What's your dream system?

Forlorn

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With no budget in mind, what would your dream home system be?

Here's mine:

1 NZXT LEXA-NP Black/ Silver Aluminum ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
Model #: LEXA-NP $119.99

1 ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce SPP 100 ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
Model #: A8N32-SLI Deluxe $229.00

2 eVGA 256-P2-N529-AX Geforce 7800GTX 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail
Model #: 256-P2-N529-AX $559.00 x2 = $1,118.00

1 SYBA SY-VIA-150R PCI SATA /IDE Combo RAID Controller Card - Retail
Model #: SY-VIA-150R $12.50

1 ENERMAX Liberty ELT620AWT ATX12V 620W Power Supply - Retail
Model #: ELT620AWT $174.99

1 AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Toledo 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Dual Core Processor Model ADA4800CDBOX - Retail
Model #: ADA4800CDBOX $630.00

2 CORSAIR XMS 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered System Memory Model TWINX2048-3200C2PRO - Retail
Model #: TWINX2048-3200C2PRO $268 x 2 = $486

1 Kingston 2.0 Full-Speed 1GB Flash Drive (USB2.0 Portable) Model DTI/1GB - Retail
Model #: DTI/1GB $49.99

1 Western Digital Raptor X WD1500AHFD 150GB 10,000 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM
Model #: WD1500AHFD $345.00

2 Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD4000KD 400GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM
Model #: WD4000KD $195 x 2 = $390.00

1 Microsoft Optical Desktop Elite for Bluetooth M54-00013 2-Tone USB Standard - Retail
Model #: M54-00013 $115.00

2 ViewSonic VX922 Black/Silver 19" 2ms LCD Monitor - Retail
Model #: VX922 $399.99 x2 = $799.98

1 LITE-ON Black ATAPI/E-IDE DVD Burner With LightScribe and 5X DVD-RAM Write Model SHM-165H6S - OEM
Model #: SHM-165H6S OEM $54.99

1 LITE-ON Black IDE DVD-ROM Drive Model SOHD-16P9SV - Retail
Model #: SOHD-16P9SV $20.99

1 HP Officejet 7410 Q5569A 30 ppm 4800 x 1200-optimized dpi InkJet MFC/All-In-One Color Printer - Retail
Model #: Q5569A $417.99

1 Creative SOUND BLASTER X-Fi Platinum 7.1 Channels PCI Interface Sound Card - Retail
Model #: 70SB046000001 $185.00

1 Logitech 961403-0403 1.3MP Effective Pixels USB Interface WebCam - Retail
Model #: 961403-0403 $79.85

1 Creative GigaWorks S750 700 Watts 7.1 Speaker - Retail
Model #: 51MF7010AA000 $429.99

1 Microsoft Windows XP Professional X64 Edition 1 package - OEM
Model #: ZAT-00007 $142.95

Subtotal: $5,802.21


I would use the WD Raptor as my main drive and then run a raid 0 setup with the two 400gig drives. If anyone recently one the lottery and would like to donate this system to me just let me know. ;)


Obviously I'm an AMD fanboy and my system would be a gaming rig. What would yours be?
 

unreal_nl

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Ehm my dream pc with a unlimited budget :) :
Case:
Lian Li PC-V2000B Plus (Retail, Zwart)
Motherboard:
Tyan 2895UA2NRF (Retail, dual, sound, 2x G-LAN)
Processors:
AMD Opteron 280 (Retail, CPGA, "Italy", boxed) - 2 times
Memory:
2GB PC3200 DDR, CL3 (Infineon, HYS72D256220HBR-5-B) - 4 times
Videocard:
XFX 512Mb 7800GTX PCI-E - 2 times
Hardisk - OS and Programs
Western Digital WD1500AD (Bulk , SATA2) - 2 times Raid 0
HardDisk - Storage
Seagate ST3500641AS (Retail, Barracuda 7200.9, SATA-II) - 10 times in raid 5
Sound card:
Creative X-Fi Elite Pro (Retail)
Monitor(s):
Samsung 460P (Retail) - 10 times!!!!
Power Supply:
PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool 1KW 1000W Power Supply - Retail - 2 times
UPS
APC Smart-UPS 2200VA (Retail, SU2200NET)
Dvd(burner)
Plextor PX-755SA (Retail) - 6 times
Keyboard+Mouse:
Logitech diNovo MediaDesktop Laser (Retail)

Cooling:
Case:
Lian Li PC-V1100A Plus (Retail, Zilver)
Processor cooler:
VapoChill LightSpeed AC - for each processor 1 :)
VGA+chipset cooler:
WaterChill CPU/VGA/Chip Xtreme Kit KT12A -12VX 12V Pump, Triple 120mm Radiator

Plans:
The case for the cooler will be striped completly and the vapochill's will be build in there together with the WaterCooler. The system will be used for rendering, Game, file, ftp, web server and for gaming. And for all kind of things.

