THE ULTIMATE GAMING COMPUTER

[twharry]

Originally posted by: KoolDrew

Originally posted by: threats
HOLY WOW RIBBON13

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Posts: 2822
Joined: 02/01/2005

Average Posts Per Day: 80.66

I thought *MY* job left too much time to post on messageboards...jeez. I envy her.

 

[rise]

ahhh... a rig post i can read! thanks crescent. (links are nice but better to see the item anyway)

that thing will be a beast. whats the "money is not an object" ballpark for that thing?

10 cheetahs, lol

 

[Crescent13]

Glad you like it rise. Here is a more detailed version

CASE: Lian-Li PC-V2000B.

CASE COOLING: VapoChill Case Cooler.

MOTHERBOARD: Tyan Thunder K8WE.

MEMORY: Four Kingston KRX3200AK2/2Gs.

POWER SUPPLY: Pc Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool 850 ETX (SSI).

PROCESSORS: Two AMD Opteron 2.4GHz 280s.

SOUND CARD: SoundBlaster Audigy 4 Pro.

CENTER SPEAKER: Martin Logan Stage.

FRONT SPEAKERS: Two Martin Logan Statement e2xs.

REAR SURROUND SPEAKERS: Two Martin Logan Summits.

VIDEO CARDS: Two EVGA e-GeForce 6800 Ultras.

HARD DRIVES: 10 Seagate Cheetah 15K.4s Raid 5.

HARD DRIVE INTERFACE: Two Adaptec ACK-68I5-Round-LVD-LP-U320s.

OPTICAL DRIVES: Two Plextor PX-716SAs.

OPERATING SYSTEM: Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition.

DISPLAY: Samsung LT-P468W equipped with Opticality 3D Filter.

PROCESSOR COOLING: Two Koolance CPU-300-H06s.

VIDEO CARD COOLING: Two Koolance VID-NV2-L06s.

CHIPSET COOLING: Three Koolance GPU-180-V06?s.

LIQUID NITROGEN COOLING SYSTEM: Instec LN2-P SYS.

LIQUID NITROGEN TEMPERATURE CONTROLLER: Instec STC200.

CPU COOLER ADAPTER: Koolance Athlon 64 Adapter.

SOUND CARD TO RECEIVER CABLE: Better Cables Premium Toslink Optical Cable 3 Meter.

 

[ribbon13]

Money is no object right?

1TB Solid State Array. ~$348,706.28
$710 3Ware 9500S-12
12x$28980 M-Systems FFD-25-UATA-90112-F
12x$4.19 IDE to IDC
12x$15.50 Syba SD-SATA-IDE

 

[sharkeeper]

IDE is a disease to a system so spare no expense, go visit Taipei and have them build you a motherboard with no IDE controllers!

 

[Crescent13]

Ribbon, won't theese perform better?

 

[ribbon13]

Since you would have to contact the manufacturer directly in that case, why not comission BitMicro to make you SAS SSDs? And actually the 2.5" UATA'ss have faster speed on the M-Sys...

 

[sharkeeper]

Gamers aren't really (as) concerned as a whole with storage speed as they are with graphics.

With that out of the way, see if you can SLI two of these on one board. Four 6800U GPU's should push some pixels for a while.

 

[Crescent13]

Aren't those 6600 GT's?

 

[ribbon13]

I think he was teasing as those cards can not be SLIed.

You CAN NOT use LN2 to cool your computer the way you think you can. Its used and an expendable coolant, ie open air, like this

Seriously, extravagant cooling won't help you have a better gaming machine. Water chilled TECs on the GPU would be easy enough to do, otherwise commission someone to make you a vapor phase cascade box with 4 outputs.

 

[sharkeeper]

No they are 6800 Ultras!

Why stop at N2? I can get you a He system that will take you within 20 microdegrees Kelvin. Gotta have some deep pockets for that one.

Why not stick with cock cooling, add plenty of ram, decent video cards and save the rest of the money? Perhaps some stock?

 

[ribbon13]

Originally posted by: sharkeeper
Why not stick with cock cooling, add plenty of ram, decent video cards and save the rest of the money? Perhaps some stock?

I haven't laughed so hard in ages.

 

[sharkeeper]

 

[Crescent13]

Originally posted by: sharkeeper
No they are 6800 Ultras!

Why stop at N2? I can get you a He system that will take you within 20 microdegrees Kelvin. Gotta have some deep pockets for that one.

Why not stick with cock cooling, add plenty of ram, decent video cards and save the rest of the money? Perhaps some stock?

LOL! Got any links to the Helium system?

 

[Crescent13]

Hey sharkeeper, would this work?

 

[PrayForDeath]

Just curious, are you gonna use the system for anything other than gaming?
If just for gaming, why don't you get one of those Voodoo SLI or Alienware SLI rigs that go for ~6000$ and save the hassle of all those parts?

 

[ribbon13]

The ultimate gaming system already exists. It's called a LAN.

 

[DanDaMan315]

Originally posted by: threats
HOLY WOW RIBBON13

Platinum Member
Posts: 2822
Joined: 02/01/2005

Ribbon is a posting beast, no doubt.

 

[MisterChief]

Originally posted by: sharkeeper
No they are 6800 Ultras!

Why stop at N2? I can get you a He system that will take you within 20 microdegrees Kelvin. Gotta have some deep pockets for that one.

Why not stick with cock cooling, add plenty of ram, decent video cards and save the rest of the money? Perhaps some stock?

Speaking of cooling, have you seen some of the rigs with liquid nitrogen colling?! I mean come on, Shelly! How cold do you need your computer to be before it freezes over?

 

[ribbon13]

Yeah... that's what he meant by N2... LN2

I posted a link to Toms doing it up a ways.

 

[BrokenVisage]

How is almost 3000 posts in just over a month even possible?!

Still wish to see your posted 3dMark05 score on Furturemark BTW...

 

[Markfw]

You need at least an LSI 320X-2 PCI-X controller for those drives......

 

[PrayForDeath]

Originally posted by: BrokenVisage
How is almost 3000 posts in just over a month even possible?!

Still wish to see your posted 3dMark05 score on Furturemark BTW...

He has a Wildcat, so his score will be low. But perhaps PcMark?

 

[BrokenVisage]

Originally posted by: PrayForDeath

Originally posted by: BrokenVisage
How is almost 3000 posts in just over a month even possible?!

Still wish to see your posted 3dMark05 score on Furturemark BTW...

He has a Wildcat, so his score will be low. But perhaps PcMark?

Originally posted by: ribbon13
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3DLabs Wildcat Realizm 800
Dual Opteron 252 E4
Tyan Thunder K8WE
4096MB Corsair DDR400 Registered

Mr. 3dMark Link