The Ultimate Dream Computer

Lol. You can find faster PCs than that in people's refuse!

 

Proccessor:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core FX60
Mother Board:
Abit AX8 VIA K8T890
Graphics:
ATI Radeon EAX-X1900 XT
Memory:
Corsair 2GB DDR Value Select PC3200 x2
Speakers:
Creative I-Trigue 5.1 5600 Speakers
Hard Drive:
1= Western Digital Raptor 74GB WD740GD 10,000RPM SATA 8MB Cache
2= Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 11 500GB 6H500F0 SATA-II 16MB Cache
T.V. tuner card:
Terratec Cinergy 2400i DT DVB-T TV Tuner (PCI-Express)
Case:
JEANTECH JNA3030-BK System Case
Keyboard:
Ideazon Zboard
Mouse:
Razer Copperhead Tempest Blue 2000dpi High Precision Gaming Mouse
DVD Writer:
Plextor PX-755A 16x16 Dual Layer DVD±RW ReWriter
Power Supply:
Thermaltake PurePower 680W ATX2.0
Monitor:
INFOCUS Screenplay 5000
Sound:
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite Pro
CPU Cooler:
Zalman CNPS7700-ALCU Ultra-Quiet CPU Cooler

If only I had the money...

 

I can vouch for most of that really, but instead of the FX-60 you could save yourself a few bob and get an X2 4400+ and overclock it by adding a decent cooler and upping the memory to TwinX.

 

An Athlon 64 FX 60
A Radeon X1900 Crossfire
Four Sticks of Kingston 512MB memory
Unknown Soundcard
Unknown MotherBoard
A 500 watt power supply.
A CD-rom drive. (Of course. >_>)
A DVD-ROM Drive.
A really nice case, or something.

That's about it, as I really only know a lot about Processors and
Video Cards.

 

CD-ROM and DVD-ROM to Dual layer dvd writer and dvd-rom, they're obvious, as is having a good asus mobo.

Good to see you've picked crossfire. Not being an ATi fanboy, but i think it has more potential.
oh and 4x1GB RAM, not 512 sticks! A dream PC is a no compromise affair!

 

@ Sammorris
what cooler would you recomend? It doesn't have to be silent but it needs to be quite quiet

 

For coolers I'm not sure, something by Zalman preferably, but not having a really meaty CPU at present, I don't need a really meaty heatsink.

 

Ok IVE HAD xp 64BIT eD FOR ABOUT 2 MONTHS HERE IN SOUTH AFRICA AND ITS NO BETTER THAN XP 32BIT.COME ON YOU'RE IN THE STATES AND YOU DONT HAVE IT YET.THATS SHOCKING.KRIKEY ILL PROBABLY GET VISTA BEFORE BILL GATES DOES.

 

Oh and having nore than 2Gb of ram wont make any difference cos Win Xp can only pick upabout 3 or 4 gigs depending on your MB and if you wana run dual cpu's you HAVE to use NT4 or Server 2003, and neither os have driver support for games.Basically it will be useless running dual cpu's.

 

XP pro will support 2 CPUs, but not XP Home.

X64 isn't nay better than the x86 version because there aren't any drivers and compatible software for it. The overall concept is better, but only for the applications that are supported. We could have x64 but choose not to.

 

The Ultimate Dream Computer

[bold]VIDEO CARD[/bold]...Well Just for games,

Asus with its brand new Extreme GeForce 7800 GT Dual (x2)

http://www.tomshardware.com/2005/12/14/sneak_preview_of_the_nvidia_quad_gpu_setup/

 

Except that a single 7800GTX will outperform those two in numerous games...

 

this is a quad config not a dual, and the a single GTX wont beat it. only in an sli config, (and just about)

http://www.hothardware.com/printarticle.aspx?articleid=736

 

I thik a Blade Server would be my dream computer upgraded to the max to be about 32,000....LOL

 

duh
Forgive me for being cynical but an average 10% difference above one £300 card when using two £550 cards to me doesn't sound like value. Besides, the compatibility of two of those things actually wasn't great. I'd much rather stick to my 80% of the speed single card, none of this quad GPU business, more trouble and money than they're worth.

 

Lol I know what u mean, adding GPUs is a quick way to more power for graphics for higher resolutions, it is better to develop better GPUs, even dual core 1s? But I wouldn’t mind the quad set up just for games, forgetting about the price that is… Dream system, Until something better comes out

 

But an expensive way!

Dual core GPUs is an interesting thought, I wonder...
Problem is, load balancing isn't really as necessary for GPUs since the number of different operations they perform is quite low, just raw graphical power.

 

I got my ATi Radeon X800 for $150, but it don't fit in my motherboard so i'm lookin to buy a new that as well :*(

 

Someone wasn't paying attention. Lol dw I got caught out by that once. Never buy something from a link via kelkoo. Go via the website's categories from it's home page afterwards.

 

i think my dream machine would have to be a Compaq Presario

LOL