’ Power Supply
Monitor x3: Samsung S27A950D 27″ 120Hz 3D Widescreen Ultra Thin LED Monitor
Soundcard: Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Champion Series
SSD: 4x OCZ Vertex 3 480GB SSD – Solid State Drive
HDD: 4x Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache
Optical Drive: 2x Plextor PX-LB950SA 12x BD-RE with DVD±RW SATA Blu-Ray Drive – Retail Black
Watercooling: OcUK Tech Lab – V12 Watercooling Kit 360
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Probably not the best gaming configuration, but that’s my dream gaming PC, at the moment.
CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-980 Six Core Processor, 3.33GHz, 12MB Cache
RAM: 6GB Triple Channel 1600MHz DDR3
3 x GPU: Gigabyte GTX 580 3072MB GDDR5 Dual DVI HDMI PCI-E Graphics Card
HARD DRIVE: 2TB RAID 0 (2x 1TB SATA-II, 7,200 RPM, 32MB Cache HDDs)
SOUND CARD: Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio
OPTICAL DRIVE: Single Drive: 24X CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) w/double layer write capability
ALIENFX: AlienFX Color, Quasar Blue
KEYBOARD: Alienware TactX™ Keyboard
MOUSE: Alienware TactX™ Mouse
MONITOR: Alienware OptX™ AW2310 23″ 3D Full HD Monitor
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…THE ULTIMATE PC…
# MOTHERBOARD
– Asus RAMPAGE IV EXTREME Intel X79 Socket 2011# PROCESSOR
– 5Ghz Intel Core i7 3930K (SandyBridge E) 6cores /12threads (this blows Extreme Edition 9xx and SandyBridge 3960X out the water!!)# MEMORY
– 64Gb Corsair Vengeance 2400Mhz Quad-Channel(8x8Gb)-(OC’d to 2400Mhz with Tweaked Latencys)# GRAPHICS
– 2 x nVidia 3Gb GTX 590 “Ultra-Charged” (in 2xSLi)
– 1 x nVidia 3Gb GTX 590 “Ultra-Charged” (Physx Computation only)# AUDIO
– ASUS Xonar Essence STX using 7.1 Surround Sound
– Denon AVR-1912 7.1 Channel A/V Home Theater Receiver# STORAGE
– 4 x 512Gb Crucial M4 SATA3 SSD’s in Striped RAID ’0′ Array, this will yield 600MB/s Read, 600MB/s write and 200,000 IOPS (theoretical) performance giving a total of 2Tb super fast SSD storage.
– 3Tb SEAGATE Barracuda XT for backups and further storage# OPTICAL DRIVES
– 1 x Pioneer BDXL Drive BDR-206MBK Worlds First “Quad-Layer” Blu-Ray Writer drive capable of reading and writing to 100Gb and 128Gb Blu-Ray Discs!!# COOLING
– Corsair H100 Hydro Series Extreme Performance CPU Water Cooling
– 1x 120mm , 1x 140mm , 3x 200mm fans included in case# FRONT PANEL
– (5.25″ x 2) Aerocool Modern V TwinBay 4x Fan Controller inc Alarm & Overheating Protection
– (5.25″) AKASA AllInOne Silver 21 Multifunction Panel with Card Reader# POWER SUPPLY
– 1500W Enermax Platimax EPM1500EGT, Modular, 95% Efficiency (80+ PLATINUM)# CASE
– Thermaltake Level 10 GT Visionary White Snow Edition (oh yess!!)# MONITOR
– ASUS VG278H LED 3D Ready 27″ HDMI Monitor (1920X1080 / 120Hz / Nvidia 3D) -
Case: Cooler Master HAF X (Full Tower)
Motherboard: Asus Rampage IV Extreme Intel X78 Express Chipset (Socket 2011)
CPU: Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition 3960X 3.30 GHz
RAM: Corsair Dominator GT 1.5V 8GB Quad Channel DDR3 2400MHz Memory Kit (CMGTX8)
GPU: 4xAsus Nvidia GTX 580(4-Way SLI) or 2xAsus GTX 590(Quad SLI)
HDD: Corsair Force Series GT 120GB SATA 3 6Gb/s Solid-State Hard Drive (for OS and Software), Seagate Cheetah ST3300656SS 15000rpm 300GB (for Games) and Seagate Barracuda 1.5TB 7500rpm (for the rest data)
PSU: Silverstone Strider ST1500 1500W
Disk Drive: LG BH10LS38 Super Multi Blue
Monitor: Asus VG278H 27″ with 3D Light Boost, Refresh Rate 120Hz & Nvidia 3D Vision 2 Glasses
Watercooling: Corsair Hydro Series H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler -
hmm seems everyone (including me) thought that you just posted it here? as it says “share it here on our comments section” – its mis-leading and un-clear and EXACTLY what you have to do, you should change it – so where else do I blog this then? I dont BLOG, I run my own forum and use other forums..??
