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[ginogsm Profile]

I have one question : Where would you connect the DVD since you have used all available IDE and SATA controllers to attach your disks ?

[SonicSpeed Profile]

2 AMD Opteron 250, Tyan Thunder K8S Pro, 8GB Corsair Memory, ATI Radeon X600XT (PCI-X) , Thermaltake Xaser V Case, PC Power and Cooling 550, 2 76GB Raptors (SATA), 2 Hitachi 400GB (SATA), Plextor 12x DVD-RW, DVD-ROM Drive, Floppy Disk Drive, Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Platnuim Pro, ZBoard Keyboard, Microsoft Wireless Optical Mouse
2x Apple Cinama 30"

[Kanuck Profile]

As posted in another thread, this is my dream computer:



CPU AMD Athlon 64 3800+ 939 Pins 512K L2 Cache
Memory 2048MB PC3200 DDR 400 Kit OCZ Dual Channel Premier Series
Mother Board ASUS A8V Deluxe G Mother Board (includes wireless G onboard)
Hard Drive 1 Western Digital Raptor 74GB 10,000RPM Serial ATA IDE 8MB
Hard Drive 2 Western Digital Raptor 74GB 10,000RPM Serial ATA IDE 8MB
Optical Drive 1 Plextor 12X PX-712A/SW 12x8x4 DVD RW + - Rewriter (black)
Video ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum 256MB AGP, GDDR3, DVI, TV-Out
TV Tuner ASUS TV-FM Card (With Remote)
Network Card Onboard 10/100 Mbps Network Card
Floppy Drive 1.44MB Floppy Drive (black)
Case X Blade Case with LED Control Panel (silver)
Neon Light Sunbeam Meteor Cold Cathod Neon Light (red) 5 Prog. Flash

[octogon Profile]

When I Dream...I dream BIG!!! Here is my Dream System that may be available 2 years from now with LONGHORN'S Official Release. Some of the products are imaginary (except for the Case, DDR2, CPU Cooler, Joypad, Power Supply and the LCD Monitor) or don't exist, BUT I tried to follow conventional wisdom as to what the Next Gen gear could be called...ENJOY!



DREAM SYSTEM 2006

MOTHERBOARD:
ABIT ANF8 PRO w/ the NFORCE4 ULTRA CHIPSET featuring 1 GHz FSB and 2GHz HT (2 - PCI-X / 2 - PCI-32 / 3 - PCI / 6 - SATA RAID / 2 - UATA / 6 - USB 2.0 / 4 - IEEE-1394 / 4 - DDR2 w/ DUAL CHANNEL / 2 - 1GB ETHERNET PORTS / SOUNDSTORM2 DOLBY-DIGITAL EX 7.1 AUDIO W/ OPTICAL S/PDIF IN/OUT AND 1 - AC-3 COAXIAL OUTPUT)

CPU:
AMD ATHLON 64 4000+ DUAL-CORE 90nm SOI 939-PIN CPU w/ (256K L1 + 512K L2) Cache per Core

CPU FAN:
ZALMAN CNPS7000CU Copper Heatsink w/ 92mm Fan w/ Fan Speed Controller

MEMORY:
CORSAIR XTREME TWIN2X1024-5400C4 (2 - 512MB DDR2 @ 675MHz)

HD:
SEAGATE BARRACUDA (ST320016AS) 10K 200GB w/ 16MB CACHE, NCQ (x 2)

