You have $50K to get 1 Computer. What would you choose? I'm showing this guy Alienware does NOT make the BEST pcs.

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: CraigRT
50 grand?
that will get him a high end alienware and a G35 coupe...

a high end computer is like 5 grand, not 50!!

you have never priced a dual opteron workstation have you?

 

[Matthias99]

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: CraigRT
50 grand?
that will get him a high end alienware and a G35 coupe...

a high end computer is like 5 grand, not 50!!

you have never priced a dual opteron workstation have you?

I think you could build a pretty nice dual opteron workstation for $5K. Certainly you could build a completely tricked out one for well under $10K.

Now, if you're buying from an OEM who doubles or triples the price on anything designed for 'workstation' use...

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: Matthias99

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: CraigRT
50 grand?
that will get him a high end alienware and a G35 coupe...

a high end computer is like 5 grand, not 50!!

you have never priced a dual opteron workstation have you?

I think you could build a pretty nice dual opteron workstation for $5K. Certainly you could build a completely tricked out one for well under $10K.

Now, if you're buying from an OEM who doubles or triples the price on anything designed for 'workstation' use...

yea thats true i priced one on Monarch and it was like 9000,

depending on what you wanted in it you coudl do it for 5K, if you didnt include displays in your cost,

 

[otispunkmeyer]

Originally posted by: Mojoed

Originally posted by: Tabb
Just one computer...

-Dual Opertrons
-Dual 6800Us
-4GBs of Ram
-4 Terabytes ALL SCSI

Don't forget the display(s)! 🙂

holy moly

 

[GnomeCop]

I guess I would probably get something rediculous from VoodooPC if it were to be some monster desktop.
They have truley custom cases that arent plastic for their highest end systems, but at that pricerange its mainly going to be stuff like asking them to gold plate the whole case or something.
Solid state HDs, 30" lcds, liquid cooling, whatever...

 

[otispunkmeyer]

how about a rig from savrow.com?

man u have to sign up just to browse the site......1337 or wat

www.savrow.com

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: otispunkmeyer

Originally posted by: Mojoed

Originally posted by: Tabb
Just one computer...

-Dual Opertrons
-Dual 6800Us
-4GBs of Ram
-4 Terabytes ALL SCSI

Don't forget the display(s)! 🙂

holy moly

im lookin at that and it says you onlu need 1 DVI or 1 Analog out from your vid card to run that

now that just does not sound right to me. max output from DVI is 1920x1200 now haveing a 10x wall running 1920x1200 is a uber waste, CRT out can puts 2048x1536 but that is still a waste on a wall like that

they say they will run QXGA 3840 x 2400. now you needa Dual Link DVI capable card for that, and that happens to be what the IBM T221 runs at
they muct be altering the signal after it leaves the comp, but IDK how that would be doing that without making it look bad

 

[otispunkmeyer]

also a computer with a george foreman in it is the way to go

 

[frootbooter]

Originally posted by: Cryption
Why would you buy a cray? You couldn't run anything besides a Ph.D. experiment, maybe map some weather, or fold a protein or two.

Yea that sounds like a great use of $50K, why didn't anyone else think of that?!?

What are you gonna do with yours? Play games? Wow, I already have a computer that can do that.