if you had $5000 spare- what would your computer look like?

[PCrasher]

Just to put everyone in the imagination mode (atleast all of us who dont have the money to spare) - when your in the mood... post in the thread, what your $5000 dream machine would be composed of.. feel free to explain your discission aswell :)

[saphalline]

OMG! I'm gonna have to think about this one... give me a day or two...

[PCrasher]

You know what... i think you should be the final judge (you cant judge yourself, but i think most people will agree that youll probably have the best rig haha)

[i an not a nerd]

Gold plated case perhaps? (for the bling bling factor!)

[rond36]

Does it have to be under $5000

If it does I went over budget big time!

[saphalline]

Stick to the budget. You can always create more threads for other budgets if you want.

[rond36]

Can I re-use parts from my present system?

[Wandrille]

dude i think hes just askin to make a new pc from scratch with $5000

[beerbelly]

I suppose that's up to PC, since he or she is the one who started this.
But,
what your $5000 dream machine would be composed of.
sounds to me like you have to buy everything.

I'm having a blast with touch screen monitors, the more you research, the neater they get! What the heck, I've got $5k to spend!

It's looking like I might have to back down to twin 7800GTX's (darn!), and back off the RAM, a little!

[jahajazz]

Does it matter where I get my componets from? (like eBay instead of newegg).

[hockey man]

Stick with Newegg. You can never tell the quality of EBAy sellers and products.
Look for a AMD 64 X2 CPU, nForce 4 SLI MOBO, 7800GT graphics cards, 2 Gigs of RAM, 200+ GIG HD space, 500+ watt PSU, dual layer DVD burner.

[beerbelly]

Think bigger hockey man, you're not even close to 5 grand.

[PCrasher]

I suppose that's up to PC, since he or she is the one who started this.
well, i am a "he", and the main rule is a $5000 rig, stick to newegg, and if there not big, go to and other reliable store (ebay does not count for reliable)
and you cant tkae your old rig or your grandmothers rig either
just decide what you dedicate your system to, and rig it like a mad man with $5k

keep the thread active!


Stick to the budget. You can always create more threads for other budgets if you want.
thanks for keeping the thread ...

[rond36]

Lian Li PC-75B Black Aluminum ATX Full Tower (modded) (http://www.frozencpu.com/cas-93.html) $399.00
Maxpoint Maximum Plus 660W Power Supply (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817103438) $252.50
Tyan Thunder S2895A2NRF (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813151148) $422.50
(2) AMD Opteron 265 Italy core 2MB L2 Cache (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103553) $1422.00
2GB (2 X 1024MB) Gigaram Reg ECC PC3200 DDR (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820221007) $280.00
LSI Logic SAS3442X PCI-X SCSI Host Bus Adapter (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16816118035) $319.99
(2) HITACHI Ultrastar 36.7GB 15,000 RPM 16MB Cache Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) Hard Drive (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822141141) $438.00 RAID-0 for the OS
(2) WD2500KS 250GB Hard Drives (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144701) $230.00 RAID-1 for data
Plextor 8M Cache SATA DL DVD Burner (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827131351) $115.99
(2) XFX Geforce 7800GTX 256MB PCI-E video cards (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150105) $1050.00 SLI in 2 full 16 lane PCI-E slots and each has its own 1000Mhz HT bus to its own CPU with another 1000Mhz HT bus between the two I/O chips
$4929.98

[hockey man]

I actually went over $5000 really quickly! Check this out it leaves just enough to get the other neccesary stuff (case, mice, etc)-

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16822145087
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813131540
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16829102188
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16817703002\
2x http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820227210
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16819103544
http://www.newegg.com/product/Product.asp?item=N82E16837102062
http://www.newegg.com/product/Product.asp?item=N82E16822144160
2x http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150119

[jahajazz]

Ok, so I guess you have 5,000 and want us to build you a computer? :D :p

Mobo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813151148 $422.50

CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16819103550 x2 $1,356.00

RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820145513 x4 $660.00

Vid Card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16814130254
x2 $938.00

My secret weapon :D two Asetek VapoChill LightSpeed PHASE CHANGE COOLERS:D (-50c mmmm)
http://www.overcool.com/exec/product.asp?userid=18115292051031&item_id=31204&add_id=31204
$1581.90

And a liquid cooling system for the rest of the computer: http://www.newegg.com/product/Product.asp?item=N82E16835124005

That's the core system for only: $5048.39

I wouldn't do anything special with the rest of the system only 19' LCD 620w PSU two 300GB HDD's basic speakers, keyboard, mouse...

