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[¡PooN!]

Ok, guys, I wanna know a simple...well not too simple, but its a cool topic.
I wanna know what is the BEST CUSTOM computer that you guys can think of making.
Guidelines:

1. You can use any current hardware out in the market, or any software about to enter the market within the next couple monthes (i.e. the new ATI cards)

2. You have to list all the components that you would use.

3. It would help if you list the prices of most of the hardware that you use.

4. Also, try to list the complete estimated price, only if you CANT list the individual prices.

5. ***DO NOT START A DEBATE OR FLAME ANYONE, THIS IS JUST A POST ABOUT PEOPLE'S PERSONAL OPINIONS, IF YOU DISAGREE WITH SOMETHING, TOUGH LUCK, KEEP IT TO YOURSELF. ***

PLEASE POST SOME OF THE BEST COMPS THAT YOU CAN THINK OF. LET YOUR IMAGINATIONS RUN WILD.

[Wasabi®]

CPU 16xOpterons
4 mobos with quad opteron each
HDD 1 terabytex16 RAID array
Memory 32 gigs
Vid card quad Quadro FX /GF7800 GTX
Case--well all this won't fit inside a case, so let's say your living room

Estimated price...around 20,000-30,000 bucks? Not sure

[Leftconsin]

How about when you post your crazy doom machine you also post something a bit more realistic? Something that doesnt need me to truck over liquid He.

[GrimReaper]

Pentium II 300mhz
128 MB PC-133 Ram
10 Gig Hard Drive
Voodoo 2 16meg
Soundblaster 32awe


LOL

[kaiserD]

sorry Poon, no one took your thread seriously..

[Wasabi®]

LET YOUR IMAGINATIONS RUN WILD.

After I saw this, my intentions changed.

[Killerfly]

Dual 6800 GT ultras. - 600-700
Dual 512 Megabite Ram Cards- 150-200
Fans- 20
Motherboard - 300$

Poon asking us for advice - Priceless

[Wasabi®]

Here's what I think is the best "Bang for the Buck" PC. Well I'll go with the prices in Japan.

CPU Athlon64 3200- $185
Mobo Biostar NF4UL-A9 $95
All fans retail..
RAM dual 512 PC3200, $85
VGA Leadtek PX6600GT-TDH around $175
HDD Hitachi 160GB $80
Optical NEC DVD-RW $70
Case: Owltech OWL-612DIV $120

$810. I made mine without the HDD/Optical (since I had those already) and with an Athlon 64 3500, plus Neo4-Platinum mobo and an extra 500W power supply for $900.

[Soldaten]

Best Computer Ever ! Check out the l33t graphics !


Even comes with its own instruction manual and NEVER crashes !



-S

[destructo]

[¡PooN!]

Sweetness....But lets see, some of these comps, i gotta work my entire life to purchase....ROFL

[Jack]

Holy $%@# Mike! That looks just like the monitors we use at work to this day. Gotta love the AS400.

[Boondock Saint]

Mike = Dean

[Red Dragon/Mushu]

sorry about bringing this old topic back and hijacking it poon
but thought it waz a better idea than creating a new topic
i waz just gonna post the spec for my computer and ask if ppl think it is any good

XPS Gen-3 P4 processor 540 with HT tech
256mb nVidia Ge Force 6800
1024Mb PC-4200 Dual Channel DDr2 533MHz [2*512]
soundblaster audigy 2 XPS
250GB SATA (7200rpm) hard drive

price= £1800

worth it?

[GrimReaper]

its pretty good, but if you went with amd. you would save yourself like $200 and it would work better

[Graviton]

Pentium® D 840 Extreme Edition Dual Core w/ HT Tech (3.20GHz, 800FSB)
4GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz - 4 DIMMs
500GB Performance RAID 0 (2 x 250GB SATA HDDs)
1000GB 7200RPM USB Hard Drive
9 in 1 Media Card Reader and 3.5 in Floppy Drive
Dual Drives: 48x CD-RW Drive + 16x DVD+/-RW w/ double layer write capable
24 inch UltraSharpâ„¢ 2405FPW Widescreen Digital Flat Panel
256MB PCI Expressâ„¢ x16 (DVI/VGA/TV-out) ATI Radeonâ„¢ X850 XT PE
VI-VGA Adapter to connect 2 CRT Monitors to dual capable Video Card
Dell 5650 5.1 Surround Sound Speaker System with Subwoofer
Dell Wireless Keyboard and Optical Mouse


My friend is getting that from dell this summer. If you would build it yourself and make it less crappy, all the better.

[Red Dragon/Mushu]

amd? wots that?

[GrimReaper]

Pentium® D 840 Extreme Edition Dual Core w/ HT Tech (3.20GHz, 800FSB)
4GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz - 4 DIMMs
500GB Performance RAID 0 (2 x 250GB SATA HDDs)
1000GB 7200RPM USB Hard Drive
9 in 1 Media Card Reader and 3.5 in Floppy Drive
Dual Drives: 48x CD-RW Drive + 16x DVD+/-RW w/ double layer write capable
24 inch UltraSharpâ„¢ 2405FPW Widescreen Digital Flat Panel
256MB PCI Expressâ„¢ x16 (DVI/VGA/TV-out) ATI Radeonâ„¢ X850 XT PE
VI-VGA Adapter to connect 2 CRT Monitors to dual capable Video Card
Dell 5650 5.1 Surround Sound Speaker System with Subwoofer
Dell Wireless Keyboard and Optical Mouse


My friend is getting that from dell this summer. If you would build it yourself and make it less crappy, all the better.

ok i'll play ball with you. Here is my equivlent to your pentium system (plus some upgrades ).

AMD Athlonâ„¢ 64 FX-57 Processor with HyperTransport Technology
ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe Motherboard
4GB Dual Channel Corsair XMS DDR550 (you really don't need 4 but for the hell of it)
144GB Performance RAID 0 (2 x 74GB SATA HDDs 10k RPMs)
9 in 1 Media Card Reader and 3.5 in Floppy Drive (for the hell of it)
2 x 16x Lite-On DVD+/-RW w/ double layer write capable
2 x SAMSUNG 243T-Black 24" LCDs (perfect picture quality)
2 x 256MB PCI Express Geforce 7800GTX SLI (Oh Baby)
Sound Blaster Audigy2 Platinum
Klipsch ProMedia Ultra 5.1 Surround Sound Speaker System with Dual Subwoofer
Logitech Wireless Keyboard and Optical Mouse MX3100
Thermaltake XASER III LanFire Case w/ water cooled (of course)

*drools*

[Red Dragon/Mushu]

AMD Athlonâ„¢ 64 FX-57 Processor with HyperTransport Technology
ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe Motherboard
4GB Dual Channel Corsair XMS DDR550 (you really don't need 4 but for the hell of it)
144GB Performance RAID 0 (2 x 74GB SATA HDDs 10k RPMs)
9 in 1 Media Card Reader and 3.5 in Floppy Drive (for the hell of it)
2 x 16x Lite-On DVD+/-RW w/ double layer write capable
2 x SAMSUNG 243T-Black 24" LCDs (perfect picture quality)
2 x 256MB PCI Express Geforce 7800GTX SLI (Oh Baby)
Sound Blaster Audigy2 Platinum
Klipsch ProMedia Ultra 5.1 Surround Sound Speaker System with Dual Subwoofer
Logitech Wireless Keyboard and Optical Mouse MX3100
Thermaltake XASER III LanFire Case w/ water cooled (of course)

*drools* 

water cooled is a risky 1 to have know a friend who's comp got fried because it wasnt put in properly

[kan3]

raid 0 on a desktop computer is pointless