Wheres my inv SE!

[Neptune]

8000USD sounds pretty insane. For much less approx 6700USD, I could get a PC with these specs from komplett.no

Corsair Obsidian 800D Big Tower Sort
Corsair AX 1200W PSU
Intel® Core i7-3970X Extreme
Corsair H100 Hydro Series CPU Kjøler
ASUS P9X79 LE, Socket-2011, KUN PC-PROD
Kingston DDR3 HyperX 1600MHz 16GB
Kingston DDR3 HyperX 1600MHz 16GB
ASUS GeForce GTX 690 4GB PhysX CUDA x 2 SLi
Plextor Blu-Ray Writer PX-B950SA
Crucial m4 SSD 2.5" 512GB
Seagate Barracuda® 2TB
Logitech Gaming Keyboard G105
Logitech G600 MMO Gaming Mouse Black
Microsoft Windows 8 PRO 64bit

So I am really interested in the spec of the PCs the people who said they spend over 7000

That to me is completely overkill. Like by the time you could tap into that your mobo and ram would be obsolete. Right?

[Altera]

That to me is completely overkill. Like by the time you could tap into that your mobo and ram would be obsolete. Right?

Yeah, which is why I never get the absolute highest components.
My Specs atm is:

i7 3930K 3,2-3,4ghz, Not overclocked
Asus P9X79 Pro motherboard
Corsair H100 CPU cooler
Corsair XMS3 16GB Ram 2000mhz
Corsair 750w PSU
Asus Radeon HD7970 1000mhz single card. I dont find crossfire worth the price as 2nd card isnt used 100%
Intel SSD 180GB
2 x 1GB Seagate Barracudas
Dell Ultrasharp U3011

Total price around 3000$. Most I have ever spent on a PC upgrade

And this PC should be useable for many years. And if it cant run ARR on maximum, then there as to be a problem client side and not the hardware XD

[Lirion]

I think the more interesting topic here is you spending 7k on a pc. What do you do on it?

[Atomisk]

I spent over 7 thousand dollars in pc equipment just for ffxiv this past years waiting for this game to get fixed and I get no inv /wrist sad panda

wow i spent $1.5k and ran 14 no problem . . .

[Rex]

I spent over 7 thousand dollars in pc equipment just for ffxiv this past years waiting for this game to get fixed and I get no inv /wrist sad panda

Seriously...?

[EinSoFZ]

I bought a better video card for $300 and thought I was spending a little too much just for one game. I'm jealous of those with such massive amounts of disposable income~

[Shougun]

I bought a better video card for $300 and thought I was spending a little too much just for one game. I'm jealous of those with such massive amounts of disposable income~

With some parts ready (scrap from your old machine and replace the junk (stuff like PSU, Case, CPU/GPU, HDD, SSD)) you can get a very happy system ~500. Much more then 1500 and your computer better be doing the dishes for you or you are working in the graphics industry and want shit rendered asap.

(Non scrapping prices):
Can successfully hit very high / maxed on most (if not all) games successfully with ~1000 - 1500 with a whole new tower purchase (usually keyboard/mouse included but still probably wouldn't get a monitor)

[Raagnar]

I just built and overkill PC for 1500. If you get ANYTHING from alienware youre a sucker who likes flashy lights and alien heads. They literally use the same exact parts you can buy individually(minus the flashy eyesore of a case). For those asking why buy a 7k rig.. its not for playing games its for making them. If you bought it for playing games then you wasted your money. With a 7-8k$ rig you can do some hardcore 3d rendering and make some nice indie titles or mods if you like. No its not needed but thats why ppl buy rigs like that. (aside from epeen measuring anyway)

[GodseijuroHiko]

Hehehehehe

[Wynn]

I think he did say that was the total cost he paid for three different systems total, not one. Still pretty pricey, but just thought I'd offer the clarification.