I CURSE YOU AND THAT LOW BUDGET!!!!!!!!!! :D

[PCrasher]

PSU and the HDD is part of the core..... cant let you steal those.. haha

[beerbelly]

MoBo $229
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131568

Power Supply $110
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817103933

Processor $787
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103544

Video 2 x $499
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150120

TV tuner $169
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16815116609

Hard Drive # 1 $62
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16815116609

Hard Drive # 2 $356
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16815116609

RAM $640
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820146570

Monitor $799
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820146570

Keyboard & mouse $104
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16823126176

DVD 2 x $42
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827106988

Audio $185
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16829102190

Case $109
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811133137

Speakers $86
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16836116153

Windows $130
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16832102357

Printer $48
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16828106211

Total $4896
That leaves $104 for shipping and misc items like cables, and of course add in $19 for a case of Labatt's.

[PCrasher]

I actually went over $5000 really quickly! Check this out it leaves just enough to get the other neccesary stuff (case, mice, etc)

the mouse and keyboard is on me, but you're gonna have to keep the parts in a shopping bag (or the ups box from newegg shipping) cause case is in the core as well :p

[dfgasner]

K I'm really new at all this high end stuff because I've never had a reason to look at it. But after no research this is what I have come up with. I know that most of the boxes out here will be used for overclocking, with nice cooling systems. Well I think that a computer like this has no need to be overclocked and the extra cooling money should be put towards quality parts.
So here it is:

LOGISYS Computer CS888UVBL Blue Clear Acrylic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case Pre-Assembled - $75.99 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16811148012)

2 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 ST3500641AS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive (Running in Raid 0 for awesome performance and space) - $713.00 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16822148108)


Acer AL2416Wd Silver 24" 6ms gray-to-gray Wide Screen LCD Monitor 500 cd/m2 1000:1 0.27mm Pixel Pitch - $939.99 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16824009061)


2 x XFX PVT70FUND7 Geforce 7800GTX 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 VIVO PCI Express x16 Video Card - $1,050.00 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16814150105)


Creative Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS GAMER Limited Edition 70SB035000013 8 (7.1) Channels 24-bit 192KHz PCI Interface Sound Card - $113.50 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16829102171)


ENERMAX EG651AX-VH EPS12V 550W Power Supply 90 - 264V UL, cUL, VDE, CB, DEMKO, NEMKO, SEMKO, FIMKO - $196.50 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16817103447)


Logitech Z-5500 505 Watts 5.1 Speaker - $214.98 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16836121120)


2 x OCZ Gold Series 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM Unbuffered DDR2 533 (PC2 4200) Dual Channel Kit System Memory - $519.82 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820227045)


ASUS P5N32-SLI Deluxe Socket T (LGA 775) NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX Intel Motherboard - $209.00 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813131564)


Intel Pentium 4 670 Prescott 800MHz FSB 2MB L2 Cache LGA 775 EM64T Processor - $602.00 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16819116203)


2 x 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 - $225.98 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16827131338)

UPS Ground - $99.97

Total system w/o Keyboard or Mouse - $4,960.73

Thanks a lot for this awesome thread, it was fun.
Excited to see everyone else's dream machines

[PCrasher]

MASSCOOL CS-ICS8200ML Black Air-Conditioning Cooling Computer Case - Retail - 219
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811221002

SILVERSTONE ZEUS SST-ST65ZF ATX12V 650W Power Supply - Retail - 177
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817163108

TYAN S2895A2NRF SSI EEB 3.0 Server Motherboard - Retail - 428
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813151148

2x AMD Opteron 175 Denmark 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Dual Core Processor Model OSA175DAA6CD - OEM - 958
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103583

2x THERMALRIGHT XP-120 Heatsink - Retail - 120
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835109118

Adaptec 29320A-R 64-bit/133MHz PCI-X SCSI Card - OEM - 209
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16816103159

2x Fujitsu MAU3073NP 73GB 15,000 RPM SCSI Ultra320 68pin Hard Drive - OEM -730
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822116151

2x Western Digital Caviar SE WD2500JS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM -210
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144417

2x OCZ Performance 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model OCZ4002048PFDC-K - Retail -209
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820146970

2x XFX PVT70FUNF7 Geforce 7800GTX 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card with 450MHz Core and 1250MHz Memory - Retail - 925
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150100

2x Western Digital Caviar SE WD2500JS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM -210
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144417

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic Sound Card - Retail - 125
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16829102188

Logitech Z-5500 505 Watts 5.1 Speaker - Retail -240
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16836121120

ASUS Black IDE DVD Burner 5X DVD-RAM Read Model - OEM - 40
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827135046

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5 0 0 0 GREENS

including shipping

UNLEASH THE BEAST!!

