The $8630 rig

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I'd go with something like

Lian Li's V-2100 Case

PC Power And Cooling SLI Express

2 x Nec 3520As
1 x Flash Memory Read
1 x Floppy Drive

DFI's UT Nforce 4 SLI Model
-Some PCI-Express S-ATA Card (For the extra hard drives)

-2xRaptors (One for Winblows and another for Linux Distros)
-12x500GB Hitachis - (Got to have lots of files )

2xG6800 Ultras with some kind of water cooling

2x80 MM Radiators for the Graphics card

1x120MM Radiator for Proc

That sounds good

 

[Gamingphreek]

Originally posted by: Tabb
I'd go with something like

Lian Li's V-2100 Case

PC Power And Cooling SLI Express

2 x Nec 3520As
1 x Flash Memory Read
1 x Floppy Drive

DFI's UT Nforce 4 SLI Model
-Some PCI-Express S-ATA Card (For the extra hard drives)

-2xRaptors (One for Winblows and another for Linux Distros)
-12x500GB Hitachis - (Got to have lots of files )

2xG6800 Ultras with some kind of water cooling

2x80 MM Radiators for the Graphics card

1x120MM Radiator for Proc

That sounds good

Crap.... doesn't even have scsi or liquid hydrogen

 

[PlatinumGold]

Originally posted by: Gamingphreek
Sh!t if i had an unlimited budget this is what i would buy:

PSU: OCZ Powerstream 600Watt PSU or PC Power and Cooling 510XE (Unable to find a reseller for it.

Case: CM Stacker

M/B: Tyan Thunder K8W

CPU: 2x Dual Opteron 250

Video Card: 1x ( no SLI on server based boards) Link (With Waterblock)

Sound Card: (Un)creative Audigy 4Pro

HDD Controller: Adaptec 64bit PCI-X Ultra 320 SCSI RAID

HDD: 5x Seagate 73 Gig 15,000RPM SCSI HDD (68Pin) in RAID 5
(Or if i really had an unlimited budget i would get one of those drives that accept a whole lot of sticks of RAM and keep them charged making a REALLY fast HDD)

RAM: 8x Corsair XMS Extreme Memory 2gig Registered ECC

Optical: 2x Plextor 16x Dual Layer DVD+-RW SATA

Cooling: Vapochill Water Cooled (Cant find a link right now)

Monitor: Dell Dual Display Monitor

Audio System: Unsure... either go with the Klipsch Speakers or a true high end system with dolby digital reciever and high end speaker and subs.

Mouse: MX1000 Laser Mouse

Keyboard: Logitech Elite

Of course i could always up the level again and go to a 4 or 8 CPU setup... but then that ventures into the realm of enterprise computing. So well keep it on the Consumer level (Barely)

Anyway to make this thing better? Anyone have any suggestions (God i wish i had a budget large enough to buy something like that)

I guess i would really need a true 64bit OS to address more than 4gig of RAM, i think i might have passed 4gig

-Kevin

try

http://www.pcpowerandcooling.com to buy pc power and coolings power supplies.

 

[Rip the Jacker]

Id go for something like...

$1.5k A64 gaming system and hookers.

 

[LtPage1]

sli+2xwidescreen LCDs+23" NEC CRT+ digital projector= heaven.

 

[Dubb]

Originally posted by: Gamingphreek

Originally posted by: otispunkmeyer
PCX video? never heard of that....im sure it was PCI-E, also id swap the zalman cpu cooler for the new Zalman CNPS7700Cu....140mm in diameter and all copper baby!

also id go for G-Skill ram

amd if u got the money why not have the Audigy 4pro? it is actually better than the 2 apparently

PCX is the abbreviation for PCI-E. Not to be confused with PCI-X.

Originally posted by : Dubb
2x quadro 4400s

Why quadros. They suck for gaming and consumer purposes they are only good for and CAD and what not.

-Kevin

1) I don't game. Guess what I do?
2) good luck driving 2 9 megapixel lcds and a 30" cinema display with anything BUT workstation class hardware. DVI-DL ports are a must, and last I checked, the mac 6800 ultra was the only consumer card that had them.

 

[ZobarStyl]

Man, for 8630 bucks, I'd want something a lot more awesome than that...hell, at least seperate watercooling loops, one for each GPU and the FX itself. 1/10, for sheer cost inefficiency.

