DREAM COMPUTER SETUP

[MisterChief]

Originally posted by: Snakexor
are you an idiot??

no offense but a 9800 pro on a dream machine?? much less a pci-e board...

 

[sharkeeper]

Ammoniak!

 

[Philippine Mango]

Originally posted by: Belikemike71684
I would like to see what people would get for their dream computer. The scenario is: you will have unlimited amount of money. This is what I have come up with. Please post your dream computer. Thanks =)



ASUS "A8N-SLI Deluxe" nForce4 SLI Chipset Motherboard For AMD Socket 939 CPU

AMD Athlon 64 FX-55, 1MB L2 Cache, 64-bit Socket 939 Processor

Kingston HyperX Series Dual Channel Kits 184-Pin 2GB(1GBx2) DDR PC-3200

ATI RADEON 9800PRO Video Card, 128MB DDR, 256-bit, DVI/TV-Out, 8X AGP

Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS Platinum Pro PCI Sound Card, Model "SB0360"

2 on raid 0 - Western Digital Raptor 74GB 10,000RPM SATA Hard Drive, Model WD740GD

$2,604.99

Your new to technology arentcha? What happened to getting 4+ SCSI drives and putting them in a Raid 0+1 or Raid 5 configuration with a high end controller, a nice workstation card, faster ram and a dual processor setup?

 

[mooncancook]

AMD FX-55
1 GB high performance ram
NF4-Ultra
X850XT AIW
200GB 10k HDD
16x DL burner

All in an iMac-mini-liked case (i know it's not possible now) + 23" Apple or 24" Dell LCD

 

[Philippine Mango]

Originally posted by: onezero
This is the comp that im in the process of building

AMD fx-55 liquid cooled
1gig corsair xms xtra low latency 2-2-2-5 ram
asus a8n sli deluxe mobo
2 x 6800 gt sli
pc power and cooling 510 PSU
sb audigy platinum pro
2 x 74gb 10,000rpm sata raptors RAID 0
1 x sony 16x dual layer dvd burner
1 x sony 16x dvd rom
Creative GigaWorks THX S750 - 7.1 700-Watt Speakers
Apple 23 inch Cinema HD Flat Panel LCD

WTF? You wouldn't rather have a 6800ultra instead of GT in SLI???? 2 SATA raptors instead of SCSI? I mean c'mon, you guys have a seriously limited imagination. A seriously nice gaming machine would probably have a RAM DRIVE!

 

[MisterChief]

Originally posted by: Philippine Mango

Originally posted by: onezero
This is the comp that im in the process of building

AMD fx-55 liquid cooled
1gig corsair xms xtra low latency 2-2-2-5 ram
asus a8n sli deluxe mobo
2 x 6800 gt sli
pc power and cooling 510 PSU
sb audigy platinum pro
2 x 74gb 10,000rpm sata raptors RAID 0
1 x sony 16x dual layer dvd burner
1 x sony 16x dvd rom
Creative GigaWorks THX S750 - 7.1 700-Watt Speakers
Apple 23 inch Cinema HD Flat Panel LCD

WTF? You wouldn't rather have a 6800ultra instead of GT in SLI???? 2 SATA raptors instead of SCSI? I mean c'mon, you guys have a seriously limited imagination. A seriously nice gaming machine would probably have a RAM DRIVE!

:laugh: Yeah, you would have to re-load all of your information every time you turn off your computer. Reel smart...

 

[sharkeeper]

Yeah I don't like RAM drives personally. It's all about management. Like a Z-06 in an ice storm, what good is all that hp if you cannot put it to work! *ALL STOP*

Think about it.

 

[onezero]

Originally posted by: Philippine Mango

Originally posted by: onezero
This is the comp that im in the process of building

AMD fx-55 liquid cooled
1gig corsair xms xtra low latency 2-2-2-5 ram
asus a8n sli deluxe mobo
2 x 6800 gt sli
pc power and cooling 510 PSU
sb audigy platinum pro
2 x 74gb 10,000rpm sata raptors RAID 0
1 x sony 16x dual layer dvd burner
1 x sony 16x dvd rom
Creative GigaWorks THX S750 - 7.1 700-Watt Speakers
Apple 23 inch Cinema HD Flat Panel LCD

WTF? You wouldn't rather have a 6800ultra instead of GT in SLI???? 2 SATA raptors instead of SCSI? I mean c'mon, you guys have a seriously limited imagination. A seriously nice gaming machine would probably have a RAM DRIVE!