[dfgasner]

Isn't the moniter part of the price, cuz if it ain't i could put another grand into my box :p

[PCrasher]

the idea is the case... but if you want to change or add things like a 1k monitor or a $250 set of speakers... be my guest

[saphalline]

Ok, let's lay down some more concrete rules for this thread (and feel free to re-do your proposed systems if you want - no point penalties :D):

1) - Peripherals are not needed. You can leave out the monitors, speakers, mice, keyboards, printers, whatever! These parts are very user-specific and are not included in "the box". If you wish to include them, consider them "free". ;)

2) - Parts that help in OC'ing can be included (like liquid coolers) but OC'ing is not required nor is it encouraged by the forums!! (Gotta get that disclaimer in here. ;))

3) - No leaving out any core/box parts!! You can't start a system without a PSU or a hard drive. You must include these parts by default.

4) - You may include any OS for "free". Even if it costs money. It's not technically part of the box, but it is needed for a working PC and we are working on a budget here. You may even include multiple OS'es for free. If your idea of a dream machine is a triple-boot system, by all means, share it with us. But the OS is free.

5) - You may resubmit any of your current configs as per these rules. You may also submit multiple configs if you want to approach this from a different angle (A64 vs Opteron vs Intel for instance) but all configs from the same member must be different enough to be considered a different system, and they must be labeled as such. As in "Config #2 - Dual Opteron" or something like that.

As for all your configs, they're not bad! :D Lots of fun stuff, and I think this is a great thread for getting some of the more esoteric and unusual components out in the open. I especially like the fact that a lot of you thought of dual-socketed mobo's right away - quad-core, baby!! :cool: All of these are pretty awesome in their own way. Keep the configs coming! And let's start a $10K thread with the same rules, shall we? ;)

I've got some ideas for this thread that I'm working on. Should be interesting...

[jlreich]

I like the 10K idea. It's really hard to stay under 5K when your dreaming. :D :D

[dfgasner]

Got that right really hard to stay under 5k

I'll have to redo my config w/o the monitor and speakers :p

This is Great

[PCrasher]

Yea! thanks Saphalline, exactly what i was tryin to say... :P

10,000?? mmm... love it... put your ideas together, and we'll open up 2006 with a 10k rig..
Sound good?

Viva la Newegg!!!!

[beerbelly]

oooof! Ok, I'll start over. I think I did more typing on my calculator than my keyboard to pull the last one off. 10K should really get interesting.I think this is a great thread for getting some of the more esoteric and unusual components out in the open.
You're absolutely right saphalline, I stumbled across two things that I didn't know existed.

[jahajazz]

TYAN S2895A2NRF SSI EEB 3.0 Server Motherboard - Retail - 428
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N82E16813151148

2x AMD Opteron 175 Denmark 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Dual Core Processor Model OSA175DAA6CD - OEM - 958
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N82E16819103583


This doesn't make any sense first, the mobo is dual 940 and the Opterons you picked are socket 939 second, the 1xx series Opterons cannot be used in a dual configuration.

[saphalline]

Yeah, this is sort of a learning experience here. ;) I didn't notice that until later, either.

[jahajazz]

I hope I didn't come off rude or anything.. just wanted to point that out.

Hey saphalline, when are you going to start that 10K computer thread?

[saphalline]

Dangit! Newegg's site is down right now! :mad:

Oh well, here's what I have so far. I wanted to go in a different direction, make a config that no one else has done yet. Here's a budget-minded AMD-based CAD Workstation. ;) If Newegg's site comes back on, I can finish the Intel-based version.


AMD CAD Workstation


mobo
$541 - Tyan S2895UA2NRF NForce4 Professional (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813151149)

CPU's
$1430 = 2 x $715 - 2 x Opteron 265 Italy (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103553)

RAM
$524 = 4 x $131 - Corsair 1GB DDR400 Registered ECC (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145310)

vid card
$762 - ATI 256MB FireGL V7100 PCIe x16 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102468)

hard drives
$191 - Hitachi 36.7GB 15K rpm U320 68-pin (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822141139)

$720 = 2 x $360 - Seagate 500GB 7200.9 SATA 2.0 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148108)

optical drive
$49 - NEC dual-layer DVD burner (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827152055)

PSU
$506 - PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool 850 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817703002)

case
$205 - Lian Li PC-73SLB Aluminum server case w/wheels (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811112507)


