if u had $10000. what would u put in ur computer

[Mermaidman]

Solid gold heatsink.

 

[Koing]

Originally posted by: SickBeast
8-way Opeteron 850
Some Tyan motherboard that can do it
ATi X800XT
8GB RAM
4 74GB Raptors in RAID-0
400GB Hitachi
Samsung 30" widescreen LCD

That 30" lcd does a sh!tty resolution though . I think 1280 x 768.

My 23" runs 1920x1200 nicely

Koing

 

[JackBurton]

Fvck the PC, I'd get my bike! Oh yes, I will have it!

 

[edmundoab]

damn, I'd buy car or something with that money....

 

[JKing76]

A keyboard with all the letters on it, so I could type out "you" and "your" instead of looking retarded. A shift key for capitalization would also be nice.

 

[randumb]

Matrox Parhelia HR256 and some 9MP screen (Viewsonic, IBM, etc...it's all good )

 

[eriqesque]

Originally posted by: Cerb
1x mesh chair (Can't remember who makes them, but the seat and back are just taught plastic mesh)

Herman Miller

 

[Sunner]

Hmmm...
Good nForce3 mobo.
A64 3800+
1 GB of good RAM.
Two 74 GB Raptors
Two 250 GB 7K250
Radeon X800 or GeForce6, still undecided

Then I'd spend the rest on beer and booze.

 

[Hans5849]

Originally posted by: x1
This case and solid state HDs (no moving parts). Total silence = priceless.

where do you find solid state drives at?

 

[tyipengr]

Originally posted by: Cerb
1x Apple Cinema Display, big wide srceen LCD.
1x 21" Trinitron for gaming.
1x mesh chair (Can't remember who makes them, but the seat and back are just taught plastic mesh)
1x Audigy2 w/ the real break-out box.
1x SCSI controller
1x Fujitsu MAS 73GB drive.
1x long SCSI cable, so the drive can sit in a closet, away from the PC.
For the case and such, I'd just buy an ARM Stealth, fully loaded.

...anything more would be 100% wasted. it should go to a sound system, which could be fed from the Audigy.

I think the chair you are referring to is the Herman Miller Aeron chair. ~$600-800 bucks right? Very very nice chair. After all the dot-coms went belly up over here in Northen Cali, everyone was trying to score an Aeron from a bankrupt dot-com on the cheap.

As for the dream computer, no idea what LCD plat-panels are the ones to get so for the box..

Asus P4C800-E Deluxe
3.4Ghz Intel P4-EE
2GB of Corsair's new PC3200 2-2-2-5
Audigy 2 ZS Platinum
2x Hitachi 250GB 7K250 (I value silence)
ATi Radeon X800 XT Platinum or whatever its called
Pioneer DVR-107
blah blah...

Hooked up to a nice Sony DA3000ES Amp + a whole buncha Infinity Kappas.

 

[imported_x1]

Originally posted by: Hans5849

Originally posted by: x1
This case and solid state HDs (no moving parts). Total silence = priceless.

where do you find solid state drives at?

Check here for manufacturers and go to their webpages for products. The drives can be slow using flash mem like usb thumb drives or fast using sdram. If the drive is like the cenatek rocket drive (pci card) you can't boot from it and if you want 8-10GB so you can install windows and a game it'll probably be over $10,000.

 

[Cerb]

Originally posted by: tyipengr

Originally posted by: Cerb
1x Apple Cinema Display, big wide srceen LCD.
1x 21" Trinitron for gaming.
1x mesh chair (Can't remember who makes them, but the seat and back are just taught plastic mesh)
1x Audigy2 w/ the real break-out box.
1x SCSI controller
1x Fujitsu MAS 73GB drive.
1x long SCSI cable, so the drive can sit in a closet, away from the PC.
For the case and such, I'd just buy an ARM Stealth, fully loaded.

...anything more would be 100% wasted. it should go to a sound system, which could be fed from the Audigy.

