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Anonymous   09-08-2001 at 01:25:57 AM

Pretend: Money is no object. You have to place the order in the morning - no waiting until the next big thing comes along. Right now: configure your dream computer - what components? Include everything - CPU, motherboard, heatsink, fan, case, case fan, memory, etc., etc. What will you use it for? Estimated cost? PC systems only. The idea is to see what everyone thinks are the best components for a custom system. I think this should be a monthly or every other month poll. Thanks! Jim S.

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AMD_Man   09-08-2001 at 01:39:29 AM
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Right now, if money wasn't an issue, I'd get a retail socket 478 Pentium 4 2GHz, 512MB PC800 RDRAM (2*256), a SCSI raid with 2 15000RPM Hard drives. A Lian-Li PC-68 would be nice. For the motherboard, I'd get an Abit TH7II. I like having a TV tuner in my computer, so for now I'd get a GeForce3 card, probably the Hercules Prophet 3, and an ATI TV WONDER and a ATI DV WONDER for digital editing. That's about it, I guess.

AMD technology + Intel technology = Intel/AMD Pentathlon IV; the <b>ULTIMATE</b> PC processor

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zpyrd   09-08-2001 at 03:58:25 AM
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It's slightly off topic but I would want a Dell 8100 Inspiron Laptop loaded with the top options.


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ejsmith2   09-08-2001 at 05:13:29 AM
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Ummmmmmm.....what's the latest Cray out? a number 5?

And a tiger team of 20 compsci geeks, and 10 EE nerds to write and configure an emulator for ms-dos/windows under Unix (or Ada), to go, please.

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Flamethrower205   09-08-2001 at 05:40:22 AM
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I'll beat your Cray w/ 512 Newest SGI computers hooked up side by side, 30compsci dudes, and 20EE nerds. And of course teh monitor would be a 15" LCD (I happen to like small momitors).

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jmycal   09-08-2001 at 03:37:18 PM
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tyan k7thunder AMD Dual mainboard - Palamino AMD ATHLON MP CPU
2 athlon 4s
1 radeon 8500
768 megs of cosair pc2400 32*64
2 western digital 100gig ata 100 7200 rpm
1 plextor 24x10x40 cd burner
1 pioneer 106s 16x dvd player
creative labs soundblaster live platinum 5.1
viewsonic vpw500 plasma display- VPW-500 - 50inch PLASMA DISPLAY - XGA RESOLUTION Pixel Pitch : 0.858mm (H) x 0.808mm (V) Maximum res1600 x 1200


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Anonymous   09-08-2001 at 05:16:35 PM
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as long as it works and dosn't take 20 mins to load a web page I ain't really bothered. sorry to put a dampener on things.

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Anonymous   09-08-2001 at 05:20:47 PM
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I think my cousin had one of these, was portable and it was called a "Zx86" or something.lol... that was 20 or more years ago.

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WiseGuy1   09-08-2001 at 06:28:18 PM
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Packard Bell 486DX2 with 14.4 external modem.
YeeeHaaaa!!!!

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AMD_Man   09-08-2001 at 07:38:24 PM
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Oh, I just noticed that I forgot a lot of things! For sound, I'd have the Hercules Game Theater XP (it's more feature rich than the Live Platinum 5.1). I'd add a 16X Pioneer Slot DVD Drive. I'd have a fast 2X DVD-RAM Drive (that can also burn CDs) too. I'd have both an Ethernet card and a wireless network card. I would include the Klipsch Promedia 5.1 THX speakers. I'd have the Microsoft Natural Keyboard Pro, and the Microsoft Trackball Optical (I like trackballs). I would add an 18" NEC LCD monitor. Well, I think now I have a complete system (excluding printer).

AMD technology + Intel technology = Intel/AMD Pentathlon IV; the <b>ULTIMATE</b> PC processor

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FatBurger   09-10-2001 at 08:42:27 PM
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NOOO!!! Don't bring up SGI!!



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