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Probably the stupid question of the day

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Entropism

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OK, I'm opening myself up for the flaming here, but.....

I have the opportunity to do up a new rig RIGHT. Top of the line, whatever I want to spend. I was thinking a 20"+ LCD would look great hanging on my wall or on my desk, and I've been looking at the brands to see what's out there.

Now, I game occasionally, but I'm not a huge fan of FPS. I'm more a fan of the sports/RPG/Monkey Island type games.

ANYWAYS, I was wondering, since I have the $2000 to spend, can I use an Apple 20" or 23" studio display on a PC? Is there an ADC/DVI adapter (I see one on the Apple site, but they claim it's an apple only display).

Now, if this ISN'T possible, I've been looking at NEC/Mitsubishi, Samsung, Sony, BenQ (heard they were supposed to be good), Planar, Dell (Samsung rebadges?). Anyone have any suggestions? I'll probably be pairing this to a Radeon 9500Pro, if it makes a difference.
 
Yeah... The way I see it as of now:

Pentium 4 3.0g
1gig Kingston HyperX 3500
Intel 875 board (I don't overclock, or at least, I havent had much success in the past)
Radeon 9500 Pro
Turtle Beach Santa Cruz
Dual 120gig Baracuda V SATA drives (no raid)
WD Raptor for the OS
Sony DVD-RW (whatever that model # is)
Lite-on 52x CDRW
This case
And the Apple display
 
Ive had 5 Years Experience upgrading my comp to a new one and out of them all the one i have now is the best

Take my advice get a small case & Micro ATX board ... they are just as fast just as good but way smaller and allot better

and dont heat up at all 🙂 my CPU temp's are the same as when i had the big black Antech Case with 5 case fans flowing away same thing that your buying now ..

I'm 1 upgrade ahead of you because the computer your getting now is what my last one looked like

Do yourself some good and get ----->This case !!!! <----

Main site for these case's ----> Here

 
Spend a little more or something and buy a 9700np(al least) instead the 9500p. It will make a big difference.
 
The apple 23" display is a beaut. I'm green with envy.

One that note, I couldn't resist.

Originally posted by: videoclone
Ive had 5 Years Experience upgrading my comp to a new one and out of them all the one i have now is the best
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Amazing how new PC's are generally better than old ones 🙂
Take my advice get a small case & Micro ATX board ... they are just as fast just as good but way smaller and allot better and dont heat up at all 🙂
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Because CPU's don't dissapate as much heat when installed in mATX motherboards 😉
my CPU temp's are the same as when i had the big black Antech Case with 5 case fans flowing away same thing that your buying now ..
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Sure that those fans were on? 🙂
Do yourself some good and get ----->This case !!!! <----
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He's gonna have a tough time jamming 3 HD's and 2 Optical drives into that case. 😛
 
Whats the pixel pitch on the Apple displays? I know most large LCDs like that usually have piss poor pixels pitches, something like .30mm.
 
Yeah, I think Apple displays have almost no warranty i not purchased with an Apple system--you might want to look into that.

And don't expect to game comfortably at a 20"'s native resolution with only a 9500P. I'd look to a 9700 or 9800, instead.

Ars has had a huge thread on large LCDs going for quite some time. I suggest starting with the last page and working your way backwards to gather some info.
 
Thanks for the replies guys.

Actually, I already have the Chieftec case, I'm just recycling. I'd love a mini-rig, but hey, I have way too much to toss in there. As for the 9700, I'll have to see how the prices are when I put this thing together (within a few weeks). I figured since I don't do FPS at all, I figured the gaming wouldnt be a problem. I'll have to look into it, I guess......
 
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