Suggestions for dream hardware please

[johnwhelan]

One of my friends wants something to make his teenage sons eyes water so he can tell them they can't play on it its daddy's.

I'd thought a 1 Terrabyte Samsung EVO, some sort of i7, GTX 1080, 8 gigs memory? 1920 by 1080 monitor? I wondered about 4k but that needs more GPU to drive it.

I think daddy is going through a middle aged whatever and its cheaper than a sports car. There is a budget but I don't think its going to be blown. It probably won't be used for TANE.

Suggestions?

Thanks John

 

[bendorsey]

If he really wants to cause his son to melt into a puddle of piddle in the middle of the floor why limit himself to a laptop?

An Alienware Area-51 or Falcon Northwest Mach 5 can easily drive his son into an totally insane level of jealousy (and utterly nuke the family budget.:hehe:

On a more serious note both companies make very nice laptops.

Ben

 

[Vostrail]

Ha ha,
I've just built such a machine, and had the same conversation with my son, albeit he's not yet a teenager. In my case, TANE performance was a priority and I won't be doing any hardcore content creation; hence Skylake suited me fine. For what it's worth, here's what I ended up with:

Motherboard: Asus ROG Maximus VIII Hero alpha (z170 chipset)
Processor: Intel i7 6700K
RAM: 32 GB GSkill Tridentz 3000 MHz DDR4 (I'd recommend 16 gigs as a minimum for a high end build)
cpu cooler: Deepcool Captain 240 ex all-in-one.
Boot drive: Samsung 950 pro 512 GB (probably overkill but heh-ho)
Apps drive: Samsung 850 evo 1 TB (Tane data folder stored here)
Misc storage: Seagate 3TB HDD
GPU: Asus Strix gtx1080 O8G

PSU: Corsair RM850i

Monitor: Asus ROG PG279Q (2560 x 1440 at up to 165 Hz)

Here in Thailand, high-end parts are harder to source and consequently more expensive than in North America. It will be some time before my kids get to eat again, I fear.

 

[johnwhelan]

If he really wants to cause his son to melt into a puddle of piddle in the middle of the floor why limit himself to a laptop?

An Alienware Area-51 or Falcon Northwest Mach 5 can easily drive his son into an totally insane level of jealousy (and utterly nuke the family budget.:hehe:

On a more serious note both companies make very nice laptops.

Ben

This will not be a laptop.

Cheerio John

 

[johnwhelan]

Ha ha,
I've just built such a machine, and had the same conversation with my son, albeit he's not yet a teenager. In my case, TANE performance was a priority and I won't be doing any hardcore content creation; hence Skylake suited me fine. For what it's worth, here's what I ended up with:

Motherboard: Asus ROG Maximus VIII Hero alpha (z170 chipset)
Processor: Intel i7 6700K
RAM: 32 GB GSkill Tridentz 3000 MHz DDR4 (I'd recommend 16 gigs as a minimum for a high end build)
cpu cooler: Deepcool Captain 240 ex all-in-one.
Boot drive: Samsung 950 pro 512 GB (probably overkill but heh-ho)
Apps drive: Samsung 850 evo 1 TB (Tane data folder stored here)
Misc storage: Seagate 3TB HDD
GPU: Asus Strix gtx1080 O8G

PSU: Corsair RM850i

Monitor: Asus ROG PG279Q (2560 x 1440 at up to 165 Hz)

Here in Thailand, high-end parts are harder to source and consequently more expensive than in North America. It will be some time before my kids get to eat again, I fear.

Interesting certainly a basis to start from.

Thanks John