$4948 Total

Not exactly my own personal dream machine, but just to give you guys a taste of what real CAD and 3D creation power looks like. ;) I also had trouble keeping this beast under budget. The Intel version will look very similar, except for the mobo, CPU's, and RAM. With a $10K budget, this thing would rock! As it is, it's pretty good. Fast primary hard drive for the OS (probably XP Pro, x64 version, Server 2003, or Linux) plus a somewhat healthy amount of storage. Just under a terrabyte of total storage. The CPU's are standard fare for this type of system - two dual-core Opterons, but the budget limited the speed of these processors to 1.8GHz. I also had to settle for standard registered ECC RAM in order to get 4GB in 4 sticks - so that's a set of dual-channel RAM per CPU. The vid card is the best CAD-class one I could fit into the budget, one of ATI's FireGL series. Darn good card for Maya, lightwave, etc. The case is pretty cool because it's a server case (needed for those large EATX server mobo's) and it has wheels! :D It also has expansion card retention thingies, which is useful for those large CAD vid cards. The PSU speaks for itself, although I would have loved to include the 1KW monster big-brother version. That just leaves the optical drive - I went for the NEC because it supports higher-speed DVD+R DL writing speeds for about the same cost as the comparable Lite-On drive.

That rounds out the package. Any thoughts?

[hockey man]

Interesting. . .I've never really paid much attention to the server/workstation world.

[beerbelly]

saphalline,

I need a clarification on the rules. You stated that the OS is free, but does that include all software?
I'm asking because I'm going the media playing/video editing route, and as you probably know the software is necessary beyond the OS, and can get into BIG bucks.

[saphalline]

Yeah, let's consider all software to be included "free". If that's OK with everyone else. I'm a hardware junkie, so I prefer to look at just the hardware. ;) Anyone else can chime in, too, though. Just try to keep it within reasonable levels. Ie, don't expect us to just roll over for a $5000 piece of software! :eek:

Ok, Intel-based CAD Workstation is ready. Newegg is back up and running! :cool:


Intel CAD Workstation


mobo
$500 - SuperMicro X6DA8-G2 iE7525 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813182033)

CPU's
$1452 = 2 x $726 - 2 x Xeon 3.6 Nocona (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819117029)

RAM
$572 = 4 x $143 - Corsair 1GB DDR2-400 Registered ECC (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145592)

vid card
$762 - ATI 256MB FireGL V7100 PCIe x16 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102468)

hard drives
$191 - Hitachi 36.7GB 15K rpm U320 68-pin (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822141139)

$720 = 2 x $360 - Seagate 500GB 7200.9 SATA 2.0 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148108)

optical drive
$49 - NEC dual-layer DVD burner (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827152055)

PSU
$506 - PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool 850 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817703002)

case
$205 - Lian Li PC-73SLB Aluminum server case w/wheels (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811112507)


$4977 Total

This one is Intel-based, so it has Intel's power behind it, especially when it comes to support and compatibility for server-type stuff. However, Hyper-Threading is nevertheless not quite the same as the quad-core AMD system. On the other hand, twice the core speed as the AMD system isn't anything to snuff your nose at, either! Everything else is the same.

EDIT - Oopsie! Forgot the link to the RAM.

[saphalline]

Ok, here's another one. A "flashy gaming system"! :D Lots of cool things to look at! And when you look at the price of all the colored accessories (including the CPU fan and case fans) it pales in comparison to the high-end hardware. Less than $200 for all the lighted stuff, so this is well within the budget of normal mortals as well as Dream Machines.

Also note the HP LightScribe optical drive. Not the best DVD burner admittedly, but it just adds to the flashiness of the system. :D :cool:

Check it...


Flashy Gaming System


mobo
$234 - Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131568)

CPU
$787 - Athlon64 X2-4800+ Toledo (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103544)

CPU cooler
$75 - Zalman Fatal1ty FS-C77 (http://www.xoxide.com/zalman-fatal1ty-fs-c77.html)

RAM
$618 = 2 x $309 - 2 x Corsair XMS 2GB DDR433 kit (2 x 1GB) (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145594)

vid card
$1508 = 2 x $754 - BFG 7800 GTX OC version (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814143044)

sound card
$385 - X-Fi Elite Pro 8 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16829102191)

hard drives
$168 - WD 74GB Raptor (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144160)

$224 = 2 x $112 - Hitachi 250GB T7K250 SATA 2.0 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822145087)

optical drive
$80 - HP dual-layer DVD burner w/LightScribe (http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=170663)

PSU
$506 - PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool 850 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817703002)

case
$241 - Lian Li PC-75B Aluminum case w/window (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811112509)

case fans
$29 - 6-pack Cooler Master blue LED fans (http://www.xoxide.com/cooler-master-r4-l8s-18sb.html)

acessories
$34 - AeroCool 21-in-1 CoolPanel black (http://www.xoxide.com/aerocool-coolpanel-21-black.html)