Also the 10 monitor's will be like this:
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
Which is supported by the monitors itself. Ehm just wait for the electric bill :)

The case itself isnt let alone. it will be a casemod like no other. I mean where on a unlimited budget :)

The cost: Eur 63.451,- Dollars = 76.454,- most is the cost of the monitor :)
 

parlee

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FX60
dual 1900xtx
2 gb corsair xms (the shit with the lights) :lol:
4 150gb raptors
soundblast xfi plat.
the ufo case from xoxide
dfi mobo

that isnt even "that" expensive, yes i know its close to 3500? bux alone with no other stuffs, but the rest is reusable, IM GONNA BUILD IT!... now who wants to donate? :)
 

kais

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dfi lp sli dr expert
2 gig ocz gold series ddr 400
2 150 gig 10,000
2 evga 7800gtx 512
Xoxide UFO Ultimate Aluminum Cube Case (Black)

thats just the main stuff there will be liquid cooling and plenty of oc
 

luminaris

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Pentium 233Mhz with MMX Technology
Any Intel Motherboard
5.25 Floppy Drive
14.4mbps modem
Turbo mode
Floppy drive
40mm speaker (no subwoofer)
CTX or Viewsonic 12.1inch color screen
Full size keyboard and mouse with ATX connectors


Don't let the machine in my sig fool ya :wink:
 

Imgnryflagdotcom

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Well, I think I speak for EVERYONE when I say:

DUal EVETYHING

AMD Athalon FX-60
DFI Lanparty Mobo
Liquid Nitrogen Cooling so we can overclock like crazy
2 150GB Raptors in RAID 0
2 Caviars 30GB in RAID 0
DUal 7800GTX 512MB in SLI
4GB of RAM
Digital 7.1 Sound System
SB Xi-Fi FATALITY
Blue-Ray Drive
HD-DVD Drive
And somehow interface all of this into a 72" DLP TV
 

smapty

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Even better, my old 33MHz Intel 486.

Well have an old pentium 60mhz with 32mb ram and a 1GB hardrive that I saw in the back of a gift shop. $5.00 for the whole thing, I still think my Ti-85 graphing calculator puts up a good fight.
 

parlee

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i woulda offered them 3 and walked out the store with it :)... just to let every1 know, 2 gb memory is actually better than having 4, i read somewhere.. (toms maybe) that more than 2gb starts to slow ur comp down, and xp might not even see over 3gb.,..
 

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dude LN2 is such a hassle as its a liquid which needs to be maintained at certain temperatures to keep its cooling ability, id stick with vapochill or even just a TEC watercooling system would do very well.
 

Rustol3um

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Well after a thorough search of everything I would ever want here is the config:

CPU: AMD Athlon 64 FX-60 Processor Socket 939 $1011.00

Mother board: DFI LANPARTY nF4 SLI-DR nForce4 SLI $196.50

Memory: OCZ EB DDR PC-4000 / 500MHz / Enhanced Bandwidth / 2GB Platinum Edition / Dual Channel $281.44

Cooling: MAZE4 Power Kit from Danger Den: $186.00

Grafix: Dual BFG GeForce 7800 GTX OC PCI Express 512MB DDR3 999.99 x 2

Sound: Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS Sound Card $265.00

PSU: OCZ PowerStream / SLI Ready / 600W / PowerFlex Adjustable Rails $199.99

Drives: Dual 74 Gig Raptors in Raid 0 array and 1 Western Digital WD Caviar RE2 WD4000YR 400GB Serial ATA 7200RPM Hard Drive w/16MB Buffer

2 Raptors = 2 x $165.90
1 400 Gig = $212.80

Case: PC-V1100B plus Black: $229.95
Plus undetermined case mods…

DVD Writer: PLEXTOR Black IDE Slot Load DVD Burner Model PX-716AL/SW: $148.99

Monitor: Dell UltraSharp 3007WFP 30-inch Wide-Screen Flat Panel LCD Monitor: $2199

Speakers: Klipsch ProMedia Ultra 5.1: $349.95

Mouse: Logitech Logitech G5: 51.00

Keyboard: Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard: $99.99

OS: Microsoft Windows XP Pro $142.00

For a grand total of $7905.39 plus tax and blah blah blah
 

parlee

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Rustol3um u have too much time on ur hands :) and by the way! x1900xtx in xfire pwns gtx512 in sli :) it feels like 600 watts wouldnt be enough power for that beast of a machine
 

Rustol3um

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Thats ok.........not like those BFG's are availible....and can you really have xtx in Crossfire mode anyways? I thought it was just the XT's with one master and a slave card.....but wuteva..........and yes I have too much time on my hands today....heh
 

parlee

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i think xtx can be in xfire, kinda a bad idea if they didnt.. as for a quad mac, just to let u know mac are much more powerful than pc, a mac emulated windows within osX and had almost no slowdown, looked like it was on a pc, a pc tried to run osX on windows, ran like a celeron 233 running windows xp... not really a huge point, but helping to prove the point that macs are indeed more powerful, now they just need full support of windows games... and apps, and a much lowerp rice tag
 

parlee

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well xbox has 3 3.2 ghz processors (xbox360) xbox1 had a 733mhz processor... i too would like to know the answer to this if anyone knows, because a ps2 has a 333mhz cpu(i think) and it can run decent graphics, try running any new game on a 333... u get the idea... ne1 have a reason?