zxello

Welp, Im tryin to think of a dream computer, and i'll prolly post mine once I figure it out. But what I want everyone to do, is to post their dream computer set-up, and specify what its main use would be.. gaming, art etc......

Have fun and post links if possible =)

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soccerchamp76

Does this have to be with hardware right now?

If yes,
AMD FX-53 2.4 GHz oc'ed to 2.8GHz
Watercooling system
4GB DDR533 Ram
Nvidia Geforce 6800 Ultra Platinum 256MB GDDR3
146GB 10,000RPM WD Raptor System drive
2x400GB 7200RPM 16MB HDD
Dual 23" LCD Monitor with DVI-output 1920x1200 resolution
Creative Audigy2 ZS Platinum Sound card
Creative Gigaworks 7.1 700-watt speakers
Plextor Premium 52x32x52x CD-RW
Pioneer 16x DVD+-RW Burner
Gigabit Ethernet card
Windows XP Pro 64-bit Edition

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Mephisto2

Easy...






Mr Mephisto

Xepidemic

it use it to solve crimes before they happen, get the exact lotto numbers, and it be killer to watch a movie on!
haha... ill do this later, have to get ready for class

Lasereth

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Sorry, I had to. I have to go to class also, but I'd basically just upgrade my processor to an FX-53, add a gig of RAM, and keep my videocard. (6800 Ultra)

-Lasereth

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Mephisto2

Is that an old Commodore PET?!

Oh my God... I haven't seen one of those in years!


Mr Mephisto

bltzkriegmcanon

Yeah. I'd hit it.

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zandor45w

Why would you only go with 2 monitors when we all know 3 is better

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zxello

soccer champ, no mobo? =)

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Old signature just wasn't doing it for me anymore, so now I have this new one. It's equally as stupid but at least it looks really long. I'm probably just going to keep typing until I run out of things to babble about and see how many people actually read this. I once ran down a hill, fell down and hurt my elbow; my mom said I would be ok, she kissed it and made it all better. I've run out of things to say now, so if you have read this whole thing, congratulations you get a gold star!

bendsley

Soccerchamp76: Why are you thinking so "low-end"?

Quad Processor Intel Xeon, 3.0GHz/4MB Cache PowerEdge 66XX
32GB DDR SP ROW (16X2GB)
Tower Chassis Orientation,P6600
Split Bkpl: Add-in RAID 5, RAID 5 for Bkpl Drives/Add-in RAID 5 Media Bay
146GB 10K RPM Ultra 320 SCSI Hard Drive (times 8)
PERC3,QC,128MB,0-INT,4-EXT CHANNELS (times 2)
2 X Intel Pro 1000MF Fiber Gigabit Network Adapter
BroadCom, 56K PCI Internal Modem, V.92 (might as well)
PE6600 Redundant Power Supply

PowerEdge 6600
$57,534

Yes, I understant that this is not a gaming machine, but if you're going aim high, start aiming around $60,000 or so. Haha, you can always modify the box.

Hell, you know what? Just give me an clustered IBM Blade Server or the Pixar rendering farm.

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TurbineSlut

You gonna buy a $60000 machine and put a 56K internal modem in it?

As for the rest, sounds very nice. Like bltzkriegmcanon said, "I'd hit it!"

oberon

Why FX-53 instead of Opteron?

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soccerchamp76

Because I am not gonna be running a server.

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oberon

Uh, sure... that makes sense, except for one thing: Opterons are cheaper.

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bendsley

put a 56k modem in it for shits and giggles i suppose.......fine, subtract $20.

hah
=P

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bendsley

Soccerchamp: also, why use a 64-bit processor, you aren't going to take advantage of it, don't waste the money.

Also, IDE drives? NO NO NO. SCSI man, thats where it's at. Use multiple 15,000 rpm SCSI drives, but don't use IDE. Also, the hot swappableness of SCSI is purely a delight.

And one more thing, MS can't seem to get their 32bit version of WinXP working 100%, but now you're wanting to use the 64bit version? bleh

Use Linux.. www.debian.org

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Sun Tzu

edit the entry

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Tandem

Remove the modem (crikey you've allocated 2x 1G NIC's !). But what of your choice of OS?? I'd not be using Windows.

