DREAM COMPUTER SETUP

Belikemike71684 · Mar 23, 2005

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

Snakexor · Mar 23, 2005

are you an idiot??

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

agentsmith101 · Mar 23, 2005

Cray supercomputer (takes up a whole room, used by NASA scientists)

Just a couple million
*snap* OWN

syzygy · Mar 23, 2005

my dreams are more humble . . .
dfi nf4 mobo
1 gig corsair value
6800 gt
420 ocz modstream
250 diamondmax 10 (16mb)
chaintech av-710
amd 3200 939
nec 3520a
lite-on 52x
dell 2405

al that for under 2000 would be nice.

Fern · Mar 23, 2005

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 Nope, a dream machine on an SLI mobo would need two PCIe 6800Ultra's in it.

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

Other than the above edit to your parts, I'd add a top-of-the PCC&P PSU.

Somebody who knows better than I can say what great monitor to add, and it'll need a cd/dvd burner too

SlitheryDee · Mar 23, 2005

Originally posted by: agentsmith101
Cray supercomputer (takes up a whole room, used by NASA scientists)

Just a couple million
*snap* OWN

Yeah, but cray was just the original supercomputer. Now supercomputers are measured in "Crays" or orders of magnitude of the cray computer. I think I'll take one of those.

nick1985 · Mar 23, 2005

9800pro? are you nuts?

Mrvile · Mar 23, 2005

Something badass (SLI/FX-55/the works) with good looking watercooling. And a nice looking case (probably another V1000 or V2000, now that I've got this upsidedown mobo thing setup I can't live without it).

jose · Mar 23, 2005

As long as were dreaming, I'd get:

Tyan K8WE w/ dual Opterons 252's
4 gigs of ram
2 - BFG 6800GT OC's
1 - LSI 320-2X scsi raid cntrl
6 - Fuj. Mas 15k 75g drives
Zippy 700w power supply in a CM Stacker.
Audigy2 Zs
1.44 floppy (need those bios updates)
2 - Nec3520's
2 - Dell 2001 LCD's

That's about it, I wouldn't want to break the Bang for the Buck ratio ...

Regards,
Jose

YOyoYOhowsDAjello · Mar 23, 2005

You mean something like this?

Rapsven · Mar 23, 2005

Dual Opteron 252s with 8 gigabytes of RAM coupled with a 6800 Ultra Extreme (it's a workstation board) and a PC P&C 510 with 3x 36 15k Cheetahs in RAID 5.

This would be running Server 2003, of course.

imported_Hi · Mar 23, 2005

A DFI ultra mobo
AMD FX55 with water cooling running at 3.4ghz
OCZ VX Memory
ATI X850XT PE
Four WD Raptors
Four Seagate 7200.8 400gb hard drives
ATI HD TV Tuner
Creative Audigy 4
double Plextor 716SA DVD Burner
PC P&C 510 Power Supply
SAMSUNG 915N-Black 19" LCD Monitor with 8ms
Thermaltake Kandalf Silver Aluminum case

SlitheryDee · Mar 23, 2005

Originally posted by: Rapsven
Dual Opteron 252s with 8 gigabytes of RAM coupled with a 6800 Ultra Extreme (it's a workstation board) and a PC P&C 510 with 3x 36 15k Cheetahs in RAID 5.

This would be running Server 2003, of course.

I've heard that while opterons are great multitaskers , they wouldn't offer a significant benefit in gaming and such. If so, why do people keep suggesting them in "Dream PC" threads? I was under the assumption that you would simply be getting A64 performance and a bunch of features that you probably won't use.

MDE · Mar 23, 2005

Tyan Thunder K8WE
Dual Opteron 252s (upgrade to dual core later on)
2x6800 GeForce Ultra (watercooled BFGs if they're available for PCIe)
2GB RAM (4x512MB)
PCI-X SCSI RAID card (No, I don't mean PCIe)
6 75GB 15,000 RPM SCSI drives (RAID5)
Audigy2 ZS Platinum

n yusef · Mar 23, 2005

DFI NF4 Ultra-D
AMD Athlon 64 3200+
2X 512MB OCZ PC4000 Gold VX
X850XT
Maxtor Atlas 15K II 36GB
Storage drive 200GB+
ATI HDTV Wonder
OCZ PowerStream 520W
Dell UltraSharp 2405FPW
Overclock it

I just realized this is my rig. Yeah, you can get better, but the only thing that would give a signifigant performance increase is SLi, and it has a beef with widescreen, so it just doesn't work. An FX-55 is just a waste to me, I mean it's no fun to overclock if you spent $1000 on something. With $200, it's different. Venice cores are coming out in a few weeks too, so it is like shooting yourself in the foot with that one. (Yeah, I know you have an unlimited budget.)

teutonicknight · Mar 23, 2005

2.5GHz Powermac G5
+2 30in HD Cinema Monitors

imverygifted · Mar 23, 2005

Originally posted by: Snakexor
are you an idiot??