 

[Sunner]

Originally posted by: ItmPls
Id go for something like...

$1.5k A64 gaming system and hookers.

Add drugs and booze to that and we're rockin'

 

[jose]

Not very impressive, could do alot better. Maybe it's a dream system till you wake up.

Here's what I'd consider a dream machine:

Dual Opteron 250's
Iwill dual cpu/ SLI mobo w/ 4 gigs of ram
LSI 64bit/133mhz scsi raid controller
6 - Maxtor Atlas 15k 73g hd's
Audigy4
Dual 6800GT's
2 - 20" Dell LCD or your choice
CoolerMaster Stacker case w/ 2 - 4-in-3 devices
700w Zippy power supply
2 - NEC 3500a
whatever mouse/keyboard is your preference.


This is a real Dream system...

Regards,
Jose

 

[Jeff7]

My dream system would also come with solar panels for the roof, and a backup battery that would last for a full day, with the monitor on.
I'd also want it to have good voice recognition software that could understand me from across the room.

 

[Markfw]

Originally posted by: jose
Not very impressive, could do alot better. Maybe it's a dream system till you wake up.

Here's what I'd consider a dream machine:

Dual Opteron 250's
Iwill dual cpu/ SLI mobo w/ 4 gigs of ram
LSI 64bit/133mhz scsi raid controller
6 - Maxtor Atlas 15k 73g hd's
Audigy4
Dual 6800GT's
2 - 20" Dell LCD or your choice
CoolerMaster Stacker case w/ 2 - 4-in-3 devices
700w Zippy power supply
2 - NEC 3500a
whatever mouse/keyboard is your preference.


This is a real Dream system...

Regards,
Jose

Not a bad thought, but I don't think you wil see a dual Opteron AND SLI, as the only chipset right now is the AMD 8000 series, and that has no support for SLI. I don;t know that you need that anyway, and for gaming the FX-55 is faster than dual 250's anyway.

 

[SagaLore]

Originally posted by: SticknClutch
Toss those wimpy WD 10k rpm raptors and get something a little more substantial... like um...

A pair of these! UltraWide SCSI SolidState HDs!!

Why not get 4 of them and stripe them all with RAID0?

 

[masshass81]

Get this PSU

PCP&C Turbo-Cool 850 Deluxe
950W peak
dual six-pin PCIe connectors
15 drive connectors
six SATA power calbes
eight four-pin molex
four 12v rails: internal drives, cpu, and one for each vid card
MSRP: $430
*drool

 

[Gamingphreek]

THat doesn't have a server connector. You need IIRC an EPS connector or even something different for some of these boards.

As for SLI and dual opterons no there isn't one i decided dual CPU's would be better than dual video cards.

Not a bad thought, but I don't think you wil see a dual Opteron AND SLI, as the only chipset right now is the AMD 8000 series, and that has no support for SLI. I don;t know that you need that anyway, and for gaming the FX-55 is faster than dual 250's anyway.

No the FX-55 will be not faster for gaming--even more so once games become multi threaded. The only advantage it has is the ability to use unregistered DRAM, and an unlocked multiplier. Other than that it is the same CPU (different pin out).

-Kevin

 

[TerryMathews]

Originally posted by: Markfw900I don;t know that you need that anyway, and for gaming the FX-55 is faster than dual 250's anyway.

Lots of stuff in that 'dream' rig would be useless for gaming, so I think the rest of us were under the assumption that the rig was for both work and play.

Dual monitors, for example, are useless for all but a very small number of games. As a matter of fact, I'd say it's about the same number of games that can take advantage of SMP.

 

[SagaLore]

Originally posted by: TerryMathews
Dual monitors, for example, are useless for all but a very small number of games. As a matter of fact, I'd say it's about the same number of games that can take advantage of SMP.

Yes, but one monitor could be playing something like EQ2, while you're camping and regenerating, and the other monitor used for porn or I mean *ahem* schoolwork.

 

[DJFury]

I'd rather have a hyundai

 

[TerryMathews]

Originally posted by: SagaLore

Originally posted by: TerryMathews
Dual monitors, for example, are useless for all but a very small number of games. As a matter of fact, I'd say it's about the same number of games that can take advantage of SMP.