Im completely pleased by the setup ive chosen, 2 x 6800gts will do everything i need and more.
SATA utilizes less CPU and has better application performance, and in the end it came down to what was available to me at the time

 

[bunnyfubbles]

Originally posted by: nick1985

Originally posted by: onezero
This is the comp that im in the process of building

AMD fx-55 liquid cooled
1gig corsair xtra low latency 2-2-2-5 matched pair ram
asus a8n sli deluxe mobo
2 x 6800 gt sli
pc power and cooling 510 PSU
sb audigy platinum pro
2 x 74gb 10,000rpm sata raptors RAID 0
1 x sony 16x dual layer dvd burner
1 x sony 16x dvd rom
Creative GigaWorks THX S750 - 7.1 700-Watt Speakers
Apple 23 inch Cinema HD Flat Panel LCD

no offense, but you are spending about a $1000-$1500 for only a couple extra % performance gain....kind of a waste IMO

And this is a "dream computer" ie wasteful is a GOOD thing. You sould be scolding him for using GTs instead of Ultras in a "dream" computer. I guess his dream system would entail the 2nd fastest gaming card setup...for whatever reason.

Those who try and "save money" on a dream computer I don't think they're getting the point, although even such a non top notch "dream" system is probably way out of reach for most anyone on these forums so I guess it could still work.

 

[GonzoDaGr8]

Originally posted by: teutonicknight
2.5GHz Powermac G5
+2 30in HD Cinema Monitors

Hmmm..You know, That's not a bad idea.

 

[AustinMatherne]

I?m putting together a new computer myself for $1400.

Motherboard====ASUS A8N-SLI====ZipZoomFly====$159.00
Processor====AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Winchester====ZipZoomFly====$190.00
Memory====Corsair Value Select 1GB DDR PC-3200 CAS 2.5====ZipZoomFly====$95.90
Hard Drive====Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 250GB Serial ATA 7200RPM====ZipZoomFly====$144.95
Optical Drive====NEC ND-3520A====Newegg====$65.99
Floppy Drive====Mitsumi 7-in-1 Media Drive====ZipZoomFly====$29.00
Case====Antec P-160WF========$140.99
Power Supply====OCZ ModStream 520W====Newegg====$126.99
Video Card====eVGA e-GeForce 6800 GT PCI Express====ZipZoomFly====$369.99
Sound Card====Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS====ZipZoomFly====$86.99

Total==========$1?409.80

 

[Rami7007]

ive already got my dream machine

 

[bmetzger]

i can think of about 40,000$ worth of hardware that i would have in my dream system :/

 

[ts3433]

I don't know why, but for some reason I've always wanted to give OS X a spin, so mine could be a dual G5 system with some nice displays (I don't know if I could ever make use of even one 30"...). If I ended up going the x86 route, it'd be pretty obvious what would go in there, but even with all the money to build something like that I'd probably just save money for upgrades.

 

[mindwreck]

This Text later upgraded with dual cores

or one of the opteron systems from above

 

[Wadded Beef]

1337ghz cpu
1337gb of ram
1337tb HD
1337ghz system bus
fx5200 ultra 256mb

best computer ever.

 

[ShadowBlade]

well my dream computer, i would be able to carry it around in my pocket and have the same processing power as the government's computers that take up entire bunkers (and storage capacity)


you never specified that it had to be real

 

[SlitheryDee]

FX55, DFI Lanparty, OCZ PC4000, and... Oh screw it, the best of everything. Beat that.

 

[ohnnyj]

I own mine.

 

[ts3433]

Originally posted by: Wadded Beef
1337ghz cpu
1337gb of ram
1337tb HD
1337ghz system bus
fx5200 ultra 256mb

best computer ever.

You, sir, are not funny.

Or maybe I've just been spoiled by OT tonight.