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OK, here is a post on my forum:
http://www.tech4talk.net/computers/the-ultimate-pc-(win-a-gtx-590)specs:
…THE ULTIMATE PC…
# MOTHERBOARD
– Asus RAMPAGE IV EXTREME Intel X79 Socket 2011# PROCESSOR
– 5Ghz Intel Core i7 3930K (SandyBridge E) 6cores /12threads (this blows Extreme Edition 9xx and SandyBridge 3960X out the water!!)# MEMORY
– 64Gb Corsair Vengeance 2400Mhz Quad-Channel(8x8Gb)-(OC’d to 2400Mhz with Tweaked Latencys)# GRAPHICS
– 2 x nVidia 3Gb GTX 590 “Ultra-Charged” (in 2xSLi)
– 1 x nVidia 3Gb GTX 590 “Ultra-Charged” (Physx Computation only)# AUDIO
– ASUS Xonar Essence STX using 7.1 Surround Sound
– Denon AVR-1912 7.1 Channel A/V Home Theater Receiver# STORAGE
– 4 x 512Gb Crucial M4 SATA3 SSD’s in Striped RAID ’0′ Array, this will yield 600MB/s Read, 600MB/s write and 200,000 IOPS (theoretical) performance giving a total of 2Tb super fast SSD storage.
– 3Tb SEAGATE Barracuda XT for backups and further storage# OPTICAL DRIVES
– 1 x Pioneer BDXL Drive BDR-206MBK Worlds First “Quad-Layer” Blu-Ray Writer drive capable of reading and writing to 100Gb and 128Gb Blu-Ray Discs!!# COOLING
– Corsair H100 Hydro Series Extreme Performance CPU Water Cooling
– 1x 120mm , 1x 140mm , 3x 200mm fans included in case# FRONT PANEL
– (5.25″ x 2) Aerocool Modern V TwinBay 4x Fan Controller inc Alarm & Overheating Protection
– (5.25″) AKASA AllInOne Silver 21 Multifunction Panel with Card Reader# POWER SUPPLY
– 1500W Enermax Platimax EPM1500EGT, Modular, 95% Efficiency (80+ PLATINUM)# CASE
– Thermaltake Level 10 GT Visionary White Snow Edition (oh yess!!)# MONITOR
– ASUS VG278H LED 3D Ready 27″ HDMI Monitor (1920X1080 / 120Hz / Nvidia 3D) -
Hi Paul, thanks for your comment and I’ve altered the entry requirements wording as suggested. I’m afraid that for this competition it does need to be a blog post to qualify for entry, and then to share the entry with us just post the link to the blog post here. I do really like your ultimate set up though so be cool if you could enter it
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Thanks everyone for sharing your ultimate rig ideas here- if you’d like to qualify for entry please write your ultimate rig descriptions in a blog post, add the code for the badge and then share the link to your blog post here or on Twitter with the hashtag #ultimaterig so our judges can check it out!
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here it is on my new blog: http://tech4talk.wordpress.com/2012/01/20/the-ultimate-pc-win-a-gtx-580/
– Asus RAMPAGE IV EXTREME Intel X79 Socket 2011
– Intel Core-i7 3930K @ 5Ghz (6/12)
– 64Gb (Quad-Channel) 2400Mhz Corsair Vengeance RAM
– 2 x nVidia GTX 590 “Ultra Charged” in SLi
– 1 x nVidia GTX 590 “Ultra Charged” Physx Computation
– 4 x 512Gb Crucial M4 SSD’s in RAID ’0′ Array
– 3Tb SEAGATE Barracuda XT for backups
– ASUS Xonar Essence STX 7.1 Surround Sound
– Denon AVR-1912 7.1 Channel A/V Home Theater Receiver
– Pioneer BDR-206MBK “Quad-Layer” Blu-Ray Writer drive
– 1500W Enermax Platimax EPM1500EGT, Modular, 95% Eff(80+ PLATINUM)
– (5.25″ x 2) Aerocool Modern V TwinBay 4x Fan Controller inc Alarm & Overheating Protection
– (5.25″) AKASA All-In-One Silver 21 Multifunction Panel with Card Readers
– Corsair H100 Hydro Series Extreme Performance CPU Water Cooling
– 1x 120mm , 1x 140mm , 3x 200mm fans included in case
– Thermaltake Level 10 GT Visionary White Snow Edition (oh yess!!)
