Ok, you see the topic. This is Theoretical, well, at least until I get my new job squared away, and get enough money for my new build. I want 2 different kinds of budgets: 1. High-Range. The highest you can go, go 10,000 if you want to. dual screens, multiple cpus, the max ram, 4+ sata hard drives, go over the mountain. AMD is preferred, of couse. 2. Mid-range. Go around 1,500~2,000. not the biggest stuff, but make it avaible to upgrade if needed. I will look at all your suggestions and choose it for my new build...
this is the machine I am currently building for myself, it's going to take a few months, I am buying components monthly. Asus A8N32- SLI Deluxe Motherboard Antec TrueBlue 480w PSU AMD 64 X2 4200+ OCZ 2GB PC4000 Gold Gamer eXtreme XTC Edition Dual channel DDR Kit Barracuda 7200.9 300GB SATA II Hard Drive (maybe 2) eVGA e-GeForce 7800 GTX 256MB PCI-E w/ ACS³, Dual DVI, VIVO Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum (maybe, might just go with Audigy 2 ZS) DVD Burner not really that important as there are a bunch for the same price. and of course the case is personal preference. all in all it is going to cost about 2200 dollars canadian.
two of these procs http://www2.dealtime.com/xFS?KW=opteron+88...nkin_id-6061825 motherboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16813151149 two of these HDDs in raid http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16822111151 two of these in raid for storage http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16822148108 ram 4gb worth http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16820227210 GFX card(no corssfire w/ mobo ohh well) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16814130237 or two fo these http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16814150119 monitors http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebO...y=AppleDisplays and this for the sheer nicety of it: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16824001198 case http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16811165006 sound http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16829102191 PSUs http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16842102019 backup Power http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16842102019 may change it later, but that should be good.
Xtreme High End gaming system Heres mine Motherboard - 24GB Memory Support & 1GHZ FSB Asus K8N-DL Dual Opteron NVIDIA Socket 940 EATX Motherboard / Audio / PCi Express / Gigabit LAN / USB 2.0 & Firewire / Serial ATA /24GB Mem Support / 1000MHZ FSB Processor - 1 of these babys would probably be enough AMD Dual-Core Opteron 280 Italy 1GHz FSB Socket 940 Processor Model OSA280CBBOX - Retail Just 1 STICK of 2GB DDR memory so hmm..8x2GB=16GB Crucial 2GB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM ECC Registered DDR 400 (PC 3200) Graphics card self-Explanatory Geforce 7800GTX 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 VIVO PCI Express x16 Video Card 24Bit Sound DD supported Creative Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS Platinum 70SB035000003 8 (7.1) Channels 24-bit 192KHz PCI Interface Sound Card PSU - Going for reliability and one place to go Antec - look at 1 of the review below Antec NEOPOWER 480 ATX 480W Power Supply Ok there was a review for this PSU which SHOCKED me completely - LOOK AT MANY THings HES RUNNING MAN IT STILL NEVA GAVE UP HD self-explanatory - 500GB HD you can get 2 if you wish Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 ST3500641AS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive DVDRW - for the case chosen you can have loads PLEXTOR Beige 16X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 6X DVD+R DL 16X DVD-R 4X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 24X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 8M Cache IDE DVD Burner UPS for backups CyberPower PR2200 2200VA 1500W Pure Sine Wave UPS Networking card can go up to 2GB in FD mode Linksys - EG1064 - 10/100/1000 Gigabit Network Adapter FD 2GBit Water cooling supports the processor ZALMAN RESERATOR 1 Fanless Water Cooling System (Reservoir+Radiator+Water Pump) The Case - Full tower very expandable for the future Thermaltake Silver Kandalf Aluminum Full-Tower AXT Case with 4 fans, 11 External Drive Bays, Clear Side, Front USB, Firewire and Audio Ports Game controller XFX GA-CP03-SK0200G XGear Dual Reflex Gamepad hehe my favourite - THE SONY 50" HD READY I it Sony FWD-50PX1/S 50-Inch Silver HD Plasma Display The Speaker system to go with the HDTV above w/ DVD player - Dolby Pro Logic 2 supported with the Sony TV i think this is gona blow Platinum DVD Dream® SystemDAV-LF1 I WANT THIS SETUP MAYBE IN LIKE HMM...ANOTHER 10YRS-lol Over $10,000 setup-lol Mid-end just cant do anymore Good luck anyways
OK, I see the possible most expensive stuff here, now I need a suggestion for a computer of today. ex: AMD Athlon 64, 1gb ram, 250gb HDD, water cooling case, SLI motherboard, etc.
Mobo - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16813127232 Memory - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16820231047 Processor - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16819103546 Hard Drive - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16822144031 Video Card - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16814122229 PSU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16817101107 Case - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16811156018 CD/DVD Burner/ROM - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16827151095 Floppy Drive (yes, floppy, i still use them) - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16821103116 This is what I am looking into currently. Its a good setup, but its mainly set for my needs. Price after shipping is $1,534.11. Its 250GB Space, 2GB Memory, VERY upgradable MOBO, GeForce 256MB PCIx16 7800GTX Video, 2.2GHz AMD Dual Core Processor. I could just switch my current HDs, Floppy, CD Drive, Case for a few upgrades (save about $100) The case is extraordinarily good for $30. Perfect rating, great responses to those who bought it, its on back-order right now lol
looks like a good case, ive used raidman cases before. they're good. well, by the time i get the money, I'm sure theyll have it... edit: I like the pipelines on the motherboard as well.. keeps it cooler. I might just chip off the floppy. I currently do not have it on this system, tho i do have one of those super floppy drives in my computer, but it isnt plugged in. just in case i ever need it.
its not really the best for that money, but it is extremely well cooled and runs fast and smooth on everything. money isnt too big of an issue for me... just a matter of another month of work lol
why botgher with the 4400+? the 4200+ is more or less identical on the benchmarks and runs on a bit less energy. better yet, go for the opertron 170... EDIT: darkstar, a single opertron can only support 4GB memory max if I am not mistaken. also a 480W PSU would be pushing it... try 600 with atleast 25-30 Amps on the 12V rail.
just wanted to have fun with a boxxtech pc http://www.boxxtech.com/products/cf_step2....tal=UpdateTotal grand total comes to 23k +
