amd fx-8350 with liquid cooling= 8 core 4ghz each/ 4.7 ghz OC.....$189.99
MSI R7850 Twin Frozr 2GD5/OC Radeon HD 7850 2GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card =$225.00
ASRock 990FX Extreme3 AM3+ AMD 990FX + SB950 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS=$109.99
16gb of 2800mhz ram=$125
800watt modular power supply=$100
this is what i run right now on my tower, win 8.1, boots to full loaded and ready to run in about 1 min, runs skyrim and saints row 4 at the same time maxed out settings with no stress on 4 cores, x-boost mode runs all 8 cores ,but i want another 16gb of ram before i start using all 8 on the norm, with vurtalpc it can run full win 3.11,95,98,me,xp,vista,seven,and old 8.0 at the same time with multiple tasts running with little drag
only draw back is its a atx mother board and takes a big case.....i was originally going to use a different case but had to use a really old one..like late 90's old...
might be getting this case soon though
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6811133200
ps :: if your wanting a large pixel collider, a company built super pc
64 gb super high speed ram=$3300
4 amd titian graphics cards with 5gb of ddr5 ram=$1060 each
high speed 4 tb ssd=$900-1500
1tb ssd hybrid drive for core os= $190-600 each for 2
2400 watt psu=$250
quad hdmi lcd= $400-5000 each for 4-8 monitors
see how much we need a price range for this......it can very dramatically depending on what you want