– ASUS VG278H LED 3D Ready 27″ HDMI Monitor (1920X1080 / 120Hz / Nvidia 3D) -
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Hey Claire does xfire blog post qualify? here is the link
http://www.xfire.com/blog/skilit/3744464/
thanks in advance!
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mike jenkins says:
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?p=28665285#post28665285
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Adam Kwong says:
Hello
My dream rig would be a Nvidia GTX 560, an awsome i7 intel processor, 8gb of baddass ram 
and a slick 22″ monitor with a mars case that glows up. Id have a 700w silent psu for the GTX 560. Its an awsome card hope I win . ATM i recently purchased a GT 440… Nvidia FTW! lol but it cant play Saints Row 3 very good 
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fateh says:
my dream PC specs wud be
a hard disk with unlimited space (hey its a dream)
and a SUPER RAM to support it.
an ultimate nvidia graphic card with no overheating issues that everyone wud envy(that wud be a GTX580)
a huge screen to njoy the gaming experience with a BOSE surround sound system.
and unlimited power supply
its not that realistic
but u asked for it(a dream pc)
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Jelle says:
I didn’t have much power in my case but enough to play the latest titles on ultra/extreme with at least 90 fps.
-Intel Core i5-2400 clocked at 3,8 Ghz
-8 Gb of 1500 Mhz ddr-3 ram
-60 Gb Kingston SSD
-750 Gb + 500 Gb HDD sata 3 600 mb/s
-2x XFX AMD Radeon 6870 1Gb in Crossfire X
-Sharkoon T9 Value Green ATX tower
-Sharkoon 600 Watt power supply.I’m only looking for upgrading my i5 to an i7 2600.
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Crimson_Pirate says:
I have always been into online gaming, and over the years have built various gaming PC’s
This one is the best so far (for me at least)
Games played are Crysis 1 and 2, Medal of Honour, Call of duty 1-4 Battlefield 1 and 2, Far cry 1 and 2.This is buy far the fastest and the best computer i have ever built,and i have to say the most expensive,
It would appear to be so powerful that i am able to run
and play Call of duty 4 while adobe CS5 is rendering in the background with no fall over at all, (although i didn’t realise CS5 was running until i finished playing COD4.
I have run ATI G/cards in the past but have always felt more comfortable with Nvidia Cards, and to maybe have the opportunity to run the GTX 580 in duel mode appeals to me,as it would everyone else i suspect…lol
Coolmaster 840s case
1000w OCZ power supply (Modular)
Asus Saber tooth X79 Mobo
Intel i7 3930 3.20 GHz Tweaked to 3.8Gh.z
32 Gig DDR3 G-Skill “RIPJAWS” 1833 MHz (8X4 Gig)
OCZ Revo-drive3x2 240Gig
OCZ Vertex 3 Sata3 120Gig
Venom cooling block duel fan
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 3072 Gig GDDR5
LG Blu-ray BL-DVD-RW
MARVELL Raid 1 with 2x 1TB Seagate drives
MARVELL Raid 0 with 2X 150Gb WD 10.000rpm Velociraptor drives,
2X Samsung 2TB Drives raid 1 as Backup
28″HANNS-G Monitor connected with HDMI to GTX 580
I am waiting delivery of an OCZ Hybrid drive and a 64 gig USB flash drive to see if the flash drive is faster at transfer rates than the 2 10’000rpm Raptor’s (as they are used only for the swapfile)
Good luck everyone
Mark
Crimson_Pirate)
God only know’s where i’m going to put it should i get another GTX 580 though -
Well I know that all parts are quite expensive but, It’s my ultimate gaming pc….
