The $35,000.00 Dollar Setup.

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Type Item Price
CPU Intel Core i7-5960X 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor $999.99 @ SuperBiiz
Motherboard Asus RAMPAGE V EXTREME/U3 EATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard $479.99 @ Amazon
Memory Corsair Dominator Platinum 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $449.99 @ Amazon
Storage Samsung 850 Pro Series 1TB 2.5″ Solid State Drive $419.99 @ Micro Center
Storage Samsung 850 Pro Series 1TB 2.5″ Solid State Drive $419.99 @ Micro Center
Video Card EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB K|NGP|N ACX 2.0+ Video Card (4-Way SLI) $1200.00
Video Card EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB K|NGP|N ACX 2.0+ Video Card (4-Way SLI) $1200.00
Video Card EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB K|NGP|N ACX 2.0+ Video Card (4-Way SLI) $1200.00
Video Card EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB K|NGP|N ACX 2.0+ Video Card (4-Way SLI) $1200.00
Power Supply Super Flower Leadex 2000W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply $400.00
Operating System Microsoft Windows 10 Pro OEM (64-bit) $130.65 @ OutletPC
Monitor Acer Predator X34 100Hz 34.0″ Monitor $1157.99 @ NCIX US
Monitor Acer Predator X34 100Hz 34.0″ Monitor $1157.99 @ NCIX US
Monitor Acer Predator X34 100Hz 34.0″ Monitor $1157.99 @ NCIX US
Monitor Asus PG279Q ROG Swift 165Hz 27.0″ Monitor $799.00 @ Amazon
Keyboard Razer Orbweaver Elite Mechanical Gaming Keypad Wired Gaming Keyboard $163.32 @ Amazon
Keyboard Ducky DK9087 Shine 3 TKL Blue LED Backlit (Red Cherry MX) Wired Standard Keyboard $185.00 @ Amazon
Mouse Razer DeathAdder Chroma Wired Optical Mouse $57.99 @ Amazon
Headphones Sennheiser HD800 Headphones $1298.99 @ Amazon
Other Roccat Bungee Purchased For $53.46
Other ASUS (RT-AC68U Purchased For $174.87
Other Aquaero 6 XT Purchased For $200.00
Other Phobya UV LED x 10 Purchased For $300.00
Other Razer Firefly mat Purchased For $59.99
Other Monsoon hardline UV Blue tubes x 2 Purchased For $50.00
Other Mayhems Aurora 2 Concentrate X 4 Purchased For $70.00
Other Mayhems Clear Blue UV Dye Purchased For $10.00
Other Mayhems Blue Dye Purchased For $10.00
Other Corsair Air Series SP 140 LED Blue High Static Pressure Fan Cooling x 18 Purchased For $244.62
Other Noctua 140 mm NF-A14 PWM x 18 Purchased For $531.00
Other Aquacomputer D5 Pump + Aquabus x 3 Purchased For $300.00
Other EK-FB ASUS R5E Monoblock – Nickel Purchased For $200.00
Other EK-FC 980 Ti Classy KPE – Nickel x 4 Purchased For $579.39
Other EK-RES X3 250 x 2 Purchased For $115.40
Other EVGA 4 way SLI bridge Amazon For $50.00
Other INWIN S FRAME + Modding $1000.00
Other Woo Audio 22 Tube Amp Purchased For $1995.00
Other Woo Audio WDS- 1 DAC Purchased For $1199.00
Other Woo Audio Headphone Stand Purchased For $79.00
Other Cambridge Azur 851A Purchased For $1849.00
Other Herman Miller Embody Purchased For $1229.00
Other Ergotron MX Wall Mount LCD Arm Purchased For $158.46
Other Bowers and Willkins CM5 S2 Purchased For $2400.00
Other Moon Audio Blue Dragon 6m XLR Balanced cable Purchased For $500.00
Other Bluewalker PowerWalker VFI 10000P/RT LCD Purchased For $2098.00
Other Server Rack Purchased For $265.71
Other Netgear GS516TP, Switch Purchased For $409.48
Other Sharkoon 5-Bay RAID-Station Purchased For $208.95
Other Western Digital WD2001FFSX 2 TB x 5 Purchased For $782.25
Other Server ( MSI Board, i5 CPU, Samsung SSD, Corsair PSU ) Purchased For $600.00
Other Aquarium + Bubble machine Purchased For $200.00
Other EK WB Watercooling fittings and fan cables Purchased For $1200.00
Other Speaker wall mount Purchased For $200.00
Other Flow sensor “high flow” G1/4 for aquaero, aquastream XT ultra and poweradjust Purchased For $39.80
Other Custom Power Cables Purchased For $300.00
Other Watercool – MO-RA 3 9×140 PRO x 2 Purchased For $600.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
Total

$34341.25

Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-12 14:04 EST-0500 ker.com) 2016-01-12 05:07 EST-0500

The Aquarium Setup:

19 - 7UzzXT821 - mDS2Rw3/u/JaybieFromTheLB

The close up pic of the SSD in the aquarium was the icing on the cake for me. Sheesh. Good job man. Hope this setup has been treating you well.

/u/mweep

Dumb question here: why is the SSD submerged?

/u/bmckalip

because it can be. It’s mineral oil, which is non-conductive to electricity. An SSD has no moving parts, so there’s nothing moving for the Oil to negatively effect; whereas a HDD wouldn’t be submerged, because it has a rotating disk, which the mineral oil would slow the speed of, and likely just break entirely.

/u/mweep

Interesting. I enjoy the concept, of course, but would this not cause difficulties if the drive needed to be removed and re-installed?20 - 3L7QaZu

/u/bmckalip

yep. Very difficult to upgrade/service. This is why no one builds them. they’re an expensive novelty. The mineral oil isn’t particularly more efficient at cooling the system, its just cool as fuck.

 

Credit goes to /u/Pilot_H for sharing his “friend’s” amazing setup.

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