Best Rig contest!!

[OrangeParktech]

PC in Sig.

Putting the Evga 6800 Ultra in this box with a fresh load of windows in 11 days.

 

[exdeath]

The system in my sig, but I just moved to a new house and ISP's changed so the link & pics is down.

AMD Athlon 64 FX-55 S939 @ 3.0 Ghz
Asus A8N-SLI nForce4 SLI Deluxe mainboard
1 GB Corsair 3200 XL @ 2-2-2-5-1T
Coolermaster ATC-111 aluminum mid tower
Enermax 465w PSU 3.3/5/12v @ 36 amp
Koolance Exos Al external liquid cooling system
Koolance CPU-300-H06 CPU block
2 x Raptor WD740GD 148GB SATA RAID0
Sony DRU710A dual layer DVD±RW
Dual SLI PCIe eVga GeForce 6800 Ultra 256MB @ 425/1100
Sony F500R 21" FD Trinitron .22mm AGP 2048x1536
Samsung 213T 21.3" LCD 1600x1200
Klipsch 2.1 speaker system
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS
Logitech MX cordless keyboard
Logitech MX700 cordless optical mouse

Breaking 11,000+ in 3DMark'05, hope to water cool the video cards with Innovatek blocks and try some overclocking as soon as they come out with a PCI Express version (the board layout is slightly different from the AGP version and components physically interfere with the current blocks)

CPU is a modest overclock on water @ 41C 1.5125v, no vapor or anything fancy. Primary display is the best CRT that will ever be made used for gaming, LCD used primarily when coding/debugging.

Speakers going to Klipsch 5.1 Ultra as soon as I get the den set up with some shelves on the opposite wall and can conceal the wiring, I haven't used my PC much since moving; no internet is a drag...

 

[ayman]

-AMD Athlon 64 3500+ 90nm (2.5) prime stable. going higher later for benchmarks.
-MSI Neo2 Platinum
-1GB OCZ Gold Edition Rev.2 @ 2.5-3-3-8 (auto) i'll change them later to more aggresive timings
-80GB Seagate Barricuda Sata
-80GB Seagate Barricuda ATA
-BFG 6800GT OC 400/1100

34-35C idle
39-44C depending on how much load

 

[Stangs55]

sig

 

[nick1985]

see sig

 

[ribbon13]

Lian-Li PC-V2100B (modded to all hell)
PCP&C 510W AG + 2x Meanwell SE-600-24 + Meanwell SCN-600-12
Tyan K8WE S2895UA2NRF (Blue PCB, ES layout)
Dual Opteron 250 + Dual Blue Dominator Pro 437w's
8x Corsair CMX512RE-3200LL
4x Seagate ST336754LW (Raid-10)
3Ware 9500-12
12x Western Digital WD740GD (Raid-5)
3D Labs Wildcat Realizm 800 + one I can't list due to NDA
Samsung SyncMaster 710N-2-B
Mitsubishi MultiSync FP2141SB-BK with SpectraView
Denon AVR-5805
7 pairs of Dayton BR-1s
Dayton MKIII 15" powered sub.
Wireless KVM
Logitech MX510-B
Unicomp Customizer 101 Two-tone Black

 

[exdeath]

Originally posted by: ribbon13
Lian-Li PC-V2100B (modded to all hell)
PCP&C 510W AG + 2x Meanwell SE-600-24 + Meanwell SCN-600-12
Tyan K8WE S2895UA2NRF (Blue PCB, ES layout)
Dual Opteron 250 + Dual Blue Dominator Pro 437w's
8x Corsair CMX512RE-3200LL
4x Seagate ST336754LW (Raid-10)
3Ware 9500-12
12x Western Digital WD740GD (Raid-5)
3D Labs Wildcat Realizm 800 + one I can't list due to NDA
Samsung SyncMaster 710N-2-B
Mitsubishi MultiSync FP2141SB-BK with SpectraView
Denon AVR-5805
7 pairs of Dayton BR-1s
Dayton MKIII 15" powered sub.
Wireless KVM
Logitech MX510-B
Unicomp Customizer 101 Two-tone Black

Lol I have the same reciever only hooked up to Def Tech BP 3000TLs , BPVX/Ps and a CLR-3000, though it's in a seperate room from my PC. Thinking about adding a pair of 15" velodyne HGSII servo subs when I feel the need to knock down walls

Looking at getting a Sony Qualia 006 LCOS screen to go with it as soon as the credit settles down from the new house...

