Wait a couple of months, then these 3 things will be available:
1 x
EVGA Classified Super Record 2 (SR-2) Motherboard - Price: $600
EVGA Store (
More info on board)
1 x
Intel Xeon X5680 - Price: ~ $1600
1 x
EVGA GeForce GTX 480 Hydro Copper FTW - Price: 2 x $650
EVGA Store
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1 x Lian-Li Armorsuit PC-P80 Case to fit above motherboard - Price: $350
1 x
12Gb Corsair Dominator memory kit - Price: $400
1 x
Enermax 1250W Revolution 85+ PSU or the upcoming EVGA 1200W Super Record 2 (SR-2) Power Supply (briefly described on the motherboard link page above) - Price: ?
Total: $3600 + PSU
You can then always upgrade with a second CPU and graphics card.
At least this will be my own upgrade this summer. Perfect for everything from 3D rendering to gaming, and with 2 cpu's and gfx cards it will blow away any current Mac and at a lower price.
Just checked Apple store for a Mac Pro with following config:
Two 2.93GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
12GB (6x2GB) Memory
640GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
2x NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 512MB
Total price: $6,349.00
Talk about getting fooled.
Price for the custom build PC including 2 CPU's and GFX cards: $5850 + PSU.
This is with the new Xeon 6-core CPU and newest DX11 Geforce cards just released, and still it will be cheaper