case: CoolerMaster HAF X Full Tower Black
M/B: Gigabyte X79-UD5
cpu: Intel Core i7-3930K
gpu: 2 x MSI GTX 580 Twin FrozR III Power Edition OC
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 16GB Quad Channel 1866mhz DDR3 psu: coolermaster Silent Pro Gold 1200W
ssd: OCZ RevoDrive3 120GB SSD PCI-Express X4 SSD
hdd: Seagate ST3000DM001 3TB HDD 3.5″monitor: Apple Cinema Display Monitor 27″
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Asrock X79 Extreme 4 Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard
Corsair XMS3 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-16000C9 2000MHz Triple Channel Kit (CMX6GX3M3B2000C9)
Gainward GeForce GTX 590 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache – OEM (WD5000AAKX)
Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller – Black
OCZ ZS Series 550W ’80 Plus Bronze’ Power Supply
Asus VG278H 27″ TRUE 120Hz 3D Widescreen LED Monitor with NVIDIA 3D Vision 2.0 Glasses – Black
Intel Core i7-3930K 3.20GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor – OEM
Akasa AK-CC4008HP01 Venom Voodoo CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3LG GH24NS70 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) – Retail
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Hi guys! Here’s my entry, wishing everyone good luck. http://minifiguremayhem.com/?p=431
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Lee says:
The ultimate rig hmmm:
Case: No thanks, I want everything visibleMotherboard: Intel blue one please
Processor: Intel one, but not one of those mobile ones, a fancy one with a nice name like sandybridge, reminds me of a beach, that’s sandy, ahh roll on the summer.
Graphics Card: nVidia PNY 6200 512MB with VGA and DVI outputs – Psss don’t tell my girly, but the lady on the card is pretty (hence the no case reason.
Ram: I’m not sure I can fit one in the garden, ahh that RAM yes please.
p.s I would probably like to add, a DVD drive, SssssSpeeeeedDrive (SSD), I would probably look a bit silly having a computer without them, however I have the nVidia lady so that will keep the visitors busy.
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Niall says:
If I had the money.
This is my dream machine with the latest cpu and motherboard and the best gpu all watercooled with lot of ram nothing could slow it down. 3gb of SSD memory to hold all the games i have and not have to uninstall any of them. It would have 4 bluray drive so i could install a game while watching a bluray movie of 3 27″ 3d moniters with a 5.1 surround system. I would play games like Skyrim, Black Ops, Warhammer, Batman Arkham City all at max spec.* Silverstone Temjin Full Monster Tower Gaming Case
* Asus Rampage IV Extreme/BF3 Intel X79
* Intel Core i7-3960X 3.30GHz
* Corsair Vengeance 8GB (1x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 X8
* EVGA GeForce GTX 580 FTW Hydro Copper 2 X4
* Crucial SSD 512GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive X6
* Pioneer BDR-206MBK 12x BDXL BluRay RW X4
* AeroCool Touch 4-Channel LCD Touch Panel Fan Controller
* IC Diamond 24-Carat Thermal Compound
* OcUK Tech Lab – V12 Watercooling Kit 360
* Windows 7 ultimate 64 bit
* Corsair Professional Series High Performance 1200W X2
* Asus 27″ 3D Widescreen LED Monitor *3
* Ergotron LX Triple Display Lift Stand
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who ever said there was such thing as a budget??!! check out this beast of a machine
http://insanegamingftw.blogspot.com/2012/01/my-dream-gaming-rig.html -
Joe Duffell says:
Thermaltake Level 10 GT Full Tower Case
4X OCZ 480GB RevoDrive 3 X2 PCI-E SSD – Read 1500MB/s Write 1250MB/s 230,000 IOPS
4X GTX 590 3GB GDDR5
Intel i7 3960x 6-Cores 3.3Ghz 15MB Cache
Asus Maximus IV Extreme-Z Z68 Socket 1155
8X G-Skill RipJawsX 4GB Memory Module
Corsair Professional Series Gold AX 1200W Modular PSU
Plextor PX-LB950UE 12x BD-RE with DVD±RW & DL USB 3.0 External Blu-Ray Drive
4X Iiyama X2775HDS LED LCD Full HD 27″ HDMI Monitors
Asus Xonar D2 Soundcard – 7.1 Ultra Fidelity With Complete Dolby DTS
Corsair H80 Water Cooling
Razer Black Widow Ultimate Mechanical Gaming Keyboard
Razer Mamba 2012 Elite Ergonomic Wireless Gaming Mouse