 

[ribbon13]

For the $10k the LCoS would cost you, you could get a High quality Barco/Christi with high resolution, faster response and bigger screen. But the projector would need it's own room. And then there's the lamps.

Those Velodynes couldn't even touch what I could build for that price. Last year my buddy and I ripped apart an old Sunfire, ya know the one with the super-efficient 2400w amp, and made a LAB12 Isobarik setup with 4 pairs. 122db(A) 20hz at 12ft.

 

[CalvinHobbes]

I vote for exdeath for having the most disposable income and a very nice A/V system. The Qualia is really nice. Waiting to see some reviews of that beast.

My new "games only" system:

AMD 3500+ Winchester
MSI NEO2 Platinum
Kingston 1GB (2x512MB) PC3500
EVGA 6800GT
1 x 74GB WD Raptor
1 x Hitachi SATA 80GB
Lite-on 16X DVD-ROM
Thermaltake Dream Tower Tsunami
Aspire 520W PSU

My internet, pr0n, DVD, video editing system:

P4 3.0Ghz Northwood
1GB Corsair PC3200
Abit IC7 mobo
NEC3500 DVD Burner
Lite-on DVD-ROM
1x200GB
3x100GB
2x80GB
1x60GB
Lian-Li PC60
Antec True 480

 

[exdeath]

Originally posted by: ribbon13
For the $10k the LCoS would cost you, you could get a High quality Barco/Christi with high resolution, faster response and bigger screen. But the projector would need it's own room. And then there's the lamps.

Those Velodynes couldn't even touch what I could build for that price. Last year my buddy and I ripped apart an old Sunfire, ya know the one with the super-efficient 2400w amp, and made a LAB12 Isobarik setup with 4 pairs. 122db(A) 20hz at 12ft.

Yeah I've heard of the Sunfire subs, those are nice.

I can get a Sony G90 for under $10k that would prob give me the best image possible, the biggest concern is gaming: ie: burn in. Pretty much eliminates CRT and plasma, so LCD and DLP where the only real answers until I heard about LCOS/SXRD. Being that we are both big gamers, I've had my eye on LCOS for a while. I was almost ready to 'accept' gaming on the 70XBR950 LCD set until I heard news of the Sony SXRD unit. Granted the XBR950 is the best RPTV I have seen to date, it can be better.

I've yet to see a Qualia 006 in person, and for that price, I will probably test ever damn console and DVD I have on it!

Also, just out of curiosity, how does that Realizm 800 do in gaming? Any 3dmark scores?
I've always knwon that workstation cards never perform as well in games (duh) but given the cost of a pair of 6800 Ultra PCIe cards right now (probably about the same as the Realizm 800) I'm curious how they compare in gaming?

 

[exdeath]

Originally posted by: CalvinHobbes
I vote for exdeath for having the most disposable income and a very nice A/V system. The Qualia is really nice. Waiting to see some reviews of that beast.

I don't have it now, I just have some dinky $50 19" CRT ;P

I had a Sony 32" XBR a few years ago that I sold in preparation to upgrade just before I landed 'between jobs' and ended up with nothing, and now with LCOS around the corner it's been a perpetual waiting game.

 

[ribbon13]

It sucks ass for games. Serious monkey ASS.
The other card is reall nice though.

 

[MrControversial]

AMD Athlon XP 2800+ w/ Aerocool Deep Impact Limited Gold Edition HSF
Soyo KT400 Dragon Ultra
1GB Kingston Value PC333
Power Color Radeon 9800SE 128MB
3 x 40GB WD EIDE HDD

 

[sharkeeper]

It sucks ass for games. Serious monkey ASS.
The other card is reall nice though.

LOL the R800 is not for games!

This is like buying a dumptruck to take to the dragstrip. Of course that would be funny.

Cheers!

 

[exdeath]

Originally posted by: ribbon13
It sucks ass for games. Serious monkey ASS.
The other card is reall nice though.

I still don't see what the difference is... both cards are doing the exact same thing.

I can see the workstation cards offering higher precision, etc. but I can't see how the numbers don't translate to game performance. 3D is 3D after all ... both types of cards essentially do the same thing and with the line between real time interactive 3D and 3D cinematic offline rendering is rapidly disappearing...

