$21,325: Dream Machine 2015, dead tree Maximum PC magazine Oct. 2015

[steve2470]

CPU = Intel Core i7-5960X = $1,050

Motherboard = Asus Rampage V Extreme = $470

RAM = 64 GB DDR4 Corsair Dominator = $1,495

GPU = 4x EVGA GeForce TitanX Hydro Copper = $5,200

SSD = 4x Samsung 850 PRO 1 Terabyte = $2,560

HDD = 4x WD Black 6 Terabytes = $1,200

Cooling = EKWB custom-loop cooling = $450

Case = CaseLabs Magnum SMA8 = $520

Case Paintjob = Smooth Creations = $800

OS = Windows 8.1 = $100

Monitor = 27 inch 5K Dell Ultrasharp UP2715K = $2500

Mouse = Logitech Daedalus Apex = $70

Keyboard = Razer Blackwidow Chroma = $170

Headset = Kingston HyperX Cloud II = $100

Speakers = Adam Audio 5.1 System = $3,700

Sound System = Sound Blaster X7 = $400

LED Strips = Logisys RGB LED = $90

PSU = EVGA SuperNova 1600 = $450

They do this every year to demonstrate the theoretical limit of consumer-grade computing power. Of course it's ridiculous overkill but to people like me, it's interesting to read. YMMV. It's also going to be outdated within a few years, as always.

[hobbit709]

1. I can get 3 of these with change left over for the price of one Intel.

AMD FX-9590 Vishera 8-Core 4.7GHz Socket AM3+ 220W FD9590FHHKWOF Desktop Processor - Black Edition

[steve2470]

2. I think I have that one, a good cpu nt

[hobbit709]

4. My main system has an FX-8370 OC'd to 5.0 GHz

with 16 Gb RAM, 120 Gb SSD boot drive, 2 2 Tb data drives and 2 Nvidia GTX 650 Ti graphics cards on 2 27 inch 2560x1600 monitors.
Basically it's a folding@home machine that doesn't stutter no matter what else I'm doing on it.

[TygrBright]

3. Can you put a link in? I'd like to go look at it and snigger disdainfully... n/t

[steve2470]

5. no but next month it will be on their website maximumpc.com nt

[steve2470]

6. here's the one from last year

http://www.maximumpc.com/dream-machine-2014-1/

[TygrBright]

8. Hah! Thanks. Apparently the "looking badass" criterion is the key one... n/t

[Thor_MN]

7. If one is going to include a $800 custom case paint job in their specs,

That tells me all I need to know...

[steve2470]

9. yea it's pretty damn silly if you ask me

Call it someone with more money than brains, but each to his own I guess.

[RoccoR5955]

10. meh! What is a consumer going to do with that?

We have servers that cost more at my job.
I just cannot see what someone is going to do with that. Please don't tell me gaming. I could go to Vegas if I wanted to go gaming with that amount of money.
When I see this sort of stuff, I just laugh at the stupidity of some folks who think that they need all this crap.
I have been servicing PCs, and a small 2000 user network for more than 20 years now, and know that we could do it for less than what we are spending now. I just don't understand why anyone would waste that amount of money on that.