I think the chair you are referring to is the Herman Miller Aeron chair. ~$600-800 bucks right? Very very nice chair. After all the dot-coms went belly up over here in Northen Cali, everyone was trying to score an Aeron from a bankrupt dot-com on the cheap.

Yes, the Aeron. My dad was a sysadmin at the AFB here (he's weening off of that into being one for a contrating company--off-base work), and everybody in re-engineering had one in the cubicles. Those things are miracles of modern science. All the comfiness of a Laz-E-Boy in a sleek, compact office chair.

 

[tyipengr]

I actually saw one (quantity = 1) Aeron at Costco of all places. It was my size too (medium).

 

[remagavon]

A readheaded midget

 

[imported_Phil]

Originally posted by: HelloDeli
Even if I was a millionare, I wouldnt spend 10 grand on any computer.

My dream specs usually consist of the following:

Fastest CPU for games.
Fastest Video Card for games.
Max out Memory on Mainboard(Usually 4GB)
Moderate out of storage space/ SATA Raid.
DVD Burner + 2xDVD-CDRW(Since games require discs in drive)
Nice 21'-22' Aperature Grille CRT

Hear, hear. I'd go and buy a better car, personally. Or put the money in a trust fund for future kids

 

[yhelothar]

two prometeia systems
AthlonFX53 @ 2.8GHz
GeForce6800 Ultra @ 600/1300
3x Sony GDM-FW900 24" widescreen CRTs
5x 73GB 15kRPM drives in RAID5

 

[CasTroLTraN]

if i have 10k to spend on a computer...lets see...$500 for an emachine/17in crt monitor and $9500 would go into buying a used Honda Civic.

 

[biostud]

Alienware ALX system, can't get faster for gaming

 

[Tostada]

You guys are being way too practical. Of course it's ridiculous to spend $10,000 on a computer, but you're supposed to try and come up with something cool if you had to actually spend the money.

Personally, I have no need to upgrade my system, and if I was going to try and spend $10K on a machine, it would be a gaming-only system that filled its own room.

Sony 50" 1365x768 W-XGA Plastma Monitor, $5,299 + $150 shipping
Cooler Master Wave Master silver case, $140 + $15 shipping
Asus A8V Deluxe Socket 939 K8T800 board, $169
Athlon 64 3800+ Newcastle, $715
VisionTek Radeon X800, $423.95 + $8.30 shipping
4X Raptor 74GB, 4X $200
2X Hitachi 250GB, 2X $183
2X 1GB (512MBx2) Enhanced Latency Platinum 2-3-2-5 DDR400, 2X $275
2X NEC ND-2510A dual-layer DVD burner, 2X $92.99
Enermax Noisetaker 600W PSU, $160 + $6 shipping
Audigy2 ZS Platinum PCI, $165
GigaWorks S750 7.1 speakers, $415 + $6 shipping
Logitech Cordless Desktop MX for Bluetooth, $135 + $6 shipping
3X Zalman ZM-F1 80mm case fan, 3X $4.99 + 3X $4 shipping
Belkin 1200VA UPS, $136.99
SMC 8-port Gigabit switch with jumbo frames, $104.99 + $4.99 shipping

I guess I would need more cash to get a dual-CPU system...

 

[Zebo]

Shuttle AN35N $54
Adata PC3200 1024MB $160
AMD mobile 2600 to 2600Mhz $100
PowerColor 256bit 9800SE softmodded to pro/xt $150

$464, and put $9636 into maturing assets/

 

[rond36]

Originally posted by: BurnItDwn
I know Tyan has a quad opteron board coming out (with PCI X), I'd got that
then 4 x fastest opterons I can find
4GB of ram should be enough,
an ATI 800XT PCI Express version (since im pretty sure this mobo doesn't have AGP)
I'd buy a nice bid hi res display (say ... for $2 to $3 grand)
I'd go with a full sized wide "cube shaped" server case,
I'd get a nice U320 SCSI RAID card
I'd purchase between 4 and 8 10K SCSI drives for my raid array (either raid 5 or 1+0, for my boot partition, games, and program files)
I'd fill up any remaininy 3.5in slots with 250 or 300GB IDE drives ... for cheap storage

Be careful PCI-X and PCI Express are not the same! I would almost bet money that the Tyan MB has an AGP slot and no PCI Express

PCI-X is 64bit 66, 100, or 133MHz and is mostly used for zero channel RAID controllers and fiberoptic NICs and is only used on highend multi-prosessor motherboards.

