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Wanderer

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I got 5k lookin to build the gaming rig to end all gaming rigs, any suggestions?
I was thinking of just going alien ware 😛
 
Shuttle XPC with custom faceplate

AMD + nforce 3

1GB of RAM

9800XT or whatever

Onboard NFORCE Soundstream Toslink/Optical out to reciever (DD and DTS etc)

BeyondTV PVR software from Snapstream's Beyond TV

WINTV PVR 350 for realtime Mpeg 2 encoding and decoding(snaptream bundle....Softeare, remote and TV card for $229)

8x +/- DVD burner

dell 21'' LCD

Sh!!TY mouse and Sh!!TY keyboard so you don't look like a rich Prick.... $priceless$
 
That is one crappy configuration to end all gaming rigs...

Try a P4 3.4 Extreme Edition or an FX-53... two 74 GB Raptors in RAID 0... Hitachi's new 400 GB hard drive for storage... 2 GB of low latency PC3200 RAM... 9800 XT... Audigy 2 ZS... nice speaker setup, 5.1 - 7.1 depending on your taste and available space... DVD-+R drive, maybe another 52x CDRW drive... 3.5 inch 7-in-1 media card reader... nice case... nice mouse and keyboard... probably still won't spend $5000 though... I guess if you wanted to get the price up there you could get a Couple Opteron 248's =)
 
Athlon 64 3400+
ABIT KV8-Max 3
2GB DDR400
4x 74GB Raptor Hard Drives
Radeon 9800 XT
DVD-RW
DVD-ROM
24" Sony GDM-FW900 CRT
Audigy 2
Klipsch 5.1 sound system

 
just think with all that money spent it will still be only faster on benchmarks and you will probably never see the benefit. i would invest $3500-$4000 and build yourself a nice box for $1000-$1500, it will still kick @$$. your machine might be the sh!t today but in 6 mos it will not be and in 18 mos you will probably have to buy a new m/b to get a newer chip. imo 🙂
 
Originally posted by: Chaotic42
Athlon 64 3400+
ABIT KV8-Max 3
2GB DDR400
4x 74GB Raptor Hard Drives
Radeon 9800 XT
DVD-RW
DVD-ROM
24" Sony GDM-FW900 CRT
Audigy 2
Klipsch 5.1 sound system
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Yes ! I agree
 
have fun spending 5 grand. wish i had that much.

5Gs is alot, you sure you want to spend that much on just a computer?
 
Originally posted by: bob4432
Chaotic42 - have you ever really utilized 2GB of ram? if so doing what?
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I've utilized 1.25GB of memory (which is all I have) in the following fashions....


-Running Linux (it will use all available memory)
-Photoshop 6 + Bryce 4.0
-Photoshop 6 + BF1942
-Bryce 4.0 + BF1942


 
Originally posted by: bob4432
just think with all that money spent it will still be only faster on benchmarks and you will probably never see the benefit. i would invest $3500-$4000 and build yourself a nice box for $1000-$1500, it will still kick @$$. your machine might be the sh!t today but in 6 mos it will not be and in 18 mos you will probably have to buy a new m/b to get a newer chip. imo 🙂
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*nod*

or do what the poster above me suggested 🙂
 
Originally posted by: Chaotic42
Athlon 64 3400+
ABIT KV8-Max 3
2GB DDR400
4x 74GB Raptor Hard Drives
Radeon 9800 XT
DVD-RW
DVD-ROM
24" Sony GDM-FW900 CRT
Audigy 2
Klipsch 5.1 sound system
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Yep, except substitute the brand new FX-53 processor, along with a 940 motherboard. And you would never use 2 gigs of ram, unless you are into video editing.

edit: I forgot, since you've got so much money to blow, get yourself a Prometia 2 setup to cool that FX-53, so it can hit 3ghz+!
 
Originally posted by: Chaotic42
Originally posted by: bob4432
Chaotic42 - have you ever really utilized 2GB of ram? if so doing what?
Click to expand...
I've utilized 1.25GB of memory (which is all I have) in the following fashions....


-Running Linux (it will use all available memory)
-Photoshop 6 + Bryce 4.0
-Photoshop 6 + BF1942
-Bryce 4.0 + BF1942
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the max i have used is 780MB using ps7, ill 10 and premiere. editing files that were 50-100MB each. i don't do any animating so never used bryce, that one must use a ton....
 
Originally posted by: aRCeNiTe
I've used 1.5 gigs of memory looking at nasa pics
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Haha, it's possible to use 3 or 4 times that much, if you own a good enough digital camera, but what kind of speed difference do you really think that made on either being able to download them or view them?😉
 
Originally posted by: myocardia
Originally posted by: aRCeNiTe
I've used 1.5 gigs of memory looking at nasa pics
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Haha, it's possible to use 3 or 4 times that much, if you own a good enough digital camera, but what kind of speed difference do you really think that made on either being able to download them or view them?😉
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no speed difference... but I was happy when I finally used all my memory for something!
 
Originally posted by: bob4432
Chaotic42 - have you ever really utilized 2GB of ram? if so doing what?
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If the dude is spending $5000 on a computer, I don't think he'll mind spending the extra money on RAM he may not need now, but may need in 6-12 months.
 
This is what id get.

P4 3.4 Extreme Edition
Abit IC7 Max 3
1024 Corsair PC4000PRO 2x512
Pioneer A07D Retail
Pioneer DVD/CDRW Combo
Asus Radeon 9800XT 256mb
Creative SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS Plat Pro
Creative Gigaworks S750
2xWD 250GB 7200 8mg SATA RAID0
2xWD 74GB Raptors IN SATA RAID 0
36GB Raptor
Lian Li PC65 Case
Antec True Power 550W PSU
Mach 2 Prometia Intel P4 kit
17" Samsung 172X 12ms 500:1 Contrast DVI

This is my dream PC
 
Originally posted by: myocardia
Originally posted by: aRCeNiTe
I've used 1.5 gigs of memory looking at nasa pics
Click to expand...
Haha, it's possible to use 3 or 4 times that much, if you own a good enough digital camera, but what kind of speed difference do you really think that made on either being able to download them or view them?😉
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what size in MB were the pics?

 
CRT not LCD(though I secretly fantasize about a 50+" HDTV as Monitor)
Spend some money on Gaming Peripherals: Force Feedback Wheel, Joystick/Throttle, Gamepad
 
Spend less than $2000 to buy what is still a truly horrendously fast system, and save the rest, or else donate it to charity. 🙂
 
Everyone here seems to be thinking single cpu. I say go for dual. I've read that more and more games are starting to fully utilize dual cpus.
Dual CPU's, Dual display. That's what a dream machine should have. That is if you want to spend all 5k of it.
OR
I'd say get a top of the line machine for ~2500, and then put the rest into a savings account to use for incremental upgrades.
 
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