lol nething over 60 is a wast to me so i in many cases limited it off at that lol so i up everything else pos lol

How much did the whole thing cost you?
What's your keyboard, mouse and speakers?

OK, here's what I have so far:

Monitor: Dell 3007WFP-HC: £825
Case: Lian-Li PC-P80 case: £210
Speakers: Harman Kardon Soundsticks II: £120
Mouse: Logitech G5: £55
Keyboard: Enermax Aurora: £45
Headset: Sennheiser PC160: £85

I can't really say what the system will actually cost.

It's almost £2000 for the remaining components, about £1975 including delivery and VAT.

Overall over £3000 for your entire computer, pretty expensive^^

It'll bring a smile to my face that is for sure.

Therefore it is surely good value for money.

That is a lot of money for a system. None the less if you have earnt it and its what you want, good for you

I'm sure you will feel great the first time you run some games on it.

I had a dream about the computer last night. Just simply about how great it will run. The first thing I will do is link it up to the 1080p TV and demonstrate it to the family. I'll run things like Unreal Tournament 3, Audiosurf, Team Fortress 2, FEAR, possibly Crysis etc. and it's just going to run so well!

Update: Damn, I've just priced everything up again on the machine I am currently on and for whatever reason the system is coming to £2005 including delivery. How annoying. I'll double check it later to make sure I'm not seeing things or selecting something I shouldn't.

Update 2: OK I've double checked now and it seems that I was forgetting to add my wireless card, so it is in fact over £2k for the rest of the components. To ease the blow, I've just bought a couple of, hmm, parts rather than components. Would anybody like to know what else actually comprises this system. It doesn't matter if you don't as I'm going to tell you anyway:

Just bought the following:
CPU Cooler: Zalman CNPS9700-NT nVidia Tritium CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/LGA775) (£48.16)
Wireless: Netgear WPN311 108Mbps RangeMax Wireless Desktop PCI Network Adapter (£29.36)
Thermal Stuff: ArctiClean Thermal Material Remover and Surface Purifier - 60ml Kit (£5.86)
Thermal Stuff: Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) (£4.69)
DVD Drive: Samsung SH-S223F/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (£15.26)
Delivery: Tuesday 19th August (£9.69)

Still need to buy the following:
Memory Cooler: Corsair Memory Cooler (Dominator Fan) (£16.44)
OS: Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (66I-01939) (£69.31)
Hard Drives: 2x Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103UJ) (£180.92)
Graphics Cards: 2x Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 2048MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail (£775.48)
Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 LGA775 'Yorkfield' 2.83GHz 12MB-cache (1333FSB) Processor - Retail (£217.36)
RAM: 2x OCZ 2GB DDR3 PC3-12800C7 1600MHz Platinum Enhanced Bandwidth (2x1GB) Dual Channel DDR3 (OCZ3P1600EB2GK) (£187.98)
Motherboard: Asus Rampage Extreme Intel X48 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard (£258.49)
Power Supply: Tagan PipeRock TG1100-BZ 1100w Modular BZ Series PSU (£152.74)
Delivery: Saturday (£24.62)

So to summarise, my signature will probably look something like the following when this has finished:

Q9550 @ 3.4GHz (400 x 8.5) w/ Zalman Black Flower, 4GB OCZ 1600MHz 7-6-6-20, 2x Radeon 4870X2 in CrossfireX, 2x 1TB Samsung F1's, Rampage Extreme, 1100W Tagan BZ, Vista HP64, Dell 3007WFP-HC

Update 3: I amended my order today so that I got the last 8 socket surge protector that Overclockers had in stock. There's no way I will wait for weeks to get my whole computer just for the sake of a £16 surge protector. Having said that - I wanted it from Overclockers because the price is so good - it costs £25 for a 6 socket surge protector in Currys.digital!

Heh, Gozzer, he does this kinda thing every couple of years, lol.

Looking forward to seeing it made!

I could have the remaining parts on Tuesday 19th...

It could be finished by Tuesday night!

I just bought it!

Now wait for their to be a fault with the ATI cards that makes them implode xD

Seriously, don't say that, it'll likely happen.

Lmao that was the plan ;D

Meanie!

Come over on Saturday next week, or Sunday, or Monday! It's bank holiday Monday on 25th August 2008. Come over on all 3 days! We're going to rape this system HARD!

Sounds uber.

I'm trying to get over the whole thing of OK I have four graphics chips now... each chip is more powerful than the one chip I had in my last system...

Overkill has never felt so great!

And surprisingly cheap, lol.

Didn't your 6800Ultra based system cost more than this when you built it?

No it cost about £500 less.

I'd swear it cost more Ah well.

Your probably forgetting to account for the fact he had to buy a monitor and stuff last time.. He already has most of the essenecials this time.

True, he did buy an expensive monitor. Something doesn't add up, though, as I built a computer at the same time for £1.4K and it was only an A64 3000+ and 6800GT, which were much cheaper than the stuff he bought (FX57, IIRC).

Unless we're mixing this up with another PC, lol.

I think you are thinking of somebody else!
My last system was a Q6600 with an 8800U.
The one before that was a 4000+ and that had a X850XTPE, a 6800GS XXX and a 7950GX2 in it's lifetime.

I can remember you had a 6800 something and that you had an Ultra at one point, I mixed them up ^^

Ah, I think you were planning a FX57+6800Ultra but reduced it in the end.

I did impulse bid on an FX-57 on Ebay at one point but retracted my bid and just upgraded to a 7950GX2 with a PhysX.

OK now that I have the consignment numbers, I can tell you that my system weighs in at over 30Kg...

Keep an eye on THIS THREAD tomorrow for some pictures!