dream rig

mattpegher · Sep 18, 2006

If you could build your rig with the best of the best what would it be? Seriously no limits. Max this puppy out.

myocardia · Sep 18, 2006

Mine would be this one: link, in a 10,000 sq. ft. house, with the roof covered in solar panels, so I could afford to run all of the custom-built's I already have.

KeithTalent · Sep 18, 2006

Well the first thing I would get is a Killer NIC...

mattpegher · Sep 18, 2006

Originally posted by: myocardia
Mine would be this one: link, in a 10,000 sq. ft. house, with the roof covered in solar panels, so I could afford to run all of the custom-built's I already have.

I think if your in a 10,000 sqft you could afford a bit more.

wwswimming · Sep 18, 2006

i don't need another computer, i need a house to put all my computers in.

but i would like a E6600 with an Asus P5W-DH.

myocardia · Sep 18, 2006

Originally posted by: mattpegher

Originally posted by: myocardia
Mine would be this one: link, in a 10,000 sq. ft. house, with the roof covered in solar panels, so I could afford to run all of the custom-built's I already have.

Click to expand...

I think if your in a 10,000 sqft you could afford a bit more.

I think you've missed my point. Either that, or I didn't elaborate. I'd only want that computer, if it came with the 10,000 sq. ft. house, and the ~$100,000 worth of solar panels.

Both of the machines sitting within a foot of me would eat that computer for breakfast, while they smoke a cigarette.

btcomm1 · Sep 18, 2006

I would put the fastest core duo in it possible. I would get sli geforce 7950 gx2's. I would get 2 WD 500 GB SATA drives that performed the best, have 16 MB cache and has a 5 year warranty. I would get 4 GB of the fastest ram possible. Not sure on the mobo, but the best one that supports core duo.

KeithTalent · Sep 18, 2006

Originally posted by: btcomm1
2 WD 500 GB SATA drives that performed the best, have 16 MB cache and has a 5 year warranty.

That really is a pipe dream

AMDfreak · Sep 18, 2006

Originally posted by: KeithTalent
Well the first thing I would get is a Killer NIC...

ROFL! :laugh: Sure, if money is no object....

Here goes:

Mountain Mods U2-UFO case custom built to house a VapoChill unit and water cooling for video.
A VapoChill unit.
DFI RD600 mobo (when it comes out next month)
C2D X6800
4GB OCZ DDR2 (whatever the fastest speed is they have at the moment)
2xATI 1950XTX for Crossfire
EK Full Cover water blocks to cool them.
Thermochill PA120.3 Radiator (so you can handle Crossfired R600's when they come out)
Pump of your choosing.
30" Dell LCD
Areca 1220 8x PCIe RAID card.
8x 750GB Seagate drives in RAID5.
Since money is no object for you, a second identical system for me.

Baked · Sep 18, 2006

If I had that kinda money, I would spend it on something else. High end PCs are a waste of money.

undeclared · Sep 18, 2006

Case
Enermax FS2300SS Case (huge case, it has 23x5.25" slots)

Power Supplies
NOTE: It has been verified on a site that this would be enough power if done properly.
Dual 1000W Pc Power and Cooling PSUs

Hard drive setup
Storage drives
[15x] Thermaltake iCage (5.25 to 3x3.5"), giving me 45 HDD slots
[45x] 300gb 15,000 rpm drives SCSI (yes, these exist)
Raid setup: Raid 5+0 over 4 arrays
Summary: 10.8 terabytes, Raid 5+0, 5 hot spares

Ramdrive setup
Boot drive
[5x] HyperOS Hyperdrive IV 16gb
Raid setup: raid 0
SATA 1 ;(
Summary: 80gb, raid 0

Raid Card setup
1xAreca Raid ARC-1120 + upgraded to 2GB sodimm [For ramdrives]
2xAdaptec SCSI RAID 2230SLP + upgraded to 2GB sodimm on both (more if available) [For storage drives]

CPU/Motherboard/Ram
CPU: 2x Intel Xeon 5160 @ 4 cores x 5ghz (hypothetically lets say it's possible, since an X6800 has gone this far)
Thermal paste: Artic Silver 5+
Motherboard: Tyan Tempest i5000PW (S5382)
Ram: 16x 4GB DDR2-667 FB-DIMM (Total 64gb)
Ramsinks for the ram.