Yes, but one monitor could be playing something like EQ2, while you're camping and regenerating, and the other monitor used for porn or I mean *ahem* schoolwork.

That doesn't work for full screen games (most of the time). Most games will prevent you from taking focus away without using protected keys (ctrl+alt+delete, ctrl+esc). That can also cause problems with the game once it regains focus.

Of course, you could be talking about windowed games, but who really plays games like that?

I still maintain that the OP's dream rig was not intended soely for gaming.

 

[jhu]

Originally posted by: Gomce
Your System Price (excludes shipping): $8630


Case VX-Charcoal Case - Full Tower, 2 front USB

Power Supply 600 Watt Enermax® NoiseTaker Quiet Power Supply with Dual Smart Fans, user adjustable speed control knob

Case Lights Double Blue Cold Cathode Chassis Light Kit

Motherboard Asus® A8N SLI Deluxe - NVIDIA nForce ?4 SLI MCP, PCI Express Motherboard with DDR

AMD® Processor AMD® Athlon? 64 FX-55, 2.6GHz, 939-pin Processor*

CPU Cooling Zalman® Heatsink w/80mm Ultra Quiet Fan, Arctic Silver? 5 Compound

DDR Memory 1024MB Mushkin? PC3200 DDR400 Blue Series CL2 Low Latency Enhanced Memory with Heat Spreader(2x512)

PCX Video 2 x 256MB eVGA? nVidia® GeForce? 6800 Ultra Velocity Micro Edition in SLI*, with Far Cry & Battlefield 1942

Video Cooling VideoCool? Positive Pressure Airflow System - Speed adjustable, with light

Video Tuning Moderate 3D Video Performance Tuning & Optimization (Requires VideoCool? system) (+$35.00)

Monitor
23" Sharp® LCD widescreen monitor (IT23M1U), 1366 x 768 resolution, includes TV tuner with remote, speakers, HDTVready

Monitor 2
23" Sharp® LCD widescreen monitor (IT23M1U), 1366 x 768 resolution, includes TV tuner with remote, speakers, HDTVready

Audio SoundBlaster® Audigy 2 ZS with 1394 FireWire Port, 5.1, 6.1, 7.1 channel

Speakers Creative GigaWorks? S750 - 7.1 Channel, 700 watt, THX certified - Black

Hard Drive 1 74GB Western Digital Raptor 10,000rpm SATA, 8MB Cache

Hard Drive 2 400GB Hitachi 7200rpm SATA/150, 8MB Cache

Optical Drive 1 FREE Upgrade 16x Lite On® DVD+/-RW/CD-RW Dual Layer (SOHW-1633S) Black Bezel

Optical Drive 2 12x Plextor® DVD+/-RW (PX-712A), Black Bezel

Floppy Drive & Media Reader
1.44MB Floppy Drive, Black Bezel

Network Adapter Integrated 10/100/1000MBps Gigabit Ethernet Network Adapter

Network Adapter 2 or WiFi: Asus® 802.11 B+G WiFi Wireless Adapter with remote antenna, 11MBps/54MBps

WiFi Router NetGear® WGR614 54Mbps Cable/DSL Wireless Router (Support by NetGear)

FireWire Integrated IEEE 1394 FireWire Port

Game Bundle FREE Far Cry on DVD, plus coupon for Half Life 2 and Counter-Strike?: Source (Quantities Limited!)
Productivity Software No Thanks
Software Bundle Ulead® Digital Creation Suite- PhotoImpact, VideoStudio, DVD MovieFactory, Burn.Now ($290 Value)
AntiVirus Software None
Recovery Disk Custom DVD Restore Disk, returns your system hard drive to the original factory installation
Internal Cables Rounded Silver Braided IDE and Floppy Cables (+$30.00)
Keyboard Genuine Microsoft® Multimedia Keyboard - Black
Mouse None (Or select a Cordless Keyboard/Mouse Combo) (-$20.00)
Network Cable 10ft Premium Ethernet Network Cable (+$15.00)
MP3 Player None
Printers Epson® Stylus® Photo 1280 - deluxe photo printer, 6 color ink system, 5760x770 dpi (USB printer cable required) (+$449.00) 10.00 lbs
Printer Cable Premium USB Printer Cable (+$19.00)


The prices of dream configurations dropped, it used to be $15k for a dream config few years ago.