$28 - Zalman multi-speed fan controller black (http://www.xoxide.com/zamufanspcoz.html)

$30 = 3 x $10 - 12" Liquid Neon cathode light (http://www.xoxide.com/12linespcoca.html)

$32 = 4 x $8 - 4 x 5 foot blue EL Wire (http://www.xoxide.com/5ftblueelwire.html)


$4979 Total

[PCrasher]

This doesn't make any sense first, the mobo is dual 940 and the Opterons you picked are socket 939 second, the 1xx series Opterons cannot be used in a dual configuration.

MASSCOOL CS-ICS8200ML Black Air-Conditioning Cooling Computer Case - Retail - 219
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N82E16811221002

SILVERSTONE ZEUS SST-ST65ZF ATX12V 650W Power Supply - Retail - 177
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N82E16817163108

TYAN S2895A2NRF SSI EEB 3.0 Server Motherboard - Retail - 428
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N82E16813151148

AMD Opteron 250 Troy 1GHz FSB Socket 940 Processor Model OSA250FAA5BL - OEM - 902
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103555

2x THERMALRIGHT XP-120 Heatsink - Retail - 120
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N82E16835109118

Adaptec 29320A-R 64-bit/133MHz PCI-X SCSI Card - OEM - 209
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N82E16816103159

2x Fujitsu MAU3073NP 73GB 15,000 RPM SCSI Ultra320 68pin Hard Drive - OEM -730
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N82E16822116151

2x Western Digital Caviar SE WD2500JS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM -210
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N82E16822144417

2x OCZ Performance 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model OCZ4002048PFDC-K - Retail -209
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N82E16820146970

2x XFX PVT70FUNF7 Geforce 7800GTX 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card with 450MHz Core and 1250MHz Memory - Retail - 925
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N82E16814150100

2x Western Digital Caviar SE WD2500JS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM -210
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N82E16822144417

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic Sound Card - Retail - 125
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N82E16829102188

Logitech Z-5500 505 Watts 5.1 Speaker - Retail -240
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N82E16836121120

ASUS Black IDE DVD Burner 5X DVD-RAM Read Model - OEM - 40
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N82E16827135046

AeroCool GateWatch-SV Silver GateWatch with LCD display - Retail - 51
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813999508

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still fast processors, got an aerocool gatewatch.. and 7 bucks left for a four pack of redbull!!
The biggests lessons in life were born mistakes!

[jahajazz]

it's amazing how fast you can spend 5k isn't it?

[PCrasher]

It took me about 2 hours.. to figure out wha i want... if i had the 5k in my account.. it would have taken me about 3 minutes to add it to my cart, and 2 minutes to checkout... 5 minutes to spend what it takes most of us 50000 minutes to make... hmmm...

[saphalline]

Just a couple things:

Socket 940 means registered ECC RAM. You can't use normal unbuffered RAM.

And the Thermalright heatsinks should really have some fans on them.

Other than that, it looks good! It really is amazing, though, when you realize how limiting $5000 can be. Just amazing...

[pave_spectre]

Benq DW1640 Black INT.DVDDUAL, DVD+(16x8x16x), DVD-(16x6x16x), DOUBLE LAYER - $69.00

Antec Titan 550 ATX Server Case 550W TruePower PSU - $295.00

Creative Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Internal - $295.00

AMD ATHLON 64 X2 Dual-Core 4400+ (2.2GHz/2x1MB/0.09u/Toledo) Retail Box - $769.00

Seagate ST3250823AS Baracuda 7200.8 250GB 7200rpm Serial ATA 8mb Cache - x2 - $378.00

MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum, Nforce4 Ultra, Socket 939, Dual DDR400, PCI Express - $195.00

MSI NX7800GT-VT2D256E Geforce 7800GT, PCI Express, 256MB GDDR3, TV OUT, Dual DVI, VIVO, HDTV - $599.00

CORSAIR XMS 1GB DDR RAM PC-3200 400MHz CAS2 PRO - x2 - $520.00

BenQ FP91V 19" Silver/Black LCD, 4ms Grey to Grey, 550:1 Contrast, DVI - $625.00

Logitech Media Keyboard Elite USB/PS2 - $59.95

Logitech® MX518 Gaming-Grade Optical Mouse - $69.00

Logitech Z-5500 500 Watts 5.1 Configuration THX® Certified - $495.00

Total -- $4,368.95


For under 5000 Australian I'd be pretty happy with all that I think. :p

[PCrasher]

Logitech Z-5500 500 Watts 5.1 Configuration THX® Certified - $495.00



1. i dont know what it is about power, but i dont have these speakers and i love them... hopefully beginning january, ill beable to play songs for you to hear ;)

2. where the hell are you shopping thats its costing you so much?? new egg sells them for 240 including us shipping... i have to see what thier policy is for shipping to canada.. you might want to look it up.. www.newegg.com

alright.. my head is doing 15k rpm and my scsi card is burnt out.. enjoy the thread... good night

[PCrasher]

I meant australia.. damn i gotta sleep...

