£14,000 for a pc? Honest awnsers please. Specs are configured.?

Question

I am thinking of getting a £14.25k 3d workstation pc but getting last thoughts. I want to start a 3d product design company. And just for surfing the web. The specs are:


Item Name: Stratosphere Elite QX4
Item Price: £14,425.00 
Options:
Tower or Rackmount: NEW! High-airflow case with large, high-performance quiet cooling, side window, optional red LED
CPU Options - Dual Intel Xeon Processors: NEW! 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2687W eight-core processors: 3.1 - 3.8 GHz, 150W TDP
CPU Coolers : 2 x Ultra-silent, high-performance Noctua CPU coolers for Intel Xeon: 17.6 - 19.8 dB(A)
Motherboard Features and Slots: Standard motherboard: (6) PCI Express x16 slots, (16) memory DIMM slots, (4) Gigabit Ethernet ports
Memory Options - DDR3 ECC (Error Correcting): 256GB fast 1600MHz DDR3 ECC quad-channel memory (16 x 16GB DIMMs)
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit with XP Mode: 35 languages, BitLocker drive encryption
Primary System Drive (SSD): 1.2TB Solid State Drive: Intel 320 Series (2 x 600GB SSD RAID-0 single volume)
Secondary SSD Drive: 1.2TB Solid State Drive: Intel 320 Series (2 x 600GB RAID 0 single volume)
RAID-1 mirror: Configure secondary SSD as RAID-1 mirror of system drive (must be identical type & size)
Secondary / Media Storage Drive: 2TB fast and quiet hard drive
Internal Bootable Backup Hard Drive: 2TB fast and quiet hard drive, automated backup software
25GB / 50GB BD-R Optical Disc Backup & Recovery: 25GB BD-R recovery disc + 10-pack Verbatim 50GB BD-R DL (6x speed) media for new backups
USB 2.0 / SuperSpeed USB 3.0: (12) USB ports: (2) USB 3.0/2.0 front, (2) USB 2.0 front, (6) USB 3.0/2.0 rear, (2) USB 2.0 rear
eSATA (external storage): (1) front + (2) rear eSATA 3 GB/s ports
Primary Optical Drive: NEW! Dual LG M-Disc / BD-R DL / Blu-ray rewriters / DVD±RW DL / CD-RW burners
Blu-ray Playback Software: PowerDVD 12 Ultra: best-of-class features, includes PowerDVD Remote, Mobile; 2 years support
Media Card Reader / USB 3.0 Port Expansion: High-speed USB 3.0 media card reader with extra front USB 3.0 port
Wired Networking: Quad 10/100/1000 Mbps Gigabit wired Ethernet (standard motherboard)
Antivirus / Antispyware Software: Microsoft Security Essentials high-performance antivirus / anti-malware software
UltraView Desktop Manager: UltraView Desktop Manager software utilities: Windows Taskbar for each screen, more ($99 value)
Microsoft Office: Microsoft Office Professional 2010: Adds Access + Publisher to Home and Business
Wireless Keyboard and Wireless Mouse: Microsoft Wireless Desktop 3000 (classic layout, stylish design, BlueTrack technology)
Wired USB Keyboard and Wired USB Mouse: Microsoft Keyboard 600 + Microsoft Comfort Mouse 4500 (BlueTrack technology)
Speakers: Logitech Z-906 premium THX 5.1 surround speakers with control console, remote, digital inputs
Premium Battery Backup (UPS/LCD) + Automatic Voltage Regulation (AVR): APC BR1500G UPS + external battery pack (372 volt-amp-hours; 3X run time, typically)
Warranty: 3-Year Extended Warranty (parts / labor)
Support: Lifetime Expert Telephone / Email Support with Remote Diagnostics, On-Demand Remote Control

Answer 1

that's a lot of money for £8000 worth of equipment

Answer 2

for product design, this is super overkill!!!!



before spending that kind of money, what software are you going to be using on it?



it would be a HUGE waste of money if your using software that can only use 1 or 2 cores making the duel Xeon processors pointless (they are more for servers)



256GB of RAM is also very pointless, windows 7 ultimate 64 bit can only use a maximum of 192GB,



http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa366778(v=vs.85).aspx



and a huge waste of money if the software your using isnt going to be using anywhere near that much. unless your going to be using software that loads up everything and your designing a skyscraper, every room, every single detail, i doubt that you will get anywhere near 256GB of memory use.



do you really need Duel blueray burners?



a USB 3.0 media card reader is also a waste of money, most memory cards will not reach the speeds, better off with a 2.0 one or internal reader.



also the bundled software is a waste of money.

Answer 3

This is massive overkill if you just want to surf the web. It's like taking an aircraft carrier if you just want to go fishing for a while.



This is a workstation meant to be either a small-scale rendering farm by itself or to be a part of a rendering farm. Depending on what you mean by "3D product design company", I'm still leaning towards this being massive overkill - but it all boils down to what software you're intending to run on this computer.