VIDEO:
MSI PCX6600-VTDR256 w/ NVIDIA GEFORCE 6600 GT, PCI-X, 256MB GDDR3, VIVO, DUAL DVI OUTPUT, IDCT HARDWARE DECODING

DVD / DVD-R / RAM:
LG GSA-4240B SUPER-MULTI 24X DUAL LAYER UATA DVD BURNER, 2MB CACHE

DVD / DVD-R / RAM:
LG GBD-5160B BLU-RAY REWRITER SUPER-MULTI 16X DUAL LAYER SATA BURNER, 8 MB CACHE

NETWORK:
NFORCE4 EMBEDDED DUAL GB-LAN ETHERNET PORTS

FM & TV TUNER:
MSI TV@NYWHERE PRO-HD W/ ULTRA-BAND ANALOG, 120-CH OTA DIGITAL HD TUNERS, FM RADIO TUNER

KEYBOARD/MOUSE:
LOGITECH Cordless Desktop LX 552 SILVER MEDIA KEYBOARD

CASE:
AMS ELECTRONICS GMONO ATX CASE w/ SIDE WINDOW / 2 - USB 2.0 / 1 - IEEE-1394

MONITOR:
KREISEN 30FMP 30" 1280X768 WXGA LCD TV w/ DVI featuring DIGITAL 4H COMB FILTER, PIP /POP /DW DCTI /DLTI

SPEAKERS:
LOGITECH Z-880 500W 7.1 SPEAKERS w/ BUILT-IN DOLBY-DIGITAL EX DECODER

OPERATING SYSTEM:
MICROSOFT WINDOWS XT-64 (FORMERLY LONGHORN-64)

MULTIMEDIA:
ROXIO EASY MEDIA CREATOR 10 DIGITAL MEDIA SUITE

ACCESSORIES:
LOGITECH Cordless RumblePad (2GHz JOYPADS) X 2

POWER SUPPLY:
SUPER FLOWER SF-550T14 550W PSU w/ MODDED WIRE SLEEVES and 14cm LIGHTED FAN (RED), SATA

PROJECTED COST: $4,200.00


Tell me what you think!

[Kanuck Profile]

That's actually not a bad price for all that!

[DiablosAngelus Profile]

Well, You guys are crazy! Here's what I'd want and it would blow yours away!

Amount: Thing:

1x - TYAN S2885ANRF/Dual Opteron - $400

2x - Opteron 250s Operating at 2.4 Ghz with 1MB L2Cache - $1700

8x - Corsair 2GB PC2700 ECC Registered DDRAM. Total 16GB! - $4800

1x - Albatron nVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra Video Card, 256MB GDDR3, 256-Bit
(400Mhz Clock, 1.1GHz Memory Clock! HOLY CRAP lol) - $600

4x - Seagate ST3146807LC 146GB Cheetah 146.8GB 10000rpm 8MB buffer in RAID 0 - $1400

1x - Thermaltake Highest Xaser III Super Tower Case
(7 Built-in Case Fans, LCD Fan Control) - $200

1x - ENERMAX Noisetaker 600W Power Supply- $200

2x - Swiftech MCX64-V CPU Fans - $100

Possible water cooling but pain in the a** if you ask me.
Beat that! lol TOTAL: $8600

[OsirisX Profile WebsiteYIM]

Beat this. LOL

The sun fire E25k

http://www.sun.com/servers/highend/sunf ... /index.xml
http://www.sun.com/servers/highend/sunf ... etails.xml

And price
http://store.sun.com/CMTemplate/CEServl ... tid=111375

about 43xs the price of your setup. LOL

[DiablosAngelus Profile]

The whole point was a dream system. Mine is EATX. Yours is a frigging wall! See the difference? You couldnt do anything worthwhile on something that big anyway. A total waste. You'd need 100 computers just to put it to use. lol

[johnhk Profile]

I want a fast,great,mad computer!!!!

CPU : AMD 2-Way Opteron 2.4G x2
MOBO: Tyan Thunder K8W (S2885)
Ram : 8 x Corsair 1GB DDR 400 ECC+REG
HardDisk : 4 x 73 GB Western Digital SATA 10000Rpm HD (Raid 0,1)
Display Card : Any Geforce 6800Ultra
Power SUpply : Antec PSU 24Pin 550W
Case : Cooler Master Stacker!!!
LCD Monitor : EIZO L557 ....17" LCD Monitor..
DVD-RW : that support + - DVD-R/RW and DVD-Ram and Double Layer

lol,i hope that will be true

[Craven Profile YIM]

i have made the dream confugration (maximum to all) at dell laptops and it costs me around 11000 bucks. )))))))