This board has 2 PCI-X slots They are the long white 100/133MHz and green 66MHz slot for the Zero-Channel RAID Card - (DAC-ZCRINT) which costs $289 on top of the $394 for the mother board.

 

[Cygni]

The quad opty Tyan doesnt have an AGP slot, I believe. Built in ATI RageXL video, and thats it.

 

[batmanuel]

I'd build a kick-butt content creation workstation:

2x Mitsubishi DP2070SB 22" monitors - 2x$675=$1350
Quadro FX3000 video card - $1299.00
2x Opteron 250 processors - 2x$875=$1750
nForce 3 250Gb Pro dual Opteron PCI-X board (not released yet, probably around $300-$400).
PCI-X U320 RAID Controller - $400
5x Seagate 15,000 RPM SCSI Drives 5x$529=$2645
4x 1GB PC3200 Corsair XMS Registered ECC Memory 4x$425=$1700

All of this comes out to approx $9550, leaving me around $450 for a nice case and power supply, a dual layer DVD+RW, a Logitech MX Duo, a Audigy 2 Platinum. A Wacom tablet would be nice too, if the money was there (maybe I could cut back to a mere 2GB of RAM).

 

[Mik3y]

? Duel AMD Opterons, Model 250, 1MB L2 Cache 64-bit Processors $1700
? 2 Thermaltake SilentTower 4 in 1 CPU Cooler, Model "CL-P0025" $98
? Tyan "Thunder K8W" AMD-8000 Chipset Server Motherboard $436
? Corsair XMS Series, 8GB (1GBx8) ECC Registered DDR PC-3200 $3052
? 256MB ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum Video Card $499
? 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
? Cooler Master Wave Master PC Case $138
? Enermax 660W Power supply for AMD K7 & Pentium 4 $248
? 2 Antec All Clear 120mm SmartCool Thermally Controlled Case Fans $41
? 2 Cooler Master CoolDrive 4 Aluminum Hard Disk Drive Coolers $90
? 2 Sony Double Layer DVD Recorders, Model DRU700A $372
? Shuttle Internal USB Digital Card Reader/Writer, Model PC12 $26
? Logitech Cordless Desktop MX(tm) for Bluetooth $135
? ViewSonic N3000W 30" Wild Screen LCD TV Monitor w/ Speakers $2659
? Swans T-200A Multi-Media Monitor 2.1 Desktop Speakers $413

Total: $11934

this is my dream machine!

 

[rond36]

If I had $10,000 to spend on a computer this is what I would buy:

1 x SuperWorkstation 7033A-TB SATA MidTower (blk) W/ Supermicro X5DAL-TG2 Motherboard
2 x Intel Xeon 3.2 GHz 533FSB w/2MB Cache
4 x 1GB ECC Reg DDR Kingston ValueRAM Lifetime
1 x LSI MegaRAID SATA 150-4-port Serial ATA RAID Card W/64MB SDRAM cache
4 x WD2500JD 250GB 8.9ms 7200rpm SATA/150 8MB in hot swap drive bays RAID 0+1
1 x ATI Radeon X800 PRO AGP 8X 256MB DDR
1 x PLEXTOR PX-708A 8-in-1 DVD+R/RW CD-R/RW Black
1 x Creative SB Audigy 2 ZS Platinum 7.1 Retail
2 x Viewsonic VP201B 20in LCD Monitor (Black)
1 x Microsoft OEM Windows XP Professional Edition
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Total $9,716.00