Phase Cooling
1x Cooler Express Hydra SLI (1x CPU, 2x GPU)
1x VapoChill LightSpeed (1x CPU)

DVD+-RW
2x Any dvd-+rw drives.. possibly blu-ray and hd-dvd

Video Cards
ATI Crossfire, NOTE: These are phase cooled
Master card: ATI X1950 Crossfire @ unknown oc
Slave card: ATI X1950 XTX @ unknown oc
Ramsinks for both video cards.

Monitor
Sony 52" BRAVIA? XBR® LCD Flat Panel HDTVspacerKDL-52XBR3 @ 1920x1080 (resolution is widely supported.. and if not, stretching from 1920x1080 to 1920x1200 isn't a big deal)

Ethernet Card
Killer NIC - cause why the hell not ;p

Sound Card
Creative X-FI Elite Pro w/ Front Panel Bay

Speaker setup
NOTE: 3-way splitter being used to use all 3 at once
Creative Gigaworks S750
Klipsch Ultra 5.1
Logitech Z5500

Operating Systems
Due to popular demand..
Quad-boot: Vista, Linux *any flavour liked*, Windows XP or XP x64, Mac OS X

Bobthelost · Sep 18, 2006

Originally posted by: xtwells
Case
Enermax FS2300SS Case (huge case, it has 23x5.25" slots)

Power Supplies
NOTE: It has been verified on a site that this would be enough power if done properly.
Dual 1000W Pc Power and Cooling PSUs

Hard drive setup
Storage drives
[15x] Thermaltake iCage (5.25 to 3x3.5"), giving me 45 HDD slots
[45x] 300gb 15,000 rpm drives SCSI (yes, these exist)
Raid setup: Raid 5+0 over 4 arrays
Summary: 10.8 terabytes, Raid 5+0, 5 hot spares

Ramdrive setup
Boot drive
[5x] HyperOS Hyperdrive IV 16gb
Raid setup: raid 0
SATA 1 ;(
Summary: 80gb, raid 0

Raid Card setup
1xAreca Raid ARC-1120 + upgraded to 2GB sodimm [For ramdrives]
2xAdaptec SCSI RAID 2230SLP + upgraded to 2GB sodimm on both (more if available) [For storage drives]

CPU/Motherboard/Ram
CPU: 2x Intel Xeon 5160 @ 4 cores x 5ghz (hypothetically lets say it's possible, since an X6800 has gone this far)
Thermal paste: Artic Silver 5+
Motherboard: Tyan Tempest i5000PW (S5382)
Ram: 16x 4GB DDR2-667 FB-DIMM
Ramsinks for the ram.

Phase Cooling
1x Cooler Express Hydra SLI (1x CPU, 2x GPU)
1x VapoChill LightSpeed (1x CPU)

Video Cards
ATI Crossfire, NOTE: These are phase cooled
Master card: ATI X1950 Crossfire @ unknown oc
Slave card: ATI X1950 XTX @ unknown oc
Ramsinks for both video cards.

Sound Card
Creative X-FI Elite Pro w/ Front Panel Bay

What? No speakers?

undeclared · Sep 18, 2006

Bob, I edited it. Read it now.

myocardia · Sep 18, 2006

Originally posted by: xtwells
Case
Enermax FS2300SS Case (huge case, it has 23x5.25" slots)

Power Supplies
NOTE: It has been verified on a site that this would be enough power if done properly.
Dual 1000W Pc Power and Cooling PSUs

Hard drive setup
Storage drives
[15x] Thermaltake iCage (5.25 to 3x3.5"), giving me 45 HDD slots
[45x] 300gb 15,000 rpm drives SCSI (yes, these exist)
Raid setup: Raid 5+0 over 4 arrays
Summary: 10.8 terabytes, Raid 5+0, 5 hot spares

Ramdrive setup
Boot drive
[5x] HyperOS Hyperdrive IV 16gb
Raid setup: raid 0
SATA 1 ;(
Summary: 80gb, raid 0

Raid Card setup
1xAreca Raid ARC-1120 + upgraded to 2GB sodimm [For ramdrives]
2xAdaptec SCSI RAID 2230SLP + upgraded to 2GB sodimm on both (more if available) [For storage drives]

CPU/Motherboard/Ram
CPU: 2x Intel Xeon 5160 @ 4 cores x 5ghz (hypothetically lets say it's possible, since an X6800 has gone this far)
Thermal paste: Artic Silver 5+
Motherboard: Tyan Tempest i5000PW (S5382)
Ram: 16x 4GB DDR2-667 FB-DIMM
Ramsinks for the ram.