Gortexfogg

Besides all the latest up to date parts, a ton of space and a really cool case, I would love to have some sort of hard drive system so my all my information would stay intact through crashes, floods, fires and like. That is my dream comp.

bendsley

Tandem: Debian Linux of course!

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Tandem

Perhaps - Tru64 or even Slackware perhaps
Debian is a good and stable platform too, don't get me wrong.

Delirious

The 23 inch monitors are a little cheesy, I would get a 42inch .. ..

Lasereth

Of course he isn't gonna take advantage of the 64-bit aspect of it...that's not what Athlon 64's are for right now. They're for gaming, end of story. I guarantee I could take advantage of an Athlon 64 FX-53 quite nicely.


Some people like to have their eardrums intact while using their PC's.

I'll use Linux when I can play the games I play on it and use the programs I use on it. None of that Windows Emulation crap either. Linux is a good OS, but I'm sure as hell not switching until developers start dual-releasing their products for Windows and Linux.

-Lasereth

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farmer goo 2005

I really wouldnt care what all the specs are just as long as i got this:
http://www.go-l.com/monitors/grand_c...ures/index.htm
A 92" screen, how could one go wrong!?!?!?!

Tandem

Have seen the 46" & 62" monitor setups in a production environment and they were all jaw breakers. Four 46" and three 62" monitoring a large variety of systems, all very impressive. I'd hate to know how much it all costed though.

brandon11983

I'll happily take a machine that works great out of the box. A nice new dual 2.5Ghz G5, 8 GB RAM, a 3.5TB Xserve RAID, and dual 30" Cinema Displays.

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bendsley

Lasereth, I don't play many games, and the games I do play, they have ports for Linux. Mostly id software games.

Also though, I'm a systems admin. for a large chemical company. I handle the servers, which mostly run linux, so I'm in command line heaven most of the time and don't see a GUI too often. Hence why I like linux.

I can tell you though, Enemy Territory boots might fast on quad xeon processors (2mb cache) and 8 gigs of ram.

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Gotenks

Personally... I'd keep the money, my current computer... and get myself a dedicated T1 for 7-8 years (if we're talking about 60k).

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brandon11983

Isn't a T1 line only good up to 1.5 Mbps? I have 3 Mbps on cable, and have the ability to get up to 7 Mbps.

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Gotenks

EDIT* First post was completely wrong.

2.5mbit/2.5mbit for t1, dedicated and always get steady speeds. I'd trade my extra download on comcast for 2.5mbit upload.

Edit again*

T1's range in price depending on your service, there are burst T1's that can hit 10/10mbit, but most are either 2.5 or 1.5.

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Tandem

If money was not an object; I'd just subscribe to a T3 line and be done with any future hassles.

bendsley

Um...no?

T1 - An AT&T term for a digital carrier facility used to transmit a DS1 formatted digital signal at 1.544 megabits per second.

T1 transmission uses a bipolar Return To Zero alternate mark inversion line coding scheme to keep the DC carrier component from saturating the line.

Although some consider T1 signaling obsolete, much equipment operates at the "T1 rate" and such signals are either combined for transmission via faster circuits, or demultiplexed into 64 kilobit per second circuits for distribution to individual subscribers.

T1 signals can be transported on unshielded twisted pair telephone lines. The transmitted signal consists of pips of a few hundred nanoseconds width, each inverted with respect to the one preceding. At the sending end the signal is 1 volt, and as received, greater than 0.01 volts. This requires repeaters about every 6000 feet.

The information is contained in the timing of the signals, not the polarity. When a long sequence of bits in the transmitted information would cause no pip to be sent, "bit stuffing" is used so the receiving apparatus will not lose track of the sending clock.

A T1 circuit requires two twisted pair lines, one for each direction. Some newer equipment uses the two lines at half the T1 rate and in full-duplex mode; the sent and received signals are separated at each end by components collectively called a "hybrid". Although this technique requires more sophisticated equipment and lowers the line length, an advantage is that half the sent and half the received information is mixed on any one line, making low-tech wiretaps less a threat.

The T1 carries 24 pulse code modulation (PCM) signals using time-division multiplexing.

It can only reach 1.544Mbps, no faster.

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