What's your <extreme> dream machine ?

[Dogbert]

Please use available parts (things you can easily get locally)


Motherboard: Tyan S2466Tiger MPX $ 349.00
CPU: 2x Athlon MP 2000+ $ 234.00 (each)
Mem: 4x 512MB DDR PC2700 Trancsend 333MHz $ 160.00 (each)
Video: [M]atrox Parhelia 512 $ 600.00 (WTF !? )
Sound: Creative audigy Platinum EX $ 255.00
DVD: X16 Liteon (black) $ 53.00
CD-R: Plextor PX-W482448A (black) $ 161.00
PCI64: Adaptec ASC-29160UW3 $ 237.00
Nic (PCI64): Adaptec quartet 66 4 Port NetCard $ 550.00
HDD(s): 2x 146GB IBM scsi 146Z10 68pin ultra320 $ 1341.00 (each)
Case: Chieftec midi atx aluminium $ 95.00
PSU: Enermax 430W $ 111.00
Monitor(s): 3x 20.8" Iiyama lcd AQU5611DBK $ 8835.00 (each )
Mouse: Logitech mouseman dual optical $ 52.00
Keyboard: Microsoft natural keyboard Pro $ 71.00

Total: $ 32,829.00

OS of choice: Win3.11 !!!

edit: added a smily after win3.11

[3dfx]

Are you joking when you say Win 3.11 as apart from the fact it isn't a proper OS and then there is the little problem that it wouldn't run any of that hardware to it's full potential

[Technoid]

3dfx,
read the title under Dogbert's name and everything should be completly logical

[mutz]

...no, no, it would be great! He wants to play Pacman and that Jaws thing.

[Dogbert]

Minesweeper is more like it.
But c'mon, what would be YOUR extreme dream machine ?

[ZokesPro]

I want the fastest damn processing machine on this planet! Just to crack that one encrypted zip file I have.

I don't care about the video card or anything like that, I just want to be able to do trillions upon trillions of calculations in a few nanoseconds!

That's my extreme machine.

[Dogbert]

All this for 1 lousy zip file !?!?!?!
And then what ? Play solitair on the VT320 attached to that monster of machine ?

[ZokesPro]

Originally posted by Dogbert
All this for 1 lousy zip file !?!?!?!

Yup.

[Sinistral]

- I dont know...

Motherboard: AMD-8000 Chipset
CPU: 4-AMD Hammer 1Meg L2 Cache
Memory: 2Gigs Per Chip
Video: AGP 3.0 2 Slots: Matrox Parhelia (2?) and Nv30/35
HDD: 4 SCSI SATA 200GB in Raid Formation
DVD: Some DVD-ROM
Recordable media: DVD-RW
PCI: Best NIC, and Raid Controller. Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Ex
Case: Lian-Li PC 70/80
PSU: Enermax 700Wattage!
Mouse: Logitech Mouseman Dual Optical
Keyboard: Microsoft Natural Keyboard Pro
5x 20.8" Iiyama lcd AQU5611DBK .

Price: Some Ungodly Domain... -

[Guru]

http://www.rm-r.net/~bri/casemod/

[thop]

hmm you want the fastes machine zokespro? from an enterprise episode: the cerebral cortex is still the fastest computer known

[Jammrock]

My Dualie system:

2 x AMD Athlon MP 2200 (2 x 225) @ 450
2 x Alpha PAL8045 w/ fan (2 x 44) @ 88
Asus A7M266-D @ 220
1.5GB Corsair XMS 32MX8 PC3500 Cas-2 DDR (3x512 MB) @ 627
Cooler Master ATC-111C-SX1 @ 217
200 GB Western Digital SE (7200 RPM, 8 MB cache) @ 360
16x/48x DVD/CD-ROM, LiteOn @ 40
Floppy Generic 3.5", 1.44 MB @ 10
Matrox Parhelia 512 @ 600 (???)
Audio Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Platinum @ 200
3Com 3CR990-TX-97, 10/100 Mb/s @ 67
Logitech MX 500 @ 50
MicroSoft Natural MultiMedia Keyboard @ 35
3 x Solarism LD 1711 17" gaming LCD display (3 x 1000) @ 3000
Windows XP Professional @ 200
Arctic Silver III @ 6
550 W ENERMAX EG651P-VE(FMA) @ 178
48x/12x/48x Write/ReWrite/Read CD-RW, LiteOn @ 75
2 x RD3XP-A52K rounded dual IDE device (2 x 35) @ 70
RD3XP-F5K rounded floppy cable @ 15
Adaptec 39320D (dual channel SCSI-320) @ 300
2 x Rounded SCSI cables (2 x 50) @ 100
4 x Cheetah 15K.3, 73.4 GB, Ultra320 SCSI (4 x 570) @ 2280
4 x Ultimate HDD Cooler (4 x 25) @ 100
Klipsch 5.1 Digital Dream system (yeah, yeah, no the nest I can do, but good damn enough) @ 500
Monster Cable upgrade for Klipsch 5.1 (If only Ausio Quest made some...) @ 70
Floor stands for rears @ 90