Logitech Z906 Surround Sound 5.1 Speaker System
And rigged out with Loadsa’ LEDs and Diamond encrusted
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Hi Marcin, yes that’s fine thanks
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Mark says:
I think my entry is up to scratch with some of these
http://kaoset616.wordpress.com/2012/01/23/ultimate-rig/
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Nikola Tomašević says:
My dream Pc rig:Procesor:Intel i7 extreme
GPU:Gigabyte GTX 590
Sound Card:Asus Xonar D2 Soundcard – 7.1 Ultra Fidelity With Complete Dolby DTS
Mother board:ASUS Rampage IV Extreme RAM:ADATA XPG™ Gaming v2.0 Series DDR3 1600MHz to 2400MHz Mouse:Saitek cyborg R.A.T. 9 Kyeboard:Saitek cyborg V 7 kyeboard
HDD: WD Scorpio 750GB
SSD:any
Speakers:Logitech Z906 Surround Sound 5.1 Speaker System
Headset: Razer Tiamat -
PC
Case: CM sniper (mod blue and white version)
MB: Asus Rampage II Extreme
CPU: Intel Core i7-3930K 4.00GHz
1 x GPU: GTX 580 MDT 1.5GB GDDR5
1 x Physx GPU: GTX 260
6 x RAM: Corsair 12GB (3x4GB) DDR3 1800Mhz
1 x SSD – PCIe: OCZ 1.2 TB Velo Drive SSD – Solid State Drive
1 x External HDD: Western Digital 2TB
Soundcard: Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Champion Series Soundcard – PCI-Express
Speakers: Corsair Gaming Audio Series SP2500 High-power 2.1
3 x Monitors: 24″ BenQ XL2410T LED, 3D, 120Hz Monitor
PSU: Corsair Professional Series Gold AX 1200W Modular PSU
Bluray: LiteOn iHBS112 12x BD-RE with DVD±RW DL & RAM SATA Blu-Ray DriveWatercooling
EK-KIT H3O – Supreme HF 360 ENIf I had money I would get a fast and silent computer for gaming, with 3 monitors with refresh rate of 120hz (no more tearing etc). Physx gpu for games like metro 2033, batman, mirrors edge and also for the newest. PCIe SSD for very fast booting and copying stuff and also for fast game loading. 12gb rams for games, modelling in 3D and rendering videos.
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saiprasanth says:
This is buy far the fastest and the best computer i have ever built,and i have to say the most expensive,
It would appear to be so powerful that i am able to run
and play Call of duty 4 while adobe CS5 is rendering in the background with no fall over at all, (although i didn’t realise CS5 was running until i finished playing COD4.
I have run ATI G/cards in the past but have always felt more comfortable with Nvidia Cards, and to maybe have the opportunity to run the GTX 580 in duel mode appeals to me,as it would everyone else i suspect…lol
Coolmaster 840s case
1000w OCZ power supply (Modular)
Asus Saber tooth X79 Mobo
Intel i7 3930 3.20 GHz Tweaked to 3.8Gh.z
32 Gig DDR3 G-Skill “RIPJAWS” 1833 MHz (8X4 Gig)
OCZ Revo-drive3x2 240Gig
OCZ Vertex 3 Sata3 120Gig
Venom cooling block duel fan
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 3072 Gig GDDR5
LG Blu-ray BL-DVD-RW
MARVELL Raid 1 with 2x 1TB Seagate drives
MARVELL Raid 0 with 2X 150Gb WD 10.000rpm Velociraptor drives,
2X Samsung 2TB Drives raid 1 as Backup
28″HANNS-G Monitor connected with HDMI to GTX 580
I am waiting delivery of an OCZ Hybrid drive and a 64 gig USB flash drive to see if the flash drive is faster at transfer rates than the 2 10’000rpm Raptor’s (as they are used only for the swapfile)God only know’s where i’m going to put it should i get another GTX 580 though
there are many types of dream computers but the best ones are here, …THE ULTIMATE PC…# MOTHERBOARD
– Asus RAMPAGE IV EXTREME Intel X79 Socket 2011# PROCESSOR
– 5Ghz Intel Core i7 3930K (SandyBridge E) 6cores /12threads (this blows Extreme Edition 9xx and SandyBridge 3960X out the water!!)# MEMORY
– 64Gb Corsair Vengeance 2400Mhz Quad-Channel(8x8Gb)-(OC’d to 2400Mhz with Tweaked Latencys)# GRAPHICS
– 2 x nVidia 3Gb GTX 590 “Ultra-Charged” (in 2xSLi)
– 1 x nVidia 3Gb GTX 590 “Ultra-Charged” (Physx Computation only)# AUDIO
– ASUS Xonar Essence STX using 7.1 Surround Sound
– Denon AVR-1912 7.1 Channel A/V Home Theater Receiver# STORAGE
– 4 x 512Gb Crucial M4 SATA3 SSD’s in Striped RAID ’0′ Array, this will yield 600MB/s Read, 600MB/s write and 200,000 IOPS (theoretical) performance giving a total of 2Tb super fast SSD storage.
