Dream Computer

[CiSmAXz]

No, it would have to be a dream computer that is possible to build.

 

[DerwenArtos12]

I am gonna have to say:
tayn amd-8000 motheboard
dual opteron 248's
Radeon x800xt w/ 512mb
4gb of ram
projector w/ 10' wide screen
belking ergo keyboard
custom TE water cooled system
ATI remote wonder
some HDTV tuner card
soon to come 12x dvd burner w/ dual layer support
TE water cooled vid card
4 port router built-in (gb of course)
T-5 line direct into my house
Onkyo 7.1 external amplifier
bose 7.2 surround sound
True power 550
4 74gb raptor is raid 0

I think that will do

 

[sharq]

Unlimmited funds eh?
1. Dual Xeon Linux box.
2. Dual cpu Mac.
3. Sun workstation (dual cpu ofcourse).
4. Dual A64 windows machine for gaming.
Each with dual display, minimum 19" LCD's. And ofcourse enough money left over to pay for my electricity bill, games, DSL and cable (run 2 simultaneous broadband connections), and to never have to work, ever.

 

[vshah]

Originally posted by: DerwenArtos12
I am gonna have to say:
tayn amd-8000 motheboard
dual opteron 248's
Radeon x800xt w/ 512mb
4gb of ram
projector w/ 10' wide screen
belking ergo keyboard
custom TE water cooled system
ATI remote wonder
some HDTV tuner card
soon to come 12x dvd burner w/ dual layer support
TE water cooled vid card
4 port router built-in (gb of course)
T-5 line direct into my house
Onkyo 7.1 external amplifier
bose 7.2 surround sound
True power 550
4 74gb raptor is raid 0

I think that will do

bose sound sucks. i't go for the b&w nautilus series

 

[DerwenArtos12]

Originally posted by: vshah

Originally posted by: DerwenArtos12
I am gonna have to say:
tayn amd-8000 motheboard
dual opteron 248's
Radeon x800xt w/ 512mb
4gb of ram
projector w/ 10' wide screen
belking ergo keyboard
custom TE water cooled system
ATI remote wonder
some HDTV tuner card
soon to come 12x dvd burner w/ dual layer support
TE water cooled vid card
4 port router built-in (gb of course)
T-5 line direct into my house
Onkyo 7.1 external amplifier
bose 7.2 surround sound
True power 550
4 74gb raptor is raid 0

I think that will do

bose sound sucks. i't go for the b&w nautilus series

I have bose audio 7.2 in my video room and it actually kicks @$$ but thanks anyway.

 

[Connoisseur]

errr mikey....that setup with the antec aria case only has a 300w psu? Err, you think that'd be enough for all the addin cards? (especially the x800) I doubt it dude. Also, the umm "dream" system you build (with the terabyte hd and terahertz cpu) can't have -1000000C temp.... Errr lowest possible is about -273C. In which case your system wouldn't work. I mean, hey i'd love to have that system too but err... not at that particular temp.

 

[RS3RS]

Let's start with displays first. It would be a triple monitor setup.

My center monitor would be one of these:
http://www.sony-cp.com/en/products/crt/f_professional/fw900/

On either side of it would be a Dell 2001FP.

Plus, of course, a high end LCD projector to run games on once in a while

CPU: 3.4 ghZ Extreme Edition with home built dual compressor phase-change cooling.

Motherboard: IC7-MAX3 with phase change cooled north bridge.

RAM: 2 gigs of Mushkin Level II PC3500 all the way. Volt modded straight to the 3.3 volt rail, if needed...

Video: x800XT with phase change cooling.

Hard drives: Ah, fun. First, about 4 of those 3GB hard drives made up entierly from SDRAM, to be my boot drives and install the most commonly accessed files on. Then, an array of about 2 terabytes of 15,000RPM SCSI drives in RAID 0+1 (price is no issue, remember ).

And a custom case to hold all of this.

... Okay, time to start saving up

 

[RS3RS]

Originally posted by: Mik3y
with a temp of -1000000C

Ever heared of a concept known as absolute zero?

 

[n0cmonkey]

SunFire 15k.

EDIT: oooh newer SunFires

You selected this configuration:
Sun Fire 25K Server
18 Processor/Memory Uniboards
72 1.05-GHz UltraSPARC s400 Processors
16-MB ECC External Cache per Processor
288-GB Memory
2 System Controllers
6 Power Supplies
8 Fan Trays
9 PCI+ I/O Assemblies
1 Quad FastEthernet PCI Adapter
1 Dual Gigabit Ethernet + Dual SCSI PCI Adapter
1 Sun StorEdge S1 Disk Array
1 External Expansion Rack
ServerStart Installation Service for up to 18 Domains
Sun Java Enterprise System
Sun Remote Services Net Connect Software
Storage Automated Diagnostic Environment Software
CPU Diagnostics Monitor Software
Solaris 8 2/04 Operating Environment

List Price: $3,196,985.00

 

[Megatomic]

NF3-250Gb Ultra motherboard
Athlon64 FX-53
2GB PC3500 DDR
GF 6800 Ultra Extreme
2 x 36GB Raptor (FDB models)
2 x 250GB Maxtor SATA (one for backups, one for video)
Antec Sonata with Antec True Control 550 p/s

The rest I'm undecided on. I may update later.

 

[AWhackWhiteBoy]

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
SunFire 15k.

