If money were no object...

[pwyll]

I was just wondering if money were no object and you could get what you wanted what would you get? Specifically if you were building a gaming computer what would you put in it?

 

[ts3433]

I'd build a $1200-1500 computer (AGP, for that matter). It's far wiser to save money for upgrades down the road, because you will lose money faster on top-of-the-line components than on a new American car.

 

[thirdlegstump]

I would buy the power of Macintosh.

 

[imverygifted]

i'd go w/ a pci-express mobo, but not sli id wanna get an x850 xt pe. 73 gig raptor, that big lian-li case v2000 or somethin, a fat projector w/ an 80 inch screen w/ klipsch promedia ultra 5.1 surround sound. ya, that sounds good for a start

 

[amol]

nForce4 Ultra mobo, x850XT PE, 400GB seagate, BIG SCREEN, FX-55

 

[zerocool84]

i'd get some spinners on my comp with some ground effects and street glow with a rear wing

 

[Dennis Travis]

deathkoba, Naw, How about a commodore 64 with 64k Ram and Epyx Fast Load Cartridge? Now that is a Powerfull gaming machine!

 

[Mik3y]

? AMD Athlon 64 FX-55, 2.6 GHz, 1MB L2 Cache, 64-bit Processor $879

? Shuttle XPC Black Barebone System for Socket 939 CPU, Model "SN25P" $399

? Corsair XMS Series (Twin Pack) 184 Pin 2GB (1GB x 2) DDR PC-3200 $559

? Asus ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum Edition Video Card, 256MB GDDR3, 256-Bit,
Dual DVI/VIVO, PCI-Express $700

? Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 4 Pro PCI Sound Card $280

? 2 Western Digital 74GB 10,000RPM SATA Hard Drives in Raid 0 Array $360

? Pioneer 16X Double Layer DVD±RW Drive, Black, Model "DVR-109" $90

? Atech Black Internal USB Digital Card Reader/Writer, Model "Pro-9 Black" $37

? Shuttle IEEE 802.11g Wireless LAN Module, Model "PN15" $85

? Logitech diNovo Cordless Desktop USB 105 Keys $125

? Logitech Laser Cordless Mouse, Model "MX1000" $63

? X-Ray Thunder 8 Professional Mousepad, Model "T8 BK/Black" $23

? Logitech QuickCam Orbit Digital WebCam $89

? Sennheiser RS120 Wireless RF Headphones $100

? Creative I-Trigue 3400 Black 2.1 Multimedia Speakers $109

? Sony SDM-P234/B 23" Wide Screen Flat Panel LCD Monitor $1590

? HP Photosmart 2710 All-In-One Multifunction Wireless Printer $367

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Subtotal: $5,855.00

 

[Corporate Thug]

2.5 ghz G5 w/ 30 inch cinema display for everyday use
15 inch 1.5 ghz PB for lappy
x850XT/2GB ram/nforce4/FX55/3500A

 

[Terumo]

If money is no object....

A dual Xeon 604 server, complete with Quadro FX 4000 SDI 256MB videocard, RAID*3* 15k SCSI drives and 16gigs (or more) of memory. That's enough power to render a short 3D animation.

And get a current copy of Maya AND 3DMax (for CGI and games).

Then if there's money left, build a 40" Schmidt telescope with spectrograph abilities.

...I wish!!...

 

[Amaroque]

Redhat Linux
100 Dual Opteron boards...

Can you say massive Beowulf?

 

[Terumo]

Originally posted by: Amaroque
Redhat Linux
100 Dual Opteron boards...

Can you say massive Beowulf?

....Moves REAL close....

Renting server time??



That's a CGI setup. If you could do it, you can rent servertime and make some $$$$.

 

[Sunner]

An IBM pSeries p595 fully loaded.
Sure, it'd have little use except for some crazy SETI@Home cracking as well as general playing with, but it'd be cool

Oh and maybe a SunFire E25K just for the heck of it, and for the same reason

 

[Tostada]

Sony 42" LCD VEGA

1366 x 768 would be just fine for gaming.

Seeing as the topic is a gamic computer, I guess I'd just have to make the standard NF4 SLI system with an Asus A8N-SLI, dual 6800 Ultras, A64 FX-55, some Raptor 74s and 4GB of those Patriot CL 2-3-2-5 PC3200 1GB sticks.

For the all-out regular desktop I think I'd have to make something completely different, though.

 

[Cerb]

A s754 SFF desktop box, cooled with a Zalman Resorator(sp).
Samsung hard drive (Nidec FDB, like my current one) suspended in the 5.25" bay, and an external DVD-RW, preferably quiet...maybe a Panasonic.
Probably a M-Audio Audipphile USB for sound (EAX can--um, what's the new ATOT one, oh yeah--DIAF).
For video, whatever the fastest dual-DVI card I could get that the Zalman would cool under heavy load.
Of course, dual-20" or better LCD displays.

 

[otispunkmeyer]

i probably sack DIY and get something from these guys

savrow

 

[sandorski]

8-way Opteron, run Seti-BOINC on all, buy Maya Complete, as many gigs of ram the mobo would take, top end Quattro, SCSI RAID, yadda yadda ya. Then I'd buy a second PC for Gaming, fastest FX or A64, couple gigs of ram, SCSI RAID, 6800 Ultra SLI, yadda yadda ya.