 

[suse920]

Originally posted by: Baked
Enough power to rip, shrink, and burn a DVD in under an hour.

:thumbsup:

 

[ribbon13]

exdeath try these->
http://www.princeton.edu/~mplough/3dlabs.html
http://anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2307

 

[CraigRT]

The rig can be sweet, but how is it presented? it needs to be in a nice case, with clean wiring.

 

[GnomeCop]

Dothan 2.0ghz
Alpha PAL8045 heatsink
1gb mushkin pc2700 lvl 2
aopen i855gme-lfs
leadtek GF6800 ultra
74gb raptor
160gb seagate NCQ
2x nec2500a dvd-rw
crystalfontz lcd readout
lian li card reader
lian li PC-37A
Vantec ION2 350watt psu
SB Audigy2

cables completely rounded, heatshrinked, etc
cpu passively cooled

 

[imported_Mitchell]

Well I upgraded mine last month.

Athlon FX-55
MSI Neo2 Platinun
Swiftec Water Cooling System
eVga 6800 Ultra
OCZ Duel Channel Platinum Enhanced Latency Pairs DDR 1GB
NEC 3500 DVD Burner
Raptor 10k SATA drive
Few other Drives
See my sig for pictures

 

[exdeath]

Originally posted by: CraigRT
The rig can be sweet, but how is it presented? it needs to be in a nice case, with clean wiring.

Yes, clean and classy, no rice please.

Why do people spend $100s on flashing lights and rotating, blinking, dancing, plastic stuff to put in their PC's with 1 GHz cpus? I can't stand all these stupid cases that look like optimus prime or akuma. There are too many, and too few vendors making nice cases (cooler master, lian li, to name a few) and even Coolermaster has canned some of their best cases ever and has started experimenting with curvy stuff with tatoos and blue windows........

(same question goes for cars too)

I've noticed that the nicer something is, the higher performance it is, the less frilly and blingy it's external appearances and the more it costs.

For example a $50 Aiwa boom box with 1000 LEDs on it or a Denon AVR. An '03 Mustang with spoilers, skirt kits, fart pipes and altezzas, vs the clean straight lines of the much more expensive and powerful '03 Cobra.

etc.

 

[n19htmare]

LOL the ratio of P4 to AMD owners is pretty sad....I'll add one to the P4s.

SEE SIG

thats about it, I do some gaming and a LOT OF multitasking. CD burning, Ripping, Watching movies i picked P4 because all ive used is intel and it suited my needs better than the A64.
Why do you guys make it sound like P4 can't do gaming worth crap? it matches nicely with my 6800GT, its a known fact that A64 edges out in gaming, but P4 is not super far behind. To me, personally it plays anything i throw at it.

 

[ribbon13]

I have a Pentium just to remember the classic days of FDIV.

 

[exdeath]

Originally posted by: n19htmare
LOL the ratio of P4 to AMD owners is pretty sad....I'll add one to the P4s.

SEE SIG

thats about it, I do some gaming and a LOT OF multitasking. CD burning, Ripping, Watching movies i picked P4 because all ive used is intel and it suited my needs better than the A64.
Why do you guys make it sound like P4 can't do gaming worth crap? it matches nicely with my 6800GT, its a known fact that A64 edges out in gaming, but P4 is not super far behind. To me, personally it plays anything i throw at it.

Personally I dislike Intel because they think I am a sheep that will buy anything with their name on it and their marketing spin.

As for their product, I was close to buying a P4C800-E with a 3.2 GHz Northwood before the Hammer was out as I was disappointed that AMD was chasing the 'server' market with 64 bit chips and leaving desktop users behind. Skepticism and apprehension were met with holy s*** when it finally did come out, and I've had an AMD system ever since.

I will have an Intel system when they make better chips again.

Though as cheap as they are, 3.2 GHz P4 seems to be the sweet spot if I ever need a handful of cheap PCs to stand in at a LAN party

 

[Googer]

Originally posted by: Baked
Enough power to rip, shrink, and burn a DVD in under an hour.

Baked never has anything useful to say. His goal is to try to get his post count up. Do a search for his other postings and you will see his comments hardly ever reflect on the topic at hand. NOOB.