Phase Cooling
1x Cooler Express Hydra SLI (1x CPU, 2x GPU)
1x VapoChill LightSpeed (1x CPU)

DVD+-RW
2x Any dvd-+rw drives.. possibly blu-ray and hd-dvd

Video Cards
ATI Crossfire, NOTE: These are phase cooled
Master card: ATI X1950 Crossfire @ unknown oc
Slave card: ATI X1950 XTX @ unknown oc
Ramsinks for both video cards.

Monitor
Sony 52" BRAVIA? XBR® LCD Flat Panel HDTVspacerKDL-52XBR3 @ 1920x1080 (resolution is widely supported.. and if not, stretching from 1080 to 1200 isn't a big deal)

Sound Card
Creative X-FI Elite Pro w/ Front Panel Bay

Speaker setup
NOTE: 3-way splitter being used to use all 3 at once
Creative Gigaworks S750
Klipsch Ultra 5.1
Logitech Z5500

No offense, xtwells, but all of that would only be worth $500 in a year, so what's the point in going that high-end?

KeithTalent · Sep 18, 2006

Originally posted by: myocardia

No offense, xtwells, but all of that would only be worth $500 in a year, so what's the point in going that high-end?
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I think you are missing the point of the thread.

I personally think his setup looks great, not that I would ever buy it.

myocardia · Sep 18, 2006

Originally posted by: KeithTalent
I think you are missing the point of the thread.

I personally think his setup looks great, not that I would ever buy it.

Well, I would. Next year, for $500.

undeclared · Sep 18, 2006

I'm just building the best rig possible. I'm not sure if it would have been wiser to have gotten a 4-way dual-core opteron though, since I couldn't find any 4-way xeon boards that supported 5160 and SLI/crossfire type setups

and yeah, um.. This system is like $100,000 or so. Might be more.

Next year, it'll be around... um... $99,800 maybe ;p

Damnit I think I killed this post!

Niv KA · Sep 18, 2006

Would you have enough conectors for all those HDDs and is that type of storage supported by the motherboard/RAID card/OS(That many drives/ storage)

And am I going to buy a $50,000(My estimate) PC without an Operating system....
I want both Windows and Linux (Fedora) on that!!!!!!!!!!!!!

dBTelos · Sep 18, 2006

1KW Enermax Galaxy

undeclared · Sep 18, 2006

Niv KA: In terms of power supply to HD connectors, no. But there are adapters that could be bought and there is enough power going through not to kill it.

There are the HD - Raid card connectors included in this, yes.

Updated for operating systems ;p

theprodigalrebel · Sep 18, 2006

Originally posted by: xtwells

Hard drive setup
Storage drives
[15x] Thermaltake iCage (5.25 to 3x3.5"), giving me 45 HDD slots
[45x] 300gb 15,000 rpm drives SCSI (yes, these exist)
Raid setup: Raid 5+0 over 4 arrays
Summary: 10.8 terabytes, Raid 5+0, 5 hot spares

Aye Karamba, that's a lotta HD Pr0n!

ForumMaster · Sep 18, 2006

it depends on what you do. you could go with a Mac Pro and then put Clover's in them like AT did and have an 8-core system. but if you're gaming, a setup maybe similar to xtwells. but there is no reason for so much storage.

undeclared · Sep 18, 2006

Reason for so much storage: expandability and future ready ;p

I don't know anyone with that much n0rp ;p

darketernal · Sep 18, 2006

lol those things (Killer NIC) are pretty expensive for something that might not even make a difference though.

SparkyJJO · Sep 18, 2006

I don't feel like typing it all out because the list would be huge but lets just say it would be well over $6 grand

EDIT I forgot the cooling setup I want, so I suppose make that $7 grand

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