EDIT: oooh newer SunFires

You selected this configuration:
Sun Fire 25K Server
18 Processor/Memory Uniboards
72 1.05-GHz UltraSPARC s400 Processors
16-MB ECC External Cache per Processor
288-GB Memory
2 System Controllers
6 Power Supplies
8 Fan Trays
9 PCI+ I/O Assemblies
1 Quad FastEthernet PCI Adapter
1 Dual Gigabit Ethernet + Dual SCSI PCI Adapter
1 Sun StorEdge S1 Disk Array
1 External Expansion Rack
ServerStart Installation Service for up to 18 Domains
Sun Java Enterprise System
Sun Remote Services Net Connect Software
Storage Automated Diagnostic Environment Software
CPU Diagnostics Monitor Software
Solaris 8 2/04 Operating Environment

List Price: $3,196,985.00

yea guys, just put that right by the tv. thanks

 

[ponyo]

Dell 400SC

 

[Dman877]

Start with a 64inch plasma tv for movies, tv, maybe even internet browsing. A few dell 2001fp's for gaming/computing. A klipsch or maybe mirage surround steup with denon components to the tune of $7000 or so. Top-of-the-line desktop fx53, 6800U, 2 gig ram yada yada.

 

[JYDog]

Dual Opteron System with PCI-Express
8G Ram
Serial Attached SCSI 2.5"

Sharp's LC-45G1U 45-inch LCD (1920x1080P)
Eizo 21.3" LCD X 2
Force Feedback wheel


The Sharp for gaming and the two Eizo for work.

 

[eelw]

My dream system would have solid state storage instead of a disk based storage system.

 

[Mik3y]

my new and updated "realistic" dream system is now:

* Duel AMD Opterons, Model 248, 1MB L2 Cache 64-bit Processor $1650
* 2 Thermaltake Venus 12 CPU Cooler For AMD Opteron and Athlon 64 $60
* Tyan "Thunder K8W" AMD-8000 Chipset Server Motherboard $436
* Corsair XMS Series, 8GB (1GBx8) ECC Registered DDR PC-3200 $3052
* 512MB ATI Radeon X800 XT Video Card $500
* Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS Platinum Pro Sound Card $206
* ATI "TV Wonder Pro" PCI TV Tuner Card $95
* Adaptec "SCSI RAID 2200S" 64-bit PCI to SCSI RAID Controller Card $636
* Seagate 73GB 15,000RPM SCSI Hard Drive $530
* Seagate 146.8GB 10,000RPM SCSI Hard Drive $560
* Lian Li PC-V1000 PC Case $219
* Coolmax Fanless 480W ATX Switching Power Supply $150
* 2 Antec All Clear 120mm SmartCool Thermally Controlled Case Fans $41
* 2 Cooler Master CoolDrive 4 Aluminum Hard Disk Drive Coolers $90
* 2 NEC 8X Silver DVD+RW/-RW Drives, Model ND-2500A $200
* Shuttle Internal USB Digital Card Reader/Writer, Model PC12 $26
* Logitech Cordless Desktop MX(tm) for Bluetooth $135
* HP 23" Widescreen Flat Panel Monitor L2335 $1700
* Bose Companion 3 Multimedia 2.1 Speaker System $250

Total: $10536

 

[Lyfer]

A PowerMac G5 loaded tot he max.

 

[Ionizer86]

8x Opteron 848
Radeon X800 XT PE
4x WD Raptor 73GB Raid 0+1
4x WD2500JB Raid 0+1
Windows 2003 Enterprise Server
Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Pro
2x DVD±RW 8x Drives
2GB DDR per cpu
2x 23" HP LCD

 

[Gagabiji]

Originally posted by: Mik3y
* Intel Pentium 4 3.4 GHz Extreme Edition 800MHz FSB, 2MB L3 Cache, Hyper Threading Technology
* AeroCool Copper CPU Cooler for Socket A/478, Model "HT-101"
* GIGABYTE "GA-8IG1000MK" i865G Chipset Motherboard
* Corsair XMS Platinum Series, Low Latency 2GB (512MBx4) DDR PC-4400
* 2 Western Digital Raptor 74GB 10,000RPM SATA Hard Drives
* 512MB DDR ATI Radeon X800 XT Video Card
* ATI "TV Wonder Pro" TV Tuner Card
* Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS Platinum Pro
* Antec ARIA Aluminum MicroATX Cube Case w/ 300W Power Supply
* Plextor Black 8X DVD+/-RW Drive
* Logitech Cordless MX Duo Keyboard & Mouse
* Vison W300TV 30" Wide Screen LCD TV Monitor (16ms Response Time)
* Bose Companion 3 Multimedia 2.1 Speaker System

All this is roughly $6300 or so, but until there is a socket 939 MicroATX motherboard and the FX-55 come out, this will be my dream.

We share a dream.

 

[Mik3y]

Originally posted by: Connoisseur
errr mikey....that setup with the antec aria case only has a 300w psu? Err, you think that'd be enough for all the addin cards? (especially the x800) I doubt it dude.

well, would a backup psu be helpful enuff to power the system up?

 

[heresiarh]

Definitely a fully loaded dual G5.

 

[Chaotic42]

I'd need two things...

An 8-way Opteron board with AGP slot, and 8-CPU support in WinXP Pro

 

[heresiarh]

My dream system would be a genie in a bottle!

 

[bunnyfubbles]

With an unlimmited budget why would anyone want raptors when you could go 15K SCSI?

 

[GnomeCop]

I'd just use my unlimited budget to make someone else build me a system... like VoodooPC or Falcon -NW.
I dont want to buy all these high end components and then have to sweat over it when the first time you try to boot it up, it doesn't.
Let one of these companies do it and have them paint it in shadow chrome... paint with lead levels so high its eillegal in the states.
Clearcoat it of course.

kind of like back in the day when you've finished and closed the case up and realized that you plugged the floppy cable in the wrong way.