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

hehe, that made me laugh

I guess i'd have to say my dream system would be one of those new dell xps laptops w/ the 6800ultra mobile thats in the anandtech reviews w/ max everything and a docking station w/ a 2405fpw monitor

Chaotic42 · Mar 23, 2005

Originally posted by: jose
As long as were dreaming, I'd get:

Tyan K8WE w/ dual Opterons 252's
4 gigs of ram
2 - BFG 6800GT OC's
1 - LSI 320-2X scsi raid cntrl
6 - Fuj. Mas 15k 75g drives
Zippy 700w power supply in a CM Stacker.
Audigy2 Zs
1.44 floppy (need those bios updates)
2 - Nec3520's
2 - Dell 2001 LCD's

That's about it, I wouldn't want to break the Bang for the Buck ratio ...

Regards,
Jose

Same here except I'd use a Codegen S-201 case (see sig), a PC Power and Cooling 950W PSU, a DigitalAudio sound card with studio monitors, and I'd have four Sony 24" CRTs for my displays.

w00t · Mar 23, 2005

this is the one i am gonna get hopefully soon
AMD 3200+ s939
DFI xpress 200 ( i know its not out but i think it will come )
1gig Ocz el Plat. rev 2
seagate 300gb ncq sata
Lian li pc-65
Lian li fan controller
xp-120 with panfola fan
ocz modstream 450w
samsung dvd/cd drive
x800pro vivo flash XT PE with that fan thing forgot what its called its clear and goes around it as a heatsink edit it later.
bezels for the cd drive
samsung floppy ( cant forget this )
*thinking what did i forget?* if i did tell me.

Wadded Beef · Mar 23, 2005

fx-55
prometia mach 2
dfi sli ultra mobo
2x6800 Ultra extremes
2gb of ocz vx ram
scsi raid card
6 75gb 15krpm scsi drives (raid 5)
Audigy2 ZS Platinum
case: put it inside a Maybach 62 =]

then i can run solitaire at 87 MILLION frames per second

Mik3y · Mar 23, 2005

? AMD Athlon 64 FX-55, 2.6 GHz, 1MB L2 Cache, 64-bit Processor $870

? Shuttle XPC Barebone System for Socket 939 CPU, Model "ST20G5" $349

? OCZ Dual Channel Platinum Edition 184 Pin 2GB (1GB x 2) DDR PC-3200 $489

? Asus ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum Edition Video Card, 256MB GDDR3, 256-Bit,
Dual DVI/VIVO, PCI-Express $725

? Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 4 Pro PCI Sound Card $291

? Maxtor MaXLine III 300GB 7200RPM, 16MB Cache, SATA Hard Drive $308

? NEC 16X Double Layer DVD±RW Drive, Silver, Model "ND-3520A" $61

? Shuttle Internal USB Digital Card Reader/Writer, Silver, Model "PC12" $25

? Logitech diNovo Cordless Desktop USB 105 Keys $119

? Logitech MX900 Bluetooth Optical Mouse USB $75

? Bose Companion 3 Multimedia 2.1 Speaker System $249

? Apple 23-inch Cinema HD Flat Panel Wide Screen Display $1799

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Subtotal: $5,360.00

Mik3y · Mar 23, 2005

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

that is the worst dream rig ever. 1st off, that video card sux a nut. 2nd, that video card wont even work. 3rd, wtf's the point of an sli board in a dream rig if it again gonna run sli?

onezero · Mar 23, 2005

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

nick1985 · Mar 23, 2005

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

onezero · Mar 23, 2005

I chose the CPU against the std 3xxx+ series as it will be the best for reducing bottlenecks from the video cards, and for the bragging rights. :evil:
thats the only thing that i can comment on in the cost->performance ratio
i didnt go with 2 ultras as i think they run too hard and hot for me and have caused problems with the asus board in the past.

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