[pave_spectre]

240.00 USD = 320.25 AUD

Plus postage of around
80.00 USD = 106.75 AUD

This is the typical minimum quoted cost I've found for shipping things overseas from USA via cheapest USPS option. International couriers cost more. Some places automatically charge extra insurance costs for packages over a certain value.


Total =$AU 427

Plus whatever charges customs chooses to throw on top once it arrived in this country.

Once you work it out, shipping from overseas doesn't automatically make it cheaper just because the price looks so much less.

[PCrasher]

For under 5000 Australian I'd be pretty happy with all that I think. :p

Well pave, if you were russian, and your limit was 5000 rubels, you could have shipped yourself a nice texas instruments scientific calculator.. but were in america, and were assuming you have 50 benjemins ($5000 american dollars) so as of no you budget is $6672 australian dollars - have fun.. share the results

[rond36]

This doesn't make any sense first, the mobo is dual 940 and the Opterons you picked are socket 939 second, the 1xx series Opterons cannot be used in a dual configuration.



You are right the 100 series Opterons can't be used on the Tyan Thunder K8WE it only supports 200 series CPUs

That motherboard also requires ECC registered RAM

[PCrasher]

MASSCOOL CS-ICS8200ML Black Air-Conditioning Cooling Computer Case - Retail - 219
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N82E16811221002

SILVERSTONE ZEUS SST-ST65ZF ATX12V 650W Power Supply - Retail - 177
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N82E16817163108

TYAN S2895A2NRF SSI EEB 3.0 Server Motherboard - Retail - 428
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N82E16813151148

AMD Opteron 250 Troy 1GHz FSB Socket 940 Processor Model OSA250FAA5BL - OEM - 902
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103555

2x THERMALRIGHT XP-120 Heatsink - Retail - 120
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N82E16835109118

Adaptec 29320A-R 64-bit/133MHz PCI-X SCSI Card - OEM - 209
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N82E16816103159

2x Fujitsu MAU3073NP 73GB 15,000 RPM SCSI Ultra320 68pin Hard Drive - OEM -730
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N82E16822116151

2x Western Digital Caviar SE WD2500JS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM -210
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N82E16822144417

CORSAIR XMS 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM ECC Registered DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel Kit System Memory - Retail -325

2x XFX PVT70FUNF7 Geforce 7800GTX 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card with 450MHz Core and 1250MHz Memory - Retail - 925
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N82E16814150100

2x Western Digital Caviar SE WD2500JS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM -210
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N82E16822144417

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic Sound Card - Retail - 125
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N82E16829102188

Logitech Z-5500 505 Watts 5.1 Speaker - Retail -240
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N82E16836121120

PLEXTOR Black IDE Slot Load DVD Burner Model PX-716AL/SW - Retail - 90
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827131352

ASUS Black 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM IDE DVD-ROM Drive Model DVD-E616A BLACK - Retail - 30
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827135136

SILVERSTONE SST-FP52-B Black Aluminum Multifunction Panel - Retail - 37
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813999351

Sunbeam SP-SI 20-in-1 Super Panel, Silver - Retail - 30
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811998812
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that should do it... why am i paying $325 bucks for ecc buffered ram?!?! so i cut down to 2 gigs... i guess i can redo this rig and fit four, id have to reconfigure the hard drives but to my knolledge 2 73 gig raptors in raid are faster than 2 36gb raptors thats why i went with that.. and im hoping that this is possible with this rig

final question: will 2 gigs of ram bottleneck dual opteron 250's with dual 74gb raptors at 15k rpm in raid? anyone??
The biggests lessons in life were born mistakes!

[saphalline]

why am i paying $325 bucks for ecc buffered ram?!?!Because the Opteron's have an onboard memory controller, and that memory controller is configured to only work with ECC registered RAM. The Opteron's will not work with "normal" RAM used in desktops. Plain and simple, that's all there is to it.

final question: will 2 gigs of ram bottleneck dual opteron 250's with dual 74gb raptors at 15k rpm in raid?It's possible it will be a bottleneck because that's only two sticks of RAM right there. Each Opteron is capable of its own set of dual-channel RAM. So you're only giving one stick (single-channel) to each Opteron. It would be better to go with 4 x 512MB sticks at that point. Or in general, two sticks per Opteron.

