Thread: The Most Expensive Computer in the World, ePHex x58 from Maingear

This is the most expensive computer in the world in term of the highest specification of the computer ( I know other most expensive computer that become most expensive because it made of some kind of gold and diamond). So this computer also become the fastest computer in the world available in the market. Let’s take a look at the specification of this computer that released by Maingear and named ePHex x58.

- Power Supply : 1200W Silverstone DA1200 Power Supply
- Graphic card : 3x NVIDIA® GeForce™ GTX 285 3GB GDDR3 in SLI w/ PhysX
- Motherboard : Asus Rampage II Extreme Intel X58 Chipset
- Processor : Intel® Core™ i7-965 Extreme Edition 3.2GHz
- Thermal Management : Red Liquid
- Memory : 12GB Corsair XMS3 1333MHz
- Four Hard Disks : 4 x Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache – SATA II
- RAID : RAID 5 – Striping With Parity (requires 3 or more HDDs)
- Two Optical Drive : 2 x LG Super Multi Blue Blu-ray™ Disc Burner & HD DVD-ROM™ Drive
- Soundcard : Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Champion Series
- Network Card : Bigfoot Networks Killer NIC M1
- Wireless Network Adapter : D-Link Xtreme N™ 802.11n DWA-552 PCI Adapter
- Speakers : Logitech® Z-5500 Digital 5.1 THX
- Headset : Razer Piranha™ Headset
- Webcam : Logitech® QuickCam® Ultra Vision
- Primary Display : SAMSUNG 305T Black 30? 6ms DVI Widescreen LCD Monitor
- Secondary Display : SAMSUNG 305T Black 30? 6ms DVI Widescreen LCD Monitor
- Keyboard : Razer Lycosa™ Gaming Keyboard
- Mouse : Razer DeathAdder™ Gaming Mouse
- Exterior Finish : Red Flamewerks Automotive Finish
- Chassis Window and Lighting : Translucent Window Side Panel w/ White LED Lighting Bundle

So How much to own this computer? You should be surprised that this computer cost around $15,000.

Let’s take a look at how this computer looks like


Maingear ephex x58


maingear ephex x58 from the side

Do You want to buy this most expensive computer in the world? It’s as expensive as a car.
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Nice. But does not impress me at all.

For a PC of that cost, it does not offer any redundancy except for disks in terms of RAID. On the other hand, I was involved with Dell with the purchase of a computer of the following specs:

• Form factor: Standard Rack mount
• CPU: 2 x Intel Xeon E7530 (Six Core) with a provision to add 2 more such sockets
• NIC: 2 x Dual Port Broadcom 5709C GbE with a provision to add 2 more
• HDD: 4 x 500 GB 2.5" disks (RAID 1), provision to add 12 more disks
• Memory: 32 GB Memory (redundant) expandable to 128 GB
• Optical drive: DVD-ROM Drive
• PSU: High Output Power Supply 3 PSU 1100W x 2 (redundant)
• Accessories: Keyboard / Mouse/ TFT Monitor 15"
• OS: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5

Almost everything in the above computer has built in redundancy. The cost is about Rs. 8 lakhs.

Yep, not at all impressive specs, pretty outdated actually

@J4K : Dual PSU is generally a bad idea, has a good chance to kill your PC in a few hrs, most high end motherboards will not boot up and give you an error warning.

well, i would make a better one with that money.

BTW, what's the use of 3x GTX 285????

Better put 2X ATI 5970, it will get much more better performance in terms of graphics

That is a server class machine. Its motherboard, chipset, topology, architecture, etc. is different.

I know, one cannot compare a server with a desktop but the point I was making is it is useless to spend $15K on a desktop.

I cant afford a $15k computer but even if I could I wont buy it.. the simple reason being I have no use for such a computer. I wonder what kind of applications require such specs!
Just so you know that there are more expensive machines you can get custom made... but the point is why would any one need such a box? It wont take you to outer space

Originally Posted by Admin

I cant afford a $15k computer but even if I could I wont buy it.. the simple reason being I have no use for such a computer. I wonder what kind of applications require such specs!
Just so you know that there are more expensive machines you can get custom made... but the point is why would any one need such a box? It wont take you to outer space

yeah, their is no use of such high specs for desktop.

A good PC under Rs 60000/- is high enough for gaming purpose and other stuffs.

Choosing the right components matters the most

Sorry It is out of course but
please let me know

Is it possible to use 2 SMPS (PSU) in single PC

I do not know how to Quot, but the config from jist4kix shows 2 PSU

If yes how?

I have 550w Zebronics PSU

I want to make it double

Sorry bad english (Coz I am Gujarati)

Originally Posted by chiiirag

Sorry It is out of course but
please let me know

Is it possible to use 2 SMPS (PSU) in single PC

I do not know how to Quot, but the config from jist4kix shows 2 PSU

If yes how?

I have 550w Zebronics PSU

I want to make it double

Sorry bad english (Coz I am Gujarati)

The machine that I mentioned is a server class machine. It has a different architecture. A server must have redundancy to overcome small failures. For example, if one PSU goes down, the second PSU continues to supply power.

Such redundancy is not (usually) available in a standard desktop and is neither required (for most situations).

Be it $15k or 8lakh rs its not worth that

Mostly people buy PC's for Running heavy softwares 3DS max,maya,etc or for Hardcore gaming or daily PC use like making documents,surfing the web,etc

For this a PC not more than 60k rs is required(with HD5970 )

I would rather buy a Bullet 350 standard and a Volkswagen POLO for 8lakhs