$3000 Challenge

[xWilDx]

If you could have $3000 to spend on Pc components,cases,psu etc what would your dream rig be? I want to know why you choose these components too! Please list your dream rigs(for future usage also)

 

[xWilDx]

I guess people like the idea of spending $3000 on a pc, just thought you would take part in the survey.

 

[jackschmittusa]

My dream PC would cost more than 3k.

 

[Chosonman]

one word. Skulltrail

 

[Scottae]

Well I guess for 3G's Id have what I have with a better processor (dont know how feasible) and another 8800GTX

That is about alll maybe some better ram

 

[Quiksilver]

Does this include things like monitors, speakers, keyboards, mouse, and not yet released products (but we know their coming soon..)?

 

[xWilDx]

Yes , this is of course to see what type of rig you could build with as many gadgets and accessories(spending every last nickel)

 

[Atheus]

I bet if I converted the cost of my rig into American dollars it would be more than 3K, so discounting the ridiculous like supercomputing clusters and plasma monitors as big as your house, I think i already have my dream machine:

- Q6600 overclocked to 3.4Ghz on all cores. I reckon a faster processor is not available for the PC.
- 4GB of DDR2 overclocked to ~945Mhz.
- 8800GT not overclocked - it doesn't need it.
- 22" LCD monitor.
- all the trimmings.

So what about if we don't discount the ridiculous? This would be quite nice... 1.344 TFLOPs per rack...

 

[erikistired]

Mac Pro

2 3.0Ghz Quad-Core Intel Xeon (8-core)
4GB (4x1GB)
500GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
500GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 512MB
Apple Cinema HD Display (23" flat panel)
One 16x SuperDrive
Airport Extreme card (Wi-Fi)
Apple wireless Mighty Mouse
Apple wireless Keyboard + Mac OS X

$5158.00 (with discount)

Time Capsule - 1 TB

$479.00

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there you go. i can keep my klipsch speakers. toss in a copy of Windows XP for bootcamp goodness.

 

[xWilDx]

The mac daddy pimp =O, i take it most seem to like the quad q6600 cheap + o.c potential,
and nearly all forums i visit seemingly most like the 8800gt, not too expensive yet good o.c
, does that mean that most are nvidia fan's? How about the x2 hd3870 ?

 

[bwatson283]

I will take the 3k and run like the wind!

 

[kirilus]

What do you mean by dream PC? To play all current games on max with 1600x1200 res you need 1.5K PC. Video editing - slightly more. Also, with technology changing so often nowadays your today's dream PC has a potential of becoming a 'regular' PC tomorrow or an 'outdated' the day after.

 

[jterrell]

...a pc with jessica alba sitting atop it?

I really see no reason to spend more than 2k for a pc at all right now.
For 2K you can build a really nice water-cooled system that can hit 4k OC'd while warming up.

 

[chinaman1472]

^ agree w/ jessica alba comment

 

[jsedlak]

3k is so low...

dual xeon quad cores,
a gob ton of ram (32gb anyone),
a single GPU (im not a gamer),
a raid setup with multiple SSDs,
tri 24" Dell LCDs,
HDTV recorder (for recording off my 360)

 

[Roguestar]

I'd buy three mid-high end PCs.

 

[AmberClad]

[CPU] QX9770
[HSF] TRUE
[Mobo] ASUS Striker II Formula or Foxconn Dreadnought
[GPU] 3x 9800GX2
[RAM] 8GB DDR3
[Sound Card] Auzentech X-Fi Prelude
[Case] Antec 900
[PSU] Corsair HX1000

Some of those parts aren't on the market yet, I didn't take into account peripherals, and I think I may have gone over budget .

 

[xWilDx]

Ok whats the cheapest you could build with good/high specs? buying parts from established retailers? as including keyboard/mouse ,speakers?

 

[Roguestar]

Cheapest for what? Cheapest for light gaming such as WoW or business/home use? Get a Dell from the Dell Outlet.

 

[imported_wired247]

Originally posted by: jterrell
...a pc with jessica alba sitting atop it?

I really see no reason to spend more than 2k for a pc at all right now.
For 2K you can build a really nice water-cooled system that can hit 4k OC'd while warming up.

Jessica Alba has fallen on hard times if she is making appearances for $3k

 

[Roguestar]

^ I was just thinking "she must be pretty hard up if you can get a PC and her for 3K"

 

[Denithor]

^ yep, same thinking here. Are you sure you have enough zeros in that price?