That's why I chose the big brother of that mobo - for the onboard SCSI. Then I didn't have to spend money on a PCI-X SCSI card. Granted that PCI-X SCSI card is better than the onboard SCSI, but it just doesn't fit in the budget. However, if you keep going with what you have, it would be an awesome base platform for the $10K thread! :D :cool:

Anyone else have a configuration they'd like to share? This is turning into a good learning thread as well as a good dreaming thread.

[PCrasher]

Well my wise brother... ill have to reconfigure that, but it is a saturday, and unless your dream machine has a 3d virtual supermodel at your beck and call, i suggest you take a break and join the parties tonight

ill be back with an update...

Thanks again Saphalline... and like i said, this thread is good, but still needs time to ripen, jan 1st ill put up a 10k thread, forward any ideas/rules to me so its a solid thread with no retorical questions haha...

[ranjit jacob]

i will purchase a SERVER and use it as my Personal computer + Media center OS + atleast 2 tv tuner card + 500GB HDD+ lightscribe drive + 802.119 man the list is endless :)

[Rick]

Yeah, let's consider all software to be included "free". If that's OK with everyone else. I'm a hardware junkie, so I prefer to look at just the hardware. ;) Anyone else can chime in, too, though. Just try to keep it within reasonable levels. Ie, don't expect us to just roll over for a $5000 piece of software! :eek:

Ok, Intel-based CAD Workstation is ready. Newegg is back up and running! :cool:


Intel CAD Workstation


mobo
$500 - SuperMicro X6DA8-G2 iE7525 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813182033)

CPU's
$1452 = 2 x $726 - 2 x Xeon 3.6 Nocona (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819117029)

RAM
$572 = 4 x $143 - Corsair 1GB DDR2-400 Registered ECC (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145592)

vid card
$762 - ATI 256MB FireGL V7100 PCIe x16 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102468)

hard drives
$191 - Hitachi 36.7GB 15K rpm U320 68-pin (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822141139)

$720 = 2 x $360 - Seagate 500GB 7200.9 SATA 2.0 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148108)

optical drive
$49 - NEC dual-layer DVD burner (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827152055)

PSU
$506 - PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool 850 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817703002)

case
$205 - Lian Li PC-73SLB Aluminum server case w/wheels (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811112507)


$4977 Total

This one is Intel-based, so it has Intel's power behind it, especially when it comes to support and compatibility for server-type stuff. However, Hyper-Threading is nevertheless not quite the same as the quad-core AMD system. On the other hand, twice the core speed as the AMD system isn't anything to snuff your nose at, either! Everything else is the same.

EDIT - Oopsie! Forgot the link to the RAM.


I Like it.
Nowanother $2300.00 for an autocad upgrade and I can put this puppy to goood use :)

[neilt]

Here is my basic idea of a $5000.00 system. It will be used for audio recording. I got all my prices, except for the monitors fom NCIX.com, since Newegg doesn't ship to Canada.

INTEL PENTIUM 4 670 3.8GHZ LGA775 800FSB 2MB CACHE EM64T XD 90NM HT PROCESSOR…$820.18

ASUS P5WD2 Premium ATX LGA775 955X DDR2 PCI-E16 PCI-E SATA RAID Sound GBLAN 1394…$278.16

Mushkin XP2 PC2-6400 2GB 2X1GB DDR2-800 CL5-3-3-8 240PIN Dual Channel Memory … $462.06

Western Digital Raptor 74GB SATA 10000RPM 8MB 4.5MS Hard Drive X2 (Raid 0)…$442.34

Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB SATA2 7200RPM 16MB 8.9MS Hard Drive …$154.10

THERMALTAKE TSUNAMI VA3000 ALUMINUM CASE …$143.75

Enermax Noisetaker All In One 600W ATX12V V2.0 EPS BTX Power Supply …$180.03

EVGA E-GEFORCE 6800GS SLI 256MB 256BIT GDDR3 PCI-E VGA DVI-I HDTV-OUT …$249.98

LG GSA-4167B 16X DVD+-RW 16X Dual Layer Writer IDE 2MB Black …$48.99

M-AUDIO DELTA 1010 PCI DIGITAL AUDIO SYSTEM 24-BIT/96kHZ 8 ANALOG I/O SPDIF ….$899.98

APC SMART-UPS 1000VA UPS 670W … $470.08

Acer AL1916W 19IN LCD Black 1440X900 500:1 0.294MM 8MS …$357.08

Behringer B2031A TRUTH Active Studio Monitors …$519.99

Total: $5026.72
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[dfgasner]

