Friday, January 26, 2018

Ultimate PC Configuration - Q1 2018

Happy New Year 2018 and greetings to all. I'm trying to get back into the swing of things and am finally recovering from yet another nasty winter cough and cold bug. Let's get started with trying to come up with a fantasy PC build with some of the latest and greatest of PC parts that money can buy for the first quarter of 2018.

Here's an expert enthusiast hardware configuration for an Extreme Performance Gaming PC with some of the most current and best rated hardware components. Keep in mind that this kind of build, is not meant to be affordable, but is meant to show off state-of-the-art highest end computer performance:
Computer case:
Corsair Crystal 570X RGB
=   $ 230.00

Power supply:
Corsair AX Series AX1500I 1500W ATX 80 Plus Titanium Power Supply
=   $ 550.00

Processor:
Intel Core i9-7980XE Extreme Edition 18 Cores Processor (24.75M Cache 4.20 GHz) LGA2066
=    $ 2,500.00

Motherboard:
Asus Rampage VI Extreme w/ DDR4 2133, 7.1 Audio, Triple M.2, 10G LAN, 802.11 ad, Bluetooth v4.2, 4-Way CrossFireX / 4-Way SLI
=  $ 815.00

Memory:
G.Skill Trident Z RGB Series DDR4 3866 RAM Kit w/ RGB LED Lighting, 32GB (4x 8GB)
=    $ 780.00

Video card:
Gigabyte AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Xtreme Edition 11GB 1721 MHz OverClock
=   $ 1300.00

Storage:
Samsung 960 PRO NVMe M.2 PCIe x4 SSD, 2TB Solid State Drive (3500 MB/s)
=   $ 1700.00

Monitor:
Samsung C49HG90 49in Curved QLED UltraWide IPS 144Hz Quantum Dot HDR
=  $ 2,000.00

GRAND TOTAL APPROXIMATE COST = $ 9,875.00