I HAVE UNLIMITED FUNDS.

[kjohnson]

If you were rich what computer parts would you buy to build that baddest PC possible? Please list everything you geeks can think of. Thank you.

 

[Lonyo]

Search.
There are plenty of threads like this.

 

[CalvinHobbes]

Originally posted by: Lonyo
Search.
There are plenty of threads like this.

 

[CraigRT]

Originally posted by: CalvinHobbes

Originally posted by: Lonyo
Search.
There are plenty of threads like this.

 

[Rip the Jacker]

where's ribbon13???

 

[xsilver]

solid gold mouse and keyboard -- make yourself the most pimpin geek on the street -- should set you back at least 5k

but really - just what everyone else said

 

[Sqube]

Solid gold? Pshah, that's so 1980s.

Now, a solid platinum keyboard and mouse... that's an entirely different story.

 

[ionoxx]

Think Alienware, Voodoo PC or Falcon NorthWest

 

[Promethply]

Check out Ribbon's Rig:

Ribbon's system

 

[Lonyo]

Originally posted by: Promethply
Check out Ribbon's Rig:

Ribbon's system

Which sucks for general use......

Obviously if you were going for an "average" users top PC rig, you would use dual 6800 Ultra's (SLI) and not a Creative Wildcat (workstation card).

 

[mcjimbo]

Sharky extreme just did an article on a Extreme Gaming PC:

http://www.sharkyextreme.com/guides/EGBG/article.php/10721_3494656__8

Althought this was somewhat slated, people generally agreed with most components... Anyway its a good start.

You can read the follow up thread to that here with various changes/recommendations:

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid=27&threadid=1560661

 

[dragonballgtz]

I HAVE UNLIMITED FUNDS.

The best AMD processor
those Apple 30 inch screens maybe 2
Dual 6800 ultra and extra PCI cards for the other 30 inch screen
4 GB of RAM
Studio quality sound card and an extra card for games
Have someone mod the wiers for you and buy a modded PS
2 DL DVD+-RW
SCSI or SATA HDs
Home theater speakers
Get that and your e-penis would be the biggest in all the land

Would I buy a system like this, NO! Why? Because I could get the same performance, give or take 5%-15%, with a system similar to this that cost less. Also I don't need all of that crap.

 

[Blain]

Originally posted by: ItmPls
where's ribbon13???

Yes... ribbon13 will help you spend your money. :laugh:

 

[doublejbass]

The real answer is invest most of your "unlimited funds" and buy a cost-effective PC now.

 

[Cheesetogo]

Ask IBM to build you a server and give them unlimited funds. That should only be about 15 million bucks

 

[PurdueRy]

Originally posted by: Promethply
Check out Ribbon's Rig:

Ribbon's system

except most people here wouldn't want a 3dlabs card....

 

[imported_Beavis]

If i had unlimited Funds
I would get:
AMD 64 FX 57
OCZ PowerStream 600W Power Supply ATX12V, PCI Express & BTX Ready
ASUS A8N-E(Sli is pointless)
2Gb of OCZ Dual Channel Memory@PC3500
Vaporchill cooling system with Lain Li PC 60 Case
BFG 6800 Ultra-PCI-E 16x
Power Conversion Cable for PCI express
Segate 7200.8 400GB hard drive Sata
WD 74GB 10000 Raptor Hard Drive
Plexor 16x Dual Layer DVD Burner Sata
Samsung 16x DVD Rom IDE Drive
Mitsumi Card Reader/Floppy Combo
Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS Platinum Sound Card
Klipsch ProMedia ultra 5.1 Personal Audio System
SONY SDM-P234/B 23" Wide Screen Flat Panel LCD
Logitech Cordless Desktop MX(tm) for Bluetooth
Microsoft Windows XP Professional with SP2
Sennheiser PC150 Headset

 

[PurdueRy]

Originally posted by: Beavis
If i had unlimited Funds
I would get:
AMD 64 FX 57
OCZ PowerStream 600W Power Supply ATX12V, PCI Express & BTX Ready
ASUS A8N-E(Sli is pointless)
2Gb of OCZ Dual Channel Memory@PC3500
Vaporchill cooling system with Lain Li PC 60 Case
BFG 6800 Ultra-PCI-E 16x
Power Conversion Cable for PCI express
Segate 7200.8 400GB hard drive Sata
WD 74GB 10000 Raptor Hard Drive
Plexor 16x Dual Layer DVD Burner Sata
Samsung 16x DVD Rom IDE Drive
Mitsumi Card Reader/Floppy Combo
Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS Platinum Sound Card
Klipsch ProMedia ultra 5.1 Personal Audio System
SONY SDM-P234/B 23" Wide Screen Flat Panel LCD
Logitech Cordless Desktop MX(tm) for Bluetooth
Microsoft Windows XP Professional with SP2
Sennheiser PC150 Headset

Make a note. ^ will be "slow" in 2 years

 

[ribbon13]

Originally posted by: rleemhui

Originally posted by: Promethply
Check out Ribbon's Rig:

Ribbon's system

except most people here wouldn't want a 3dlabs card....

Or to spend $3000 for 8GB of solid state hard drive...

 

[PurdueRy]

well ya, but I was thinking more in terms of gaming, more hard drive space could never hurt

 

[ribbon13]

$449.99 Turbo-Cool 850 SSI ETX + AG 6-pin
$240.00 Lian-Li PC-V2000B

$525.83 Tyan Thunder K8WE S2895UA2NRF
4x$229.61 Corsair CM72SD1024RLP-3200
2x$873.17 AMD OSA252BLBOX

2x$649.00 Asus EN6800ULTRA/2DT/256

4x$1265.00 Seagate ST3146854LW

There.. something to start ya off with. I also reccomend getting a Samsung LT-P468W for widescreen games and movies.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

I think If it was me, I'd get a computer that cost about $3000 as to not spend too much on stuff that's going to become obsolete super fast.

Get a really nice CRT for $600-ish

For connecting to the computer,
Get a really nice projector for $3000-ish
Get a sound system for it for $3000-ish

I'd rather have that for around $10,000 than spending the whole amount on the computer itself.

Of course if funds really are unlimited, get a $10,000 computer too and then spend 10 times as much on the projector and sound system too.
If you want to blow your money away, it's a lot easier to do it in HT equipment.

 

[ribbon13]

Yeah...
A Barco Cine9 and a 245" Stewart Blackhawk all the way. Denon AVR-5805 for sure.

 

[Sunner]

A nice car, beer, hookers, drugs, vacation to Vegas...

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Ribbon, I've been meaning to ask you... why did you get a $6000 receiver and hook it up to bookshelf speakers that are $150 a pair?

I know the BR-1s are very nice for the money.... but spending 6 times more on the receiver to drive them than on better speakers confuses me.