Just a quick question I want to go with the Tyan dual xeon mobo (i think that's what it is) but I want to use dual 2.8 dual core xeons.
The unfortunate part is that they are not sold on NewEgg and was wondering what you thought about me doing this? Here are a couple places that have it:

http://www.axentmicro.com/huzrb/partdetails~af~gle~mp~BX80551KG2800HA.htm

http://www.colamco.com/store/product/detail.aspx?product=521630&Source=Froogle

I have even found that they make a 3Ghz dual core too. too bad it's like $5000 I'll have to wait for the unlimited thread LOL :p

Thanks
Davey

[PCrasher]

See, no ones going to give you a hard time here :) but at a glance those are pretty pricey, and my second opinion would be to check out this article:
http://www.gamepc.com/labs/view_content.asp?id=paxville&page=1
Usually its best to choose your processor and build the pc around it
so choose wisely what your core is made out of and what price you wanna pay for it.

[dfgasner]

Thx a lot this helps out greatly, AMD did a nice job killing the Xeon's. Wouldn't be surprised that if those numbers are even close to right that you'll be seeing a lot more name brand servers with AMD's

Thanks
Davey

[PCrasher]

ofcourse when i have nothing better to do, im manipulating images from all across the web, im sure a good pc would serve me well:

Thermaltake Xaser V Damier V5000+ Black Computer Case - Retail - 75
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811133127

Antec TRUEPOWERII TPII-550 550W Power Supply - Retail - 90
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817103931

ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI X16 ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail - 230
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131568

AMD Opteron 175 Denmark 1GHz FSB 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket 939 Dual Core Processor - OEM - 490
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103583

Western Digital Caviar SE WD2500JS 250GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM - 200 (raid 1)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144417

Western Digital Raptor 36.7GB 3.5" Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM - 210 (raid 0)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144200

2x CORSAIR XMS 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Dual Channel Kit System Memory - Retail - 430
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145575

SAPPHIRE 100106-RD Radeon X850XT 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - OEM - 290
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102483

NEC Black IDE/ATAPI DVD Burner Model ND-3550A - OEM - 40
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827152058

Acer AL2416Wd Silver 24" 6ms gray-to-gray Wide Screen LCD Monitor - Retail - 960
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16824009061

EPSON 4990 PRO Flatbed Scanner - Retail - 519
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16838110123

EPSON Stylus R1800 C11C589011 5760 x 1440 optimized dpi InkJet Photo Color Printer - Retail - 500
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16828103170

KONICA MINOLTA Dimage Scan Elite 5400 II 2892-301 35mm film Scanner W /ICE-4 - Retail -540
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16838116005

Canon S2-IS Silver 5.0 MP Digital Camera 1/2.5" CCD 1.8" 115K LCD 12X Optical Zoom 4X Digital Zoom - Retail - 450
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16830120171

Adobe Creative Suites Premium CS 2 for Windows - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16832105246

about $5020

feel free to leave coments..

[saphalline]

That looks like a very interesting system. I like all the peripherals, very nice additions.

Just one question, though. Why get the SLI mobo if you chose an ATI vid card?

[PCrasher]

Well, most of the newer and better mobos are SLI, or better to say the SLI mobo's have better stability and offer better options... So i thought i cant go too wrong there.

[maz]

HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
i GOT TO THING ABOUT THIS

[maz]

Forget the computer i went over the budget on the monitor


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16824001198

[PCrasher]

Its alright, save your thoughts, your day is coming aswell... as far as the monitor... i took a peak at it a few day ago... i was watching movies on it, surfing, then i woke up ;) 5,500??? to much for me right now... we will be increasing the budget for bigger dreamers though.. so stay tight..

[halovivek]

Hai dude ...Are you Planning to sell you old Machine for that Rate?

[PCrasher]

I would probably sell my sister if i had one, i would expect her to understand my need to have far cry projected onto a 46" lcd screen by an opteron oc'ed to 3ghz... thats what family is for

[saphalline]

thats what family is forHehe. At least give them some dignity though and wait until after the holidays! :D

[PowerMac]

Having just bought a PC for a specific job I can say, without doubt , my $5000 would be spent on a PowerMac G5!!!!

[saphalline]

Ummm... OK...

You do know that this is a PC forum, right? Are you an Apple person? Do you have a problem with your new PC? If so, you can start your own thread so we can help you.