Total = 9948

Jammrock

[ZokesPro]

Originally posted by thop
hmm you want the fastes machine zokespro? from an enterprise episode: the cerebral cortex is still the fastest computer known

My cerebral cortex ain't functioning right today. I've been lacking sleep for a week and my calculations would be all wrong, plus I'd probably end up bashing my keyboard on something out of random frustration.

[PreZ]

Re: What's your &lt;extreme&gt; dream machine ?

Motherboard: Tyan S2466Tiger MPX $ 349.00
Mem: 4x 512MB DDR PC2700 Trancsend 333MHz $ 160.00 (each)
Nic (PCI64): Adaptec quartet 66 4 Port NetCard $ 550.00

Total: $ 32,829.00

Your RAM will be incompatible with your mobo (the S2466 only supports PC2100, not PC2700). Plus, it comes with a NIC on-board, so unless you need 2 NIC's, the 2nd one is quite unnesecary. Also, your paying too much.

I use 4 vendors for all my computing needs.
Crucial for my RAM, PcMods for my computer case, NewEgg.com for most of my PC hardware, and TheNerds.net for the stuff that NewEgg doesn't carry. The service and prices (and delivery times) for all 3 vendors are top notch.

My machine here (and this is an actual machine, sitting on my desk), is:

Tyan S2466-4M ($195)
2x Athlon MP1800+ CPU's ($145 each) with CoolerMaster HHC-001 fans ($26 each) (and a CoolerMaster thermal kit ($6) for between the fan and the CPUs)
2x 512mb PC2100 DDR ECC RAM ($174 each)
Lian-Li PC68-USB case ($177) with:
Clear square window in the side with translucent molding ($19) and a radiation applique ($10).
Blowhole cut in the top w/Biohazard Grill ($17).
Ultraviolet internal light ($30).
Rounded Floppy, IDE and SCSI cables ($14).
8cm ($7) and 12cm ($13) Enermax fans (for rear and top blowholes).
Enermax 430w PS ($83).
DigitalDoc 5 ($49).
Matrox Parhelia 128m Bulk ($332).
Klipsh ProMedia 5.1 THX Speakers ($364)
Hauppauge WinTV-Radio ($87).
Adaptec DuoConnect (USB2 and IEEE1394) ($78).
3x ViewSonic P95f+b monitors ($305 each).
Logitech Freedom Optical Pro Wireless mouse & keyboard ($76).

Now, I already had (but I've included prices if you wanted to purchase them):
SB Live! card ($34).
1.44" Drive ($8).
IDE 20gb HDD ($60).
AdvanSys SCSI card ($17).
SCSI DVD Drive ($92).
SCSI Burner ($166).
2nd 3COM 3x905 NIC ($37).

So, all up my computer cost me $3162, and if I'd needed to buy the other parts, it would have cost me $3576 (mind you, I probably would have just gone with an IDE cd-rom/burner if I didnt already have them, which is cheaper still). Not so bad for a triple head dual athlon MP machine with all the trimmings. This PC was built in August, so some of the prices would have come down by now (for example, the memory).

I also built an Athlon XP1800+ with 512mb RAM and a GeForce4 Ti4200 up for my wife, which was much cheaper to build than my own box. In her case, the only thing I didnt need to buy was a monitor and a hard disk, everything else is completely new. I also made sure she had firewire and USB2 aswell.

So a new computer, even a top of the line one, doesnt need to cost tens of thousands of dollars ... hell, if I didnt go for 3 heads on my machine, I would have been under $2.5k still. Just look online for the places with a good price, and then check out places like BizRate, and other places that rate businesses, and check out which ones are highly rated, and then work out your right balance of good ratings vs. cheap price. Thats how I came up with TheNerds.net (the other 3 vendors were recommended to me by friends, and some research told me they were a good choice).

Enjoy

[Wombat]

Why all these 2nd rate power supplies? PC P&C Turbo-Cool 475.