I can give you an exact price if you'd like, but i didn't really keep track of every single dollar i spent.
The price is in the neighborhood of 25000USD, but keep in mind I didn't pay MSRP. Many times, I had to pay way above MSRP.
Some things, like the eVGA cards i had to buy 100 more than the msrp due to their rarity. Other things, I got really cheap through great deals with newegg and clearence sales at electonics stores.
Also, the mobo I had to buy specially. The mobo is currently very hard to find right now due to the company only releasing small amounts to select customers and retailers. I had to buy my mobo from a friend who worked at someplace (i don't really want to say to protect him in case of any legal crap cause he had to sign an NDA when the store he worked for got it), it was new and in the packaged box. I got it for about 1000 USD.
Thx for the power supply advice. I will check it out and probably buy it.
And BTW, Saitek, yeah I was being hasty. I really excited about this. However, I have slowen down a bit. I'm currently pacing myself as I install some copper heatsinks for the video cards...and of course, waiting for my PSU. As for my case, I really don't care. At first, I was just going to go without a case, but a friend convinced me it might be a good idea to have at least the mobo, cd drives and vid cards and CPU's in a case. But i really don't care, its not like I'm going to be taking this computer to a LAN party.
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