– 3Tb SEAGATE Barracuda XT for backups and further storage# OPTICAL DRIVES
– 1 x Pioneer BDXL Drive BDR-206MBK Worlds First “Quad-Layer” Blu-Ray Writer drive capable of reading and writing to 100Gb and 128Gb Blu-Ray Discs!!# COOLING
– Corsair H100 Hydro Series Extreme Performance CPU Water Cooling
– 1x 120mm , 1x 140mm , 3x 200mm fans included in case# FRONT PANEL
– (5.25″ x 2) Aerocool Modern V TwinBay 4x Fan Controller inc Alarm & Overheating Protection
– (5.25″) AKASA AllInOne Silver 21 Multifunction Panel with Card Reader# POWER SUPPLY
– 1500W Enermax Platimax EPM1500EGT, Modular, 95% Efficiency (80+ PLATINUM)# CASE
– Thermaltake Level 10 GT Visionary White Snow Edition (oh yess!!)# MONITOR
– ASUS VG278H LED 3D Ready 27″ HDMI Monitor (1920X1080 / 120Hz / Nvidia 3D), -
Jal vashi says:
Processor: 2x INTEL Xeon X5680 Six-Core Processor 3.33GHz LGA 1366 6.4 GT/s QPI 12MB L3 Cache
Motherboard: SUPERMICRO X8DA3
Memory: KINGSTON 48GB (6 x 8GB) ValueRAM Dual Rank PC3-8500 DDR3 1066MHz SDRAM
Video Card: 2x SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 5970 735MHz 2GB (1 x 2GB) GDDR5 4040MHz PCIe x16 CrossFire
Hard Disk: 4x OCZ 500GB Colossus SSD MLC 260/260 MB/s SATA 3Gb/s 3.5 Inch
Sound Card: CREATIVE Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite Pro 7.1 Channels 24-bit 96KHz
Optical Drive: PIONEER BDR-205BKS Black 12x/16x/40x BD/DVD/CD Burner
Power Supply: THERMALTAKE Tough Power 1200W 80 PLUS 24-pin ATX12V Quad SLI / CrossFire Certified
Case Tower: THERMALTAKE Level 10 Chassis
Cooling Solutions: Premium 2xCPU + 2xGPU Liquid Cooling Kit (Any Brand)
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit OEM
Price: $20000 (Approx.)
Processor: AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition
Motherboard: ASUS M4A785TD-V EVO
Memory: Kingston ValueRAM 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM 1333MHz (PC3-10600)
Graphic Card: Sapphire ATI HD 5770 Vapor-X 1GB GDDR5
Hard Disk: Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 SATA 3Gb/s 500GB 32MB
Power Supply: Antec TruePower New 650 Watt ATX12V
Optical Drive: LG GH22 22x DVD+-RW Burner SATA
OS: MS Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
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paul says:
@ JOE DUFFELL – No offence mate, but, 4 PCI-E SSD cards and 4 PCI-E gfx cards in that board? its only got a few PCI-E slots lol…also 8 x 4Gb sticks..that board only has 4 ram slots?
everyone, check your parts – if you want chance of winning then the PC must be build-able
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MAHESH says:
Customised Spec
*Asus VK278Q 27″ 1080p HD LED Monitor.
*Coolermaster HAF-X Full tower Chassi
*Asus Crosshair V Formula {AMD} Motherboard or Rampage IV Extreme {INTEL} Motherboard
*AMD FX-8150 Processor or Intel® Core™ i7-3930K Processor
*Dominator® with DHX Pro Connector and Airflow II Fan — 16GB Dual Channel DDR3 Memory Kit {AMD}or Dominator® GT with DHX Pro Connector 16GB Quad Channel DDR3 Memory Kit {INTEL}.
*Coolermaster Silent Pro Hybrid 1300W power supply.
*Corsair Force Series™ 3 480GB SATA Solid-State Hard Drive.x2
*Corsair Hydro Series™ H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler.
*EVGA GeForce GTX 590 Classified or XFX HD Radeon 6990
*Sony DVD Writer.
*Logitech G510 Gaming Keyboard & G500 Gaming mouse.
*UPS 1100va or aboveAMD-ATI for low price & Max Performance.
Intel-NVidia for bit high price & Max performance
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