B

your system getting 0wned in less than 4 minutes after hooking up to the internet: priceless

 

[Mik3y]

Here's my dream rig:

? AMD Athlon 64 FX-55, 2.6 GHz, 1MB L2 Cache, 64-bit Processor $879

? Shuttle XPC Black Barebone System for Socket 939 CPU, Model "SN95G5" $309

? Corsair XMS Series (Twin Pack) 184 Pin 2GB (1GB x 2) DDR PC-3200 $559

? Asus ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum Edition Video Card, 256MB GDDR3, 256-Bit, DVI/VIVO, 8X AGP $559

? Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 4 Pro PCI Sound Card $280

? Western Digital Raptor 74GB 10,000RPM SATA Hard Drive $175

? Zalman NP (Noise Prevention) Heatpipe HDD Cooler, Model "ZM-2HC2" $29

? Iomega 250GB High-Speed Ethernet Network Hard Drive $330

? NEC 16X Double Layer DVD±RW Drive, Black, Model "ND-3520A BK" $60

? Shuttle 250W SilentX Power Supply For XPC Barebones, Model "PC40" $70

? Shuttle 8-in-1 USB 2.0 Digital Card Reader/Writer, Model "PC12" $28

? Shuttle IEEE 802.11g Wireless LAN Module, Model "PN15" $85

? Logitech Cordless MX Duo USB/PS2 104keys $63

? X-Ray Thunder 8 Professional Mousepad, Model "T8 BK/Black" $23

? Sennheiser RS120 Wireless RF Headphones $100

? Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 THX Certified Personal Speaker System $149

? Samsung Syncmaster 243T Black 24-inch Widescreen LCD Monitor $2109

? HP Photosmart 2710 All-In-One Multifunction Wireless Printer $367

==========================================================================

Subtotal: $6,174.00

I'm into the small form factor and this is more then I'll ever need.

 

[Dubb]

Originally posted by: Gamingphreek
THat doesn't have a server connector. You need IIRC an EPS connector or even something different for some of these boards.

As for SLI and dual opterons no there isn't one i decided dual CPU's would be better than dual video cards.

Not a bad thought, but I don't think you wil see a dual Opteron AND SLI, as the only chipset right now is the AMD 8000 series, and that has no support for SLI. I don;t know that you need that anyway, and for gaming the FX-55 is faster than dual 250's anyway.

No the FX-55 will be not faster for gaming--even more so once games become multi threaded. The only advantage it has is the ability to use unregistered DRAM, and an unlocked multiplier. Other than that it is the same CPU (different pin out).

-Kevin

there's at least two manufacturers that have SLI opteron boards very close to available.

Iwill has an x16/x2 board almost out, and in a month or two will have an x8/x8 follow up.

the tyan I listed is likely out in a couple weeks, and has two ck8-04s...and for some time will be the only board with x16 + x16 lanes (not that it matters a great deal though) I want it just to run 4 high res monitors with full 3d acceleration and some dual core optys

and...250s = 2.4 Ghz, the fx 55 is 2.6. different chips. the supposed 252 would be the equivalent

 

[Gomce]

Now now children, hold your horses.

This isn't my dream system...Its just a configuration I compiled at some of the online vendors from the likes of AlienWare.
These are the best parts they had. Talking about http://www.velocitymicro.com/ here.

I already have 2 64bit rigs that costed me $4000 to build, watercooling, dual 17" lcds, ATI X800XT, 2 GB ram, 0.5 TB storage, sat. tv cards, everything.

So stop flaming me...Gees

 

[imported_waldo]

Originally posted by: sheik124
the hell with the Samsung and the Sharp, drive some Apple Cinema Displays off that monster
and only 1 GB of ram?

If I am going ot drop that kind of money, you better believe I am getting more than 1 GB of ram...I already have 1.5, and am thinking of going to 2

 

[TerryMathews]

Originally posted by: Gomce
This isn't my dream system...Its just a configuration I compiled at some of the online vendors from the likes of AlienWare.
So stop flaming me...Gees

I'm sorry you'll have to excuse all of us misunderstanding. We must have been misled by your original post.

The prices of dream configurations dropped, it used to be $15k for a dream config few years ago.

I guess "dream configuration" must not equal "dream system" in your world.

 

[Regs]

And to think...my 1800 dollar computer would likely perform just as good with a game not supported by SLI.