computer parts...

[enjoi5050]

i have a dell deminsion 3000 right now, but i am thinking of building my own computer and i am not a budget. does anypne have any recommendations on some good parts?

 

[theMan]

what will you be using the computer for, gaming?

 

[enjoi5050]

i will be using it for game development and playing video games...so yes, gaming.

 

[xanis]

Antec P180 Mid-Tower
Seasonic 500W PSU (Dual +12V)
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+
2GB (2x1GB) Corsair XMS DDR500
2 eVGA GeForce 7800GT
Seagate Barracuda 250GB HDD

 

[ShadowBlade]

Antec P180 case
Asus A8N-SLI
Athlon 64 X2 4200+ or better
1GBx2 OCZ RAM
Asus N7800GT Dual (when it comes out)
Any Seagate, Western Digital or Samsung Hard Drive 250GB+
Almost any DVD-ROM drive
Almost any DVD+RW drive

 

[enjoi5050]

for the neo4 platnium did you mean the SLI socket or the regular socket???

 

[atybimf]

No budget eh?

Koolance PC3-725 (water-cooled)
PC Power & Cooling 510 SLI-PFC 510W
Asus A8N-SLI Premium
Athlon 64 X2 4800+
2x1GB OCZ El Platinum Rev. 2
2 eVGA 7800GTX KO's for SLI
74GB WD Raptor
Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 500GB
Some DVD-ROM (Plextor is nice)
Some DVD+/-RW (Plextor)

But, if you don't wanna spend roughly $3800 on a system (not including monitor, keyboard, mouse, or OS), than I would recommend one of the setups described above.

 

[Cygnus X1]

Originally posted by: enjoi5050
i have a dell deminsion 3000 right now, but i am thinking of building my own computer and i am not a budget. does anypne have any recommendations on some good parts?

No Budget? Hmmmmm......

 

[t3h l337 n3wb]

Buy a Cray

Seriously, give us a budget here. Nobody is budgetless

 

[Nextman916]

Wow really no budget at all? u should really set one before i recommend you something really crazy. Could you put up 4 grand?

Edit: no really can you?

 

[atybimf]

Originally posted by: Nextman916
Wow really no budget at all? u should really set one before i recommend you something really crazy. Could you put up 4 grand?

Edit: no really can you?

Haha. The system I recommended above was being a bit conservative becuase otherwise I'd be getting into the 4-5 grand range

 

[enjoi5050]

my budget is probaly...about...15 grand...even though no computer would be that much. but check out this website:

http://arstechnica.com/guides/buyer/system-guide-200508.ars/4

tell me what you think about the parts on that webiste.

 

[ribbon13]

Dual Opteron 280s on a Tyan K8WE for the win!

PC Power and Cooling - Turbo-cool 850 SSI'
Whichever case that can take SSI ETX 12x13" that floats your boat.

Tyan - K8WE S2895A2NRF
2x AMD - OSA280CBBOX or 2x AMD - OSA254BLBOX
4x Corsair - CM72SD1024RLP-3200

3ware 9550SX-16ML
How much space do you want? Up to 14 Seagate 7200.9 in RAID5/6

2x BenQ 1640 + Abit SERILLEL2

For vid card, do you plan on 3D modeling? Quadro FX 4500 SLI is what you want, otherwise just get the fastest 7800 SLI combo you can find.

 

[tyborg]

WOW with something that high, wait till the socket M2 comes out and get the FX-60. I think that one will be M2. Get two 7800 GTX Ultras when it comes out (higher clocks, 512 MB Memory). Get 2 2gb sticks of RAM, get a DFI NF4 SLI-DR board (if you go socket 939, FX-57 that is), X-Fi Elite Pro Sound Card, Thermaltake Tai Chi case, 4-8 Raptor 74GB drives. That should be pretty much the absolute best stuff you could get.

 

[enjoi5050]

i know i was saying i want to build my own computer, but i was just curious if alienware computers are any good?

 

[Nextman916]

Their okay but you would be losing alot of money instead of building a computer yourself.

 

[enjoi5050]

oh. ok. then i`ll stick with building my own computer, but i just want to make sure that the parts i get are really good and for game development, gaming, etc.

 

[theMan]

x2 4800+
dfi lanpart sli
pcp&p 850w ssi
2xevga 7800gtx ko
scsi drives
dual 2405fpw's

 

[alimoalem]

no budget? here u go:
cpu: fx-57
gpu: sli BFG 7800GTX
ram: 4gb g.skill
mobo: anything better than a DFI?
hard drive: u320 146gb 15,000RPM SCSI RAID setup
optical drive: a regular dvd-burner would do.

realistically? get this:
cpu: amd 3700 san diego
gpu: depends on ur actual budget. anything from an x800gto2 - 7800gtx
ram: 2gb of value ram or the good OCZ ram
mobo: still dfi. if a budget, ASRock
hard drive: sata II drive 250gb
dvd-burner

 

[ribbon13]

3ds max 7 bench

game dev? forget 939. get complete SMP

 

[JEDIYoda]

Originally posted by: ribbon13
Dual Opteron 280s on a Tyan K8WE for the win!

PC Power and Cooling - Turbo-cool 850 SSI'
Whichever case that can take SSI ETX 12x13" that floats your boat.
Tyan - K8WE S2895A2NRF
2x AMD - OSA280CBBOX or 2x AMD - OSA254BLBOX
4x Corsair - CM72SD1024RLP-3200

3ware 9550SX-16ML
How much space do you want? Up to 14 Seagate 7200.9 in RAID5/6

2x BenQ 1640 + Abit SERILLEL2

For vid card, do you plan on 3D modeling? Quadro FX 4500 SLI is what you want, otherwise just get the fastest 7800 SLI combo you can find.

Actually The Coolermaster STC-T01 Stacker case can handle the size of the 850SSI with no problem!!

 

[ribbon13]

Originally posted by: JEDIYoda

Originally posted by: ribbon13
PC Power and Cooling - Turbo-cool 850 SSI'
Whichever case that can take SSI ETX 12x13" that floats your boat.
Tyan - K8WE S2895A2NRF

Actually The Coolermaster STC-T01 Stacker case can handle the size of the 850SSI with no problem!!

The motherboard is the issue, not the PSU. The K8WE is 12"x13"

 

[dainthomas]

Originally posted by: theman
x2 4800+
dfi lanpart sli
pcp&p 850w ssi
2xevga 7800gtx ko
scsi drives
dual 2405fpw's

Why not the 1kw pcp&c?

 

[thecrecarc]

DUDES, LOOK AT HIS LINK! hes considering a box that costs 12k! yes 12grand for a comp! so i think, eh wants u to put together a awomse comp. he even stated his limts AROUND 15K!!!! so.. so wild.